T20 World Cup 2024: Akeal Hosein's fifer helps West Indies win by 134-run vs UGA

West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein showcased his exceptional skills by registering a fifer With this West Indies defeated Uganda by 134 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 match in Guyana During his spell Hosein conceded just 11 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Uganda Brian Masabaled side was bowled out for 39 runs in 12 overs With this they registered their name for the unwanted record of the jointlowest total in the T20 World CupBatting first in the T20 World Cup 2024 match in Guyana Johnson Charles smashed 44 runs and was the top scorer for the Caribbean side Star allrounder Andre Russells late heroics of unbeaten 30 runs helped West Indies to post 173 runs on boardThe victory against Uganda boosted the hosts net run rate to 3574 which will help their team to finish in the top two spot in Group C It gets tougher from here but we understand conditions and cricket is not easy in the Caribbean West Indies skipper Rovman Powel said after the matchAlso ReadKey highlights from the first week of the ICC T20 World CupWe talk about improving 1015 percent every match Last game we were flat so we just wanted to improve as a team When you are playing at home the pressure can sometimes get to you So a little bit of rust in the first match We started off at 60 now up to 7080 percent he added The gulf between the two sides was evident when the West Indies bowlers were operating Tough day for us It is a very steep learning curve Just shows the difference in class We were outplayed but we must take the learnings from it as a batting unit what we can do better to keep us in the game Uganda captain Masaba said There were some positives in that bowling performance To keep them under 200 stood out The way we bowled at the death that was very impressive Hopefully we can build on that As was the case in their previous two games Ugandas top order fell like ninepins with half the side back in the dugout inside the PowerplayOpening the innings Hosein dismissed Roger Mukasa on the very second ball Later he picked the wicket of Alpesh Amjani in the third over Riazar Ali became his third victimI needed this In the nets and in the previous series I felt the ball was coming out good but I was just not getting the rewards player of the match Hosein saidTo complete a fifer Hosein bagged two more wickets in his last over With this he also became the West Indian to register the best figures at the T20 World Cup It is a lot of hard work When you get success guys are going to study you and have a plan You always have to stay a step ahead For me it is just about trying to react to what the surface is doing and planning it out Hosein saidBut leftarm spinner Alpesh Ramjani cleaned up King to provide Uganda with their first breakthrough New batter Nicholas Pooran 22 took a couple of deliveries to settle in before going down on one knee launching the ball high over deep midwicket for a maximum Charles and Pooran continued to hit the maximums every over before Uganda skipper Brian Masaba 231 cut short the latters stay by completing a caught and bowled Masaba and offspinner Frank Nsubuga 029 bowled with control and discipline as Uganda kept striking at regular intervals deflating West Indies momentum The Ugandans bowled 53 dot balls Charles who was struggling to get the big shots was next to go as he sent the ball straight to Ramjani at longon Shane Rutherford 22 smacked a six and a boundary in the next two overs before Masaba got his counterpart in the 16th over after Powell failed to get the desired elevation The bighitting Russell then sent the ball to the fence six times to help West Indies add 49 runs in the last five oversWith PTI Inputs