Eagles establish pecking order

The Ugandan Cranes will likely want to forget their tour in Windhoek against the Richelieu Eagles in the Castle Lite Series, which concluded yesterday after six games at United.The Ugandan Cranes suffered defeats in all six of their matches, and the losses have been quite significant.When a team gives up so easily and no longer puts up a fight, the responsibility must be placed on the management team and the coach.The visitors failed to provide the level of opposition that local cricket fans would have anticipated.The batting performance of the Crances was disappointing, with the exception of Dinesh Nakrani, who smashed 110 runs (45 balls) with 13 sixes and 5 fours in the third T20.Questions raisedTheir bowlers showed more skill, providing a glimmer of light in an otherwise challenging situation.The decision-making of the Cranes captain, Brian Masaba, can also be called into question.He won the toss twice in the first two T20 encounters and elected to bowl first both times. Needless to say, they lost both matches.It was only with the third T20 that Masaba decided to bat first, and the Cranes smashed a respectable 203 runs in 20 overs (ov).While the Eagles did win again, Uganda managed to apply decent pressure on the Eagle batters. Pressure is exactly what the Namibians need to grow as a team.Last matchUganda (108 runs all out in 36.5 overs) had to bat first for the last one-day match against Namibia (109/1 in 23.2) after Gerhard Erasmus correctly predicted the coin&#039;s lay.Nakrani scored Uganda&#039;s most runs (33, 70 balls), while Bernard Scholtz (4/14 in 6.5 ov) and Helao Ya France (3/25 in 10, 4 empty) spun the Cranes dizzy.Shaun Fouché (45*, 67 b), Lo-han Louwrens (33, 37 b), and Malan Kruger (29*, 36 b) fed the scoreboard runs. Pius Oloka (1/13 in 6) picked up the solo Eagle wicket.– tielman@republikein.com.na

Eagles establish pecking order

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Namibian Sun 2025-07-25

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