ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Italy, Uganda prevail in tournament openers - Cricket News Update
Italy and Uganda won their opening matches of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier played on the neutral venues of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
Italy crushed Oman by nine wickets in a Group B match played at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Global Cricket Academy in Dubai while in another Group B clash played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Uganda thrashed the United States of America by four wickets, to add two points
to their respective accounts.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Italy-c2926 crushed Oman by nine wickets:
Oman’s decision to bat first after winning the toss backfired as a red hot Carl Sandri scythed through the Omanian batting line up to finish with four for nine, restricting the struggling opposition to 89 for 9 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. The only
player to reach double figures for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sultan-Ahmed-c91760, who came to bat at the number five position and remained unbeaten at 16, as the wickets kept clattering at the other end. Oman’s 89 for 9 included 19 extras.
In reply, Italy’s opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Northcote-c44540 quite early, in the second over of the chase with only six on
the board, the number three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Carl-Stephen-Sandri-c49245 was adjudged as the man of the match.
Uganda beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759 by 4 wickets:
In another match, Uganda defeated the United States of America by four wickets to kick start their ICC World T20 Qualifier campaign in a triumphant way.
After opting to bat first, the USA cricket team set a modest 20-over target of 124 runs for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sushilkumar-Suhas-Nadkarni-c92066 was the leading run scorer for the side with a 33-ball 38. With the side reeling at 71 for 5 in the 15th over, Adil
Bhatti tried to restore some normalcy with a valiant 21 off just 14 balls, but that was not enough to set a daunting total for the opposition.
Uganda got off to a shaky start, losing three wickets inside six overs with only 16 on the board. In the 12th over, the side was struggling at 53 for 5 but captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Franco-Nsubuga-c57307 shared a match-turning 47-run stand for the sixth
wicket to put the team well on course for a 4-wicket win. Uganda won the match on the penultimate ball of the last over to secure the points.
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