Entebbe (Uganda), July 17 -- Hosts Uganda have suffered defeat to Namibia in the opening match at the ongoing Pearl of Africa Cricket T20 Series here.
Namibia battled first and put on 145/6 in 20 overs, while Uganda chased and collapsed at 143/5 in all 20 overs. The Namibian side played tight to win by a mere two runs.
Jan Balt was Namibia's highest scorer with 48 runs from 41 balls. Zacheo Jansen Van Vuuren and Dylan Leicher also picked 43 and 29 runs respectively for the Namibian team.
Liam Basson, Jan De Villiers, Dian Neethling and Zhivago Gronewald were all restricted to runs less than 10, while Handre Klazinga had nil run.
Uganda, who had hoped to chase and show their prowess with the bat, were restricted to 143 runs as Namibi...