Uganda: National team to tour South Africa this month
Uganda begins preparations for its ICC Trophy debut with a six match tour of South Africa later this month
05-Feb-2001
Uganda begins preparations for its ICC Trophy debut with a six match tour of
South Africa later this month.
The East Africans, who have yet to name their tour squad, will play the majority of their matches against club standard opposition from around the
Johannesburg area.
Included on the itinerary are games against Gauteng and Easterns Invitational XIs. The tour opens on February 20 with a match against an Academy Colts XI.
The ICC Trophy will be the first occasion Uganda has played outside Africa.
Partly due to this, they will go into the tournament relatively unknown and
as such are regarded by at least one of their Second Division Group B opponents as potential threats.
Under the tournament format the first placed team in Group B will play the
fourth placed team in Group B of the First Division in a play-off. The winner of that match will play in the Super Eights section.
Group B of the Second Division comprises Uganda, Malaysia, France, East & Central Africa, Argentina and Israel.
Meanwhile, on the domestic front, the season's opening tournament, the annual Luswata Cup is down to the semi-final stage, with Uganda's only cricket club based outside Kampala, Jinga, meeting Lohana and African CC playing Tornadoes.
Jinga qualified through its first round win over KICC, while Lohana defeated
Premier. Tornadoes ousted new club, Destroyers, who encouragingly won their
preliminary round game against Wanderers. African CC beat Nile CC.
The addition of Destroyers, comprising totally indigenous players, means
nine teams will contest the National League, due to start in April. Front-runners are expected to be Tornadoes, African CC and Wanderers. The league will be staged over two rounds.
In the meantime, a second pre-season competition, the Mawanda Cup, will kick off on February 11. As well, London club team, Dulwich CC, will tour Uganda
from February 15-20.
Off the field, the ICC-backed East African Cricket Academy received its first residential intake last month.
For three weeks, around 40 boys received coaching from the ICC's African Development Officer, Hoosain Ayob, East African Development Officer, Tom Tikolo, Kenyan batting star, Steve Tikolo, and Danny Becker.
The Academy will hold its next coaching classes during April.
Ugandan tour to South Africa: February 18-March 3, 2001.
Itinerary
Date Activity Venue Sun Feb 18 Arrive Mon Feb 19 Practice Academy Tue Feb 20 Colts Academy XI Johannesburg Wed Feb 21 Practice Academy Thu Feb 22 Lenasia Invitation XI Oval Fri Feb 23 Practice Academy Sat Feb 24 Gauteng Invitation Johannesburg Sun Feb 25 Visit to Sun City Sun City Mon Feb 26 Easterns XI Benoni Tue Feb 27 North west Students XI Potch Wed Feb 28 Morning Practice Academy Afternoon Visit to Soweto Soweto Thu Mar 1 Gauteng Invitation XI Johannesburg Fri Mar 2 Practice Sat Mar 3 Leave for Home
UgandaSouth AfricaNepal tour of CanadaGibraltar tour of CanadaEast and Central Africa tour of CanadaNamibia tour of CanadaGermany tour of CanadaPapua New Guinea tour of CanadaIsrael tour of CanadaUganda tour of CanadaUnited States of America tour of CanadaIreland tour of CanadaHong Kong tour of CanadaUnited Arab Emirates tour of CanadaNetherlands tour of CanadaMalaysia tour of CanadaFrance tour of CanadaIsrael tour of CanadaiArgentina tour of CanadaDenmark tour of CanadaBermuda tour of CanadaScotland tour of CanadaFiji tour of CanadaSingapore tour of CanadaICC Trophy