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HARARE - Opener Craig Wishart narrowly missed out on the highest individual World Cup score as Zimbabwe piled up 340 for two in their 50 overs against struggling Namibia on Monday.
Wishart blasted an unbeaten 172, the highest total by a Zimbabwe batsman in one-day internationals but short of Gary Kirsten's 188 not out for South Africa against the United Arab Emirates in the 1996 World Cup.
Pakistan's Saeed Anwar holds the world record one-day score of 194.
Wishart, who struck three sixes and 18 fours, shared an opening stand of 107 with Mark Vermeulen, who made 39 before he fell to the left-arm spin of Lennie Louw in the Group A opener.
The 43-year-old Louw produced a juggling catch off his own bowling to claim Namibia's first ever World Cup wicket.
Andy Flower scored 39 before being removed by the occasional leg-spin of Jan-Berry Burger, but Wishart and Grant Flower (78 not out) lifted Zimbabwe past 300 with an unbroken stand of 166 for the third wicket.
Namibia are playing in their first World Cup after surprisingly finishing runners-up to the Netherlands in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada.
- REUTERS
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