The 2026 Cricket Uganda Girls’s T20 Nationwide League is about to begin this weekend with a revamped construction designed to reinforce competitors and fast-track participant growth throughout the nation.
In a serious change from earlier editions, the league will now be staged in two divisions, decided by staff standings from final season’s Girls’s T20 competitors.
Division One
- Soroti Metropolis
- Olila CC
- Jinja SSS
- Twister Bees
- Wanderers
Division Two
- JACC
- Pioneer
- ACC
- Twister
- Nile
The revised format is anticipated to create extra balanced contests, with promotion and relegation including better depth and significance to each match.
Day One Fixtures – June 13
CU Girls’s Nationwide League Opening Fixtures – June 13
Olila CC vs Jinja SSS – Jinja Oval
Defending champions Olila CC start their title defence with an away fixture towards Jinja SSS in Jinja.
The 2 sides confronted off twice within the 2025 Lyca Girls’s T20 season, with Olila CC profitable each encounters. Within the first assembly, Olila posted 83/8 earlier than bowling out Jinja SSS for 45/9 to assert a 38-run victory. The return fixture was nearer, however Olila held their nerve to defend 75/9 and win by 13 runs after limiting Jinja SSS to 62/8.
Having accomplished a season double over their opponents, Olila CC head into the fixture with confidence, whereas Jinja SSS will likely be aiming to reverse final season’s outcomes.
Soroti Metropolis vs Wanderers – Florida Oval
Soroti Metropolis and Wanderers renew their rivalry at Florida Oval in what guarantees to be a aggressive Division One encounter.
Soroti Metropolis had been dominant in each conferences in the course of the 2025 season. Within the first recreation, they bowled out Wanderers for 62 earlier than cruising to a nine-wicket win. The second fixture was much more one-sided, with Soroti Metropolis registering a commanding 115-run victory.
Soroti Metropolis retain a largely unchanged squad from final season’s profitable marketing campaign, whereas Wanderers will miss former captain and main batter Naomi Kayondo Bagenda, who has stepped away from enjoying cricket to pursue umpiring. Her departure leaves a notable hole within the staff’s batting energy.
Mwanjya Highlights Significance of New Construction
Cricket Uganda Operations Officer Joshua Mwanjya says the brand new format is aimed toward growing competitiveness and strengthening participant growth pathways.
“We have now 10 golf equipment registered for this 12 months’s competitors and the introduction of two divisions will create extra aggressive cricket as a result of groups will likely be enjoying towards opponents of an identical customary. The underside two groups in Division One will likely be relegated whereas the highest two in Division Two will likely be promoted.
The Girls’s League stays a key platform for participant growth, expertise identification, and strengthening the pathway to the nationwide staff. Many of the gamers are between 16 and 19 years outdated, making this competitors essential for his or her development.
The 2-division system permits gamers to compete on the proper stage, enhance, and combat for promotion. The winners of Division One will obtain UGX 2 million, whereas Division Two champions will earn UGX 1 million, which significantly helps the golf equipment.”
Mwanjya additional famous that round 60% of members are college students, including that Cricket Uganda labored intently with colleges throughout fixture planning to keep away from tutorial clashes.
Matches will likely be staged at Lugogo, Entebbe, Jinja, and Florida, with just one nationwide staff engagement scheduled in the course of the competitors interval.
He concluded by encouraging followers to show up in giant numbers and help the groups because the nation’s prime feminine cricketers compete for league honors.
