Ivan Thawithemwira

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Ivan Thawithemwira
Personal information
Born (1982-05-10) 10 May 1982 (age 39)
Kampala, Uganda
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batsman
International information
National side
Source: CricketArchive, 5 April 2016 2016

Ivan Thawithemwira (born 10 May 1982) is a Ugandan international cricketer who made his debut for the Ugandan national side in 2009. He plays as a right-handed middle-order batsman.

Thawithemwira was born in Kampala. He represented the Ugandan under-19s at the 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship, and played for Uganda A in February 2008, but made his senior debut for Uganda in December 2009, on a tour of Kenya. [1] In January 2010, Thawithemwira represented Uganda in the Kenya Tri-Series, where matches held full Twenty20 status. [2] He made 17 runs in the first match against Kenya, [3] but in two matches against Scotland had little success, making a golden duck in the first and one run in the second. [4] [5] Thawithemwira next appeared for Uganda at the 2011 Africa Twenty20 Division One tournament. After that, he did not return to the national line-up for almost four years, until he was recalled for the 2015 Africa Twenty20 Division One event. [1]

At the 2015 ICC Development Programme Annual Awards, Thawithemwira was named Volunteer of the Year, for his work promoting cricket in the town of Fort Portal and the wider Western Region. [6]

As of 2021, he was the coach of the Uganda national under-19 cricket team. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Miscellaneous matches played by Ivan Thawithemwira – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. Twenty20 matches played by Ivan Thawithemwira – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. Kenya v Uganda, Kenya T20 Tri-Series 2009/10 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. Scotland v Uganda (1), Kenya T20 Tri-Series 2009/10 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. Scotland v Uganda (2), Kenya T20 Tri-Series 2009/10 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. (26 April 2016). "Cricket Scotland claims top prize in ICC Development Programme Annual Awards 2015" Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. "Uganda's U19 Team starts Cricket World Cup preparations". Kawowo Sports. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.