Uganda national cricket team 1885134 219688479 2008-06-16T12:36:29Z BlackJack 359672 piping {{Infobox non test cricket team | country_name = [[Uganda]] | image_file = UgandaWinWCL.jpg | image_caption = Uganda celebrate winning [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] of the [[World Cricket League]] in 2007 | icc_member_year = 1998 | icc_status = Associate member | icc_region = Africa | current_captain = [[Joel Olwenyi]] | WCL_division = Two | regional_tournament = World Cricket League Africa Region | regional_tournament_division = One | first_match = 1951/52 - Opponent either [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] or [[Tanzania national cricket team|Tanganyika]] | world_ranking = 21st | regional_ranking = 3rd | icc_trophy_apps = 2 | icc_trophy_first = [[2001 ICC Trophy|2001]] | icc_trophy_best = 10th place, 2001 | fc_matches = 4 | fc_win_loss_record = 1/3 | la_matches = 7 | la_win_loss_record = 1/5 | asofdate = [[23 July]] [[2007]]}} The '''Uganda national cricket team''' is the team that represents the country of [[Uganda]] in international [[cricket]] matches. Having previously been part of the combined [[East Africa cricket team|East African]] and [[East and Central Africa cricket team|East and Central African]] teams, they became an associate member of the [[International Cricket Council]] in their own right in 1998.<ref name="UgaCA">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/28.html Uganda] at [[Cricket Archive]]</ref> They began to play international cricket in 1951/52 when they first took part in a triangular tournament against regional rivals [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] and [[Tanzania national cricket team|Tanzania]] (then Tanganyika).<ref name="KenHist">[http://www.friendsofkenyacricket.org.uk/know.html History of Kenyan cricket]</ref> They have competed in the [[ICC World Cup Qualifier|ICC Trophy]] on two occasions, in [[2001 ICC Trophy|2001]]<ref name="ICCT01">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2001/ 2001 ICC Trophy] at [[Cricinfo]]</ref> and [[2005 ICC Trophy|2005]].<ref name="ICCT05">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT2005/ 2005 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref> They won [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] of the [[World Cricket League]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Australia]] in 2007, qualifying them for [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two|Division Two]] of the same tournament towards the end of 2007,<ref name="WCL307">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000046/004698.shtml Uganda lift Division Three title] by Andrew Nixon, [[2 June]] [[2007]] at CricketEurope</ref> which also qualified them for a spot on the ICC's [[High Performance Program]].<ref name="HPP">[http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000027/002781.shtml Denmark added to ICC High Performance Program], ICC Europe Media Release at [[European Cricket Council]] official site</ref> ==History== ===East Africa team=== :''Main article: [[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.<ref>[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</ref> East Africa became an associate member of the ICC in 1966<ref name="EACA">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/10.html East Africa] at Cricket Archive</ref> and [[India national cricket team|India]] toured the following year, winning a match against Uganda by 6 wickets<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/28/28986.html Scorecard] of Uganda v India, [[29 July]] [[1967]] at Cricket Archive</ref> before a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match against East Africa in [[Kampala]] which India won by 8 wickets.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/29/29058.html Scorecard] of East Africa v India, [[19 August]] [[1967]] at Cricket Archive</ref> East Africa toured [[England]] in 1972<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1972_ENG_East_Africa_in_England_1972.html East Africa in England 1972] at Cricket Archive</ref> and the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] played a first-class match against East Africa in January 1974, winning by 237 runs.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/33/33969.html Scorecard] of East Africa v MCC, [[18 January]] [[1974]]</ref> 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 County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]],<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35168.html Scorecard] of Glamorgan v East Africa], [[5 June]] [[1975]] at Cricket Archive</ref> they played [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], India and [[England national cricket team|England]] in the World Cup itself, losing all three matches.<ref name="WC75">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC75/ 1975 World Cup] at Cricinfo</ref> The World Cup was followed by a first-class match against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] at the [[County Cricket Ground, Taunton]], which the Sri Lankans won by 115 runs.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/35/35269.html Scorecard] of East Africa v Sri Lanka, [[23 June]] [[1975]] at Cricket Archive</ref> East Africa played in the ICC Trophies of [[1979 ICC Trophy|1979]],<ref name="ICCT79">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT79/ 1979 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref>, [[1982 ICC Trophy|1982]]<ref name="ICCT82">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT82/ 1982 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref> and [[1986 ICC Trophy|1986]],<ref name="ICCT86">[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT86/ 1986 ICC Trophy] at Cricinfo</ref> 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 <ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/16.html Kenya] at Cricket Archive</ref> and the triangular tournament became a quadrangular tournament in 1966 when [[Zambia national cricket team|Zambia]] joined in. From then until the tournament's end in 1980, Uganda won the tournament just once.<ref name="KenHist" /> ===East and Central Africa cricket team=== :''Main article: [[East and Central Africa cricket team]]'' The East Africa team left the ICC in 1989<ref name="EACA" /> and was replaced by the East and Central Africa team the same year.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/96.html East and Central Africa] at Cricket Archive</ref> This new team was a combination of [[Malawi national cricket team|Malawi]], Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, and they took part in the ICC Trophy for the first time in [[1990 ICC Trophy|1990]], also taking part in [[1994 ICC Trophy|1994]], [[1997 ICC Trophy|1997]] and [[2001 ICC Trophy|2001]].<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/EastandCentralAfrica/Icct/Icct_List.html ICC Trophy matches played by East and Central Africa] at Cricket Archive</ref> ===Setting out on their own=== 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 national cricket team|UAE]] for the right to enter the second stage of the tournament.<ref name="ICCT01" /> The following year, they finished third in their group in the Africa Cup.<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2002/TOURNAMENTS/AFRICACUP/about.shtml 2002 Africa Cup] at CricketEurope</ref> In 2004, Uganda played their first first-class matches in the [[ICC Intercontinental Cup]] against Kenya and [[Namibia national cricket team|Namibia]], winning against Namibia.<ref name="ICCup04">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2004/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope</ref> In August that year, they finished second to Namibia in the Africa Cricket Association Championships in [[Zambia]].<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/ICCT2005/DATABASE/QUALIFYING/africa.shtml African qualifying for the 2005 ICC Trophy] at CricketEurope</ref> This qualified them for the following years ICC Trophy, in which they finished in twelfth and last place after losing to [[Papua New Guinea national cricket team|Papua New Guinea]] in their final play-off match.<ref name="ICCT05" /> Earlier in the year, they again played against Namibia and Kenya in the [[2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup]], losing both games.<ref name="ICCup05">[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2005/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope</ref> ===Present Day=== In January 2007, Uganda faced [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]]<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/118/118621.html Scorecard] of Bermuda v Uganda, [[27 January]] [[2007]] at Cricket Archive</ref> and [[Canada national cricket team|Canada]]<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/118/118622.html Scorecard] of Canada v Uganda, [[28 January]] [[2007]] at Cricket Archive</ref> as those two teams prepared for [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One|Division One]] of the World Cricket League in Nairobi.<ref>[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</ref> This also served as preparation for Uganda's visit to Darwin, Australia, for Division Three of the same tournament. They won their games against the [[Cayman Islands cricket team|Cayman Islands]], [[Hong Kong cricket team|Hong Kong]] and Tanzania before beating Papua New Guinea in the semi-final.<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/WCLDIV3/about.shtml 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three] at CricketEurope</ref> They then beat [[Argentina national cricket team|Argentina]] in the final of the tournament.<ref name="WCL307" /> Uganda's performance in the Division Three tournament means that they have gained a spot in the ICC's High Performance Program,<ref name="HPP" /> and will now travel to [[Windhoek]], [[Namibia]] towards the end of 2007 where they will face Argentina, [[Denmark national cricket team|Denmark]], [[Oman national cricket team|Oman]] and the UAE in addition to hosts Namibia.<ref name="WCL307" /> A top four finish in this tournament will qualify them for the [[2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier]], whilst a bottom two finish will mean that they play in [[2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] again in 2009.<ref>[http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/development/wcl_div1-5_2007-2009.pdf World Cricket League structure]</ref> Uganda took part in a four-team [[Twenty20_cricket|Twenty20]] tournament prior to the [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007 Twenty20 World Cup]], playing games against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], Kenya, and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] in [[Nairobi]]. As expected, they lost against Pakistan and Bangladesh, losing but they stunned African rivals Kenya with a two-wicket win.<ref>[http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/article/?aid=13084 Uganda Win All-African Clash As Kenya Disappoint, 2nd September 2007, www.cricketworld.com]</ref> Their next matches were two one-day games against [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]], also in Nairobi, in October 2007. They surprised their more experienced rivals, going down by just seven runs after [[Nandikishore Patel]] and [[Danniel Ruyange]] scored half-centuries,<ref>http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/article/?aid=13675 Bermuda Hang On To Clinch Narrow Win Over Uganda, 23rd October 2007, www.cricketworld.com</ref> before winning the second match by 43 runs with [[Joel Olwenyi]] scoring a half-century of his own.<ref>http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/article/?aid=13680 Uganda Hit Back With 43-Run Win Over Bermuda, 24th October 2007, www.cricketworld.com</ref> ===Tournament History=== ====World Cup==== *[[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] to [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]]: See [[East African cricket team]] *[[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]] to [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999]]: See [[East and Central African cricket team]] *[[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003]]: Did not qualify<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC2003/ 2003 World Cup] at Cricinfo</ref> *[[2007 Cricket World Cup|2007]]: Did not qualify<ref>[http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC2007/ 2007 World Cup] at Cricinfo</ref> ====Intercontinental Cup==== *2004: First round<ref name="ICCup04" /> *[[2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup|2005]]: First round<ref name="ICCup05" /> *[[2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup|2006]]: Did not participate<ref>[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2006/TOURNAMENTS/INTERCONTINENTAL/about.shtml 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup] at CricketEurope</ref> ====World Cricket League==== *2007: [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three]] winners<ref name="WCL307" /> ====ICC Trophy==== *[[1979 ICC Trophy|1979]] to [[1986 ICC Trophy|1986]]: See [[East African cricket team]] *[[1990 ICC Trophy|1990]] to [[1997 ICC Trophy|1997]]: See [[East and Central African cricket team]] *[[2001 ICC Trophy|2001]]: 10th place<ref name="ICCT01" /> *[[2005 ICC Trophy|2005]]: 12th place<ref name="ICCT05" /> ==Players== :''For a list of Ugandan first-class cricketers, see: [[List of Ugandan first-class cricketers]]'' Uganda's team in their most recent match against Argentina was as follows:<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/122/122321.html Scorecard] of Argentina v Uganda, [[2 June]] [[2007]] at Cricket Archive</ref> *[[Arthur Kyobe]] *[[Roger Mukasa]] *[[Joel Olwenyi]] ([[Captain (cricket)|captain]]) *[[Benjamin Musoke]] *[[Junior Kwebiha]] *[[Raymond Otim]] *[[Laurence Sematimba]] *[[Kenneth Kamyuka]] *[[Frank Nsubuga]] *[[Patrick Ochan]] *[[Charles Waiswa]] ==See also== *[[Uganda national women's cricket team]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{National cricket teams}} [[Category:Cricket in Uganda|National]] [[Category:National cricket teams]] [[Category:National sports teams of Uganda]] [[Category:Uganda in international cricket|National]]