| 2021–22 Uganda Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 10–17 September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Uganda won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2021–22 Uganda Tri-Nation Series, also known as the Pearl of Africa T20I Series, was aTwenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held inUganda in September 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hostsUganda, along withKenya andNigeria.[2] The tournament was originally planned to consist of 13 T20I matches, with the sides facing each other four times in around-robin stage, followed by a final between the top two teams.[3] The round-robin was later reduced by three matches with each team facing each other three times. The tournament provided preparation for all sides ahead ofT20 World Cup Africa Qualifier events took place in October and November 2021.[4]
Ahead of the T20I tournament, Uganda and Kenya played a three-match 50-over series in preparation forCricket World Cup Challenge League events scheduled later in 2021.[5][6]
Kenya defeated their hosts in the first unofficialOne Day International (ODI), recording a comfortable win by 78 runs.[7] Uganda levelled the series by winning the second game by 9 wickets after bowling out the visitors for only 85 runs.[8][9] Uganda won the third match by 3 wickets to claim the series 2–1.[10]
Uganda defeated Kenya by 6 runs in the final of the T20I tournament.[11][12]
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On 12 September 2021 Cricket Uganda announced thatDeusdedit Muhumuza would take over as captain for the remainder of the tournament afterBrian Masaba withdrew from the squad due to injury.[15][16]
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Uganda won by 9 wickets Kyambogo Cricket Oval,Kampala Umpires: Simon Kintu (Uga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Charles Waiswa (Uga) |
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Uganda won by 3 wickets Lugogo Stadium,Kampala Umpires: Baker Elonge (Uga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Riazat Ali Shah (Uga) |
| Team[17] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Uganda | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.198 |
| Kenya | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | +1.412 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.250 |
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Saud Islam 61 (49) Nehemiah Odhiambo 3/22 (4 overs) |
Kenya won by 22 runs Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Baker Elonge (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Irfan Karim (Ken) |
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Kenya won by 8 wickets Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Simon Kintu (Uga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Gurdeep Singh (Ken) |
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Uganda won by 56 runs Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Baker Elonge (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Dinesh Nakrani (Uga) |
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Simon Ssesazi 62 (53) Prosper Useni 1/13 (3 overs) |
Uganda won by 8 wickets Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Baker Elonge (Uga) and Simon Kintu (Uga) Player of the match:Simon Ssesazi (Uga) |
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Irfan Karim 58 (46) Prosper Useni 2/17 (3 overs) | Daniel Ajekun 22 (38) Vraj Patel 2/11 (4 overs) |
Kenya won by 61 runs Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Irfan Karim (Ken) |
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Uganda won by 4 wickets Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Baker Elonge (Uga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Simon Ssesazi (Uga) |
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Saud Islam 75 (61) Rasheed Abolarin 2/26 (4 overs) |
Uganda won by 55 runs Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Simon Kintu (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Sesan Adedeji (Nga) |
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Nigeria won by 4 runs (DLS method) Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Sesan Adedeji (Nga) |
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Uganda won by 6 runs Entebbe Cricket Oval,Entebbe Umpires: Simon Kintu (Uga) and Eric Wandera (Uga) Player of the match:Frank Akankwasa (Uga) |
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