Uganda Cricket to host first round of CWC Challenge League Group in November 2024

Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) will be hosting the first (1st) round of 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League Group B from November 05th – 16th, 2024. UCA will host the Men’s National teams of Bahrain, Hong Kong-China, Italy, Singapore and Tanzania in the first of the three (3) scheduled rounds for both the groups, at the conclusion of which the top two (2) teams from both the groups will advance to the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off tournament.

CWC Challenge League Group B (1st Round) Schedule

06th – 07th November 2024: Uganda vs Singapore (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong vs Bahrain (Scorecard); Italy vs Tanzania (Scorecard)

09th – 10th November 2024: Uganda vs Tanzania (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong vs Italy (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Bahrain vs Singapore (Scorecard)

12th – 13th November 2024: Italy vs Bahrain ; Tanzania vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Tanzania vs Singapore (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Italy (Scorecard)

15th – 16th November 2024: Bahrain vs Tanzania (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) ; Singapore vs Italy (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Bahrain (Scorecard)

CWC Challenge League Group B Squads

Uganda: Riazat Ali Shah (Captain), Robinson Obuya, Shrideep Mangela, Raghav Chawan, Pascal Murungi, Brian Masaba, Kenneth Waiswa, Juma Miyaji, Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Cosmas Kyewuta, Frank Nsubuga, Fred Achelam and Henry Ssenyondo

Bahrain: Haider Ali (Captain), Abdul Majid Abbasi, Ahmer Bin Nasir, Ali Dawood, Imran Khan, Imran Javed, Asif Ali, Junaid Aziz, Shahbaz Badar, Mubammad Salman, Muhammad Rizwan Butt, Sachin Kumar, Sohail Ahmed and Umer Imtiaz

Tanzania: Abhik Patwa (Captain), Akhil Anil, Ally Kimote, Amal Rajeevan, Asuri Rahendra, Harsheed Chouhan, Ivan Selemani, Kassim Chete, Khalidi Amiri, Laksh Bakrania, Maker Mukesh, Mohamed Kitunda, Mohamed Yunus and Sanjay Thakor

Italy: Gareth Berg (Captain), Anthony Mosca, Crishan Kalugamage, Harry Manenti, Haseeb Khan, Jaspreet Singh, Joe Burns, Gian Piero Meade, Marcus Campopiano, Stefano Di Bartolomeo, Rakibul Hasan, Wayne Madsen, Zain Ali and Grant Stewart

Singapore: Manpreet Singh (Captain), Aman Desai, Aahan Achar, Akshay Puri, Amartya Kaul, Aritra Dutta, Pranav Dhanuka, Shreyan Pattnaik, Harsha Bharadwaj, Rohan Rangarajan, Ramesh Kalimuthu, Pranav Sudarshan, Rezza Gaznavi, Riaan Naik and Aslan Jafri

Hong Kong, China: Nizakat Khan (Captain), Adil Mehmood, Aizaz Khan, Anas Khan, Anshuman Rath, Ateequl Iqbal, Ayush Shukla, Babar Hayat, Ehsan Khan, Nasrulla Rana, Martin Coetzee, Shiv Mathur, Yasim Murtaza and Zeeshan Ali

Warm-up Fixtures Schedule

31st October 2024: Italy vs Uganda A (Scorecard)

02nd November 2024: Uganda A vs Italy (Scorecard)

03rd November 2024: Bahrain vs Uganda (Scorecard)