Olila High School won their third consecutive National Girls Schools Cricket Week title following their 5-wicket win.
The champions defeated rivals, Light SS on Saturday in the finals that were played at St Mary’s Madera School in Soroti.
Heading into the final, the talk of the town was how one-sided the final would be, and indeed, it turned out that way.
Light SS through their captain Patricia Apolot won the toss and opted to bat hence putting in only 54 runs as Olila picked 9 wickets.
Only Apolot with 17 scored in double figures, and as soon as she was dismissed, Light SS knew it was game down for them.
Light SA’s top scorer in the tournament Patricia Timong was caught in the 2nd Over after facing 8 balls and managing just 2 runs.
It was an easy chase for Olila who ended the tournament without losing a single game but, Light SS, coached by Sandra Acwao put up some resistance.
They picked up five wickets inside the tenth Over, but the score they had set for their rivals was way too cartoon for them to defend.
In the end, Asumin Akurut with her only two runs ended the chase in the eleventh Over. Olila’s openers Jimia Muhammad and Lorna Anyait got 18 and 12 runs respectively.
But, it was Anyait who won the Player of the Match award thanks to her and the two wickets she picked.
Malisa Ariokot had the most with 3 but had only six runs that came out of a single boundary hit.
For the third-place playoff, Jinja SS beat Masaka SS by 21 runs to complete the podium.
In the individual awards, Flavia Mbambu from Mt. Rwenzori Girls SS won the Best Wicket Keeper award with 10 dismissals.
Bridget Mbambu from the same school with nine dismissals won the fielder of the tournament award.
Patricia Timong with 20 wickets won the best bowler award while Jimia Muhammad with 227 runs beat Proscovia Alako who scored 502 runs to the best batter award.
But, it was the Victoria Pearls opener, Alako won the ultimate one, the Player of the Series award.
By: Rose Agwang
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