Frank Nsubuga

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Frank Nsubuga
Personal information
Full name
Franco Nsubuga
Born (1980-08-28) 28 August 1980 (age 43)
Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm off break
International information
National sides
T20I debut(cap  7)20 May 2019 
Uganda v  Botswana
Last T20I29 November 2023 
Uganda v  Kenya
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches2375248
Runs scored19385796258
Batting average 3.8035.0018.959.55
100s/50s0/00/20/30/0
Top score9649830
Balls bowled4921,2112,5551,025
Wickets 20204838
Bowling average 20.2527.8033.1224.07
5 wickets in innings 0000
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling3/94/204/393/9
Catches/stumpings 5/–10/–24/–10/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 25 December 2022

Franco "Frank" Nsubuga (born 28 August 1980 in Uganda) is a Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, [1] he has played for the Uganda national cricket team since 2001. [2] His matches include seven first-class matches [3] and fifty-two List A matches. [4]

Playing career

Nsubuga made his international debut playing for East and Central Africa in the 1997 ICC Trophy [5] when aged just 16. [1] He played for Uganda in the 2001 tournament. [5] His first-class debut came in April 2004 against Namibia in the ICC Intercontinental Cup. [3] Uganda won the match, with Nsubuga being named man of the match. [6] He also played against Kenya later in the year. He again played against Kenya and Namibia in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. [3] He made his List A debut in 2005, representing Uganda at the 2005 ICC Trophy. [4]

He has continued to play in the Ugandan team and represented them in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia in 2007. Uganda won the tournament, with Nsubuga named man of the match in the final against Argentina after scoring 55 from 38 balls and taking 4/27. [7]

In April 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. [8] In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament. [9]

In September 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. [10] [11] The following month, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. [12]

In May 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. [13] [14] [15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Uganda against Botswana on 20 May 2019. [16] In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong. [17] In November 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [18]

In November 2021, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda. [19] In May 2022, he was named in Uganda's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament. [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cricket Archive profile
  2. ↑ Teams played for by Frank Nsubuga at CricketArchive
  3. 1 2 3 First-class matches played by Frank Nsubuga at Cricket Archive
  4. 1 2 List A matches played by Frank Nsubuga at Cricket Archive
  5. 1 2 ICC Trophy matches played by Frank Nsubuga at Cricket Archive
  6. ↑ Scorecard of Namibia v Uganda, 23 April 2004 at Cricket Archive
  7. ↑ Uganda lift Division Three title Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine by Andrew Nixon, 2 June 2007 at CricketEurope
  8. ↑ "Karashani has faith in Malaysian charge". Daily Monitor. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Uganda Squad: Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Uganda Cricket names Africa T20 squad". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Team Uganda preview". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Otwani gets nod ahead of Achelam on final 14 for Division 3 Qualifiers". Kawowo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Uganda Cricket names squad for Africa T20 World Cup Qualifiers". Eagle Online. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Arinaitwe named in Cricket Cranes squad for Africa T20 World Cup Qualifiers". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "6th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Paternott Called To Cricket Cranes Squad For World Challenge League". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  18. ↑ "Brian Masaba To Lead Cricket Cranes, Hamu Kayondo Misses Out On Final 14". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Brian Masaba to lead Cricket Cranes In Kigali". Kawowo. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  20. ↑ @CricketUganda (May 18, 2022). "Our final 14 for the ICC Cricket Challenge League Tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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