Brian Masaba

Brian Masaba

Personal information
Born	(1991-09-12) 12 September 1991 (age 33) Kampala, Uganda
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Uganda
T20I debut(cap  14)	23 May 2019 v  Ghana
Last T20I	5 June 2024 v  Papua New Guinea
Source: Cricinfo, 25 December 2022

Brian Masaba (born 12 September 1991) is a Ugandan cricketer and the current captain of the Uganda cricket team. ^[1]

Career

He played for Uganda in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. In April 2018, he was named Uganda's vice-captain for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. ^{[2] [3]}

In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament. ^[4] He was the vice-captain of Uganda's squad at the 2018 Africa T20 Cup and the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

In May 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. ^{[8] [9] [10]} He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ghana on 23 May 2019. ^[11] In July 2019, he was among the 25 players included in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong. ^[12]

In November 2019, ahead of the 2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament, Masaba was made captain of the Uganda national cricket team. ^{[13] [14]} In November 2021, he was named as the captain of Uganda's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. ^[15] In May 2022, he was named as the captain of Uganda's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament. ^[16]

In May 2024, he was named the captain in Uganda’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ^[17]

References

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5. "Uganda Cricket names Africa T20 squad". Kawowo Sports. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
6. "Team Uganda preview". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
7. "Otwani gets nod ahead of Achelam on final 14 for Division 3 Qualifiers". Kawowo. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
8. "Uganda Cricket names squad for Africa T20 World Cup Qualifiers". Eagle Online. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
9. "Arinaitwe named in Cricket Cranes squad for Africa T20 World Cup Qualifiers". Kawowo Sports. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
10. "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
11. "15th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
12. "Paternott Called To Cricket Cranes Squad For World Challenge League". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
13. "Cricket Cranes - Brian Masaba Named Cricket Cranes Captain". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
14. "Brian Masaba To Lead Cricket Cranes, Hamu Kayondo Misses Out On Final 14". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
15. "Brian Masaba to lead Cricket Cranes In Kigali". Kawowo. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
16. @CricketUganda (18 May 2022). "Our final 14 for the ICC Cricket Challenge League Tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Uganda's 15-Player Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2024". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 12 June 2024.