The ICC Under-19 Women's T-20 World Cup Africa Qualifier matches are currently being played in Rwanda. 8 teams are playing in this tournament. Group A consists of Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda and Uganda, while Group B consists of Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. During this tournament, Ugandan bowler Lorna Inayat bowled brilliantly and won the Kenyan team.
Kenyan team collapses against Lorna Inayat
In this match played between Uganda and Kenya, the Ugandan team won by 9 wickets. Lorna Inayat was the hero of the Ugandan team's victory in this match. Lorna Inayat bowled only 3 overs in the match and made 7 batsmen her victims. The special thing was that during this time he spent only 6 runs and bowled 1 madden over. Apart from this he bowled a total of 15 dot balls. Lorna Inayat's performance saw the Kenyan team collapse for 37 runs in 13.5 overs.
Lorna Inayat's magical bowling
In this match, the Kenyan team won the toss and decided to bat first. Meanwhile Kenya lost just 1 wicket for 18 runs, but this was followed by some magic bowling from Lorna Inayat, which saw the entire team bowled out for 37 runs. After this, great batting was also seen from Uganda. The team achieved the target of 38 runs in 8.1 overs with the loss of 1 wicket. This is Uganda's second consecutive victory in this tournament.
Lorna Anyait achieved career-best bowling figures as she took 7 wickets for just 6 runs against Kenya at IPRC Oval in Uganda's second game at #U19AWWCQualifiers #Cheer4BabyVictoriaPearls pic.twitter.com/bbLcbyJMH9
— Uganda Cricket Association (@CricketUganda) September 23, 2024
Who is Lorna Inayat?
Lorna is an accomplished spin bowler and is currently only 17 years old. He is also a part of Uganda's senior team. So far he has played 23 T20 matches for the Ugandan team. Meanwhile, Lorna Inayat has taken a total of 15 wickets and scored 30 runs. Although Lorna came into the limelight with 7 wickets for 6 runs, she could not break the world record of under-19 cricket. The record for the best spell in Under-19 is held by Melvin Khagoitsa of Kenya. He took 7 wickets for 3 runs in T20 match against Iswati.
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