Hong Kong beat Uganda in ICC World Cricket League Division Two-Cricket News
Hong Kong beat Uganda by 26 runs in the ICC Cricket League Division Two, List ‘A’ match on Friday at ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai.
Hong Kong Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Najeeb-Ahmed-c78524 won the toss and elected bat. Their first wicket fell with the team still not off the mark. Hussain Butt joined Courtney Kruger and took the total to 73 runs. Kruger out for 18 runs, having utilised 48 balls. Butt followed
him with the score at 78.
The innings then began to crumble. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919 were 109-7 in 33.3 overs when Mark Chapman and Aizaz khan took the reins in the centre. They played mature cricket and scored 72 runs for the eighth wicket. Aizaz played a sensible knock of 33 before returning
to the pavillion. The team was bowled out for 204 runs in 50 overs. Chapman remained unbeaten after playing a disciplined knock of 70 runs.
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Uganda did not fare better at the start of their innings as their first wicket fell on just one run to their credit. Frank Nsubuga joined Roger Mukasa and added 87 runs for the second wicket. Nsubuga got out at that point having scored 37.
Davis Arinaitwe and Mukasa had added just 10 runs to the total before Mukasa was sent back to the pavilion after contributing 52 runs from 72 balls including five fours. The fifth wicket fell with the total at 123 runs. Captain Akbar Baig and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lawrence-Sematimba-c72331
got together in the centre and a last ditch attempt was made to make something of the target. The pair added 24 runs before Sematimba was our leg before wicket and Baig followed him soon afterwards. The whole team was packing for 178 runs in 48 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Najeeb-Amar-c78525 took two wickets.
Hong Kong won the match by 26 runs.
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