Uganda national under-19 cricket team

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Uganda Under-19s
Flag of Uganda.svg
Nickname(s)Baby Cricket Cranes [1]
Association Uganda Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainPascal Murungi (2022)
Coach Ivan Thawithemwira (2022)
International Cricket Council
ICC region Africa
International cricket
First internationalv. West Africa
(Kampala; 5 January 2001)

The Uganda Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Uganda in under-19 cricket at international level.

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Uganda has qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup on three occasions—in 2004, 2006 and 2022. The team's best performance came in 2022, when it defeated Scotland in the 13th-place play-off. Uganda has won the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier twice, in 2009 and 2021, and placed runner-up on another four occasions.

History

A notable individual performance was Emmanuel Isaneez's 6/37 against Bangladesh in 2004, which at the time was the second-best figures in World Cup history. [2]

As of 2021, the team was coached by former national team player Ivan Thawithemwira. [3]

Under-19 World Cup record

Uganda U19 World Cup record
YearResultPosPldWLTNR
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1988 Ineligible – not an ICC member (part of East and Central Africa Cricket Conference)
Flag of South Africa.svg 1998
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2000
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2002 Did not qualify
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2004 First round14th1661500
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2006 First round14th1661500
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2008 Did not qualify
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2010
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2012
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2014
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2016
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2018
Flag of South Africa.svg 2020
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2022 First round13th1662400
Flag of South Africa.svg 2024 Did not qualify
Total1841400

Records

All records listed are for under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches only.

Team records

Highest totals [4]
Lowest totals [5]

Individual records

Most career runs [6]
Highest individual scores [7]
Most career wickets [8]
Best bowling performances [9]

Squad

2006

The Under-19 team for Uganda which played in the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was:

2022

The Under-19 team for Uganda which played in the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup was:

Fahad Mutagana, Abdallah Muhammad, Raima Musa, Jaffer Ochaya and Yunus Sowobi were also named as reserve players.

References

  1. "Uganda seal place at 2022 U-19 cricket World Cup". NTV Uganda. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  2. "RECORDS / UNDER-19S WORLD CUP / BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN AN INNINGS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. "Uganda's U19 Team starts Cricket World Cup preparations". Kawowo Sports. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / HIGHEST TOTALS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / LOWEST TOTALS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / MOST CAREER RUNS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / HIGH SCORES". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / MOST WICKETS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  9. "RECORDS / UGANDA UNDER-19S / UNDER-19S YOUTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / BEST BOWLING FIGURES". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2021.