The Uganda cricket team toured Namibia in April 2022 to play three

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(T20I) matches and two 50-over matches. The venue for all of the matches was the

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. The tour was a repeat of Uganda's visit in April 2021, when Namibia swept both the T20I series and the 50-over series. Ahead of the matches against Uganda, the Namibians hosted Ireland Wolves for a three-match

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series (winning 2–1) and a five-match

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50-over series (drawn 2–2). Namibia won the first T20I by 8 wickets. In the second game, Namibian captain

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scored an unbeaten

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and dismissed both Ugandan opening batters, but an unbeaten partnership of 118 runs between Dinesh Nakrani and

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lead Uganda to a seven-wicket victory. Namibia won the third T20I match by 52 runs, following an all-round performance from

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, to take the series 2–1. Smit scored a half-century, then took a

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which included a

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. Namibia cruised to victory in the first 50-over game after dismissing the visitors for only 68 runs. However, Uganda levelled the series with a thrilling run-chase in the second game.

Squads

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, Salomon Nuuyoma and Louis Peters also featured for Namibia in the 50-over series.

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

3rd T20I

50-over series

1st 50-over match

2nd 50-over match

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugandan cricket team in Namibia in 2021-22 Associate international cricket competitions in 2021–22