Team mentor Innocent Ndawula said as much they will respect their opponents in Jinja, they will not be in any charitable mood as they try to push for a quarterfinal place.
Charity picked up 2 valuable wins on the road in Jinja defeating both Jinja SS and JACC in their own back yard.
Nile had suffered at the hands of the Jinja based teams leaving the Eastern town with a bloody nose but Charity was resilient managing to grind out both games.
Innocent Ndaula, Stephen Wambose and Simon Ssesazi all made worthy contributions in both games. Left hand batsman Simon Ssesazi (67 off 27) was devastating in the 9 wicket win over Jinja SS while the left arm spin of Innocent Ndawula (3/3) and Stephen Wambose (2/22) claimed the wickets.
Calvin Watuwa (71) fought a lone battle for Jinja SS scoring more than half his teams total of 109 but Simon Ssesazi scored 67 quick runs off just 27 balls to help his team to a 9 wicket win.
JACC the relatively easy side restricted Charity to just 112 but Cosmas Kyewuta (3/3) and Jonathan Ssebanja (4/10) were ruthless in attack, dismissing the mostly school kids of JACC for 52.
Ndawula summed up the 2 games;
Our batting was poor in the morning but some good running between the wickets from Joseph Byaruhanga and Cosmas Kyewuta helped us post a competitive 112. We used pace in defending our total, Ssebanja and Cosmas were lethal bowling quick and short and at 17/5 they were never going to bounce finishing on 52 all out.
In the afternoon, Jinja SS were their own worst enemy. They were only 10 players and even when asked to bat 1st they lost a player due to injury after he was hit on the head by Ssebanja.
The addition of Simon Ssesazi and Ronald Opio to our team in the afternoon meant we were too strong for the school kids. Ssesazi’s big knock was the difference in the afternoon and we hope we can keep grinding out the wins till the end.
Match Summaries
Jinja SS 109/7 in 18 overs lost to Charity CC 110/1 in 7.2 overs by 9 wickets
Toss won by Charity who opted to field
Batting Jinja SS: Watuwa Calvin 76(51)
Bowling Charity: Innocent Ndawula 3/3 in 2 overs, Steven Wabwose 2/22 in 4 overs
Batting Charity: Simon Ssesazi 67(27) N.O, Jonathan Ssebanja 24(8) N.O
Bowling Jinja SS: Watuwa Calvin 1/32 in 2 overs
Man of Match: Simon Ssesazi67 (27) N.O, 1 catch
Charity 112/8 in 20 overs beat JACC 52/10 in 17.2 overs by 60 runs
Toss won by Charity who opted to bat
Batting Charity: Suleman Mwebaze 28(33), Cosmus Kyewuta 20(20)
Bowling JACC: Ronald Wakamara 2/17 in 4 overs, Ratik Sharma 2/18 in 4 overs
Batting JACC: Lubwama Conrad 16(28) N.O, Wankona Timothy 14(26)
Bowling Charity: Jonathan Sebanja 4/10 in 3 overs, Cosmus Kyewuta 3/3 in 4 overs
Man of match: Jonathan Sebanja 4/10 in 3 overs, 2(2) & 1 runout
