Victoria Pearls rue batting jitters as World Cup hopes fade
Apr 30, 2024
Uganda lost a good chance to put important points on board that would probably give them a better chance to advance before facing the unbeaten Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Proscovia Alako of Uganda plays a shot as Nannapat Koncharoenkai of Thailand keeps during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 match between Uganda and Thailand at Tolerance Ova. (Courtesy Photos)
Faith Kiai
Journalist @New Vision
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Uganda 62 in 17.4 overs Thailand 64/1 in 11.3 overs
(Uganda lost by 9 wickets)
Wednesday: Uganda v Sri Lanka Consy Aweko of Uganda in bowling action during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 match between Uganda and Thailand at Tolerance Oval on April 29, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Another batting disaster has let the Victoria Pearls down in their quest to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. The national women’s cricket team failed to take the momentum from their previous match into their match against Thailand as they once again failed to post a defendable total.
They put up 62 runs as their opponents made sure to make life especially hard for them as they sought to get an early foothold. The team was once again playing under the lights and felt the pressure right from the power play.
“Thailand won the toss and chose to field first and I think one of the things that didn’t go well for the Victoria Pearls was we weren’t able to put up a good score for the bowlers to come and defend. We didn’t have a partnership running and we lost early wickets in the first four overs,” said team captain Janet Mbabazi.
Uganda lost a good chance to put important points on board that would probably give them a better chance to advance before facing the unbeaten Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
There will be pressure when they take on the much higher-ranked Sri Lanka but the game plan will be to at least establish batting partnerships.
“We had a game and it didn’t go well based on the batting. Thailand won the toss but the girls didn’t show any fight to put runs on board,” explained coach Lawrence Ssematimba.
“They lost the wickets early and couldn’t play out all their overs. If they had at least put up 80 runs those could have been defended but to put up only 62 runs which were very few made it easy for our opponents,” explained coach Lawrence Ssematimba.
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