21 September 2022 | Cricket

ACA Africa T20 Cup Challenge: Uganda vs. Kenya

Kenya 105/8 18 overs

Kenneth Waiswa 4/22
Juma Miyagi 2/13
Uganda 107/7 17.3/18 overs

Riazat Ali Shah 48
Simon Ssesazi 22
Uganda won by 3 wickets

Ugandan all-rounder Riazat Ali Shah played a much-needed innings to aid his country in defeating Kenya by three wickets on Wednesday in the ACA Africa T20 Cup Challenge.

The Pearl required 22 runs off 18 balls and with Cricket Cranes 5 wickets down, Riazat delivered without fail.

Riazat decided to take matters into his own hands and in the 17th over, he scored 18 runs off Lucas Oluoch to reduce the equation from 22 to 4 runs.

Despite losing his wicket going for glory, he had done the lifting for the team with Pascal Murungi and Juma Miyagi finishing off the game as Uganda got the better of Kenya.

Uganda won the toss and elected to bowl first in overcast conditions with Cosmas Kyewuta and Juma Miyagi putting the squeeze on Kenya.

Irfan Karim (48) took the game to Uganda with some nasty blows with support from Nehemiah Odhiambo (23) and Kenya finished on 105/8 in their 18 overs.

In reply, Deus Muhumuza and Brian Masaba fell cheaply but Simon Ssesazi (22) and Riazat Ali Shah (48) stood out with the bat.

Uganda qualifies for the final and will wait for the winner between Botswana and Tanzania. A win against Kenya also means that Uganda will for now keep Kenya behind them in the T20 rankings.

The final will be played tomorrow afternoon at Wilmore Park.

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