• Second T20: Cricket Cranes Mumbai Tour
• Result: Cricket Cranes 134/6 beat MCA XI 133/9 by 4 wickets

Uganda’s Cricket Cranes picked up a win in the second T20 match on their Mumbai Tour to make a great comeback from the loss in the first game.

The Cricket Cranes made changes to the team with tour Captain Fred Achellam rested and Henry Ssenyondo taking over the reins. Siraje Nsubuga and Enock Kasaijja also made a return to the playing XI.

The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first. Juma Miyaji struck early for the visitors, but the hosts had their moments to take on the game with some top and middle order contributions.

Tanvish Vaze (3/26) was the pick among the wicket takers, with Enock Kasaija (2/25) picking up a couple, as the hosts finished on 133/9 in their quota of 20 overs.

Sarvesh Patil (54) anchored the run chase at the top of the order for the Cricket Cranes, with Tanvish Vase (38) the only other notable contribution in a nervous chase for the visitors.

Gerald Olipa couldn’t follow up his half-century from the first T20 match as Anas Baig (13) was the only other batter to get into double figures.

The Cricket Cranes will play two more T20 games before returning to base.

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• Uganda XI — 112 all out (17.2 Ov)
• Falcons — 118/9 (19.1 Ov)
• Falcons won by 1 wicket

Cricket Cranes dropped their first game on their ongoing tour of Mumbai. In a low-scoring thriller, the visitors didn’t have enough runs, which worked against them in the end.

The hosts won the toss and elected to bowl first, and they immediately made inroads into the batting of the Cricket Cranes.

The top three were cleaned up cheaply to leave the Cricket Cranes railing at 21/3, but the counterattack came from Gerald Olipa (52) with his first half century in the yellow of the Cricket Cranes.

Ronald Lutaaya (17) was the only other batter to get into double figures as the Cricket Cranes were bundled out for only 112 inside 18 overs.

In the run chase, the visitors were cruising, and inside the powerplay, despite losing three wickets, they were 53/3 scoring at over 10 runs an over.

The run chase was brought to a halt momentarily with a miserly spell from Henry Ssenyondo, who gave away just 13 runs in his quota of four overs and picked up two wickets.

The offspin of Joseph Baguma came at a cost despite picking two wickets; he gave away 30 runs in his 3.1 overs.

A valiant fight for the Cricket Cranes, but ultimately, the lack of runs on board denied them a good result.

It was the first loss of the visitors after getting a clean sweep in the 50 Over version. They will be back in action tomorrow morning for their second T20 match.

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• Game 2 – Cricket Cranes Tour of Mumbai
• Uganda 299/9 (50 Overs)
• MCA Colts XI 266 all out (48.5 Overs)
• Uganda win by 33 Runs (Series 2-0)

Cricket Cranes had to dig deep for their second win on their tour to Mumbai. The visitors defeated the Mumbai Colts XI by 33 runs to take a two-nil lead in the five-match 50-Over series.

The hosts won the toss and elected to bowl first. Raghav Dhawan (25) got a start that wasn’t converted in his 63-run opening stand with Simon Ssesazi.

The innings for Uganda were anchored by Simon Ssesazi, who notched up a well-constructed knock of 124 off 134 balls and was littered with 10 boundaries and 4 maximums.

Dinesh Nakrani (50) picked up his second half-century of the series with some support from skipper Fred Achelam (22) and youngster Gerald Olipa (33).

The Cricket Cranes were able to pile on 299/9, just one run shy of the 300 runs in their quota of 50 Overs.

In the run chase, the hosts were in control in the early proceedings, and they were within the required rate till 163/3 inside 29 overs.

Juma Miyaji (4/34), in his second spell, tore through the heart of the middle order to put the visitors in control. Cosmas Kyewuta (3/43) backed him up well as the visitors dug deep to get over the line and win by 33 runs.

The Cricket Cranes made one change in the squad from the first game, with Alpesh Ramjani making way for Sirajje Nsubuga.

The visitors will be back in action on Friday in their third 50 Over game of the series.

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