Uganda Bowlers severely punish Gambia, now it one game away from reaching the Africa Regional qualifiers.
Gambia 27/10 in 8.2 overs
Uganda 28/0 in 1.4 overs
Uganda won by 10 wickets
Taking up game number three for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Sub Regional qualifiers C, Ugandan Bowlers was on a bonnanza hatting Gambia to all out just after the eighth over before unlishing the task with 10 balls.
By the time Gambia’s scoring were killed, they were counting 27 runs setting up simplified batting targeting 28 runs in 20 overs to register the third straight win following victories over Zambia and Lesotho.
In 1.4 overs with only the open batting pair, Uganda reached the target with Robinson Obuya serviving his usual early upsets to post 20 runs off 6 balls recording 3 maximum boundaries, Anas Baig added 6 runs from 4 ball and two wide drops.
At first Captain Riazat Ali Shah and Enock Kasaija picket up 3 wickets each, Alpeshi Ramjani also picked up 2 wickets and Joseph Buguma got the another one while Alpesh and Gerald Olipa managed to run out Mustapha Suwareh.
For Gambia, Andre Jarju countere the best battsman score with 15 runs from 15 ball while on the ball both batsmen suffered with Abubacare Kuyateh conceding 17 runs and Musa Jobarteh conceded 11 runs.
Uganda will return to action on October 24 for the second last game of the campain against Mozambique with big expectation to seal their Africa Regional qualifiers slot before facing host Nigeria whom they adrift with Net Run Rate but tied in 6 points in the first and the second positions.