Skipper Freddie Klokker lost the toss and was invited to bat first by Ugandan skipper, Davis Arinaitwe. Openers Klokker and Mickey Lund found the ball difficult to get away against tight bowling from the Ugandan opening attack. Only 29 runs had been added when Lund was caught off the bowling of Daniel Ruyange. The experienced Carsten Pedersen came out to join Klokker in a stand of 96 at just under 4 runs an over; perhaps a little slow in the circumstances. After Klokker was bowled for 65 (from 98 balls), the scoring rate slipped still further. After 45 overs the score had crept up to 164, way under par for this pitch. Enter the brothers Hedegaard. Lars with 46 (from just 19 deliveries with 5 fours and 3 sixes)and Morten with 24 (from 10 deliveries with 3 fours and 1 six) added 70 in the last 5 overs to leave Denmark with a total of 234 for 5 in 40 overs. At least now there was a total capable of being defended.

In the 4th over there was a very unusual incident that led to the wrong batsman being dismissed. Opener Lawrence Sematimba skied the ball toward Bashir Shah. While the ball was dropping toward Bashir, the non-striker, Arthur Kyobe, shouted ‘Drop it. Drop it’ which Bashir duly did, injuring his moth in the process. On appeal and after discussion between the two umpires, Arthur Kyobe was given out ‘Obstructing the field’. In most cases of Obstructing the field it is the batsman who ‘obstructed’ who is given out but Law 37.3 is quite clear – ‘The striker is out should wilful obstruction or distraction by either batsman prevent a catch being made.’. Sematimba could count himself lucky to be still at the crease. Uganda were up with the asking rate until the introduction of Lars Hedegaard in the 13th over. His miserly spell yielded just 22 runs in 10 accurate overs and after 29 overs Uganda had only reached 98 for 2 wickets. . Two more wickets fell in the 30th over and another in the 32nd over reduced Uganda to 104 for 5 wickets. However Uganda have a reputation for ‘batting deep’ and so it proved. Useful knocks from Joel Olweny, Frank Nsubuga and Richard Okia lifted Uganda to 193 for 8 after 47 overs. 41 runs required from just 3 overs. Not impossible by any means. The Danish skipper then pulled off a master stroke. Whilst everyone was expecting the re-introduction of the pace of Henrik Hansen, skipper Freddie Klokker opted to take the pace off the ball and entrusted slow left-armer Bashir Shah with overs 48 and 50. Bashir proved himself more than equal to the task picking up the wicket of Nsubuga (stumped by Klokker for 43 from 30 deliveries) and conceding just 9 runs. The team breathed a collective sigh of relief – a victory at last.