Martin Ondeko (born 16 July 1985) is a former

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n international

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er who represented the Ugandan national side between 2007 and 2008. He played as a right-handed

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. Ondeko was born in the town of

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, in Uganda's Central Region. He represented the Uganda under-19s at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, featuring in four of his team's six matches. In Uganda's final game of the tournament, a five-wicket win against

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, he scored 99 not out from 148 balls, for which he was named

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. Ondeko's senior debut for Uganda came in September 2007, when he played against

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in the 2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular.Miscellaneous matches played by Martin Ondeko
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2016. Later in the year, he made a single appearance in the 2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia, which held

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status. He was called into the team for the fifth-place play-off against

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– a

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– and scored nine runs before being trapped

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Diego Lord Diego Lord (born 26 September 1977) is an Argentine cricketer who plays for Lomas Athletic Club. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Argentina since 1997. He was born in Buenos Aires. Lord made hi ...

.Argentina v Uganda
ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2007/08 (5th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 April 2016. Ondeko's final match for Uganda came in February 2008, against a touring

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team. Martin Ondeko is serving as the Chief Executing Officer (CEO) of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ondeko, Martin 1985 births Living people People from Wakiso District Ugandan cricketers Ugandan cricket administrators Sportspeople from Central Region, Uganda