Group A

Ireland confirmed their status as tournament favourites with a 117-run win over Oman at Krugersdorp yesterday.

They suffered a slight wobble, losing four wickets for 46 runs before Andrew White (71 not out) and Kevin O'Brien (101 not out) put on 175 in 27 overs for the fifth wicket, pushing Ireland to a daunting 285 for four.

Oman, who on Wednesday crashed to four for five against Canada, got off to a good start but from 98 without loss they lost four wickets for five runs in 13 balls, and thereafter they were never in the hunt.

Regan West, who enjoyed a fruitful warm-up campaign, did the bulk of the damage with five for 30, all his wickets being top six batsmen.

Canada registered their second win on the trot beating Uganda by five wickets in Johannesburg.

Geoff Barnett's century helped the Canadians overhaul a target of 232 in the 47th over after Khurram Chauhan had starred with the ball, picking up three for 31.

Uganda looked to be struggling with half the side gone for 91, but Kenneth Kamyuka's near run-a-ball 85, with five fours and two sixes, pushed them to a competitive total.

During the chase, Barnett steadied the Canadian innings after Kamyuka's early strikes and was well supported in two 50y-plus partnerships by captain Ashish Bagai (33) and Sunil Dhaniram (39).

He remained unbeaten on 102 off 123 balls, hitting nine boundaries and a six.

Neil McCallum's second consecutive hundred did not go in vain as Scotland eased to a 73-run win against Namibia in Pretoria.

Having hit 121 in the previous match against Ireland, McCallum stroked 103 off 93 balls, including seven boundaries and five sixes to give Scotland their first win of the tournament.

Put in by Namibia, Scotland lost three quick wickets before McCallum and Kyle Coetzer (68) added 105 for the fourth wicket to help post 267.

The Namibian reply never really got going as wickets fell at regular intervals with Dewald Nel and Gordon Goudie being the wreckers-in-chief with three wickets apiece. Gerrie Snyman provided the lone resistance, hitting a 102-ball 95, comprising eight fours and three sixes, as Namibia were bowled out for 194 in the 45th over.

McCallum, who was adjudged Man of the Match, said the win was pleasing after the disappointing outing against Ireland.

"I am delighted with my own form but more importantly today we got the win we wanted," McCallum said.

"I think we bowled a lot better today. Against Ireland we bowled far too much on both sides of the wicket but today was much more disciplined and thankfully we were able to defend our total. Our team talk last night was really just a good old fashioned kick up the behind and I think it worked."

Group B

Kenya bounced back from their first-day defeat by Netherlands with a rousing nine-wicket thrashing of UAE at Vanderbijlpark.

UAE managed only 79, and that they made as many was only thanks to a last-wicket stand of 30.

Lameck Onyango did the bulk of the damage as UAE lost nine wickets for 36, finishing with career-best figures of six for 14. Kenya cruised to victory in 12.2 overs, Maurice Ouma thumping ten fours in a 38-ball fifty.

It was a tale of two openers as Netherlands beat Denmark by seven wickets at Potchefstroom.

Denmark's Michael Pedersen made 121 as Denmark scored 245 for nine, but he was overshadowed by the same score by Alexei Kervezee as Netherlands eased to their second win with seven overs to spare.

Ryan ten Doeschate, the hero of Wednesday's victory over Kenya, was brought back down to earth with a second-ball duck.