Uganda national cricket team#International Grounds

{{main|East Africa cricket team}}

Uganda combined with their regional rivals Kenya and Tanzania to form the East Africa team. The first known match for this team was against a South African "Non-Europeans" team captained by Basil D'Oliveira in September 1958 in Nairobi, with the visitors winning by seven wickets.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/97/97177.html Scorecard] of East Africa v South African Non-Europeans, 13 September 1958 at Cricket Archive East Africa became an associate member of the ICC in 1966.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/10.html East Africa] at Cricket Archive

East Africa toured England in 1972[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1972_ENG_East_Africa_in_England_1972.html East Africa in England 1972] at Cricket Archive and the Marylebone Cricket Club played a first-class match against East Africa in January 1974, winning by 237 runs.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/33/33969.html Scorecard] of East Africa v MCC, 18 January 1974 The following year, East Africa played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England. After various warm-up games, including a 3 wicket win against Glamorgan,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35168.html Scorecard] of Glamorgan v East Africa], 5 June 1975 at Cricket Archive they played New Zealand, India and England in the World Cup itself, losing all three matches.[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC75/ 1975 World Cup] at Cricinfo The World Cup was followed by a first-class match against Sri Lanka at the County Ground, Taunton, which the Sri Lankans won by 115 runs.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35269.html Scorecard] of East Africa v Sri Lanka, 23 June 1975 at Cricket Archive East Africa played in the ICC Trophies of 1979,[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT79/ 1979 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo 1982[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT82/ 1982 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo and 1986,[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT86/ 1986 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo without qualifying for the World Cup from any of them.

Uganda continued playing their regular matches against Kenya and Tanzania, despite Kenya leaving the East Africa combination in {{when|date=November 2023}}[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/16.html Kenya] at Cricket Archive and the triangular tournament became a quadrangular tournament in 1966 when Zambia joined in. From then until the tournament's end in 1980, Uganda won the tournament just once.

{{main|East and Central Africa cricket team}}

The East Africa team left the ICC in 1989 and was replaced by the East and Central Africa team the same year.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/96.html East and Central Africa] at Cricket Archive This new team was a combination of Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, and they took part in the ICC Trophy for the first time in 1990, also taking part in 1994, 1997 and 2001.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/EastandCentralAfrica/Icct/Icct_List.html ICC Trophy matches played by East and Central Africa] at Cricket Archive

Uganda left the East and Central Africa combination and became an associate member of the ICC in their own right in 1998. Their first international tournament was the 2001 ICC Trophy. After winning all five of their first round games, they lost a play-off match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the right to enter the second stage of the tournament.[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2001/ 2001 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo The following year, they finished third in their group in the Africa Cup.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/AFRICACUP/about.shtml 2002 Africa Cup] at CricketEurope

In 2004, Uganda played their first first-class matches in the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Kenya and Namibia, winning against Namibia.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2004/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope In August that year, they finished second to Namibia in the Africa Cricket Association Championships in Zambia.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/ICCT2005/DATABASE/QUALIFYING/africa.shtml African qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy] at CricketEurope This qualified them for the following year's ICC Trophy, in which they finished in the twelfth and last place after losing to Papua New Guinea in their final play-off match.[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2005/ 2005 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo Earlier in the year, they again played against Namibia and Kenya in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup, losing both games.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2005/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope

File:JoelOlweny.jpg captained the national cricket team of Uganda]]

File:UgandaWinWCL.jpg of the World Cricket League in 2007]]

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In January 2007, Uganda faced Bermuda[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/118/118621.html Scorecard] of Bermuda v Uganda, 27 January 2007 at Cricket Archive and Canada[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/118/118622.html Scorecard] of Canada v Uganda, 28 January 2007 at Cricket Archive as those two teams prepared for Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/KENYA/2007_KENYA_ICC_World_Cricket_League_2007.html 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One] at Cricket Archive This also served as preparation for Uganda's visit to Darwin, Australia, for Division Three of the same tournament. Uganda won their Group B games against the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, and Tanzania before beating Papua New Guinea in the semi-final[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/WCLDIV3/about.shtml 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three] at CricketEurope and Argentina in the tournament final.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000046/004698.shtml Uganda lift Division Three title] by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope Winning Division Three earned Uganda a spot in the ICC's High Performance Program,[http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000027/002781.shtml Denmark added to ICC High Performance Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013445/http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000027/002781.shtml |date=27 September 2007 }}, ICC Europe Media Release at European Cricket Council official site and promotion to Division Two.

Uganda took part in a four-team Twenty20 tournament before the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup, playing games against Pakistan, Kenya, and Bangladesh in Nairobi. As expected, they lost against Pakistan and Bangladesh before upsetting African rivals Kenya with a two-wicket win.[http://www.cricketworld.com/uganda-win-all-african-clash-as-kenya-disappoint/13084.htm Uganda Win All-African Clash As Kenya Disappoint, 2 September 2007, www.cricketworld.com]

Their next matches were two one-day games against Bermuda, also in Nairobi, in October 2007. They surprised their more experienced rivals, going down by just seven runs after Nandikishore Patel scored a half-century,http://www.cricketworld.com/bermuda-hang-on-to-clinch-narrow-win-over-uganda/13675.htm

Bermuda Hang On To Clinch Narrow Win Over Uganda, 23 October 2007, www.cricketworld.com before winning the second match by 43 runs with Joel Olwenyi scoring a half-century of his own.http://www.cricketworld.com/uganda-hit-back-with-43-run-win-over-bermuda/13680.htm Uganda Hit Back With 43-Run Win Over Bermuda, 24 October 2007, www.cricketworld.com

In November 2007, Uganda travelled to Windhoek, Namibia to participate in the WCL Division Two tournament. Uganda lost their group matches against; Denmark, Namibia, Oman, and the UAE but did defeat Argentina in their group match and also their positional playoff to finish fifth.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wcl/engine/series/314541.html Cricinfo, Accessed 22 February 2009] Uganda's bottom two finish saw them relegated to Division Three.[http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/wcl_div1-5_2007-2009.pdf World Cricket League structure] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111013/http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/wcl_div1-5_2007-2009.pdf |date=29 September 2007 }}

In January 2009, Uganda won four of their five group matches and edged Papua New Guinea on run rate, to finish second in the ICC Division 3 competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina and earn the final place at the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.[http://content.cricinfo.com/wcl/engine/series/382526.html?view=pointstable, Cricinfo, Accessed 4 May 2009]

In April 2009, Uganda travelled to South Africa for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. Despite a first up win against Namibia, Uganda lost their remaining four Group A matches and failed to make the Super Eight stage, thus ending their chance to qualify for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[http://content.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/engine/series/384067.html?view=pointstable, Cricinfo, Accessed 4 May 2009] Uganda finished 10th overall after defeating Denmark but losing to Bermuda in position playoff matches, and thus was relegated to 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.[http://content.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/engine/match/390241.html, Cricinfo, Accessed 4 May 2009]

In August 2018, Uganda replaced Ghana in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup, after Ghana had declined Cricket South Africa's invite to compete in the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://cricket.co.za/news/25794/Uganda-replaces-Ghana-in-upcoming-Africa-T20-Cup |title=Uganda replaces Ghana in upcoming Africa T20 Cup |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=28 August 2018}} Uganda played in the 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa but got to the fourth position of the table.

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 cricket matches played between Uganda and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/672322|title=All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status|work=International Cricket Council|date=26 April 2018|access-date=1 September 2018}}

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 20 May 2019

| time = 13:50

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|UGA}}

| team2 = {{cr|BOT}}

| score1 = 142/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Arnold Otwani 44 (27)

| wickets1 = Karabo Modise 3/18 (3 overs)

| score2 = 90 (18 overs)

| runs2 = Vinoo Balakrishnan 26 (32)

| wickets2 = Frank Nsubuga 2/19 (4 overs)

| result = Uganda won by 52 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1184260.html Scorecard]

| venue = Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

| umpires = Emmanuel Byiringiro (Rwa) and David Odhiambo (Ken)

| motm = Arnold Otwani (Uga)

| toss = Botswana won the toss and elected to field.

| notes = First ever T20I match for Uganda.

}}

After April 2019, Uganda played in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1173815 |title=All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 April 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://bigeye.ug/uganda-cricket-team-departs-today-south-africa/|title=Uganda cricket team departs today for South Africa|date=6 January 2015}}

In 2021 and 2023, Uganda toured Namibia.

On 26 November 2023, Uganda registered their first win against an ICC Full Member by defeating Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3796890|title=Uganda stuns Zimbabwe to throw T20 WC Africa Region Qualifier open|work=ICC|access-date=26 November 2023}}

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 26 November 2023

| time = 09:30

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}

| team2 = {{cr|UGA}}

| score1 = 136/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Sikandar Raza 48 (39)

| wickets1 = Dinesh Nakrani 3/14 (4 overs)

| score2 = 138/5 (19.1 overs)

| runs2 = Riazat Ali Shah 42 (28)

| wickets2 = Richard Ngarava 2/24 (4 overs)

| result = Uganda won by 5 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1133009.html Scorecard]

| venue = United Ground, Windhoek

| umpires = Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)

| motm = Riazat Ali Shah (Uga)

| toss = Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = This was Uganda's first win against a Full member side.

}}

{{Main|Uganda Cricket Association}}

The Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) is responsible for all matches played in Uganda and by the Uganda cricket team. It was admitted to the International Cricket Council in 1998 as an associate member. Its current headquarters are in Kampala, Uganda.

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• 1975 to 1987: See East African cricket team
• 1992 to 1999: See East and Central African cricket team
• 2003 to 2023: Did not qualify

• 2013: 13th place
• 2015: Did not qualify
• 2019: Did not qualify
• 2022: 5th place
• 2023: Runners-up

{{main|Uganda at the Men's T20 World Cup}}

• 2004: First round
• 2005: First round
• 2006: Did not participate[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2006/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope
• 2007–08: Did not participate

• 2007 Division Three: Champions – promoted
• 2007 Division Two: 5th place[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wcl/content/story/323270.html Cricinfo, Accessed 22 February 2009] – relegated
• 2007 Division Three: 2nd place[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wcl/engine/series/382526.html?view=pointstable Cricinfo, Accessed 22 February 2009] – promoted
• 2011 Division Two: 5th place – relegated
• 2013 Division Three: 2nd place – qualify for WCQ
• 2014 Division Three: 2nd place – promoted
• 2015 Division Two: 5th place – relegated
• 2017 Division Three: 5th place – relegated
• 2018 Division Four: Champions[http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23421090/the-cranes-defend-90-save-danes Cricinfo, Accessed 7 May 2018] – promoted
• 2018 Division Three: 6th place – relegated

• 1979 to 1986: See East African cricket team
• 1990 to 1997: See East and Central African cricket team
• 2001: 10th place
• 2005: 12th place
• 2009: 10th place[http://content.cricinfo.com/iccwcq2009/engine/current/match/390241.html Cricinfo, Accessed 27 April 2009]
• 2014: 10th place[http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-qualifier-2014/engine/current/match/696749.html Cricinfo, Accessed 28 January 2014]
• 2018: Did not qualify
• 2023: Did not qualify

• 2022: Champions
• 2023: Champions

• 2022: Champions
• 2023: Champions

• 2023: Champions

International Match Summary — Uganda{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 September 2022}}

Last updated 14 December 2024

• Highest team total: 229/3 v Botswana, 9 December 2024 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 December 2022}}
• Highest individual score: 100*, Simon Ssesazi v Tanzania, 22 December 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2022}}
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/7, Dinesh Nakrani v Lesotho, 19 October 2021 at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 September 2022}}

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Most T20I runs for Uganda{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 May 2019}}

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Most T20I wickets for Uganda{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=3;id=34;type=team |title=Records / Uganda / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 May 2019}}

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T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to T20I #3050. Last updated 14 December 2024.

{{Main|List of Ugandan first-class cricketers}}

{{Main|List of Uganda Twenty20 International cricketers}}

{{Main|:Category:Ugandan cricketers}}

This lists all the players who were part of the most recent One-day or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in italics. Updated as of 31 August 2023.

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• List of Uganda Twenty20 International cricketers

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