Uganda U19 won the bragging rights battle with Kenya U19, while Nigeria U19 stunned host’s Namibia U19, among the talking points at the end of the opening day of action in the 2019 ICC U19 CWC Africa Division 1 qualifiers in Namibia.
Sierra Leone U19 also opened their campaign with a win over Tanzania U19, however, Uganda U19 put the marker on the first day of action by also being the only team to score in excess of 200+ while batting.
The remaining two matches were low-scoring affairs as both Nigeria and Sierra Leone defended sub-par 120+ totals against Namibia and Tanzania. But, with every match being crucial as there won’t be any semis or finals to contest for the lone qualification spot, any win that gives the points will be welcome, doesn’t matter the manner in which it is achieved.
Brief Scores:
Uganda U19 206 all out in 46.1 overs (Frank Akankwasa 62, Ashiraf Senkubuge 56, Perry Wazombe 31, Francis Matua 3/43, Pradyuman Joshi 2/24, Vraj Patel 2/35) beat Kenya U19 136 all put in 40.3 overs (Sukhdeep Singh 31, Frank Akankwasa 3/12, Trevor Bukenya 2/21, Juma Miyagi 2/32) by 70 runs
Nigeria U19 129/8 in 50 overs (Samuel Mba 25, Miracle Ikaige 22 n.o, Emmanuel Boniface 19, Mauritius Ngupita 3/16, Jan-Izak de Villiers 2/18, Ettiene Beukes 1/21) beat Namibia U19 77 all out in 32.3 overs (Ramon Wilmot 19, Matthew de Gouveia 17, Sylvester Okpe 3/16, Emmanuel Boniface 2/1, Mohameed Taiwo 1/16, Rasheed Abolarin 1/17) by 52 runs
Sierra Leone U19 126 all out in 49 overs (George Ngegba 22, Edmond Ernest 22, Krutik Thakkar 3/23, Dhrumit Mehta 3/25, Kartik Sayal 2/11) beat Tanzania U19 99 all out in 40.5 overs (Kartik Sayal 21, Abdallah Jabiri 18, Chernoh Bah 4/22, Edmond Ernest 3/18, George Ngegba 1/10) by 27 runs
