Namibia v Uganda – ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 – First Innings Recap
Namibia posted a target of 163 runs for Uganda to chase down, while batting first in a game of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Africa Region Division One Twenty20, on July 9, 2011, at Kyambogo Cricket Ground, Kampala.
Namibia won the toss and elected to bat first. The start was somewhat good as the openers, Louis http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-David-Williams-c51678 crafted a partnership of 33 runs in the first 3.1 overs. Westhuizen was bowled on the first ball of the 4th over when he
was batting on 18. He hit four sterling boundaries off 10 balls.
Williams was joined by one-down, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Williams-c98034 fell in the 9th over after scoring 29 from 22 deliveries with the help of 4 fours and 1 six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964. He lasted till the second last over of the innings and kept firing shots in all directions. Snyman played 32 balls and lashed 41 runs, which included 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Among the other three batsmen who played, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Raymond-van-Schoor-c84385 scored 22 and Stephen Baard piled 3 runs before the end of 20 overs. The Uganda bowlers gave away 10 extra runs.
Namibia totalled 162 for the loss of 5 wickets. The run rate had been 8.10 per over.
Taking a look on the scorecard, it is evident that all the batsmen performed well and combined to consign a tough target to their rivals. The innings was interesting enough as the Namibian batsmen played some fantastic shots.
In the bowling line-up of Uganda, four of the 5 bowlers shared 5 wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Franco-Nsubuga-c57307 grabbed one wicket each. Each of bowlers bowled 4 overs
in the innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arthur-Solomon-Kyobe-c45985 as openers.
In an earlier fixture of the ongoing tournament, Uganda won a game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ghana-c2905.
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