Danish Cricket Yearbook 2018

Henriksen, hitting 32 off 28 balls which gave the final im- petus to get the score up to a winning total. Some outstanding fielding and tight bowling saw Den- mark win a very tense and exciting game by 33 runs. Ni- colaj Damgaard on debut was outstanding with the ball claiming figures of 2-23 off 10 overs. Bashir Shah had also outstanding figures of 3-24 off his 9 overs. Other very im- portant contributions were made by Saif Ahmad 2-37 off 10 overs and Hamid Shah claiming the final wicket with figures of 2-18 off 6.3 overs. One more victory would see Denmark going straight through to Division 3. After an outstanding bowling performance versus Uganda on a very flat Kinrara pitch, restricting Uganda to a very much below par 215 for 8 wickets. Nicolaj Damgaard figures of 0-22 off 10 overs and wickets shared between Anique Uddin, Basit Javed, Saif Ahmad and Bashir Shah. Denmark started slowly and nervously losing two quick wickets that of Zameer Khan and Jonas Henriksen playing his first capped game for the senior side. A good part- nership between Hamid Shah and Freddie Klokker got the Danes back on track before Freddie Klokker fell for 25. Hamid Shah was joined by Taranjit Singh but the innings was delayed due to heavy rain with the total on 73-4 in 23 overs. A revised target of 131 runs to win in 29 overs saw Den- mark bring the total to 5 runs needed off the last over with 4 wickets in hand. Total panick set in for Denmark which saw them lose 4 wickets, 2 to runouts. Immediate promotion slipped through Denmark’s hands. The last game was against Vanuatu. A very unpredicta- ble but sometimes dangerous outfit at Kinrara Oval. Denmark won the toss and batted in extremely hot and humid conditions. Zameer Khan fell early but a century- stand between Freddie Klokker (44) and promoted up the order Anders Bülow (57), put the Danish side on path for a big total. Unfortunately runs seemed hard to come by in the middle order which continued right up until the last few overs of the innings which saw a very much under par total of 234 for 9 wickets. A bitterly disappointing total considering the excellent start and the nature of the outstanding bat- ting conditions on offer. Zameer Khan drives Danmark varmer op … Basit Raja bowler I 19 I DANSK CRICKET ÅRSSKRIFT 20 18