Charles Waiswa (born 29 December 1987) is a Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. He spent a short period of time in the Nottinghamshire Premier Cricket league at Killamarsh Juniors Cricket Club in England.

Charles Waiswa
Personal information
Born29 December 1987 (1987-12-29) (age 36)
Jinja, Uganda
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 11)20 May 2019 v Botswana
Last T20I15 September 2021 v Kenya
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 2 6
Runs scored 20 6
Batting average 20.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 11 5*
Balls bowled 229 264
Wickets 8 3
Bowling average 16.37 57.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/58 1/27
Catches/stumpings 3/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 15 September 2021

He has joined Newark based club Newark Ransome & Marles CC for the 2011 season as their overseas player.

In April 2018, he was named in Uganda's team for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia.[1] In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.[2]

In September 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.[3][4] The following month, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[5] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Uganda in the tournament, with six dismissals in five matches.[6]

In May 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[7] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Uganda against Botswana on 20 May 2019.[8] In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong.[9] In November 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Karashani has faith in Malaysian charge". Daily Monitor. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Uganda Squad: Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Uganda Cricket names Africa T20 squad". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Team Uganda preview". Cricket South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Otwani gets nod ahead of Achelam on final 14 for Division 3 Qualifiers". Kawowo. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Three, 2018/19 - Uganda: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. ^ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "6th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Paternott Called To Cricket Cranes Squad For World Challenge League". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Brian Masaba To Lead Cricket Cranes, Hamu Kayondo Misses Out On Final 14". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.