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Baby Cricket Cranes start strong against visiting Rwanda U-19 Side

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  • 1st 50 over Game: Uganda 231 all out beat Rwanda U-19 112 all out by 119 runs
  • 2nd 50 Over Game: Uganda U-19 172/5 beat Rwanda U-19 169 all out by 5 wickets

Uganda’s Baby Cricket Cranes picked up their second win of the High Performance Cup, that is featuring the visiting Rwanda U-19 team.

The two sides are preparing for the Division 2 U-19 World Cup Qualifiers in August in Rwanda as a pathway to the 2028 U-19 World Cup Qualifier.

The new look Uganda U-19 side features many new faces, with only four players part of the unsuccessful side in Nigeria last year.

The notable wins for the Ugandan team have been an improvement in the application of the youngsters in the long format. The youngsters are usually accustomed to playing T20 cricket, and making the adjustment is usually very hard. However, in the two games, the side has shown a desire to play some long innings without throwing away their wickets.

Robert Owili (79) led the way in the first game with a well-crafted half-century that helped the hosts post a big total. In the response, Hamid Munigwa (4/28) ensured the result was safe for the hosts with some neat bowling from his slow left-arm spin.

In the second game, Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat. Gihozo Elese (51) battled valiantly with the tail to get his side to 168 inside 42 overs. The visitors showed better application in the middle under extreme stress, especially from the Ugandan fast bowlers.

In the run chase, the visitors struck early, but a good partnership between Eric Mukisa (43) and Robert Owili (34) calmed the nerves for the hosts, with the middle holding it together to see through the game and bring up a five-wicket win.

The series is timely for the technical committee to make sure they can get the youngsters ready for the qualifiers.

Uganda dropped down the Division from the last qualifier and will be looking to climb up the rankings and have a shot at a 3rd World Cup appearance.

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Cricket Cranes chase 3rd ILT20 Crown in Kigali

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  • Tournament: ILT20 Cup
  • Dates: September 1-14
  • Host: Kigali, Rwanda

Riazat Ali Shah will lead the Cricket Cranes at the ILT20 Cup scheduled for September 1st – 14th in Kigali, Rwanda.

Steve Tikolo has made wholesome changes to the squad, with most of the players from the Challenge League B tournament in Tanzania missing.

Riazat Ali Shah and Kenneth Waiswa retain their roles as Captain and Vice Captain, respectively, but Simon Ssesazi, Henry Ssenyondo, Raghav Dhawan, Dinesh Nakrani, Sumeet Verma, and Alpesh Ramjani miss out.

Robinson Obuya, Ronald Lutaaya, Anas Baig, Charles Mushemeza, Enock Kasaija, Matthew Musinguzi and Fahad Mutagana get their chance in the Cricket Cranes yellow.

Joseph Baguma, youngster Gerald Olipa, Juma Miyaji, Cosmas Kyewuta and Cyrus Kakuru keep their places from the tournament that happened in Tanzania.

Uganda is the defending champion of the tournament, and they will have to run through six other teams to win the title for the third time in a row.

Hosts Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Nigeria will be part of the tournament.

Full Cricket Cranes Squad: Riazat Ali Shah (C), Kenneth Waiswa (VC), Juma Miyaji, Cosmas Kyewuta, Joseph Baguma, Gerald Olipa, Cyrus Kakuru, Enock Kasaija, Matthew Musinguzi, Fahad Mutagana, Ronald Lutaaya, Robinson Obuya, Charles Mushemeza, Anas Baig.

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Defending champions Mwiri get going, Devansh Patel hits ton as favourites dominate on Day 2 of Boys Cricket Week

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Match Day Two | Morning Results

Jinja SS 135/6
St. Cornelius 68/10
Jinja SS won by 67 runs

Kira College 107/4
Ntare School 111/6
Ntare School won by 4 wickets

Busoga College 128/10
Gulu HS 99/10
Busoga College 29 runs

Olila HS 78/10
Rwenzori 54/10
Olila HS won by 24 runs

St.James’ SS 90/9
St. John’s SS 91/1
St. John’s won by 9 wickets

Shree Sahajanand 112/8
Lango College 96/10
Shree Sahajanand won by 16 runs

Match Day Two | Afternoon Results

Shree Sahajanand 189/3
Olila HS 76/10
Shree Sahajanand won by 113 runs

GoodHeart 75/7
St. John’s 76/4
St. John’s won by 6 wickets

Shree International 63/10
Busoga College 64/4
Busoga College won by 6 wickets

Ntare School 116/7
Gulu 100/10
Ntare won by 16 runs

St. Cornelius SS 114/8
Uganda Martyrs 59/10
St. Cornelius SS won by 55 runs

St. James’ SS 134/6
Ndejje SS 114/4
St. James’ SS won by 20 runs

Defending champions Busoga College Mwiri started their quest for the 21st Boys Cricket Week title with easy wins against Gulu High School and Shree International School.

Mwiri are missing some key players due to the FESSSA games in Morogoro, but they were still good enough to pick up two wins that took them to top spot in Group A.

Ntare School is in second spot in the same group after picking two wins of their own against Kiira College Butiki and Gulu High School.

The top 2 sides in each group will advance to the Super 8, which is the business end of the tournament.

In Group B, St John’s SSS Kauga continue to show their intentions and have maintained their 100% so far in the tournament with a six-wicket win against GoodHeart SS.

The 2025 semifinalists are counting on the experience of U-19 stars Jackson Asiku and Ali Balidawa to get them over the line. Masaka SSS will be their competition for top spot in Group B and the clash between the two tomorrow should decide the group winner.

Newcomer Soroti SSS is on the top step in Group C, but they have former champions Jinja SSS with an interest in progression, while hosts Nyakasura School, in their own backyard, will be interested in winning their first title.

Devansh Patel backed up his reputation as one of the stars of the tournament with a dominant century against Olila High School. Shree Sahajand made the semifinals in 2025, and with the playing field very even this year, they know they have a chance of winning their first title.

The U-19 superstar plundered 11 maximums and 10 boundaries en route to 125 off 57 balls, with his side racking up the highest total of the tournament thus far. It is a clean record of three out of three for the Central Region winners.

Action will continue on Match Day 3 across six different venues in Fort Portal.

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Soroti SS nick former champions Jinja SS as Masaka SS, Nyakasura and St John’s Kauga get off the mark

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Morning Results:

St. Cornelius 48/10
Nyakasura 49/2
Nyakasura won by 8 wickets

Lango College 150/6
Kasese SS 38/10
Lango College won by 112 runs

Soroti SS 79/10
Jinja SS 73/10
Soroti SS won by 6 runs

Masaka SS 86/9
Goodheart SS 72/7
Masaka SS won by 14 runs

Kira College 144/5
Shree 78/10
Kira College won by 66 runs.

Afternoon Results

Rwenzori HS 55/10
Shree SSU 61/0
Shree SSU won by 10 wickets

St.John’s 150/4
Ndejje 49/7
St.John’s won by 101 runs

Soroti SS 125/6
Uganda Martyrs College 87/10
Soroti won by 38 runs

St.James 130/6
GoodHeart 71/10
St.James won by 59 runs

Olila HS 76/9
Lango College 78/5
Lango College won by 5 wickets.

Gulu HS 140/7
Shree International 67/9
Gulu won by 73 runs

The highlight result on Matchday 1 of the Sky View Schools Cricket Week was a win by Soroti SSS against former champions Jinja SSS.

When Jinja SSS was winning their first Wricket Week championship, Soroti SSS was only starting to build a cricketing culture.

However, the growth of the game in Soroti is being reflected in the results, with Jinja SSS on the wrong end of the result against Soroti SSS.

In a low-scoring game, Jinja SSS dispatched Soroti SSS for a low total, but their lack of initiative in the run chase failed them, and they ended up falling short by 6 runs.

It is a memorable result for Soroti SSS but worrying signs for Jinja SSS, who will have to win all their remaining games to get out of the group.

In the other morning results, hosts Nyakasura made light work of St Cornellius in a low-scoring game. St Cornellius are one of the debutants.

Masaka SSS battled hard to get past a resilient GoodHeart SSS as they look to push for a semifinal place for the first time.

Lango College, on their debut, overwhelmed Kasese SSS in a big win while Kiira College Butiki put away Shree International.

In the afternoon, 2025 finalists St John’s Mukono Kauga pushed aside Ndejje SSS in a dominant win to lay down the gauntlet as one of the favourites.

Soroti SSS followed up their win in the morning with another win against St Martyrs Sonde to make it two in two and continue their charge to make it to the Super 8.

Lango College picked up a second win in the day by defeating Olila High School by 5 wickets.

Shree Sahajand Uganda picked up a big 10-wicket win against Rwenzori High School to underline their title credentials.

Newcomers, Soroti SSS and Lango College, were the biggest winners on Match Day One of the championship.

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