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HARARE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Opener Craig Wishart hit a commanding 172 not out to set up Zimbabwe's 86-run victory over Namibia in a rain-curtailed World Cup Group A match on Monday.

Rain halted play for the second time at 1410 GMT and, with no chance of a resumption, the match was abandoned.

Facing a revised victory target of 325 in 46 overs, Namibia slipped from a flying start to 104 for five when rain intervened after 25.1 overs, well behind on the Duckworth/Lewis scoring method for interrupted matches.

Former captain Danie Keulder was Namibia's top scorer, striking three fours in his 27 before he was brilliantly caught off a full-blooded cover drive by a leaping Dion Ebrahim.

The tournament minnows, playing in their first World Cup, won the toss but could do very little to stem the flow of runs as Zimbabwe piled up an imposing 340 for two in their 50 overs.

Opener Wishart narrowly missed out on the highest individual World Cup score as Zimbabwe cashed in on a good batting pitch and an inexperienced Namibia attack.

Wishart's 172 was the highest total by a Zimbabwe batsman in one-day internationals but fell short of Gary Kirsten's 188 not out for South Africa against the United Arab Emirates in the 1996 World Cup. Grant Flower finished unbeaten on 78.

Zimbabwe
      C. Wishart not out                            172
      M. Vermeulen c and b Louw                      39
      A. Flower c Karg b Louis Burger                39
      G. Flower not out                              78
      Extras: (lb6, nb2, w4)                         12
      Total (for two wickets)                       340
      Fall of wickets: 1-107, 2-174
      Bowling: Snyman 10-0-48-0, Jan Burger 10-1-70-0, 
      Bjorn Kotze 10-1-78-0, Louw 10-0-60-1, 
      Deon Kotze 7-0-55-0, Louis Burger 3-0-23-1
      Overs: 50

   Namibia

      R. Walters c Taibu b Streak                    0
      S. Swanepoel c Streak b Whittall              23
      J. Burger c A. Flower b Streak                26
      D. Keulder c Ebrahim b Whittall               27
      G. Murgatroyd c Wishart b Grant Flower        10
      L. Burger not out                              4
      D. Kotze not out                               5
      Extras: (lb1,w8)                               9
      Total (for five wickets)                     104
      Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-40, 3-80, 4-94, 5-98
      Bowling: Streak 5-0-35-2, Hondo 6-1-20-0, 
	Olonga 3-1-8-0,  Murphy 1-0-7-0,
	G. Flower 5.1-1-13-1,  G. Whittall 5-0-20-2
      Overs: 25.1
      Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L method)
      Toss: Namibia
      Umpires: David Orchard (Rsa) and Simon Taufel (Aus) 
      TV umpire: Darrell Hair (Aus)
      Match referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
    

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