Lugogo Stadium

Lugogo Stadium

Lugogo Cricket Oval
Ground information
Location	Kampala, Uganda
Coordinates	0.3259° N, 32.6041° E
Establishment	1957
Capacity	5,000
End names
n/a
International information
First T20I	20 May 2019:  Uganda v  Botswana
Last T20I	22 May 2019:  Uganda v  Kenya
First WT20I	6 April 2019:  Kenya v  Zimbabwe
Last WT20I	10 April 2019:  Uganda v  Zimbabwe
Team information
Uganda (1957–present)
As of 3 September 2020 Source: Ground profile

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.

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 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[]

External links[]

• Lugogo Stadium at ESPNcricinfo
• Lugogo Stadium at CricketArchive

Coordinates: 0°19′33.07″N 32°36′16.46″E / 0.3258528°N 32.6045722°E / 0.3258528; 32.6045722

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