ILT20: Cricket Cranes back to winning ways against Sierra Leone

• Game 5: ILT20 Cup Rwanda
• Result: Uganda 56/2 beat Sierra Leone 55 all out by 8 wickets

Cricket Cranes

Uganda’s Cricket Cranes got back to winning ways in a routine win against the Patriots of Sierra Leone at the start of the second round of the ILT20 Cup in Kigali.

Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat first. The Cricket Cranes made some changes to their playing XI, with Fahad Mutagana, Ronald Lutaaya and Enock Kasaija getting a crack ahead of Juma Miyaji, Cosmas Kyewuta and Charles Mushemeza.

Mutagana made his T20I debut; he was playing his first game of the tournament with Ronald Lutaaya.

Sierra Leone was no match for the Ugandan bowling; the part-time spin of Gerald Olipa (3/1) was the pick of the bowlers, with the support of Joseph Baguma (2/11), Kenneth Waiswa (2/8) and Enock Kasaija (2/8).

Gerald Olipa Joseph Baguma

In the run chase, Anas Baig failed against the same opposition and the same bowler, George Sesay, but his opening partner, Robinson Obuya (20), carried his bat despite losing debutant Fahad Mutagana (10). Gerald Olipa (21 not out) knocked off the other requirement to bring up a fourth win for Team Uganda inside seven overs.

The win keeps Uganda in second place in the five-nation tournament that will see the top 2 sides competing in the final.

Uganda will take on Botswana tomorrow morning.

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