{"id":20568,"date":"2024-06-14T17:15:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20568"},"modified":"2024-06-14T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:15:28","slug":"akeal-hosein-shines-as-west-indies-triumph-over-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/akeal-hosein-shines-as-west-indies-triumph-over-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Akeal Hosein Shines as West Indies Triumph Over Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spinner Akeal Hosein set a new record for the best ICC T20 World Cup bowling figures by a West Indian, taking five wickets for just eleven runs as the West Indies secured a decisive victory against Uganda on Saturday night at Providence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his record-breaking performance, Hosein expressed his satisfaction and highlighted the team&#8217;s focus on overcoming tougher opponents in the upcoming matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trinbagonian spinner emphasized the importance of maintaining form and aiming for victories in every game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the match against Uganda, the West Indies quickly dominated, reducing the African side to 15-3 within the first three overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s struggles continued, and they were reeling at 22 for 6 after the power play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosein\u2019s exceptional spin bowling dismantled the opposition, ending with impressive figures of 5 for 11 in his four overs\u2014the sixth-best bowling figures in T20 history and the best by a West Indian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pacer Alzarri Joseph also made significant contributions, removing Uganda&#8217;s captain Brian Masaba and ending with figures of 2 for 6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gudakesh Motie added to the wickets tally before Joseph returned to clean bowl Frank Nsunbuga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Motie finished with 1 for 6, and Uganda was dismissed for a mere 39 runs, equaling the lowest total in T20 cricket, resulting in a comprehensive 134-run victory for the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the match, West Indies&#8217; openers Johnson Charles and Brandon King set the tone, with King scoring 13 before being clean bowled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas Pooran then delivered a quickfire 22 with three sixes, helping the team to 54 for 1 at the end of the six-over power play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Pooran&#8217;s soft dismissal, the West Indies continued to build their innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributions from Sherfane Rutherford (22), Rovman Powell (23), and Andre Russell (30) propelled the West Indies to a competitive total of 173 for 5 after 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 134-run victory marks a dream start for the West Indies in their World Cup campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are now set to face New Zealand on Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour Spinner Akeal Hosein set a new record for the best ICC T20 World Cup bowling figures by a West Indian, taking five wickets for just eleven runs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20570,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20568\/revisions\/20570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}