Marylebone Cricket Club to visit Uganda

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) which is the oldest cricket club in the World will be visiting to Uganda from Oct 2nd-14th. MCC has been to Uganda on four different occasions 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013 and this will be their 5th visit.

The MCC are the custodians of the laws of cricket and their global influence has spun over 200 years since its inception. The MCC has its headquarters at the Cathedral of cricket which is Lords Cricket Ground in the UK.

The MCC will be in Uganda to play a couple of games against the Cricket Cranes, some development teams, and select sides in Kampala, Kamengo, and Jinja. The full schedule of the tour is herein attached.

The purpose of the MCC tour to Uganda is to help raise awareness of the game in the country, especially for the game against the national team while also passing on some technical skills to young players through some coaching sessions.

The touring party will be hosted to a dinner at the residence of the British High Commissioner on 12th Oct 6:00 pm-7:30 pm along with other invited guests.

The touring party will also have opportunities to visit some tourist sites in Kampala and Jinja as part of their visit to the Pearl of Africa.

All the games will be open to the public for those that can have time to come and watch.

MCC Touring Squad:

Simon Hinks (Manager)

George Thurstance ©

Oliver Soames

Jack Beaumont

Sam Burge (wk)

William Rowe

David Murphy (wk)

Jonny Pears (wk)

Andrew Brewster

Craig Marshall

Harvey Booth

Jack Grundy

Ollie Haley

Ed Middleton

James Middlebook (umpire)

MCC Tour Schedule:

Date
Fixture
Venue

06/10/2022
MCC v Uganda XI (50 overs)
Jinja SSS Oval

07/10/2022
Coaching at Local School
Jinja

08/10/2022
MCC v U-19 (50 overs)
Entebbe

09/10/2022
MCC v Ceylon Lions (2 T20)
Kamengo

10/10/2022
MCC v UCA XI (Two Day Game)
Lugogo

11/10/2022
MCC v UCA XI (Day 2 Two Day
Lugogo

13/10/2022
MCC v Chairmans XI
Entebbe