Uganda was bowled out for just 58 runs against Afghanistan in the previous match. However, the African country bounced back from the injury. Uganda defeated Papua New Guinea by 3 wickets on a spin-assisted wicket at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Uganda got their first win in their second World Cup match. Uganda crushed PNG by 77 runs on Thursday. Although chasing short runs, Uganda lost 5 wickets for 26 runs at one stage. Later, the Masaba-led team won with 10 balls to spare. This victory is historic for Uganda. Uganda won the toss and sent Papua New Guinea into bat. Ramjani sent back captain Asad Vala in the first over. Sesay Bau followed the same path after one over and dropped to number three. Papua New Guinea could not overcome the initial shock. Their innings stopped before 80 runs after losing regular wickets. Hiri scored the maximum 15 runs for the team. Apart from this, only Lega Siaka and Kiplin Doriga can reach double figures. Among them Siaka scored 12 and Doriga scored 12 runs. For Uganda, Tsubuga Tsubuga took 2 wickets for 4 runs. Besides, Ramzani, Miyaji and Cosmas Kyuta took 2 wickets each. Uganda got off to an alarming start chasing short runs. Alley Nao took Roger Musaka lbw on the second ball of the innings. In the next over, Robinson Obua was sent back by Norman Vanua. Uganda lost 3 wickets for 6 runs if Simon Sesazio could not survive. Riyazat and Alpesh Ramjani tried to handle the pressure. But before the end of the power play, Ramjani returned with 8 runs. In the next over, when Dinesh Nakaranio made his way to the dressing room, Uganda lost 5 wickets for 26 runs and was in danger. The danger could have increased in the ninth over. Amini dropped Riazat's catch at backward point off Chad Soper. Riyazat was playing at 8 runs off 25 balls. The 26-year-old batsman did not make any mistakes after getting life. As there was not much run pressure, he continued to play with Miyaji. In total, he hit only 1 four in the innings of 56 balls. The sixth wicket stand of 35 runs off 43 balls was broken when Miyaji was run out in the fourteenth over. Later Riyazat went a little further with Waiswa. He returned with a catch at third man to be 3 runs away from victory. Riyazat scored 33 runs off 56 balls. Zuma Miyaji scored 13 runs to win the team. Riyazat, the architect of the historic win, won the man of the match award.
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