Uganda's women's national cricket team gets new coach

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KAMPALA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) has appointed Suraj Karavadra as the new head coach of the Uganda Lady Cricket Cranes.

"We are delighted to announce the appointment of Suraj Karavadra as the Head Coach of the Lady Cricket Cranes," said UCA in a statement on Thursday.

Martin Ondeko, the UCA Chief Executive Officer told Xinhua that they are happy to have an experienced coach to handle the women's team.

"We are happy to appoint Suraj for the position of Head Coach for the women. He has a lot of experience in working with women. He also has experience in working in different countries and we believe he has the right expertise to make the women's team a force to reckon with," added Ondeko.

UCA said the coach is expected to start his assignment next week when he arrives from his base in the United Kingdom.

"As an organization, it has been our mission to make sure that we raise the level of our ladies' team to make sure that they are given the best opportunity to compete on the global stage. We are confident that Suraj will help take our ladies to the next level," added Ondeko.

The priority for the Uganda Lady Cricket Cranes will be the T20 World Cup qualifiers to be held in September in Botswana and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

In 2017, Uganda's Lady Cricket Cranes team was crowned the queens of Africa in Namibia earning themselves an opportunity to compete against the best at the global qualifiers in the Netherlands in 2018.

Karavadra was the head coach of India's Porbandar District Cricket Association U-16 team in 2011, and also handled the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in the United Kingdom between 2013 and 2015.

From 2017 to 2020, Karavadra has been a high-performance and development coach at the International Cricket Council Academy in Dubai. Enditem

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