Uganda national cricket team
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| Nickname | Cricket Cranes |
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| Association | Uganda Cricket Association |
| ICC status | Associate (1998) |
| ICC region | ICC Africa |
| WCL | 2017 Division Three |
| Coach | Peter Kirsten |
| First international | |
 Uganda v. East Africa Protectorate  (Entebbe, Uganda; April 1914) |
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| First-class debut | |
 Uganda v. Namibia  (Windhoek, Namibia; 23 April 2004) |
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| List A debut | |
Uganda v. Denmark  (Antrim, Northern Ireland; 1 July 2005) |
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| Twenty20 debut | |
Uganda v. UAE  (Dubai, UAE; 26 January 2010) |
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| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2001) |
| Best result | 10th (2001) |
| World Twenty20 Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) |
| Best result | 13th (2013) |
| As of 5 September 2015 | |
The Uganda national cricket team, nicknamed the Cricket Cranes, is the team that represents the country of Uganda in international cricket matches. The team is organised by the Uganda Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1998.
Uganda first fielded an international team as early as 1914, against the East Africa Protectorate, but only began competing regularly from the early 1950s, playing frequent series against regional rivals Kenya and Tanzania (then Tanganyika). From 1966, Uganda contributed players to a combined East African team, which was reconstituted as East and Central Africa in 1989. The country's first ICC tournament played in its own right was the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada. Uganda has played in every subsequent edition of that tournament (now called simply the World Cup Qualifier), but has never qualified for a Cricket World Cup. Since the establishment of the World Cricket League in 2007 (which also forms part of the World Cup qualification process), Uganda has alternated between Division Two and Division Three, most recently placing fifth at the 2015 Division Two event (and consequently being relegated to 2017 Division Three). The team has twice participated in the World Twenty20 Qualifier, in 2012 and 2013, but finished in the bottom four teams on both occasions.
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