Brian Masaba
Ugandan cricketer
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Brian Masaba (born 12 September 1991) is a Ugandan cricketer and the current captain of the Uganda cricket team.[1]
Career
He played for Uganda in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. In April 2018, he was named Uganda's vice-captain for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia.[2][3]
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.[4] He was the vice-captain of Uganda's squad at the 2018 Africa T20 Cup and the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman.[5][6][7]
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.[8][9][10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Ghana on 23 May 2019.[11] In July 2019, he was among the 25 players included in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong.[12]
In November 2019, ahead of the 2019 Oman Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament, Masaba was made captain of the Uganda national cricket team.[13][14] In November 2021, he was named as the captain of Uganda's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[15] In May 2022, he was named as the captain of Uganda's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[16]
In May 2024, he was named the captain in Uganda’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[17]