Match abstract
Namibia 1265/6 in 20 overs
Uganda 125 all out in 20 overs
Namibia gained by 1 run
In a dramatic fifth match of the Capricorn Sequence at HP Oval, Namibia clinched a slim one-run victory over Uganda, taking a 3–2 lead within the six-match collection.
The encounter, marked by momentum shifts and particular person brilliance, units up a high-stakes finale tomorrow.
Namibia caught with their current profitable formulation after profitable the toss for the third consecutive time, selecting to bat first.
Nonetheless, their innings started on shaky floor.
Uganda’s bowlers began with precision, eradicating each Kalyan Inexperienced (for a duck) and Suné Wittmann (10) cheaply.
On the finish of the powerplay, Namibia had been reeling at 19/3, and their struggles continued as they crawled to 35/4 on the midway mark of their innings.
The tide turned due to Mwatile Mekalaye, whose composed, unbeaten 60 off 49 balls (strike charge 122.45) anchored the Namibian innings.
Her knock proved to be the spine of a modest restoration, serving to Namibia put up 126/6 of their 20 overs.
Uganda made two key modifications to their lineup, handing a match debut to Shakira Saddick and recalling Phiona Kulume, who changed Kevin Awino and Sarah Walaza.
With Awino out, the opening obligations fell to Saddick and Iloku Esther.
Whereas Saddick fell early within the fourth over, Esther launched a quick-fire begin, guiding Uganda to 37/1 on the finish of the powerplay and 73/1 after 10 overs.
The chase appeared properly in management, particularly with stable contributions from Janet Mbabazi (44) and Iloku Esther (41).
However because the innings wore on, strain mounted.
Namibia’s bowlers held their nerve within the loss of life overs, choosing up essential wickets—together with two within the penultimate and closing overs—to bowl out Uganda for 125 in 19.5 overs, only one run in need of the goal.
After the match, Victoria Pearls captain Janet Mbabazi mirrored on the slim defeat.
“It’s disappointing to lose by such a small margin,”
she mentioned.
“However I’m happy with how our prime order stepped up—particularly Iloku within the powerplay.
Sadly, we left an excessive amount of for the decrease order, which price us.
Personally, I’m completely happy to contribute runs, and as a crew, we’ll keep optimistic heading into the ultimate match.”
The collection decider between Uganda and Namibia is about for tomorrow at 3:00 PM EAT.
With the hosts main 3–2, Uganda will probably be aiming to degree the collection, whereas Namibia will look to seal the collection win in entrance of a house crowd.
