Kutchi Tigers defeated title favorites Damani by 136 runs at the Lake side oval in Entebbe to leave the league title wide open.
Kutchi have been on form since the start second round and haven’t lost a single game. If they only had a strong 1st round, they would be in with a chance of winning the title.
However, even for all their hard work they might actually only finish second but their form has helped other teams like KICC and Challengers stay in contention of winning the league.
Damani had only lost once before Sunday and if they had avoided defeat they would only be a win away from the title but now they will have to work hard considering they have some very tough fixtures ahead with fellow title challengers KICC, Challengers and Tornado B.
The night cricket pros have made Kutchi Tigers a completely different team and they have scored a lot of runs since the second round. In return their rivals who didn’t take them seriously in the beginning have all lost to them and when they defeated Tornado B all other teams were back in play.
Tornado B recovered from two defeats in a row to defeat already relegated Partdiar by 136 runs at Kyambogo. Abdallah Lubega (113) and Deus Muhumuza (96) helped the defending champions post a huge 317/6 for a team missing tailsman Roger Mukasa and Charles Waiswa who are in India with the NPCA XI.
Strikers will have to wait on results to know if they can still qualify for Division One, they conspired to lose to fellow promotion rivals Premier by 124 runs in Buddo. If they had won on Sunday, Strikers would have gained promotion to Division 1 but their lose means ACC and Premier are now favorites for promotion unless misfortune befalls them.
Jazz Safari National League match summaries: 3rd September 2017
Kyambogo Oval
Tornado Bee 317/6 in 50 overs beat Patidar 181/10 in 47.3 overs by 136 runs
Tornado Bee won the toss and opted to bat
- Batting Tornado bee: Abdalah Lubega 113(99), Deusdedit Muhumuza 96(111)
- Bowling Patidar: Reegan Atuhairwe 2/39 in 5 overs
- Batting Patidar: Dikshit Patel 46(58), Aman Singh 44(50)
- Bowling tornado Bee: Abdalah Lubega 4/39 in 10 overs
MOM: Abdalah Lubega 113(99), 4/39
Entebbe Oval
Kutchi Tigers 282/9 in 50 overs beat Aziz Damani 164/10 in 28.5 overs by 54 runs( D/L revised score of 218)
Toss won by Damani who opted to bowl
- Batting Kutchi: Ankit Patel 55(69), Rauiji Arunsinh 55(54)n.o
- Bowling Damani: Riaza Shah 3/35 in 10 overs, Kenneth Waiswa 3/36 in 10 overs
- Batting Damani: Mir Afzal 58(57), Saud Islam 21(22)
- Bowling Kutchi: Nanji Pindoria 3/10 in 1.5 overs, DineshKumar Nakrani 3/36 in 10 overs
MOM: DineshKumar Nakrani 3/36, 48(57)
Budo Oval
Premier 206/10 in 40.3 overs beat Strikers 82/10 in 20 overs by 124 runs
Toss won by Premier who opted to bat
- Batting Premier: Krunal Prajapati 63(66), Mandeep Singh 62(77).
- Bowling Strikers: Perry Wazombe 3/23 in 10 overs, Rogers Olipa 2/42 7.3 overs
- Batting Strikers: John Tumusime 39(54)
- Bowling Premier: Santnum Singh 4/17 in 5 overs, Prakash Shah 3/15 in 6 overs
MOM: Santnum Singh 4/17
