Seven Match Series in Chikhil, Surat – Gujarat State
Game 1
Summary For Twenty20 Match – Feb 16
Uganda 129/6 beat ND Warriors XI 75/9
by 54 runs (with 32 balls remaining)
Toss: Won by ND Warriors captain Dixit Patel who elected to field.
FIRST INNINGS
Uganda Batting
Deus Muhumuza 35 runs off 35 balls (3 fours & I six)
Roger Mukasa 27 runs off 25 balls (3 fours & I six)
Hamu Kayondo 20 runs off 20 balls (3 fours)
ND Warriors XI Bowling
Himanshu Patel (2 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs)
Hardik Patel (2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs)
SECOND INNINGS
ND Warriors XI Batting
Bhargav Patel 14 runs off 9 balls (1 four & 1 six)
Himanshu Patel 14 runs off 8 balls (2 fours & 1 six)
Uganda Bowling
Charles Waiswa (2 wickets for 4 runs in 2 overs)
Dinesh Nakrani (3 wickets for 5 runs in 2.5 overs)
Brian Masaba (2 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs)
Man Of Match: Deus Muhumuza
Game 2
Summary For Twenty20 Match – Feb 16
Skipper XI Gujarat 108 all out in 19.2 overs lost to Uganda
112 for 4 in 17.3 overs by six wickets with 15 balls remaining.
Toss: Won by Skipper XI Gujarat captain Nirav Mehta who elected to bat first.
FIRST INNINGS
Skipper XI Gujarat Batting
Sagar Majmudah 49 runs off 51 balls (1 four)
Abishek Shah 10* runs off 15 balls
Uganda Bowling
Deus Muhumuza 3 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs
Frank Nsubuga 2 wickets for 13 runs in 2.2 overs
Emmanuel Isaneez 2 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs
SECOND INNINGS
Uganda Batting
Simon Ssesazi 51 runs off 51 balls (5 fours)
Dinesh Nakrani 15 runs off 25 balls (1 four)
Uganda Bowling
Sagar Jogani 2 wickets for 15 runs in 2.3 overs
Nirav Mehta 1 wicket for 11 runs in 3 overs
Man Of Match: Simon Ssesazi
QUICK POINTERS
1. If there was any premonition that the nine-day Tour of Qatar would leave the Cricket Cranes fatigued, the national men’s cricket team cast any such fears out of the window with solid shifts on their first day of action.
2. Steve Tikolo’s boys sent a strong message to the rest of the five teams they will be playing on this tour with two back-to-back Twenty20 wins on a hot and humid day at the Shri Mohanlal Desai Cricket Ground (Sanjay Farm) in Gujarat, India.
3. There was no luck at the pre-match toss for captain Roger Mukasa before both games but that mattered less after sealing victory in both games with relative ease in the end.
4. All-rounder Deus Muhumuza and left-hand top order batsman Simon Ssesazi are not resting on their laurels from gulf nation. The pair continued to make hay here in India with two Man of Match (MOM) performances.
5. Whereas Uganda exhibited energetic displays in the field, it was the batting that stood out as Muhumuza’s a run-a-ball 35 in the morning and Ssesazi, in the evening, stole the show with the tour’s first half century of 51 off 51. He also scored one at the Asian Town International Cricket Stadium in Doha.
6. Tomorrow, the team will have a change in the code of play when they take on Surat Cricket Association’s Under 19 Team. The team will feature youngsters that play in the Gujarat State U-19 side, a straight feeder to the India U-19 side that has just won the Junior World Cup down under in New Zealand.
