Uganda women's cricket team in Nepal in 2022 | |||
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Nepal | Uganda | ||
Dates | 16 – 21 May 2022 | ||
Captains | Rubina Chhetry | Concy Aweko | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Uganda won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
Most runs | Jyoti Pandey (119) | Janet Mbabazi (103) | |
Most wickets | Kabita Kunwar (7) | Concy Aweko (9) | |
Player of the series | Janet Mbabazi (Uga) |
The Uganda women's cricket team toured Nepal in May 2022 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series. [1] [2] All of the matches in the series were played at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. [3] [4] These were the first Women's T20I matches played at Kirtipur. [5] The series was used by Uganda as preparation for the 2022 Kwibuka Tournament. [6]
Uganda won the first three matches, [7] to win the series with two games to spare. [8] Nepal won the fourth match of the series by 15 runs, [9] and the fifth match by 33 runs, with Uganda winning the series 3–2. [10] [11]
Nepal [12] | Uganda [13] |
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Indu Barma 16 (28) Sarah Akiteng 2/13 (4 overs) |
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Janet Mbabazi 21 (32) Hiranmayee Roy 2/11 (3 overs) |
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