Uganda were bowled out for the joint-lowest total in Men’s T20 World Cup history after they were dismissed for 39 by West Indies at Providence, Guyana.
Several records were broken during the West Indies vs Uganda clash as the hosts won by a massive margin of 134 runs, their biggest win in all T20Is. Batting first, the West Indies conjured up 173-5 on the board despite phases of excellent bowling by the opposition.
West Indies vs Uganda highlights
West Indies were 85-2 after 10 overs, but the Uganada bowlers impressed with the lengths they bowled thereafter. They gave away 43 in the next six overs, troubling the batters with fuller-length balls and their brilliant execution of yorkers. A 17-ball 30 not out from Andre Russell, however, broke the shackles as West Indies posted a stiff 173-5 on the board.
Uganda were never in the game in the second half after they lost their opener Roger Mukasa for no run. They soon slipped to 15-4 and went further downhill as they were eventually shot out for 39, the joint-lowest score in the T20 World Cup. The Netherlands also managed 39 against Sri Lanka in the 2014 edition.
Uganda’s score It is also the joint-second-lowest total in a men’s T20I involving a Full Member country. The previous record belonged to Hong Kong, who made 38 against Pakistan in 2022.
The bowling was led by Akeal Hosein, who dismissed five of the top seven batters from Uganda to finish with 5-11, the best figures by a West Indies bowler at the T20 World Cup and the second-best T20I figures by a West Indian in men’s T20Is, after Obed McCoy’s 6-17 against India two years ago. It was also the first time a player from West Indies picked up a five-wicket haul at the T20 World Cup.
West Indies’ 134-run win is the second-largest victory by a side in the T20 World Cup while batting first, after Sri Lanka’s 172-run triumph over Kenya in 2007. The win has bigger implications as well in the tournament, with New Zealand’s chances of advancing to the second round hitting a roadblock after their surprise defeat to Afghanistan a day earlier.
