News: Ochan/ Okello, want to wear Baggy Green…

Our usual topic for these player migrations is Ireland/Scotland/Netherland viz a vis England, but now it seems Ugandan players want to qualify for Australia.
Frankly, I dont really know the solution to such a problem.

News: “Uganda can play ODIs”

This is a weird piece of news, primarily for 2 reasons. Firstly, Africa Cricket Association is trying for 3 more ODI status teams in the next 6 months? Thats very ambitious, and totally out of the blue. The second reason is the lesson learn from the case of Bermuda. There is little point in pushing [...]

News: Uganda bans runaway players for life…

I think the ‘life sentence’ is a little too much. But the Uganda cricket association has to take a tough stance. The problem is that the reasons why both of them probably tried to disappear in Australia were financial, and the threat of not being able to play for Uganda ever again may not be [...]

News: Uganda beat Kenya by 2 wkts…….

Uganda have just beaten Kenya by 2 wkts…….. Uganda looked to be coasting at one point, but then a collapse saw Kenya having the upper hand. In the end, 25 year old Nandi Patel hit 32* to see his side through…….
Looks like Kenya is going to get the coveted 4th position in this tournament in [...]

News: Kenya, Pakistan, Uganda and Bangladesh confirm series….

A 20 20 tournament before the championships. I would be interested in seeing the match up between Pakistan and Uganda. Uganda SHOULD be outplayed, but it would be interesting to see how they can cope with Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul and Mohammed Asif.
I think this is a good omen for Kenya….. once again….. They have [...]

News: The missing Uganda players….

A strange piece of news came out from the WCL Div 3. Uganda, the champions, returned home without 2 players, who have disappeared in Australia.
There are instances of things like this when sporting teams from developing countries end up touring a developed country and suddenly some players go missing. Hardly anyone plays baseball in Pakistan, [...]

Opinion: Reading into the Kenya/ Zimbabwe game……

A couple of days back, Kenya Select XI took on Zimbabwe A in a 4 day match. Zimbabwe A ended up winning that game….. a bit of fight from Kenya, but not enough.
The thing is…… the Kenya select was not an A side, it was actually more than an A side. 7 of their players were [...]

Opinion: Using a franchise model…….

It would be interesting to find out if the associates who are currently struggling in getting the players to convert to professionals, are thinking about the franchise model seriously, and what are the pitfalls of such a system.
SA is currently using a franchise model for the domestic teams, with a sponsor fielding their own team, [...]

News: Uganda to tour Kenya in Jan…..

The following is their itenerary:
Uganda v NPCA XI (Jan 24)
Uganda v Kenya (Jan 26)
Uganda v Canada (Jan 27)
Uganda v Bermuda (Jan 2
Uganda has been using the elite status of Kenya amongst the associates well….. Hopefully, even in the future, they will keep on utilising such oppurtunities, playing a one off game here and [...]

Opinion: Good sum up of cricket situation in Uganda….

The current series defeat at the hands of Kenya seems to be jolted quite a few people in Uganda. This is a good article that I found which sums up not only the situation but also suggests ways into the future. What it also does is that it lists out the various funding etc that [...]