Lugogo Stadium, also known as Lugogo Cricket Oval, is a

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ground in

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. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1957 when Kenya Asians played Sunder Cricket Club. In that same year

first used the ground when the national team played the Sunder Cricket Club. The ground held its inaugural first-class match when an East African Invitation XI played the touring

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in 1963. A further first-class match followed in 1967 when a combined

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team played the touring Indians. The next first-class matches to be held on the ground didn't come until 2005, when Uganda played two matches there in the Intercontinental Cup against

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and

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. The Lugogo Stadium is the only cricket venue in Uganda to have held first-class cricket. Surrounding the cricket ground there are

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and a

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ground which is the home ground of

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