Flying start
Apr 10, 2002
UGANDA clinched a double win on the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) East Africa boys’ and women’s tournament yesterday.
By Ronnie KintuBoys U-17Uganda 211/9 Tanzania 163/10TodayUganda v Kenya WomenUganda 120/10 Kenya 83/10TodayKenya v TanzaniaUGANDA clinched a double win on the opening day of the International Cricket Council (ICC) East Africa boys’ and women’s tournament yesterday.Isa Emanuel and Kibuka Musoke led the Uganda Under-17 boys with a beautiful 48 run victory over Tanzania at Lugogo oval while Christine Aryemo led the women’s team to a 37 run win over Kenya at Kyambogo.Uganda’s boys showed great resilience at Lugogo, battling from three for 64 in 20 overs, to a magnificent 211 for nine in the allotted 50 overs.Mid order batsman Cyrus Kibuuka Musoke (48) lifted the score to a respectable 175/8 in 42 overs before late order bat Isa Emmanuel added an unbeaten 47.Opening bowler David Musoke (2/35) and first change Ronald Ssemanda (2/28) damaged the visitors, restricting them to 4/42 in 11 with only captain Dharmin Parmar, 62 not out, defiant. Uganda won with 7.4 overs to spare.The finals are on Saturday.Scoreboard:Under-17 boysUganda 211/9 (Emmanuel Isa 47 n.o, Kibuka Musoke 48 Martin Ondeko 24; Benson Mwita 2/46, Sultan Mrisho 2/31)Tanzania 163/10 (Dharmin P 62 n.o, Harsheen S 24, Mwita B 24; Musoke D 2/35, Ssemanda R 2/29, Sserunkuma G 2/28)WomenUganda 120/10 (Aryemo C 26, Nakitto J 11, Kunihira M 10; Maryun Hassan 4/27, Nekesa C 3/12)Kenya 83/10 (Bauja M 15; Maska B 3/21)r Maurice Odumbe has resigned as Kenya captain ahead of the ICC Six Nations Challenge in Namibia because he wants to spend more time with his pregnant wife, officials said in Nairobi. Despite the resignation, Odumbe will still play in the ICC tournament.Batsman Steve Tikolo, who was Odumbe’s deputy, has been appointed as the new captain, with medium pace bowler Thomas Odoyo as vice captain.The ICC tournament also features Namibia, the Netherlands, Canada, Sri Lanka A and Zimbabwe A.Kenyan team: Steve Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo, Ravindu Shah, Kennedy Otieno, Maurice Odumbe, Hitesh Modi, Martin Suji, Collins Obuya, Joseph Angara, Peter Ochieng, David Obuya, Maurice Ouma, Alfred Luseno and Jadavji Bhimji.ends