Ugandan cricket team in Namibia in 2021–22

International cricket tour

Ugandan cricket team in Namibia in 2021–22
 
  Namibia Uganda
Dates 8 – 13 April 2022
Captains Gerhard Erasmus Brian Masaba
Twenty20 International series
Results Namibia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Gerhard Erasmus (131) Dinesh Nakrani (129)
Most wickets JJ Smit (8) Riazat Ali Shah (2)
Dinesh Nakrani (2)

The Uganda cricket team toured Namibia in April 2022 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and two 50-over matches.[1] The venue for all of the matches was the United Ground in Windhoek.[2] The tour was a repeat of Uganda's visit in April 2021, when Namibia swept both the T20I series[3][4] and the 50-over series.[5] Ahead of the matches against Uganda, the Namibians hosted the Ireland Wolves for a three-match Twenty20 series (winning 2–1) and a five-match List A 50-over series (drawn 2–2).[6]

Namibia won the first T20I by 8 wickets.[7] In the second game, Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus scored an unbeaten century and dismissed both Ugandan opening batters, but an unbeaten partnership of 118 runs between Dinesh Nakrani and Riazat Ali Shah lead Uganda to a seven-wicket victory.[8] Namibia won the third T20I match by 52 runs, following an all-round performance from JJ Smit, to take the series 2–1.[9] Smit scored a half-century, then took a five-wicket haul which included a hat-trick.[10]

Namibia cruised to victory in the first 50-over game after dismissing the visitors for only 68 runs.[11] However, Uganda levelled the series with a thrilling run-chase in the second game.[12]

Squads

 Namibia[13]  Uganda[14]

Karl Birkenstock, Salomon Nuuyoma and Louis Peters also featured for Namibia in the 50-over series.

T20I series

1st T20I

8 April 2022
13:00
Scorecard
Uganda 
127/5 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
128/2 (18.4 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 54 (54)
JJ Smit 2/14 (4 overs)
Stephan Baard 52* (47)
Frank Akankwasa 1/22 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 8 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Jeff Luck (Nam)
Player of the match: Stephan Baard (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dylan Leicher (Nam) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

9 April 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
177/4 (20 overs)
v
 Uganda
178/3 (19.5 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 100* (47)
Riazat Ali Shah 2/24 (4 overs)
Dinesh Nakrani 77* (39)
Gerhard Erasmus 2/28 (4 overs)
Uganda won by 7 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Dinesh Nakrani (Uga)

3rd T20I

10 April 2022
12:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
185/7 (20 overs)
v
 Uganda
133 (19.2 overs)
JJ Smit 71 (35)
Cosmas Kyewuta 1/18 (4 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 58 (47)
JJ Smit 6/10 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 52 runs
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Jeff Luck (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: JJ Smit (Nam)

50-over series

1st 50-over match

12 April 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Uganda 
68 (23.5 overs)
v
 Namibia
71/3 (16.5 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 24 (22)
Dylan Leicher 3/6 (5 overs)
Craig Williams 36* (51)
Richard Agamiire 1/8 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 7 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Dylan Leicher (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

2nd 50-over match

13 April 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Namibia 
266/6 (50 overs)
v
 Uganda
269/7 (49.3 overs)
Craig Williams 90 (107)
Cosmas Kyewuta 1/48 (10 overs)
Henry Ssenyondo 1/48 (10 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 82 (86)
Jan Frylinck 2/51 (7.3 overs)
Uganda won by 3 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Esau Heynes (Nam) and Jeff Luck (Nam)
Player of the match: Simon Ssesazi (Uga)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ "Cricket Cranes to check rev in their engines against 'elite' Namibians". Uganda Cricket. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Cricket Cranes go for more experience in Namibia". Sports Ocean. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Namibia wrap up T20 series". The Namibian. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Namibia too strong for Uganda, sweep Castle Lite T20 series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Namibia wrap up series with big win against Uganda in second 50 over". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Mission accomplished - De Bruyn". The Namibian. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Ssesazi shines despite Cricket Cranes going down by 8 wickets against Namibia". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Cricket Cranes level series against Eagles with perfectly timed chase". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Brilliant Smit sends Uganda packing". The Namibian. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ^ "All-round Smit stars as Namibia secure T20I series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Bowlers shine as Namibia cruise to 7-wicket win". The Namibian. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Uganda square 50-over series". The Namibian. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  13. ^ @CricketNamibia1 (7 April 2022). "Richelieu Eagles Squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Hasahya, Miyagi earn Cricket Cranes call up for Namibia tour". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket – innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

External links

  • Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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