Lugogo Stadium

Lugogo Stadium, also known as Lugogo Cricket Oval, is a cricket ground in Kampala, Uganda. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1957 when Kenya Asians played Sunder Cricket Club.

Lugogo Stadium
Lugogo Cricket Oval
Ground information
LocationKampala, Uganda
Coordinates0.3259° N, 32.6041° E
Establishment1957
Capacity5,000
End names
n/a
International information
First T20I20 May 2019:
 Uganda v  Botswana
Last T20I22 May 2019:
 Uganda v  Kenya
First WT20I6 April 2019:
 Kenya v  Zimbabwe
Last WT20I10 April 2019:
 Uganda v  Zimbabwe
Team information
Uganda (1957–present)
As of 3 September 2020
Source: Ground profile

In that same year Uganda first used the ground when the national team played the Sunder Cricket Club.[1] The ground held its inaugural first-class match when an East African Invitation XI played the touring Marylebone Cricket Club in 1963.

A further first-class match followed in 1967 when a combined East Africa team played the touring Indians. The next first-class matches to be held on the ground didn't come until 2005, when Uganda played two matches there in the Intercontinental Cup against Kenya and Namibia.[2] The Lugogo Stadium is the only cricket venue in Uganda to have held first-class cricket.

Surrounding the cricket ground there are tennis courts and a football ground which is the home ground of Kampala City Council FC.

References

  1. "Other matches played on Lugogo Stadium". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. "First-Class Matches played on Lugogo Stadium". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.


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