Cricket: Uganda Halts Nigeria’s World Cup Qualification Hope

Hosts Uganda put a staggering bowling performance to halt Nigeria’s hope of International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup Global Qualification, beating the West Africans by six wickets.

The loss to hosts Uganda in the last group B game sealed Nigeria’s fate after earlier beating Rwanda and hoping to pick a victory against the East Africans to contest for semi finals spot.

Sent into the game to bat by Uganda who won the toss, Nigeria batting line up struggled to score runs on the board as the Ugandan bowlers rattled to limit the side to 63/9 in 20 overs.

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The top order batters failed to take charge, losing their wickets in quick succession, leaving captain Blessing Etim 24(42) with the highest batting performance.

The home side, however showed why they are ranked 12 places ahead of Nigeria on the ICC table, winning by 66/4 with 24 balls left.

At the end of the game, Etim acknowledged that the batting side hadn’t done enough.

“Our plan in this competition was to play to win but it didn’t go our way, we have learnt our lessons and will go back to the drawing board

“We have to correct a few things; our mindset, batting impression. Our batting didn’t go as we planned due to a few errors and that’s what we will work on back home,”

The duo of Uganda and Namibia qualify for the semi finals, with the hosts finishing top of the group with three wins.

Cricket: Uganda Halts Nigeria’s World Cup Qualification Hope