The Uganda national cricket team, nicknamed the Cricket Cranes, is the men's team that represents

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. The team is organised by 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 governing body for the sport of cricket in Uganda. Its current headquarter ...

, which has been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 1998.Uganda
at CricketArchive Uganda first fielded an international team as early as 1914, against the

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, but only began competing regularly from the early 1950s, playing frequent series against regional rivals

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and

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(then Tanganyika).History of Kenyan cricket
From 1966, Uganda contributed players to a combined East African team, which was reconstituted as East and Central Africa in 1989. The country's first ICC tournament played in its own right was the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada. Uganda played in the next three editions of the tournament, renamed the

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, but did not come close to qualifying for the Cricket World Cup. In the

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(WCL), Uganda reached

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on three occasions, but was relegated to Division Three each time. The team has twice participated in the

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, in

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and

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, but finished in the bottom four teams on both occasions.

History

East Africa 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

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in September 1958 in

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, with the visitors winning by seven wickets. East Africa became an associate member of the ICC in 1966East Africa
at Cricket Archive East Africa toured England in 1972 and the

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played a first-class match against East Africa in January 1974, winning by 237 runs. 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, they played

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, India and

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in the World Cup itself, losing all three matches.1975 World Cup
at Cricinfo The World Cup was followed by a first-class match against Sri Lanka at the

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, which the Sri Lankans won by 115 runs. East Africa played in the ICC Trophies of

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,1979 ICC Trophy
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at Cricinfo and

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,1986 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo 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 and the triangular tournament became a quadrangular tournament in 1966 when

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joined in. From then until the tournament's end in 1980, Uganda won the tournament just once.

East and Central Africa cricket team

The East Africa team left the ICC in 1989 and was replaced by the East and Central Africa team the same year. This new team was a combination of

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, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, and they took part in the ICC Trophy for the first time in

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, also taking part in

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and 2001.

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

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(UAE) for the right to enter the second stage of the tournament.2001 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo The following year, they finished third in their group in the Africa Cup. In 2004, Uganda played their first first-class matches in the

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against Kenya and

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, winning against Namibia.2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
at CricketEurope In August that year, they finished second to Namibia in the Africa Cricket Association Championships in

. This qualified them for the following years ICC Trophy, in which they finished in twelfth and last place after losing to

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

in their final play-off match.2005 ICC Trophy
at Cricinfo Earlier in the year, they again played against Namibia and Kenya in the

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, losing both games.2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
at CricketEurope

2007-2018

In January 2007, Uganda faced

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and

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as those two teams prepared for Division One of the World Cricket League in

. This also served as preparation for Uganda's visit to Darwin, Australia, for

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of the same tournament. Uganda won their Group B games against the Cayman Islands,

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, and Tanzania before beating Papua New Guinea in the semi-final and

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in the tournament final.Uganda lift Division Three title
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, ICC Europe Media Release at European Cricket Council official site and promotion to Division Two. Uganda took part in a four-team

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tournament before the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup, playing games against

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, Kenya, and

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in Nairobi. As expected, they lost against Pakistan and Bangladesh before upsetting African rivals Kenya with a two-wicket win. Their next matches were two one-day games against Bermuda, also in Nairobi, in October 2007. They surprised their more experienced rivals, going down by just seven runs after Nandikishore Patel scored a half-century, before winning the second match by 43 runs with Joel Olwenyi scoring a half-century of his own. In November 2007, Uganda travelled to

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to participate in the WCL Division Two tournament. Uganda lost their group matches against;

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, and the

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but did defeat Argentina in their group match and also their positional playoff to finish fifth. Uganda's bottom two finish saw them relegated to

. In January 2009, Uganda won four of their five group matches and edged Papua New Guinea on run rate, to finish second in the ICC Division 3 competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina and earn the final place at the

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. In April 2009, Uganda travelled to South Africa for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. Despite a first up win against Namibia, Uganda lost their remaining four Group A matches and failed to make the Super Eight stage, thus ending their chance to qualify for the

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. Uganda finished 10th overall after beating Denmark but losing to Bermuda in positional playoff matches, and thus was relegated to 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. In August 2018, Uganda replaced

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in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup, after Ghana had declined

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's invite to compete in the tournament. Uganda played in the 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifier Africa but got to the fourth position of the table.

2018–present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full

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(T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

cricket matches played between Uganda and other

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since 1 January 2019 have been full T20I matches. After April 2019, Uganda will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.

Governing body

The

(UCA) is responsible for all matches played in Uganda and by the Uganda cricket team. It was admitted to the

in 1998 as an associate member. Its current headquarters are in Kampala, Uganda.

International Grounds

Tournament history

World Cup

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: See

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* 1992 to

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: See

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* 2003: Did not qualify * 2007: Did not qualify * 2011: Did not qualifyCricinfo, Accessed 4 May 2009
/ref> * 2015: Did not qualify *

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: Did not qualify

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

: 13th place * 2015: Did not qualify *

: Did not qualify *

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: 5th place

ICC Intercontinental Cup

* 2004: First round * 2005: First round * 2006: Did not participate * 2007–08: Did not participate

World Cricket League

* 2007 Division Three: Champions – ''promoted'' * 2007 Division Two: 5th place – ''relegated'' * 2007 Division Three: 2nd place – ''promoted'' * 2011 Division Two: 5th place – ''relegated'' * 2013 Division Three: 2nd place – ''qualify for WCQ'' * 2014 Division Three: 2nd place – ''promoted'' * 2015 Division Two: 5th place – ''relegated'' * 2017 Division Three: 5th place – ''relegated'' * 2018 Division Four: Champions – ''promoted'' * 2018 Division Three: 6th place – ''relegated''

ICC World Cup Qualifier

: See

* 2001: 10th place * 2005: 12th place * 2009: 10th place *

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: 10th place *

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: Did not qualify

ACA Africa T20 Cup

: Champions

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Uganda ''Last updated 23 December 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 185/9 v Rwanda, 14 December 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali * Highest individual score: 100 *, Simon Ssesazi v

, 22 December 2022 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali * Best individual bowling figures: 6/7, Dinesh Nakrani v Lesotho, 19 October 2021 at IPRC Cricket Ground, Kigali Most T20I runs for Uganda Most T20I wickets for Uganda T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to T20I #1983. Last updated 23 December 2022.''

Players

Personnel

Current squad

This lists all the players who were been part of the most recent One-day or T20I squad. Updated as of 23 December 2022.

Coaching and managing staff

Captains

Coaches

References

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History

East Africa team

East and Central Africa cricket team

Setting out on their own

2007-2018

2018–present

Governing body

International Grounds

Tournament history

World Cup

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

ICC Intercontinental Cup

World Cricket League

ICC World Cup Qualifier

ACA Africa T20 Cup

Records and Statistics

Twenty20 International

Players

Personnel

Current squad

Coaching and managing staff

Captains

Coaches

See also

References