Singapore’s bowlers conceded 324 runs against Kenya in their World Cricket League Division 3 match in Muscat on 16 November 2018 and despite a valiant batting attempt, the Republic went down by a narrow margin of 12 runs.
Electing to bat, Kenya piled on the runs to register the tournament’s highest score in the 50-overs contest, plundering the bulk of the runs against the Republic’s medium-pacers. The African batsmen walloped 33 fours and six sixers to post a formidable target for the Singapore batsmen.
Despite the huge odds, the Republic’s batsmen stood up bravely. Eight of the 11 batsmen ventured into double figures, clubbing 31 fours and four sixes to post 312 all out in 49.3 overs. No.3 batsman Anish Paraam hammered 85 and with Rezza Gaznavi, who made 48, the pair put on 100 runs in 16.4 overs for the third wicket. However, the tall target always posed a formidable challenge and for all their valiant attempts, the batsmen fell short in meeting the target.
The defeat was the second for Singapore in the six-nation WCL Div 3 competition. We lost to Oman in the opener before beating Denmark and Uganda prior to the loss to Kenya.
