The girls had their share in late April and the boys will have theirs in August. Central Region schools’ cricket week qualifiers bowl off on June 2, which is just nearly a week away. Uganda Cricket Association secretariat released the fixtures and close to 12 Kampala schools are taking part.
Six teams have filled pool A and B. Agha Khan and Old Kampala are top seeds in A while title holders Kololo SSS and Mukono Parents are top in B. This tournament has produced so many cricket players that the country has been able to capitalize on. But the sad thing is that the level of cricket in traditional schools like Kings College Budo and Makerere College School is diminishing.