Uganda starts ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional qualifiers positively as Olipa continue to announce himself as Batting Answer for Cricket Cranes.
Uganda 195/6 (20overs) Zambia 108 all out (17.3)
Uganda Cricket Cranes started the ICC Men’s T20 Sub Regional World Cup Qualifiers with a big win of 87 runs over Zambia inspired by young star Gerald Olipa who continues to announce himself as Uganda’s batting solution and picks the player of the match accolade.
In the game played on October 20 in Abuja Nigeria, Uganda Won the toss to elect batting first and in the first inning was Olipa who converted the best with 82 runs off 42 balls reflecting his batting standards he has been posting in last months.
Uganda completed the 20 overs with 195 runs for a loss of 6 wickets, Captain Riazat Ali Shah was the second best contributor of the game with 38 from 20 balls, Raghav Dhawan added on 23 runs and Sumeet Varma added on another 21 runs and Juma Miyaji stroke only three times to 11 runs.
Defending the figure, Joseph Buguma picket up 4 wickets the he gave away 44 runs but Juma Miyaji balanced well his throws to pick up 3 wickets and concede 17 runs, Alpesh Ramjani got 2 wickets for 13 and Enock Kasija had the another one for 16.
In the end the Cricket Cranes successfully limited Zambia far away from reaching their conversion with Joyeb Chand who made 38 off 28 balls, and Jakir Patel, who scored 23 off 23 being the best attackers for Zambia.
Uganda is returning to action tomorrow Wednesday October 21 taking on Lesotho at Moshood Abiola National Stadium, NCF Oval 2, Abuja before taking a day off on Thursday 22, returning from the resting day they have three more game as they seek for a top two finish to reach the Africa Regional qualifiers.
October 23: The Gambia vs Uganda — 3:50pm EAT, NCF Oval 2
October 24: Uganda vs Mozambique — 11:30am EAT, NCF Oval 2
October 25: Nigeria vs Uganda — 3:50pm EAT, NCF Oval 1