Lugogo Stadium
Lugogo Cricket Oval
Ground information
LocationKampala, Uganda
Coordinates0.3259° N, 32.6041° E
Establishment1957
Capacity5,000 (cricket), 8,000 (football), 20,000 (concerts)
End names
n/a
International information
First T20I20 May 2019:
 Uganda v  Botswana
Last T20I24 May 2019:
 Uganda v  Nigeria
First WT20I6 April 2019:
 Kenya v  Zimbabwe
Last WT20I22 April 2023:
 Rwanda v  Tanzania
Team information
Uganda (1957–present)
As of 22 April 2023
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. It has also gained popularity as a music concert venue in Uganda.

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 East African Invitation XI 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

  1. ↑ "Other matches played on Lugogo Stadium". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Lugogo Stadium". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

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