U19 World Cup dream up in smoke

By Norman Katende

Pepsi ICC Africa U-19 World Cup qualifiers

Namibia 334/7, Zambia 47

(Namibia wins by 292)

Sierra Leone 106 (DL 90), Nigeria 91/6

(Nigeria wins by 4 wickets)

Uganda 230/, Tanzania 46

(Uganda wins by 184 runs)

Botswana 195, Nigeria 130/9

(Botswana wins by 65 runs)

Kenya 271/6, Sierra Leone 94

(Kenya wins by 177 runs)

Uganda 240, Zambia 99

(Uganda wins by 141 runs)

Today’s results

Botswana  217/8 v Sierra Leone 104

(Botswana wins by 113 runs)

Namibia 103/0 v Tanzania 102

(Namibia wins by 10 wickets)

Kenya 183 v Nigeria  41

(Kenya wins by 142 runs)

IVAN Baidhu picked five wickets for 14 runs, with Arnold Otwani and Varinder Singh hitting half centuries for Uganda, but it was a tad too late to save the hosts’ Pepsi ICC U-19 World Cup dream from going up in smoke. 

This came after Namibia secured a 292 run win against Zambia to ensure that they stay top of the Pepsi ICC Africa U-19 World Cup Pool A qualifier table.

Despite having played two games compared to Uganda’s three, Namibia (+2.964) has a superior run rate compared to Uganda (+2.105) and they will need to be thrashed by Tanzania in their last game on Tuesday for there to be any hope for Uganda to qualify.

After losing their first game against Namibia on Saturday, it came down to Uganda winning all its remaining matches and hoping Namibia falters.

Varinder Singh (70) and Arnold Otwani (52) topscored for Uganda while Tanzania’s Athumani Siwa impressed with the ball to finish with figures of 6/40 runs.