Martin Ondeko

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Martin Ondeko
CEO Of Uganda Cricket Association
Source: CricketArchive, 5 April 2016 2016

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 Central Region. [1] He represented the Uganda under-19s at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, featuring in four of his team's six matches. [2] In Uganda's final game of the tournament, a five-wicket win against Canada, he scored 99 not out from 148 balls, for which he was named man of the match. [3] [4] Ondeko's senior debut for Uganda came in September 2007, when he played against Bangladesh in the 2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular. [5] Later in the year, he made a single appearance in the 2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia, which held List A status. [6] He was called into the team for the fifth-place play-off against Argentina – a dead rubber – and scored nine runs before being trapped leg before wicket by Diego Lord. [7] Ondeko's final match for Uganda came in February 2008, against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club team. [5]

Martin Ondeko is serving as the Chief Executing Officer (CEO) of Uganda Cricket Association.

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