T20 League defending champions Challengers had a shaky start but as the business end of the campaign approaches, their performance has improved.
Their 9 wicket win against a strong Tornado B team is testament to this fact. They have a lot of quality in their line up that a 3rd place finish in the league was a disappointment.
Tornado B was supposed to be a test but Challengers passed it with flying colors and Captain Ivan Thawitamwira lauded his bowlers for the strong win.
Aneef put up his hand. Kyobe and Hamu Kayondo gave us a good start but the bowling unit sung the perfect song, chocking the run flow, and picking wickets at the perfect moments.
Tornado B only managed 88 runs with Irfan Afridi picking up a fiver with Shahzad Kamal and Aneef Mohammed completing the formalities knocking off the deficit easily.
On Sunday afternoon Challengers won by 8 wickets against Avengers. Avengers was skittled out for 93 before a Arthur Kyobe (45 off 27) blitz helped Challengers win by 8 wickets.
Challengers are in the same group as League champions Damani and Strikers who will give them a better run for their money, Thawitamwira attributes their current success to general improvement in the team.
I feel we’re getting better as a team. The opposition are all usually competitive and they obviously have come to cause us some damage but when we play at our best, we tend to get good results.
Results Summary
Tornado Bee CC 87/8 in 18 overs lost to Challengers CC 88/1 in 11.3 Over by 9 wickets
Toss won by Challengers who opted to bat
Batting Tornado Bee: Roger Mukasa 46(31), Lawrence Ssematimba 12(16)
Bowling Challengers: Irfan Afridi 5/15 in 2 overs
Batting Challengers: Shazad Kamal 29(24) N.O, Aneef Mohammed 23(12) N.O
Bowling Tornado Bee: Roger Mukasa 0/25 in 4 overs
Man of Match: Irfan Afridi 5/15 in 2 overs
Avengers CC 93/10 in 15.5 overs lost to Challengers CC 94/2 in 9.1 overs
Toss won Avengers who opted to bat
Batting Avengers: Amza Mahmood 43(39)
Bowling Challengers: Irfan Afridi 3/16 in 4 overs, Henry Senyondo 2/18 in 4 overs
Batting Challengers: Arthur Kyobe 45(27) N.O, Ahmed Naseer 22(16) N.O
Bowling Avengers: Girish Nasta 1/26 in 3 overs
Man of Match: Arthur Kyobe 45(27) N.O, 1 Catch & 1 Runout
