Uganda Cricket Association controls and organises all tours and matches undertaken by the

Uganda national cricket team The Uganda national cricket team, nicknamed the Cricket Cranes, is the men's team that represents Uganda in international cricket. The team is organised by the Uganda Cricket Association, which has been an ICC members, associate member of the ...

and

Uganda women's national cricket team The Uganda women's national cricket team represents Uganda in international women's cricket. They played their first matches as part of a triangular series that also involved Kenya and Kenya's A side in January 2006. They played in the African ...

. It is the governing body for the sport of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

in Uganda. Its current headquarters is in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda Cricket Association is Uganda's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 1998. It is also a member of the African Cricket Association. Alan Mugume is the CEO of UCA (Uganda Cricket Association). Davis Turinawe is the Development Manager..

History

In 1939, the first School Cricket Week was held between four schools in Uganda. Afterwards in 1966, They hosted their first professional tournament. The inaugural East African Championship was played and the hosts Uganda were the champions. In 1998, Uganda became an associate member of International Cricket Council ( ICC).

Governance of Uganda cricket

* Presidents and Chairmen of Uganda Cricket Association #

Fred Luswata Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...

(1997 – 2000) #

Francis Kazinduki Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) Places *Rural M ...

(July 2000 – 2002) #

Ivan Kyayonka Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

(2003 – 2006) #

William Kibukamusoke William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(2007 – February 2008) #

Kato Sebbale Kato or Katō may refer to: Places *Kato, Guyana, a village in Guyana *Katō, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Katō District, Hokkaido, a district located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *Katowice, a city in Southern Poland, ...

(February 2008 – February 2012) #

Richard Mwami Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(February 2012 – February 2017) #

Bashir Badu Bashir or Basheer or the francicized Bachir or Bechir ( ar, بشير) is a male given name. Derived from Arabic, it means "the one who brings good news". It is also a surname. Bashir may refer to: Mononym *Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab ...

(February 2017 – March 2019) #

Michael Nuwagaba Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(March 2019 - Present) * Secretary # Chris Azuba (1999 – February 2001) # Justine Ligyalingi (February 2001 – 2006) #

(2007 – 2009) # Jackson Kavuma (2012 – 2016) # Jeremy Kibukamusoke (2016 – February 2017) # Eric Kamara (February 2017 – December 2017) #

(February 2017 – March 2019) # Alvin Bagaya Mboijana (March 2019 - Present) * Chief executing officers and directors: # Justine Ligyanlingi (April 2010 – March 2018) #

Martin Ondeko Martin Ondeko (born 16 July 1985) is a former Ugandan international cricketer who represented the Ugandan national side between 2007 and 2008. He played as a right-handed opening batsman. Ondeko was born in the town of Entebbe, in Uganda's Cent ...

(March 2018 – June 2022) # Alan Mugume (July 2022- ongoing) * Managers # Rober Kisubi #

(2009 – 2010)

References

External links

Official Website
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