Tornado Bee endures tough week
Oct 23, 2017
The shocking defeat came in the absence of Abdallah Lubega and Fred Achelam, who traveled to Rwanda with a Uganda select side to compete in the Cricket Builds Hope Tournament.
UCA National T20 Cup
Pirates 135/4 Tornado Bee 102/9
(Pirates win by 33 runs)
Kutchi Tigers 116/6 Africa 67/8
(Kutchi Tigers win by 49 runs)
Nile 44/10 KICC 48/4
(KICC win by 6 wickets)
Premier 156/9SKLPS 147/6
(Premier win by 9 runs)
Patidar 143/6 JACC 128/7
(Patidar win by 15 runs)
Jinja SS 171/7 Patidar 154/6
(Jinja SS win by 17 runs)
It is clear Tornado Bee are enduring their toughest cricket season in five years. After losing the Jazz Safari National league title to Aziz Damani, they hoped to seek solace in the T20 Cup, but that is yet to happen.
They suffered a setback at Lugogo on Saturday when Kampala Pirates beat them by 33 runs with Alpha Adowa and Joshua Mwanja reaching near half tons of 46 and 48 respectively for an inspired Pirates side.
The shocking defeat came in the absence of Abdallah Lubega and Fred Achelam, who traveled to Rwanda with a Uganda select side to compete in the Cricket Builds Hope Tournament.
Cyrus Kibuuka Musoke could not find his touch of ingenuity managing just a team's best of 34 when his side came up short in chasing the game as they were all out for 102.
On Sunday at Entebbe, troubled days persisted in Africa' camp when Kutchi Tigers beat them by 49 runs. The game comes in the wake of Africa failing to qualify to Jazz Safari Division one by the last game of the season where their opponent Jinja SS didn't turn up.
Ankit Patel's return of 46 from 32 balls ensured the scoreboard moved to unreachable heights for Sylvester Rokani's Africa inspite of Richard Lwamafa reaching 19 from 28 balls.
Still in Entebbe, experienced Frank Nsubuga picked 3 wickets for KICC, who beat Nile. His application ensured he emerged man of the match.
At budo, Prakash Shan scored 46 from 23 balls and claimed 2 wickets to guide Premier to a 9 runs win against SKLPS despite Yogesh Rabadia reaching a half century of 72 off 50 for the losing SKLPS.
At Jinja Oval, Calvin Watuwa's game best of a half century (61 off 40 balls) inspired Jinja SS to a 17 runs victory.