Budo Cricket Club will start planning for Saturday games in the 2020 season after losing to Jinja SSS by 26 runs in a rain-affected game.
The relegation six-pointer was a must-win for Budo who were trailing Jinja SSS by 4 points. The home side batted first scoring 163 all out in 42 overs Ronald Puwata 30 and Aaron Kusasira 27 carrying the run-scoring burden.
In the chase, Budo was comfortable at 98/2 in 26 overs and looked set to chase down the total but the wheels fell off as the last eight wickets fell for just 42 runs to give the home side the much-needed victory.
The win means that Jinja SSS maintain their Division 2 status for another year while Budo’s two-year stay in the second division comes to an end.
In the other Division Two game played, Aziz Damani Development side defeated Premier by 48 runs.
Premier has had a season to forget given that they were tipped as favourites for the Division 2 title.
Both sides could not bat their full quota of 50 overs with Damani bowled out in 30 overs for 161 and in turn, bowled out Premier for 113 in 35 overs.
The win for Damani moves them closer to the top 4 while Premier will be content with sixth place this season.
The only Division One game lasted only 9.1 overs as KICC chose to forfeit the game in favour of Tornado Bee after refusing to take the field due to an allegedly bad umpiring decision.
Team Captain Suleiman Sharif who was the victim of the decision influenced his team not to take the field leaving the umpires with no option apart from calling off the game.
Tornado Bee was awarded the win and the points will ensure that they keep their Division One status for at least another year, for KICC that loss ends their hopes of winning the league this season.
