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SPORTSPORT PAGE 47 WE ARE SET TEAM PROFILES ABDULLAH LUBEGA PICTURE BY MICHAEL NSUBUGA

D.O.B: December 12, 1996 Kinene, Musoke strengthen Position: Debut Style: Right hand bats- man and occasion off Cranes ahead of clash spinner Club: Char- ity Trust By DOUGLAS MAZUNE but still stand a chance to leg. Fund AND USHER KOMUGISHA win the . “We are aware Strength: Musoke, a key figure in the the Kenyans have been Lubega is Victoria/ Elgon Cup team that defeated training hard for a long good as an Tomorrow, 4pm, SS7 Madagascar 42-11 to lift the time. But our girls’ at- opening bats- Kenya v Uganda CAR title in 2007, comes in titude is impres- man. He is someone handy as the Cranes seek to sive only that who can get you some Allan Musoke’s agility at full- make amends in Kenya. those who useful runs. He is fast back and Anthony Kinene’s Oscar Eculu, Robert Seguya have been enough, a hard hitter kicking prowess should re- and Timothy Mudoola, who abscond- and his off spins have energise the Rugby Cranes skipped the Zimbabwe trip, ing from yielded some wickets. in the first leg of the Victoria/ are back on the team. training may Elgon Cup tie against Kenya Meanwhile, Johnson Were affect our tomorrow. adds that despite mediocre performance,” ARTHUR ZIRABA Musoke and Kinene, who preparations for the national Makalama were part of the team that women rugby 15s team, stated in an left for yesterday, coach Brian Makalama will interview were not part of the Cranes not go for anything but vic- yesterday. D.O.B: August 8, 1989 squad that played in the tory when his side confronts Position: Top order CAR tournament and last neighbours Kenya in the batsmen weekend’s Victoria Cup Migingo Cup (formerly Elgon Style: Right-hand game against Zimbabwe due Cup) in Nairobi on Saturday. Club: Wanderers to work commitments. The coach expressed worry Strength: He is a “I have been away for a that the players that have good wicket long time and it is time to time and again absconded keeper make an impact especially from training could affect and can against Kenya. A win will the team’s per- be a actually jumpstart our formance in replace- dominance once again,” an Nairobi’s ment to elated Musoke said after first Lawrence the final training session on Ssematim- Wednesday. ba. However Cranes lost 49-21to Zimba- like Ssematimba, he is bwe and are out of conten- also a very good stroke tion for the Victoria Cup Kinene prepares to convert recently player.

HENRY SSENYONDO

Uganda will look to Musoke, Nsubuga and Sematimba D.O.B: December 8, 1993 Position: Debutant on By CHARLES MUTEBI last two centuries. Roger Mukasa (21), Ronald and Musoke (both of whom the team Funny? May be not. Semanda (22), and Arthur represented Uganda in the Style: Left arm spin T2O ICC Championship Still, the trio are bound to Kyobe (22) were still infants ICC Trophy) are still around. Club: Charity Trust Trial match have no shortage of amusing and others like Davis Ari- With respect to the impend- Fund Kenya 81 Uganda 83/2 tales about their seemingly naitwe (23), Charles Waiswa ing T20 ICC Africa Division Strength: (Uganda win by 8 wickets) endless time in the national (23) were all under the age 1 championship, the phrase He is Tomorrow, Morning set up. For instance, Musoke of 10 when Musoke and ‘been there and done that’ one of Uganda v Ghana (34) and Nsubuga (30) can Nsubuga started represent- does not apply to Musoke, the few Namibia v Nigeria mull about the fact that ing Uganda. Nsubuga and Sematimba. promising Afternoon when they were first called Sematimba made his It is more like ‘been further left–arm Kenya v Ghana up to the national team national debut in 1999, and done better’. Uganda spinners Namibia v Uganda in 1994 & 95 respectively, subsequently going to will need the three to use in the country. Most Uganda team-mate Abdullah the 2001 ICC Trophy as their experience if the recent spinners are right-arm Benjamin Musoke, Frank Lubega was not even born. Uganda’s fiery 19 year-old string of bad results for the and they are few on Nsubuga and Lawrence Se- Others like Henry Sse- opening batsman. A decade national team is not to flow the continent. matimba have been national nyondo (17), Brian Masaba later, Sematimba as well into the T20 championship team cricketers across the (20), Deus Muhumuza (21), as elder brother Nsubuga that starts tomorrow. Benjamin Musoke COMPILED BY NORMAN KATENDE

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