{"id":46061,"date":"2026-09-21T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46061"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:27:12","slug":"uganda-cricket-cranes-lose-continent-cup-final-to-kenya","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/uganda-cricket-cranes-lose-continent-cup-final-to-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Cricket Cranes lose continent cup final to Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya has ended Uganda&#8217;s hopes of retaining the ILT20 Continent Cup after securing a 39-run victory in the final at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenya opted to bat first and posted a total of 170 for seven before bowling out Uganda for 131 in 17.5 overs to claim their first title in the tournament. The loss ended a strong tournament run for the Cricket Cranes, who had dominated the round-robin stage and entered the final as the top-ranked team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Uganda will now shift focus to an upcoming six-match tour of Nairobi, where they will face Kenya in three 50-over matches and three T20s from October 5 to 13. The tour will serve as preparation before the team travels to Nigeria for the International Cricket Council Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier C.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22746,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-46061","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Uganda loses continent cup final to Kenya ","published_date":"2026-09-21 17:26:14","news_description":"Uganda loses continent cup final to Kenya ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46062,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46061\/revisions\/46062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}