13 May 2023 | Cricket

Friday, May 12 First Semifinals Olila 158/2 Jinja SS 62/10 • Olila win by 96 runs Second Semifinal Light SS 79/6 Masaka SS 53/9 • Light SS win by 26 runs Defending Champions Olila High School, and Light SS beat Jinja SS and Masaka SS respectively to set up an all-Soroti final at the National Girls Schools Cricket Week. Masaka won the toss in the first semi-final and opted to bowl. They were able to pick 6 wickets but conceded 79 runs in the process. Their star player and Fair-break bound opener Proscovia Alako was bowled out in the second over after facing just five balls and getting three runs. From that moment, Light picked wicket after wicket, and Yusuf Nanga’s girls failed to recover, as they lost by 26 runs. Patricia Timong who scored the most runs (17) for the light picked three wickets while Winnie Itwaro had two, Patricia Apolot picking the prized wicket of Alako. In the second semifinal, Olila beat record holders Jinja SS by 96 runs. Sarah Atim was responsible for the majority of the wickets picking four. In Olila’s innings, Jimia Muhammad scored a half-century of 55 not out off 54 balls while Lorna Anyait and Esther Iloku got 34 and 43 respectively. Ariokot notched 10 not out as Olila set 158/2.

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