Lugogo Stadium

Cricket ground in Kampala, Uganda

Lugogo Stadium

Lugogo Cricket Oval

Ground information

Location

Kampala, Uganda

Coordinates

0.3259° N, 32.6041° E

Establishment

1957

Capacity

5,000 (cricket), 8,000 (football), 20,000 (concerts)

End names

n/a

International information

First T20I

20 May 2019:

Uganda v

Botswana

Last T20I

24 May 2019:

Uganda v

Nigeria

First WT20I

6 April 2019:

Kenya v

Zimbabwe

Last WT20I

22 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

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