Although Uganda looked like they had pulled back the result, Malawi fought back to command the lead in the quarter 35 -32 before She Cranes also put a spirited fight in the last quarter to help the settle the result into a 44-44 draw.
According to the opening fixtures, Uganda will play Zambia, Namibia will battle Kenya while Malawi will take on Zimbabwe. All matchday one games will be played tomorrow on 1st November 2021.
Ugandan players however won individual accolades with standing out performances. She Cranes Goal Shooter Irene Eyaru won the best shooter of the series as well as Goal Defense Joan Nampugu scooped the best defender of the series.
The She Cranes will be taking on South Africa and Namibia in a seven–match test series aimed at boosting of Uganda’s position in the next netball world rankings
In July, Members of Parliament resolved to contribute 500,000 shillings each for the She Cranes team which emerged winner of the 2017 Africa Netball Championships hosted in Kampala. In honour of the team, Parliament provided 222 million shillings of which 112 million was used to purchase the Isuzu bus, while the balance of 110 million is to be shared between the 15 players seven members of the technical team.
The Chairperson Uganda Netball Association, Annette Suzan Ongom says their involvement in the campaign will help to create more awareness about the effects of tobacco.
The Uganda She Cranes lost their second quarter final group game to Jamaica 59-47 on Thursday morning at the on-going 2015 Netball World Cup in Sydney, Australia.
Ugandas Netball team, She Cranes registered a morale boosting 39-18 win over Singapore in an International friendly played in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday.
Uganda national team, She Cranes returned to winning ways with a 59-36 scoreline against Zambia's Chi-polopolo last night in a Diamond Challenge Cup match played in Durban, South Africa.
