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Olila HS 62/8
Gentle SS 65/5
Gentle SS acquired by 5 wickets
The 2026 SkyView Girls Schools Cricket Week received right here to its conclusion on Saturday in Gulu metropolis with Gentle SS rising champions.
Find underneath the report. It consists of the individual awards.
Gentle SS overcame metropolis rivals Olila HS by 5 wickets to emerge champions of the SkyView Girls Schools Cricket Week on Saturday.
The two sides confronted off in a low-scoring, nevertheless nerve-racking encounter that seen Olila who elected to bat first set solely 62/8.
Rita Alio and Teddy Anyait each picked three wickets to help Gentle SS limit Olila to that score.
Olila begun their safety brilliantly with two maidens nonetheless, the score they set was always going to be a tricky one to defend.
Gentle SS didn’t need any specific individual brilliance of their chase. They’d solely two players (Ruth Kulume with 15 not out and Susan Akidi with 14 off 25) score in double digits, nevertheless added to the 15 extras Olila gave out, they completed their chase with 10 balls spare.
It’s the second time Gentle SS are profitable this trophy having carried out so in 2024 after they beat the an identical opponent.
Inside the Plate remaining, one different soroti side rose to victory after debutants Soroti SS beat St. James SS by 6 wickets.
Judith Iroo who plucked 5 wickets for no run in opposition to Gulu HS picked three on this recreation, essential her side to victory.
Specific individual awards.
Sonia Nampeera- whose side, St. John’s SS- stopped throughout the Great Eight was named the match MVP.
The all-rounder racked up 872 elements having picked 21 wickets- most likely essentially the most on the tournament- and 93 runs.
Malisa Ariokot- Victoria Pearls all-rounder took residence the Most interesting Batters award. The Olila captain scored the match’s highest runs- 279.
Gentle SS’ Rita Alio picked 20 wickets, one decrease than Nampeera, nevertheless she was named the Most interesting Bowler of the match.
Mary Nabuma from Soroti was named the Most interesting Fielder having registered 14 dismissals that included 10 catches and 4 runouts.
The Most interesting Wicketkeeper award went to Mackline Kyosaba from Masindi SS. She had eleven dismissals- six catches and 5 runouts.
There was moreover an award for {the teenager} participant of the match and it went to Nyakasura’s Angella Ihunde- a 12-year-old.
