Uganda national under-19 cricket team

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

Uganda Under-19s
Nickname(s)Baby Cricket Cranes[1]
AssociationUganda Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainPascal Murungi (2022)
CoachIvan Thawithemwira (2022)
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAfrica
International cricket
First internationalv. West Africa
(Kampala; 5 January 2001)

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
Year Result Pos Pld W L T NR
Australia 1988 Ineligible – not an ICC member (part of East and Central Africa Cricket Conference)
South Africa 1998
Sri Lanka 2000
New Zealand 2002 Did not qualify
Bangladesh 2004 First round 14th 16 6 1 5 0 0
Sri Lanka 2006 First round 14th 16 6 1 5 0 0
Malaysia 2008 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2010
Australia 2012
United Arab Emirates 2014
Bangladesh 2016
New Zealand 2018
South Africa 2020
Cricket West Indies 2022 First round 13th 16 6 2 4 0 0
Total 18 4 14 0 0

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:

  • Pascal Murungi (c)
  • Ismail Munir (vc)
  • Brian Asaba
  • Isaac Ategeka
  • Joseph Baguma
  • Cyrus Kakuru
  • Christopher Kidega
  • Ronald Lutaaya
  • Juma Miyaji
  • Matthew Musinguzi
  • Akram Nsubuga
  • Edwin Nuwagaba
  • Pius Oloka
  • Ronald Omara
  • Ronald Opio

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

References


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