The Uganda national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Uganda in international cricket matches. Having previously been part of the combined East African and East and Central African teams, they became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in their own right in 1998. They began to play international cricket in 1951/52 when they first took part in a triangular tournament against regional rivals Kenya and Tanzania (then Tanganyika).
They have competed in the ICC Trophy on two occasions, in 2001 and 2005. They won Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia in 2007, qualifying them for Division Two of the same tournament towards the end of 2007, which also qualified them for a spot on the ICC's High Performance Program. In April 2009, Uganda took part in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers, held in South Africa, and came 10th,thus relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two.It came 5th there and thus was relegated to 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three .
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