Girls Cricket Week | Day 6 Results
Morning
- St James SS 87 all out beat Iganga SS 57 all out by 30 runs
- St Cornelius SS 38/3 beat Kasese SS 37 all out by 7 wickets
- Soroti SS 15/3 beat Gulu High School 11 all out by 7 wickets
- Masindi SS 52/2 beat Masaka SSS 51 all out by 8 wickets
- Olila High School 92/7 beat St John’s SS Mukono 62/6 by 30 runs
- Light SS 50/3 beat Sacred Heart SS 47 all out by 7 wickets
Afternoon
- Semifinal 1: Olila High School 95/3 beat Sacred Heart SS 60/7 by 35 runs
- Semifinal 2: Light SS 124/3 beat Mt St Henry’s Mukono 49/8 by 75 runs
In a repeat of the previous three finals, two schools from Soroti will contest for the Girls’ Cricket Week championship on Saturday afternoon.
Both sides have remained unbeaten en route to the final. This show of dominance in the ladies’ game has seen the previous four winners all come from Soroti, and the 2026 final will be a repeat of the 2025 final.
Light SS got the better of Olila High School in the Regional Qualifiers, but when the stakes are higher, Olila will have its sights on a fourth title that will match Gayaza High School.
Olila High School got past St John’s SS Mukono in their final game of the Super 8 group stages to keep their unbeaten record.
St John’s SS Mukono was playing for pride after missing out on the semifinals, but Olila High School needed the win to ensure that they are playing an easier opponent in the semifinals and avoid Light SS by topping the group.
In the semifinal, Olila High School batted first, going through some pain in the opening overs because of some disciplined bowling from Sacred Heart. The experience of Malisa Ariokot (40 not out) and Josephine Icumar (34) anchored the run scoring for the defending champions.
In the run chase, Sacred Heart failed to find the gaps against some disciplined bowling from Olila, with the required rate climbing with every passing over. In the end, Sacred Heart eventually ran out of resources, losing for the second year at the semifinal stage.
In the other semifinal, 2024 winners Light SS got past surprise semifinalists Mt St Henry’s High School by a big margin of 75 runs. Light SS, the only other unbeaten side in the tournament, ensured their semifinal after getting past Sacred Heart in the morning.
Both teams were pushing for top place in Group B to avoid Olila High in the semifinals and once Light SS took care of the low total scored by Sacred Heart, they knew they had a chance of making their third consecutive final.
Mt St Henry’s Mukono didn’t offer much of a fight in the semifinal, but reaching the semifinals was a surprise to many, including themselves.
Mt St Henry’s Mukono only made it to Gulu because Bwala SS couldn’t make it due to resources. An amazing journey for a school that only started playing cricket two years ago, the only way is up from here for them.
The final on Saturday afternoon will be contested by schools from the same region that has inserted its dominance of the girls’ game for the last six years.
