Namibia registered the most comprehensive win of the day at YMCA over Vanuatu. Namibia bowlers shot out Vanuatu for a meagre 125 in 46.5 overs. An all-round performance by Wian van Vuuren (3-27 and 40) was the cornerstone of Namibia's impressive six-wicket win. van Vuuren's all-round performance fetched him the Man of the Match award.

A fan of Sachin Tendulkar, van Vuuren hopes to emulate his hero: ''I was just trying to be positive. We wanted to work according to plan given by the coach (Johann Rudolph). We wanted to get them out as early as possible. We back ourselves to do well in this tournament. I work hard on my batting and bowling. I enjoy to get on with it as a batsman. When I came to bowl, a partnership was building. My role was to keep the runs and build the pressure. I am glad it worked out well and wickets started to fall.''

USA took on Papua New Guinea at the Leinster Cricket Club after rains forced a delayed start. Reduced to 43-overs-a-side, PNG batted first and posted 262 for 6 in its allotted overs. Captain Christopher Kent's 60 and Lega Siaka's 73 came in handy for PNG.

USA's wicketkeeper-batsman Steven Taylor then led the chase for his side. Taylor (140: 120b, 19x4, 3x6) kept up one end even as wickets fell regularly. He finally fell with the score at 207, with 56 runs still to be scored off 46 balls. When all seemed lost, USA's last pair of Hammad Shahid and Mital Patel added 47 runs to take the match into the climatic final over. Shahid fell finally with four balls to spare to hand PNG a six-run win.

Taylor was named Man of the Match for his brilliant knock. But the top-order batsman was not satisfied as USA lost its second game in a row: 'I would have been happy if I had scored 90 and the side had won. I had planned to stay there till the end and get as many runs as possible. From here on we will have to fight hard to qualify.''

Tomorrow is a rest day in the tournament, action will resume on Sunday, 31 July. On Sunday, USA plays Namibia at North County, Vanuatu takes on Canada at Merrion, Kenya and Nepal go head to head at Railway Union, Ireland plays Scotland at The Hill and Afghanistan takes on PNG at Leinster.