Wanderers secured their first win of the season on Sunday thanks to the mastery of Mohamad Shaaf who picked up seven wickets.
The side lost their opening game to Nyakasura at the start of February, but they were able to beat Patidar by 2 wickets as they clinched their first win.
It was a low scoring game that Wanderers almost threw away. After Shaaf’s brilliant display, the side now captained by Ivan Kakande endured a disappointing start to their chase, losing 6 wickets inside the first ten Overs, and managing just 26 runs.
But thanks to Denis Musali and Ivan Kakande, they were able to hang on. The two were introduced after the fifth and sixth wickets falling, and they managed to stabilise the innings.
Kakande (14) was dismissed in the 19th Over, and Musali (9) three Overs later, but with just four runs needed from 156 balls to win the game, all Joseph Byaruhanga and Shaaf needed to do was rotate the strike to win the game.
That’s exactly what they did and the low scoring game ended with Wanderers clinching it in 22nd Over.
Other fixture
The other league game that was played on Sunday saw Nyakasura beat Tornado Bee by 4 wickets to go top of the table.
Anas Baig with his 47 guided his side to 150, but with the batting power at Nyakasura’s disposal, that was always going to a be low score.
Nyakasura completed the chase in the 24th Over with Fortunate Alijuna hitting 60. Opener Amos Ahura (32) and Mathew Musinguzi 34 not out contributed in that regard.
With the ball, Innocent Mwebaze the stand in captain in the absence of Pascal Murungi – who’s in Zimbabwe for trials, picked up three wickets and so did Joseph Baguma.
In the Championship, Rounders won it’s double header against Premier, winning the first game by 32 runs and the second by 3 wickets.
It was their first league action this season. The wins take them top of Group B. Premier meanwhile remain bottom of the group.
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