Sri Lanka `A' and Kenya, the top two teams in the ICC Six Nations' Challenge currently underway in Windhoek, Namibia, are scheduled to meet on Thursday, April 11, 2002, to decide the first of the two places in the final.

Sri Lanka `A' continues to head the points table with three wins from as many matches. Kenya is second, also with three wins. Both Sri Lanka `A' and Kenya have collected 12 points so far.

Thursday's winner will automatically qualify for the final with four wins. The losing team would continue to be second in the points table and is likely to be the second finalist, but would not clinch the spot until the last round robin matches on Saturday.

The six teams in the tournament are playing each other in a round robin format, with the top two teams entering the final on Sunday, April 14. The other teams are The Netherlands, Canada and Namibia.

Zimbabwe 'A' innings (50 overs maximum)                         R   M   B  4 6
+CK Coventry          c Mubarak          b Wijekoon            21  42  26  0 1
TR Gripper            c ?                b Samaraweera        103 175 125 12 0
GJ Rennie             run out (Gunawardena)                     4  13   8  0 0
RW Sims                                  b Herath              13  38  31  1 0
*GJ Whittall          c Silva            b Samaraweera         29  41  38  2 0
DA Marillier                             b Herath              13  30  21  0 0
CN Evans              c Samaraweera      b Herath               4   9   6  0 0
A Maragwede           not out                                  26  31  28  2 0
C MacMillan           not out                                  20  28  17  2 1
Extras                (lb 2, w 6)                               8
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   241

DNB: BT Watambwa, DT Hondo.

FoW: 1-44 (Coventry), 2-55 (Rennie), 3-100 (Sims), 4-146 (Whittall),
     5-187 (Marillier), 6-194 (Evans), 7-196 (Gripper).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
PDRL Perera                  9      0     54      0
Ganegama                     7      0     43      0
Wijekoon                     8      0     23      1
Herath                      10      1     38      3
Samaraweera                 10      0     42      2
Mubarak                      6      0     39      0

Sri Lanka 'A' innings (target: 242 in 50 overs)                 R   M   B  4 6
DA Gunawardena        c Marillier        b Hondo                5   7   8  1 0
J Mubarak             c Watambwa         b MacMillan           30  56  38  4 0
WBM Perera            c Maragwede        b Hondo                0   9   4  0 0
G Wijekoon            run out (Watambwa)                       21  64  36  3 0
HMNC Silva            not out                                  89  97 112  9 0
*TT Samaraweera       c ?                b Hondo               76  79  73  9 0
CU Jayasinghe         not out                                   4   8   3  1 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 14, nb 2)                       18
Total                 (5 wickets, 45.4 overs)                 243

DNB: HMRKB Herath, +P Jayawardene, A Ganegama, PDRL Perera.

FoW: 1-5 (Gunawardena), 2-9 (WBM Perera), 3-52 (Mubarak),
     4-72 (Wijekoon), 5-221 (Samaraweera).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Watambwa                     8      0     42      0
Hondo                        9.4    1     43      3
MacMillan                    6      1     31      1
Marillier                    8      0     39      0
Sims                         8      0     43      0
Whittall                     4      0     24      0
Rennie                       1      0      9      0
Evans                        1      0     10      0

The ICC Six Nation's Challenge, Windhoek, Namibia - April 2002
Points Table

Team	P	W	T	L	NR	PTS	NRR
Sri Lanka 'A'	3	3	0	0	0	12	1.26
Kenya	3	3	0	0	0	12	0.57
Zimbabwe 'A'	3	1	0	2	0	4	-0.05
Canada	3	1	0	2	0	4	-0.49
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	0	4	-0.73
Namibia	3	0	0	3	0	0	-0.56

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