Janet Mbabazi (born 26 January 1996) is a Ugandan cricketer.[1] In July 2018, she was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[2] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Uganda against Scotland in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[3] In April 2019, she was named as the vice-captain of Uganda's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa tournament in Zimbabwe.[4]
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Full name | Janet Mbabazi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Entebbe, Uganda | 26 January 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 6) | 7 July 2018 v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 7 June 2024 v Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2024 |
In March 2023, Mbabazi became one of the Uganda Cricket Association's first twelve women players to be awarded central contracts.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Janet Mbabazi". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "2nd Match, Group B, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Amstelveen, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Tried & Tested Crop Trusted For African Title Defence in Zimbabwe". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Musali, Denis (8 March 2023). "Women's Day present for Victoria Pearls as 12 Players are awarded contracts". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
Further reading
edit- Kganakga, Tlamelo (19 October 2022). "Janet Mbabazi: "I Want to Be a Role Model for the Young Generation"". gsport. Retrieved 26 February 2023.