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Uganda Well Poised against UAE

ABU DHABI - Uganda were cruising well in reply to a strong total from UAE on the second day of the four-day ICC Intercontinental Shield cricket tournament at the Shaikh Zayed stadium on Thursday.

The hosts managed to add another 47 runs to their overnight tally of 314 to finish their first innings at 361 in 117 overs.

Overnight centurion Naeemuddin Aslam who was unbeaten on 120 made 152 before being caught by Nsubuga Frank off Arinaitwe Davis. The partnership between Shoaib Sarwar and Qasim Zubair added 65 runs for the last wicket.

In reply, Uganda were well poised with 229 for three in 74 overs when the stumps were drawn. The visitors began confidently with R Mukasa (46) and AS Kyobe (49) adding 77 runs for the first wicket.

SCOREBOARD

UAE (1^st innings/overnight: 314-9): Arfan Haider c Sematimba b Tabby 1, Arshad Ali c Ziraba b Nsubuga 33, Khurram Khan c & b Tabby 87, Saqib Ali lbw b Nsubuga 5, Naeemuddin Aslam c Nsubuga b Arinaitwe 152, Abdul Rehman c Tabby b Baig 1, Fayyaz Ahmed b Nsubuga 18, Amjad Javed run out 13, Shoaib Sarwar c Sematimba b Ssemanda 20, Moiz Shahid c Sematimba b Ssemanda 2, Qasim Zubair (not out) 18. Extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-1) 11. Total (all out; 117.2 overs) 361. Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-79, 3-103, 4-176, 5-188, 6-212, 7-237, 8-290, 9-296. Bowling: C Waiswa 16-3-60-0, D Tabby 20-4-72-2, R Ssemanda 24-5-66-2 (1nb), F Nsubuga 28-6-76-3, DK Arinaitwe 15.2-4-35-1, AM Baig 13-2-42-1, R Mukasa 1-1-0-0.

Uganda (1^st innings): R Mukasa lbw b Arshad Ali 46, AS Kyobe c Arfan Haider b Fayyaz Ahmed 49, AM Baig c Fayyaz Ahmed b Amjad Javed 51, L Sematimba (batting) 72, R Semanda (batting) 2. Extras (lb-4, w-1, nb-4) 9. Total (for 3 wickets; 74 overs) 229.

Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-97, 3-225. Bowling: Shoaib Sarwar 7-1-32-0, Amjad Javed 10-4-24-1, Moiz Shahid 11-1-31-0 (2nb), Qasim Zubair 4-0-31-0 (1nb), Arshad Ali 13-4-33-1 (1w), Fayyaz Ahmed 17-4-41-1 (1nb), Saqib Ali 5-1-17-0, Khurram Khan 3-1-8-0, Arfan Haider 4-1-8-0.