Some relief for Cricket Cranes

Jan 26, 2015

The record will show Uganda humbled Canada by eight wickets with 24.4 overs to spare on the last day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in Namibia.

By Charles Mutebi

ICC World Cricket League Division 2 results

Final: Namibi 212

Netherlands 213/2
(Netherlands win by eight wickets)

Third-place playoff

Kenya 208/9 Nepal 193
(Kenya win by 15 runs)

Fifth-place playoff
Canada 140/10 Uganda 144/2
(Uganda win by eight wickets)

The record will show Uganda humbled Canada by eight wickets with 24.4 overs to spare on the last day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in Namibia.

It really should say this was a cruel game that neither team should have been allowed to endure.

Both Uganda and Canada were relegated to Division 3 a day prior to their Saturday meeting and the most humane thing would have been to just let both teams catch the earliest flight back home.

But rules are rules and Uganda’s victory will go down as a real victory in an official ICC tournament. Beyond that there is nothing to it.

That it helped Uganda finish second-last rather than last may be notable to some but who really wants to be the best relegated side?

Perhaps neither did Uganda nor Canada but in the event the Cricket Cranes breezed through the matchup with a combined assault with ball and bat.