Kenya's cricket team suffered a setback on Sunday when Uganda
stunned them to claim an exciting two-wicket win in the third match
of the Twenty20 Quadrangular tournament in Nairobi on Sunday.
The Ugandans got off to a poor start when Roger Mukasa was
bowled by Thomas Odoyo off the second ball of the innings.
But wicketkeeper Lawrence Sematimba's counterattacking 42 laid
the platform for their victory.
He pulled Odoyo over deep square leg before turning his
attention to Lameck Onyango, whom he whipped for 16 runs in the
fifth over, including a six over deep midwicket.
According to a news release from the world cricket body, Joel
Olwenyi, who came in after the other opener, Arthur Kyobe, was
dismissed for two, slogged Jimmy Kamande over long-on, but
Sematimba fell against the run of play when he mis-timed a sweep to
be trapped lbw in the same over.
Olwenyi hit Hiren Varaiya for two straight boundaries in the
next over before getting out for 24.
Kamande leaked 14 runs from his third over as Raymond Otim went
on the offensive. It didn't help Kenya's cause when Otim was
dropped by Varaiya when he was on two for he launched Kamande for a
six over long-on off the next ball. Uganda were then comfortably
poised, needing 24 off 24 balls.
But Otim was caught by Rajesh Budhia when going for yet another
six off Odoyo's bowling. Steve Tikolo removed Jeremy Kibukamusoke
and Emmanuel Isaneez in the 18th over as the match headed towards a
thrilling finish.
Nandi Patel swung the match in Uganda's favor when he hit a four
and a six in the 19th over bowled by Ongondo. It was sealed when
Davis Arinaithe lofted Odoyo over long-off for a single on the
penultimate ball of the match.
Meanwhile, Pakistan continued its winning streak on Sunday over
Bangladesh who on Saturday dismissed the hosts, Kenya by five
wickets.
A sparkling 81 off 50 deliveries by Nazimuddin briefly
threatened an upset but lack of support from the other batsmen
allowed Pakistan a comfortable victory over Bangladesh in the
Quadrangular tournament.
The early loss of fellow opener Tamim Iqbal did not deter
Nazimuddin as he dispatched the much talked-about duo of Shoaib
Akhtar and Mohammad Asif to all parts of the Nairobi Gymkhana.
Iftikhar Anjum replaced Asif as early as the sixth over but 20
came off his first over as Bangladesh went past 50.
The introduction of spin, however, paid dividends for the second
time in the match as Shahid Afridi dismissed Aftab Ahmed and
Mohammad Ashraful was run out in the following over.
While Nazimuddin kept blazing, Afridi picked up another wicket
to dry up the scoring from one end.
(Xinhua News Agency September 3, 2007)