Watuwa and Musinguzi poised for senior debut as Cricket cranes eye Glory at POA » The Touchline Sports activities

Former Jinja SS scholar and present Rounders participant Calvin Watuwa is about to earn his first senior nationwide group cap within the upcoming Pearl of Africa Collection.

The second version of this event, hosted in Uganda, options formidable opposition together with Nigeria, the UAE, Kenya, and Namibia A. Watuwa’s choice displays his constant rise by home and worldwide ranks.

The fitting-handed all-rounder has represented a number of golf equipment, together with Charity, Twister, Challengers, and Jinja SS. In 2023, he featured in Zimbabwe’s nationwide league with Bulawayo Athletic Membership and was a part of the Uganda Rising facet that triumphed on the inaugural RCA Invitational in Kigali final November.

Although new to the senior group, Watuwa beforehand represented Uganda at growth excursions to OMTEX and Sanjay Farm in India (2020) and was a part of the U-23 facet that toured Kigali in 2018.

Becoming a member of Watuwa in making a senior debut is Mathew Musinguzi from Aboojo, one other promising expertise.

A member of Uganda’s 2022 U-19 World Cup squad, Musinguzi has steadily grown by home cricket and steps in for the unavailable Henry Ssenyondo.

Main the Cricket Cranes will likely be pacer Juma Miyagi, who takes over the captaincy within the absence of Riazat Ali Shah attributable to damage.

Miyagi, who made his senior debut in 2023, briefly led the group in the course of the IL T20 event in Kigali and is now tasked with steering the nationwide facet in a serious worldwide competitors.

Identified for his tempo and lower-order batting, his management marks a brand new chapter in his speedy rise.

The squad additionally welcomes again Ronald Lutaya, who returns after debuting throughout final yr’s Namibia tour.

A touring reserve on the T20 World Cup, Lutaya will battle for a top-order function alongside Robinson Obuya and Raghav Dhawan.

Fellow reserve Harmless Mwebaze, a tempo bowler with earlier damage setbacks, has one other probability to show himself as a frontline choice.

With a mix of youth and expertise, the Cricket Cranes are targeted on increasing their participant pool forward of the T20 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe this September.

Spin duties will likely be dealt with by veterans Frank Nsubuga and Alpesh Ramjani, whereas Cyrus Kakuru takes over wicketkeeping duties from Fred Achelam.

The Pearl of Africa Collection provides Uganda a major platform to showcase depth and put together for future worldwide challenges and it ought to be famous that Uganda received the primary version in 2021 after beating Kenya within the finals.

Cricket Cranes Squad

Juma Miyagi (Captain), Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Shrideep Mangela, Raghav Dhawan, Joseph Baguma, Harmless Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaya, Matthew Musinguzi, Robinson Obuya, Frank Nsubuga, Cosmas Kyewuta, Cyrus Kakuru, Calvin Watuwa

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