Play to your ability, Suji tells players
Mar 30, 2011
WITH the importance of the impending Division II World Cricket League to Uganda very obvious, the pressure on the national team to secure a favourable finish will be high.
By Charles Mutebi
Dubai, April 8-15
Division II WCL
Apr 8: Uganda v H. Kong
Apr 9: Uganda v Namibia
Apr 11: Uganda v Bermuda
Apr 14: Uganda v PNG
WITH the importance of the impending Division II World Cricket League to Uganda very obvious, the pressure on the national team to secure a favourable finish will be high.
Wonder what the coaches are telling the players? Let loose and enjoy yourselves.
“We have been giving them the freedom to express themselves,†coach Martin Suji told The New Vision. “We are telling them: When you are bowling, you just bowl happily; when you are fielding, field happily. If you are batting, believe that you can pick runs here and there.â€
Millions of shillings in funding from world body, ICC, is at stake in the six-team event that takes place in Dubai next month. But that is information Suji and fellow coach Conrad Shukri don’t want playing on players minds.
“I don’t want the boys to think about so much,†explained Suji. “We are telling the players not to try to play beyond their abilities.â€
Uganda will face hosts UAE, Namibia, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Papua New Guinea and a top two finish guarantees the much needed ICC development grants.
Dubai, April 8-15
Division II WCL
Apr 8: Uganda v H. Kong
Apr 9: Uganda v Namibia
Apr 11: Uganda v Bermuda
Apr 14: Uganda v PNG
WITH the importance of the impending Division II World Cricket League to Uganda very obvious, the pressure on the national team to secure a favourable finish will be high.
Wonder what the coaches are telling the players? Let loose and enjoy yourselves.
“We have been giving them the freedom to express themselves,†coach Martin Suji told The New Vision. “We are telling them: When you are bowling, you just bowl happily; when you are fielding, field happily. If you are batting, believe that you can pick runs here and there.â€
Millions of shillings in funding from world body, ICC, is at stake in the six-team event that takes place in Dubai next month. But that is information Suji and fellow coach Conrad Shukri don’t want playing on players minds.
“I don’t want the boys to think about so much,†explained Suji. “We are telling the players not to try to play beyond their abilities.â€
Uganda will face hosts UAE, Namibia, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Papua New Guinea and a top two finish guarantees the much needed ICC development grants.