Ugandan cricket team in Qatar in 2019–20

Uganda cricket team in Qatar in 2019–20
 
  Qatar Uganda
Dates 11 – 15 February 2020
Captains Iqbal Hussain Brian Masaba[n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results Qatar won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Kamran Khan (134) Frank Akankwasa (95)
Most wickets Awais Malik (5)
Iqbal Hussain (5)		 Deusdedit Muhumuza (5)
Player of the series Kamran Khan (Qat)

The Uganda cricket team toured Qatar in February 2020 to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1][2] The tour also included two 50-over games against a President's XI.[3][4][5] The venue for all of the matches was the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha.[1] The series was won 2–1 by Qatar, and Qatari batsman Kamran Khan was named as player of the series.[6][7]

Squads

 Qatar[8]  Uganda[9]

Tour matches

1st 50-over match

11 February 2020
10:00
Scorecard
Uganda 
265/4 (50 overs)
v
Qatar President XI
266/8 (43 overs)
Saud Islam 116 (100)
Iqbal Hussain 2/63 (10 overs)
Imal Liyanage 83 (60)
Charles Waiswa 2/46 (10 overs)
Qatar President XI won by 2 wickets
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Player of the match: Mirza Baig (Qatar President XI)
  • Qatar President XI won the toss and elected to field.

2nd 50-over match

14 February 2020
13:30
Scorecard
Uganda 
282/7 (50 overs)
v
Qatar President XI
144 (37.1 overs)
Saud Islam 57 (49)
Himanshu Rathod 2/49 (9 overs)
Imran Ashraf 28 (35)
Henry Ssenyondo 3/23 (10 overs)
Uganda won by 138 runs
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Player of the match: Deusdedit Muhumuza (Uga)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

12 February 2020
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Qatar 
201/2 (20 overs)
v
 Uganda
161/6 (20 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 57* (34)
Frank Nsubuga 1/25 (4 overs)
Frank Akankwasa 66 (33)
Awais Malik 2/30 (4 overs)
Qatar won by 40 runs
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Mohammad Nasim (Qat) and Muhammad Usman (Qat)
Player of the match: Muhammad Tanveer (Qat)

2nd T20I

13 February 2020
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Qatar 
154/4 (20 overs)
v
 Uganda
126/7 (20 overs)
Kamran Khan 68 (52)
Charles Waiswa 1/36 (4 overs)
Kenneth Waiswa 39 (23)
Awais Malik 2/17 (4 overs)
Qatar won by 28 runs
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Prassanna Haran (Qat) and Riyaz Kurupkar (Qat)
Player of the match: Kamran Khan (Qat)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

15 February 2020
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Uganda 
134/6 (20 overs)
v
 Qatar
116 (18.4 overs)
Brian Masaba 29 (25)
Iqbal Hussain 2/41 (4 overs)
Zaheer Ibrahim 44 (33)
Deusdedit Muhumuza 5/13 (3.4 overs)
Uganda won by 18 runs
West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha
Umpires: Riyaz Kurupkar (Qat) and Mohammad Nasim (Qat)
Player of the match: Deusdedit Muhumuza (Uga)

Notes

  1. ^ Arnold Otwani captained Uganda for the T20I matches.

References

  1. ^ a b "Qatar, Uganda to play T20I series". Doha Stadium Plus. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Interim Uganda coach Davis Turinawe takes charge for Qatar and India tour". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Cranes embark on Middle East build-ups". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Qatar confident ahead of Uganda series: Chaudhry". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Baig, Liyanage star in President XI victory". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Muhumuza dazzles again in Uganda's upset win over Qatar". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ "T20I bilateral series". Cricket Uganda (via Facebook). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Qatar, Uganda to play three-match T20I series at Asia Town Stadium". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Cricket Uganda on Facebook". Facebook. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  10. ^ "EC weekly roundup: Thailand's debut, Nepal central contracts, and more". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 23 February 2020.