Eddie Norfolk
\nCanada may have leaked a few too many runs in the first three games of this ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, dropped a couple of catches that may have made the difference between a win and a loss in at least the first couple of games, but – in a way – that does not matter going into Tuesday\u2019s game against Uganda.
\nUganda are likely to have gained a boost from recovering to win against Italy on Monday. But that game had some swings and roundabouts. Uganda was seemingly going well with the bat, then faltered but the ninth wicket pair took the side to the verge of a win with a stand of 49.
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\nMonday\u2019s game was the first game of the tournament where Uganda batted second. Uganda won decided to field after winning the toss.
\nIn the opening game against the UAE, Uganda was asked to bat first. The first Uganda wicket put 18 runs on the board from five overs, but around three overs later the score was 25 for four. Wicketkeeper Phillimon Selowa and Richard Okia each battled away for 22 runs in an innings that closed on 88 for eight after twenty overs. Shaiman Anwar\u2019s 54 provided the bulk of the required runs for the UAE, who won by eight wickets with 34 balls to spare.
\nUganda decided to bat first against Hong Kong but lost three early wickets to the bowling of Tanwir Afzal. A run out dimmed the light for Uganda at 21 for four around the start of the seventh over. Selowa made 21 of Uganda\u2019s first 41 runs before being caught and bowled. Skipper Davis Arinatwe made 12 before being the next wicket to fall: run out with the total on 56. Okia made 31 from 40 balls, batting at number seven, and Waiswa chipped in with 13 before being run out to end the Ugandan innings on 105 all out from the last ball of the twentieth over.
\nHong Kong was made to battle for the runs, reaching a winning 107 for six wickets with eleven balls to spare. A bright start saw 37 on the board before the first wicket fell in the sixth over. Nizakat Khan (16*) and number eight bat Tanwir Afzal (26*) steered the victory course after Hong Kong stumbled to 69 for six.
\nThe Hong Kong game seems to have provided batting practice for Okia and Waiswa, whose efforts brought Uganda the win on Monday against Italy. The Italian innings was very much divided around the 10.4 over mark. Gareth Berg, who plays for Middlesex in the England and Wales county scene, was out for 62 out of an Italian running total of 74 for two wickets at that point. Peter Petricola, who shared a second wicket stand of 29 with Berg, then made most of his 34 and three other batsman hit between 10 and 19 as Italy reached 148 for four from 20 overs.
\nSo Uganda has show a certain ability to rally an innings while batting, but with some quality bowling from Canada and reasonable batting, Canada should be able to make an initial mark in the win column.
\nThen, in a couple of days time, Canada could resume winning ways in the last three games of the Group A round-robin against host UAE (Nov 22), Namibia (Nov 23) and Italy (Nov 24), then advance to the playoff stage.
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