UCA T20 Cup

Results

KC Budo 114/5 Soroti 115/8

(Soroti win by two wickets)

KC Budo 91/5 Soroti 95/7

(Soroti win by three wickets)

Africa 100/10 Damani 104/6

(Damani win by four wickets)

Damani 123/7 Africa 116/5

(Damani win by seven runs) 

Four games, one half ton. 

And not necessarily from a usual suspect. 

With the likes of Simon Ssesazi, Riazat Shah and the rest of Aziz Damani’s stars all in action in UCA T20 Cup, as well as Africa’s talented youngsters like Ronald Lutaaya and Cyrus Kakuru, you would not have put your money on the weekend’s highest-scoring performance coming from the Champions League clash at Jinja Cricket Oval between KC Budo and Soroti City. 

It came off Ronald Ebulu’s bat, inspiring Soroti to a two-wicket victory over Kings College Budo. It was the second of two meetings between the two sides on the day, with the first having similarly gone Soroti’s way. 

Budo were held to 91/5 in their allotted overs in the first game, with Steven Okiror scoring a game-best 30 runs. Ahmed Ibad added 27 runs. For Soroti, it was Allan Nabugyere and Richard Oluka, who top scored with 21 runs apiece as Soroti raced to 95/7 in 14.3 overs. 

Budo scored 114/5 in the afternoon clash, with Michael Lwamafa, Okiror, Ahmed Ibad, Phillip Murungi contributing 26, 21, 14 and 12 runs respectively. 

In the Damani – Africa T20 double header, Lutaaya’s 45 off 48 was the best individual score, although it could not save the former from avoiding, in the morning clash, which the defending champions won by seven runs. 

Miyagi’s 41 was the pick of the batting in the second meeting, helping Damani to a four-wicket victory. Damani stretched their lead atop Group A to 10 points, four ahead Aziz Damani development.