Uganda’s chance of finishing in the 11th place at the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers in Dubai, were dented on Thursday afternoon when they lost to Hong Kong.
Although the Hong Kong team won the toss, they chose to field and gave chance to Uganda to put on 130/8 with Arthur Kyobe picking 32 and Roger Mukasa 30 runs. The Hong Kong team chased and settled for 134/5, beating Uganda by 5 wickets with 4 balls remaining.
With Hong Kong moving to the final of the 11th place playoff, Uganda now slipped to a13th place play off tomorrow against the winner between USA and Bermuda. Uganda’s team has now lost seven games from the nine so far played at the on-going International Cricket Council (ICC) event.
In the other games played in Dubai, Ugandan born Henry Osinde failed to inspire his team Canada past Ireland in one of the play-off games in the top category. Ireland whitewashed Canada by 10 wickets with 63 balls remaining. The Canadians put on 106/8 and Ireland had 109/0.
Oman also managed a 17 runs victory over Denmark in a 15th place semi final play. The event continues tomorrow. Two teams from the event are expected to qualify for the Twenty20 World Cup.
