Uganda men’s national squad had a successful tour of Takashinga in Zimbabwe, to prepare for the upcoming 1st round of ICC CWC Challenge League Group B event in Dec 2019 in Oman. The tour was the first assignment for Uganda’s senior men’s squad under the leadership of newly elected captain, Brian Masaba.
Uganda played a mixture of T20 and 50-overs games against Takashinga senior and age-group squads and also the Zimbabwe U19 squad during the tour from Nov 04th – 09th, 2019. The tour also included a T20 game with the Old Hararians squad, which boasted of Zimbabwe senior national squad members.
Uganda will be travelling to Oman to compete against Hong Kong, Kenya, Jersey, Bermuda and Italy in Group B of Challenge League, and the matches against Takashinga, whose squad consisted of Zimbabwe national players, provided some tough competition for the Cricket Cranes. The likes of Dinesh Nakrani, Kenneth Waiswa, Franco Nsubuga and Henry Ssenyondo were the consistent performers during the 50-overs matches on the tour; however, the rest of the squad also need to put in more towards the team totals and bowling departments to have a good chance to come out on top in Oman.
Brief Scores
Uganda 232/6 in 50 overs (Dinesh Nakrani 60 n.o, Brian Masaba 42, Hamu Kayondo 36, Arnold Otwani 31, Keith Jaure 3/52, Richard Ngarava 1/36) beat Takashinga U23 196 all out in 46.2 overs (Shoun Handrisi 38, Tawanda Zhimondi 28, Marshal Takodza 27, Bilal Hassan 3/24, Charles Waiswa 3/25, Franco Nsubuga 1/29) by 36 runs
Old Hararians 148/3 in 20 overs (Craig Irvine 71 n.o, Sikander Raza 61 n.o, Richard Agamire 1/13, Bilal Hassan 1/19) beat Uganda 130/6 in 20 overs (Kenneth Waiswa 31, Roger Mukasa 24, Arnold Otwani 22, Cephas Zhuwayo 3/13, Sikander Raza 2/26) by 18 runs
Uganda 193/8 in 50 overs (Riazat Ali Sha 54 n.o, Ronak Patel 40, Arnold Otwani 31, Tinotenda Mutombodzi 2/31, Tapiwa Mafudza 2/33, Shingirai Masakadza 1/18, Innocent Kaia 1/29) lost to Takashinga 197/2 in 31.3 overs (Innocent Kaia 100, Joylord Gumbie 34 n.o, Kudzai Maunze 30, Henry Ssenyondo 2/38) by 8 wickets
Zimbabwe U19 134 all out in 31.4 overs (Rameez Ebrahim 53, Dion Myers 23, Franco Nsubuga 5/33, Henry Ssenyondo 2/16, Richard Agamire 2/35) lost to Uganda 140/4 in 19.3 overs (Roger Mukasa 70, Kenneth Waiswa 38, Rodney Mufudza 2/18, Milton Shumba 2/28) by 6 wickets
Takashinga 137 all out in 39 overs (Tinotenda Mutombodzi 45, Innocent Kaia 27, Henry Ssenyondo 4/32, Franco Nsubuga 2/29, Riazat Ali Sha 1/14, Dinesh Nakrani 1/20) lost to Uganda 141/9 in 39.2 overs (Kenneth Waiswa 37, Arnold Otwani 28, Jonathan Ssebanja 21, Richard Ngarava 4/25, Tapiwa Mafudza 2/29, Shingirai Masakadza 1/19) by 1 wicket
