The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Day 2 #WCL3
➡ Uganda ?? 198/9 vs USA ?? 252/6
USA wins by 54 runs
➡ Oman ?? 186/6 Singapore ?? 185/9
Oman wins by 4 wickets
Next Game
Tuesday – Oman v Denmark, Uganda v Kenya
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Arnold Otwani again starred for Uganda with the bat, but it was not good enough to stop a rampant USA from winning Saturday’s World Cricket League Division 3 match in Al Amarat, Oman.
USA’s opening batsman Monank Patel survived a run-out in just the third ball of the match to score a match-winning 107 as they set Uganda a 253 target that they eventually failed to match. Uganda fell 54 runs off the target, for a one-win, one-defeat start to the tournament.
Otwani’s 52 had given Uganda an ideal start to build on, run out after reaching the half-century point with Uganda at 89 for 3, but with no other batsman able to build on this, Steve Tikolo’s boys withered. They eventually concentrated on damage control.
“Uganda gave up chasing after the 6th wicket fell at 122/6 in 31 and worked to limit the NRR damage, which they did quite effectively as USA lacked a killer instinct,” said Espncricinfo writer Peter Della Penna.
The game earlier had a controversial moment when key bowler Irfan Afridi was removed from the Uganda attack under threat of being no-balled by umpires.
Fall of wickets
20-1 (RG Mukasa, 6.4 ov), 82-2 (HB Kayondo, 23.5 ov), 89-3 (A Otwani, 24.3 ov), 91-4 (Mohammed Irfan, 25.1 ov), 104-5 (DM Nakrani, 27.6 ov), 122-6 (Riazat Ali Shah, 30.6 ov), 179-7 (RB Patel, 45.2 ov), 180-8 (Bilal Hassun, 46.3 ov), 197-9 (C Waiswa, 49.4 ov)
Peter Della Penna concluded by saying, “On the whole, a strong performance for USA led by Monank Patel’s century. Solid spells by Timil Patel with 3 for 28 and Netravalkar with 2 for 33 as well. USA moves to 1-0 and has a day off before taking on Kenya. Uganda goes level at 1-1 but crucially did not take a severe net run rate hit that looked very probable at the 31-over mark.”
Uganda had started the tournament on a bright note Friday, beating lower ranked Denmark.
Up next, in a must-win game now for Uganda, is KENYA!
Well, it didn’t happen. The lead turned out to be unassailable for the Cricket Cranes. I hope this loss to the #USA hasn’t just done us in, on our quest for second division status in the @ICC. Truth is, the game is tough where we are. We must dig deep to survive this jungle.
— John Vianney Nsimbe (@JohnVianneyNsim) November 11, 2018
All eyes on 2023 World Cup
The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three is an international cricket tournament that is currently taking place in Oman between 9 and 19 November 2018. It forms part of the 2017–22 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
The top two teams will be promoted to the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament, and the other four teams will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two is scheduled to take place in April 2019 in Namibia.
Six teams will qualify for the tournament:
➡Papua New Guinea (9th in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier)
➡Hong Kong (10th in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier)
➡Canada (3rd in 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two)
➡Namibia (4th in 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two)
TO BE DETERMINED (1st in 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
TO BE DETERMINED (2nd in 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
Standings so far
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Oman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.892 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.080 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.058 |
| Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.595 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.296 |
SOURCE: Wikepedia.com
FULL SCHEDULE
Friday, 9 November – Oman v Kenya, OC Turf 1; Uganda v Denmark, OC Turf 2 – 8.30am
Saturday, 10 November – USA v Uganda, OC Turf 1; Oman v Singapore, OC Turf 2
Monday, 12 November – Kenya v USA, OC Turf 1; Denmark v Singapore, OC Turf 2
Tuesday, 13 November – Oman v Denmark, OC Turf 1; Uganda v Kenya, OC Turf 2
Thursday, 15 November – Singapore v Uganda, OC Turf 1; Denmark v USA, OC Turf 2
Friday, 16 November – USA v Uganda, OC Turf 1; Kenya v Singapore, OC Turf 2
Sunday, 18 November – Kenya v Denmark, OC Turf 1; Oman v Uganda OC Turf 2
Monday, 19 November – Singapore v USA, OC Turf 1
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➡#Oman ?? 166/5 42.5 #Kenya ?? 164 49.2
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➡ NEXT – USA, Saturday
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