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Frank Nsubuga, the oldest player in the Ugandan team, has now become the most economical bowler to bowl 4 overs in the history of T20 World Cup.
Frank Nsubuga bowled a brilliant spell in the T20 World Cup: The ninth match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Papua New Guinea and Uganda in Guyana in Group C. In this match, the Ugandan team won by 3 wickets but very poor batting was seen from both the teams.
Papua New Guinea, batting first, scored just 77 runs in 19.1 overs, while Uganda achieved the target in 18.2 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. In this match, 43-year-old left-arm spinner Frank Nsubuga has created a new record in the history of T20 World Cup with his brilliant bowling for Uganda.
Frank Nsubuga bowled the best economical spell of the World Cup
Frank Nsubuga, the oldest player in the Ugandan team in this World Cup, has now become the most economical bowler to bowl 4 overs in the history of the T20 World Cup. In the match against Papua New Guinea, Nsubuga gave 4 runs in 4 overs and also took 2 wickets. Before Nsubuga, this record was in the name of South African fast bowler Enrique Norkhia, who gave 4 wickets and 7 runs in 4 overs against Sri Lanka in the same World Cup.
Bowlers who bowled the best spell (4 overs) in T20 World Cup history –
- Frank Nsubuga – 2 wickets in 4 runs (vs Papua New Guinea, 2024)
- Anrich Norkhia – 4 wickets in 7 runs (vs Sri Lanka, 2024)
- Ajantha Mendis – 6 wickets in 8 runs (vs Zimbabwe, 2012)
- Mahmudullah – 1 run wicket in 8 (vs Afghanistan, 2014)
- Wanindu Hasaranga – 3 wickets for 8 runs (vs UAE, 2022)
In this match, apart from Riazat Ali Shah, no batsman could do anything special for Uganda, he scored 33 runs and led the team to victory. However, his strike rate was only 58.92 runs. In this match, Alpesh scored eight runs, Dinesh scored zero runs, Juma Miyagi scored 13 runs, Kenneth scored seven runs not out. Brian remained unbeaten without opening the account. For Papua New Guinea, Ali Nao and Norman Vanua took two wickets each. While Chad Soper and Assad Wala took one wicket each.
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