{"id":204078,"date":"2024-06-08T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=204078"},"modified":"2024-06-08T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T16:11:32","slug":"match-day-west-indies-vs-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/match-day-west-indies-vs-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day: West Indies Vs Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ESPNCRICINFO_Big picture: Uganda’s players take on their heroes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s strange and beautiful that Uganda’s third T20I against a Full-Member nation – they first beat Zimbabwe<\/a> in Africa Qualifiers to reach the T20 World Cup and then lost to Afghanistan<\/a> on their World Cup debut – is against West Indies. Irrespective of the result, Saturday will be celebrated and cherished not just in the Ugandan dressing room in Providence but also back home. Some Ugandan players’ role models are West Indians. In batter Simon Ssesazi’<\/a>s words, some of them “only support West Indies in any format of the game” and it’s a “blessing” to play against them. There is so much love and admiration for the co-hosts of this World Cup – Frank Nsubuga<\/a>, 43, had named his son Pollard after a certain West Indian legend<\/a>.<\/p>

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West Indies are coming into this game on the back of five successive wins and will be keen to extend that streak. Though they were given a scare by Papua New Guinea (PNG) in their opening match<\/a>, West Indies eventually got home thanks to Roston Chase’s cameo in the chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Uganda, they are history-makers. They are fighters. Back home, they don’t even have a floodlit facility for practice and so they are not used to playing under lights. Treading in this uncharted territory in their first World Cup appearance, where all of their four Group C matches are played under lights, they suffered a\u00a0heavy defeat<\/a>\u00a0to Afghanistan in their opener. However, Uganda were quick to adjust to the conditions as they\u00a0overcame PNG<\/a>\u00a0in a low-scoring thriller in their next game to secure their first victory in the World Cup<\/p>

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For them, facing co-hosts West Indies will be a much stiffer challenge. If Uganda have played a total of 93 T20Is so far, Nicholas Pooran alone has featured in 89 T20Is. The biggest concern for Uganda going into Saturday’s game will be their batting after they had been bowled out for 58 against Afghanistan and lost seven wickets in a chase of 78 against PNG. Can they challenge the power-packed West Indies at the Providence?<\/p>

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Meet 43-year-old Frank Nsubuga, the oldest player in the 2024 T20 World Cup\u2022ICC via Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the spotlight – Roston Chase and Riazat Ali Shah<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Andre Russell isn’t the only West Indian allrounder Uganda should be wary of. Roston Chase<\/a> 2.0, has been in exceptional form since being recalled to the T20I side this year. In 2024, he has bowled full quota of four overs in three of the four T20Is, picking up four wickets and conceding less than six runs an over<\/a>. With the bat, he has scored 37, 32*, 67*, 42* – at a strike rate of 154.78<\/a>.<\/p>

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Riazat Ali Shah<\/a>, one of Uganda’s most promising talents, made a cautious 33 off 56 to steer a tricky chase after an early collapse against PNG. He has a strike rate of 122.7 in 59 T20Is and will look to find a higher tempo against West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

West Indies couldn’t accommodate fast bowler Shamar Joseph and batter Shimron Hetmyer in the XI against PNG. Instead, they continued to back Romario Shepherd and Sherfane Rutherford. They might stick with the same XI against Uganda.<\/p>

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West Indies (probable XI): 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Brandon King, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Roston Chase, 5 Rovman Powell (capt), 6 Sherfane Rutherford, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Romario Shepherd, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Alzarri Joseph, 11 Gudakesh Motie<\/p>

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Uganda made three changes for the second game from the XI that played the opener with Ronak Patel<\/a> (opener), Henry Ssenyondo<\/a> (left-arm spinner), and Bilal Hassan<\/a> (medium pacer) sitting out. They brought in two pace options in Juma Miyagi<\/a> and Kenneth Waiswa<\/a> and a spin allrounder in Nsubuga. Both Miyagi and Nsubuga played key roles in Uganda’s win against PNG and are likely to retain their spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda<\/strong> (probable XI): 1 Roger Mukasa, 2 Simon Ssesazi (wk), 3 Robinson Obuya, 4 Riazat Ali Shah, 5 Dinesh Nakrani, 6 Alpesh Ramjani, 7 Juma Miyagi, 8 Brian Masaba (capt), 9 Kenneth Waiswa, 10 Cosmas Kyewuta, 11 Frank Nsubuga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rovman Powell’s West Indies will look to click into top gear against Uganda\u2022Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stats that matter: Pooran hot on Gayle’s heels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n