Janet Mbabazi (born 26 January 1996) is a Ugandan
cricket
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er.
In July 2018, she was named in Uganda's squad for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
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tournament.
She made her
Women's Twenty20 International
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(WT20I) for
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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against
Scotland
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in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018. In April 2019, she was named as the vice-captain of Uganda's squad for the
2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa
The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa was a cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in May 2019. The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women ...
tournament in Zimbabwe.
In March 2023, Mbabazi became one of the
Uganda Cricket Association
Uganda Cricket Association controls and organises all tours and matches undertaken by the Uganda national cricket team and Uganda women's national cricket team. It is the Sport governing body, governing body for the sport of cricket in Uganda. Its ...
's first twelve women players to be awarded central contracts.
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1996 births
Living people
Ugandan women cricketers
Uganda women Twenty20 International cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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