Captain Jimia Abdallah Mohamed will lead Uganda’s Child Victoria Pearls to Tanzania with the workforce chasing a spot on the 2027 ICC U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup.
The Child Victoria Pearls have been flagged off on Thursday on the Cricket Oval in Lugogo forward of the ICC U19 Girls’s T20 World Cup Africa Division 1 Qualifier, which runs from August 28 to September 6 in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
Nationwide Council of Sports activities consultant Sarah Chelangat handed the nationwide flag to Jimia, signalling the beginning of Uganda’s newest try to interrupt by way of on the junior stage.
Nationwide Council of Sports activities consultant Sarah Chelangat fingers Flag to workforce Captain Jimia Abdallah Mohamed
Chelangat urged the gamers to characterize Uganda with braveness and delight, with Cricket Uganda Performing CEO Evelyn Ok.B. Shinyekwa, President Jackson Kavuma, and Head of Excessive Efficiency and Pathways Richard Okia additionally current on the send-off.
Jimia shall be one of many key figures in Uganda’s marketing campaign, bringing expertise from the earlier qualification match. She may even have Sarah Tino, one other participant who featured within the earlier version, alongside her.
The 2 are anticipated to supply management to a squad that additionally contains a number of promising younger gamers. Sheilah Namagoba is amongst those that have caught the attention in current competitions after spectacular performances within the Elite League, Ladies Faculties Cricket Week and the opening phases of the league.
Uganda heads to Dar es Salaam with unfinished enterprise. Within the earlier qualification match in Rwanda, Nigeria booked the World Cup ticket after beating Zimbabwe in a last determined by the Duckworth Lewis Stern technique. Uganda didn’t make it to the ultimate, having additionally fallen quick in Botswana within the earlier version.
Eight groups will compete for only one ticket to the 2027 ICC U-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and Nepal. Uganda is in Group A with hosts Tanzania, Nigeria and Malawi, whereas Group B has Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya and Rwanda.
Head Coach Brian Masaba and assistant Ivan Kakande have spent the previous weeks making ready the workforce for the problem.
The squad went by way of an intense residential camp in Kololo, engaged on health, tactical execution and dealing with the essential center overs. Their preparations additionally included the Excessive Efficiency Cup towards Rwanda, the place Uganda received all 4 matches.
Tino arrives in Tanzania in good type after being named MVP of the 2026 Excessive Efficiency Cup, whereas Asha Mukite gives one other necessary choice with the ball.
The squad additionally options Shadiah Gilingish Nabulime, Rashidah Tikabula, Mischelle Ariago, Irene Mutonyi, Mary Namiiro, Elizabeth Acheng, Sheirah Namagoba, Mariam Biribawa, Blessing Noeline Apio, Joan Ilora and Devine Gabriella Nyamer. Hasfa Naula and Sonia Nampeera are the reserves.
Uganda begins its marketing campaign towards Nigeria on Sunday at 9:30am earlier than dealing with hosts Tanzania on Monday afternoon. Malawi will present the ultimate group stage check on Wednesday.
The semi-finals are scheduled for September 3, with the ultimate set for September 5 at 2pm.
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