Uganda 78 for 7 (Riazat 33, Miyagi 13, Nao 2-16) beat Papua New Guinea 77 (Hiri 15, Nsubuga 2-4, Miyagi 2-10) by three wickets
A tough-fought three-wicket win gave Uganda their maiden win on the T20 World Cup. They beat Papua New Guinea in a low-scoring sport in Guyana the place each groups vied for his or her first win within the competitors. PNG’s batting crumbled to 77 all out after being put to bat first, earlier than Uganda, themselves in hassle at 26 for five, reached house within the nineteenth over.
Each vindicated their inclusion on this sport with very good spells. Nsubuga bowled essentially the most economical spell (min. 4 overs) in T20 World Cup historical past, with figures of 4-2-4-2. He additionally turned solely the second bowler to bowl 20 dot balls in a T20 World Cup sport, after Ajantha Mendis in 2012.
Ugandan tempo rocks PNG
Alpesh Ramjani gave Uganda a wicket within the second ball the left-handed Assad Vala performed again to the left-arm spinner, who angled the ball from across the wicket and on to the stumps. Miyagi and Cosmas Kyewuta then saved PNG on the backfoot with their tempo.
Left-handed Sese Bau could not clear Miyagi over mid-off the place Roger Mukasa took a tumbling catch going backwards. Kyewuta then acquired the large one when Tony Ura, PNG’s highest run-scorer in T20Is, additionally holed out to Mukasa. Lega Siaka was run out for 12 within the seventh over, attempting to take a second run as he felt underneath stress taking part in out dots in opposition to the 2 quick bowlers.
Nsubuga on course
When Nsubuga slid one by way of Charles Amini’s leg stump within the eleventh over, he turned the second-oldest bowler to take a wicket within the T20 World Cup. Nsubuga then had Hiri Hiri lbw though on first view it appeared just like the batter had come too far down the wicket. The evaluate although went in Uganda’s favour.
Ramjani’s second wicket got here when he additionally trapped Kiplin Doriga lbw for 12. Captain Brian Masaba then acquired into the act with a topspinner that slipped by way of Chad Soper’s defences. Miyagi and Kyewuta took the final two wickets, as PNG have been bowled out with 5 balls to spare.
Frank Nsubuga, 43, bowled back-to-back wicket maidens•ICC through Getty Photos
Nao hits again
Alei Nao gave PNG an similar begin when he eliminated Mukasa within the first over for a second duck in as many video games. Norman Vanua then eliminated Robinson Obuya, Uganda’s high scorer from the Afghanistan match, then holed out to mid-on the place Assad Vala did not have to maneuver to finish the catch.
Nao then had Simon Ssesazi lbw within the third over as PNG slipped to a deadly 6 for 3. Ramjani then struck a pleasant boundary by way of the offside as he and Riazat tried to get Uganda out of hassle. Soper, although, acquired the seam-up supply to scissor by way of Ramjani within the sixth over. When PNG captain Vala had Dinesh Nakrani caught and bowled, PNG have been on the ascendancy.
Riazat’s calmness prevails
When Uganda have been 35 for five, Amini dropped Riazat when he was on eight. It was an easy likelihood at level after Riazat had performed a false shot, but it surely turned out to be the turning level in Uganda’s chase. Riazat struck his solely boundary within the eleventh over when he struck a pleasant cowl drive in opposition to Vala.
He added 35 runs for the sixth wicket with Miyagi, however the latter was run out after a mix-up within the 14th over. Riazat saved calm regardless of the dismissal, although PNG additionally saved serving to them. Bau dropped Kenneth Waiswa on 4, though Riazat lastly fell within the 18th over. John Kariko took a great catch at third-man, although it was a bit of too late.
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84