01 June 2024 | Cricket

Match Summary: Uganda W v Nigeria W

• Uganda 97 all out
• Nigeria 85/9
• Uganda won by 12 runs

Victoria Pearls edged Nigeria in their meeting at Kwibuka Cricket Tournament on Friday.

Nigeria who like chasing down totals won the toss and elected to bowl first. Lilian Ude 4/15 was Uhganda's tormentor-in-chief with ball-in-hand but Janet Mbabazi (19) and Immaculate Nakisuyi (33) combined for an opening stand of 28.

However, Victoria Pearls failed to find second gear to help push the envelope. Kevin Awino (14) and Consy Aweko (7) played a tail-wagging cameo that pushed the total to 97 all out in 20 overs.

In the run chase, Sarah Walaza bowled a mean spell conceding just five runs in her quota of four overs which piled pressure on the Nigerians.

The Victoria Pearls cleaned up the top cheaply until a middle-order resistance kept the game evenly balanced till the end.

The big names of Consy Aweko 2/21, Immaculate Nakisuyi 2/19 and Janet Mbabazi 1/11 put a stop to the flow runs with the Nigerians running out of resources with 12 runs still required for the win.

Uganda picked up their second win of the tournament to keep up with the leading pack of Zimbabwe and Rwanda who have also won two out two so far.

The Ugandan will be back in action later today against Zimbabwe.

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