{"id":21873,"date":"2011-12-27T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T04:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/uganda-country-to-face-kenya-italy-in-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2011-12-27T04:00:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T04:00:24","slug":"uganda-country-to-face-kenya-italy-in-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/27\/uganda-country-to-face-kenya-italy-in-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Country to Face Kenya, Italy in Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Innocent Ndawula<\/p>\n<p>23 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Even as the women brought an early X-mas present to the local cricket fraternity, their male counterparts cannot celebrate much as they are scheduled to start preparations for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the draws released on Tuesday, 16 Associate and Affiliate teams will compete for two available spots in the 2012 World Twenty20 during a 72-match qualifying tournament from March 13-24 in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda are pooled in Group B alongside fellow Africans Kenya and Namibia plus favourites Ireland, Scotland, Oman, Italy and USA. Group A has former qualifier winners Afghanistan, Netherlands, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Denmark and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing like an easy draw. I can neither say we are in the group of death nor in an easy one,&#8221; wicket-keeper batsman Lawrence Ssematimba said of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>The top two teams in each group will meet in the first qualifying final with the winner guaranteed a place at the World Twenty20.<\/p>\n<p>The loser of that match will play in the second qualifying final against the winner of a series of play-off matches. The winners of both qualifying finals will meet in the tournament final in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the tournament will then be pooled with Australia and West Indies in Group B of the World Twenty20, while the other team will be in Group A with defending champions England and 2007 winners India. Uganda have previously taken part in several World Cup qualifiers in the 50-over format but fallen short.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent botched campaign was in South Africa 2009 where Uganda came 10th out of 12 teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uganda&#8217;s fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March 13: vs USA (10am, Sharjah)<\/p>\n<p>March 14: vs. Oman (2pm, ICC GCA 2)<\/p>\n<p>March 15: vs. Scotland (2pm, ICC GCA)<\/p>\n<p>March 16: vs. Namibia (10am, Abu Dhabi)<\/p>\n<p>March 18: vs. Italy (10am, Sharjah)<\/p>\n<p>March 19: vs. Ireland (2pm, ICC GCA 2)<\/p>\n<p>March 20: vs. Kenya (10am, ICC GCA 2)<\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Innocent Ndawula 23 December 2011 Even as the women brought an early X-mas present to the local cricket fraternity, their male counterparts cannot celebrate much as they are scheduled to start preparations for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers. 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