Lofty ambitions do not bode well on the average Ugandan sports ambition bucket list. Take football for instance.
We claim to play the best brand of football only rivalled by La Masia but where has that got us?
We’d rather exchange blows and scare away potential investors.
Is cricket any different? The boys have managed to ignite national pride by scaling African big shots – Namibia in 2012 and Kenya (albeit finishing in first place) at the Pepsi/ICC Africa T20 Championship in 2013.
These are two associate nations have been to the ICC World Cup in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 editions.
Uganda will have to pick up from where they last stumbled – the ICC Division II World Cricket League.
They beat Bermuda alright but could not find a winning formula against the rest of the competition.
Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates and Namibia and suffered demotion.
Experts of the game have informed us that the top two teams in the WCL Division III log are guaranteed promotion to Division II and a chance to compete at the 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifiers in New Zealand where the best two teams advance into the World Cup in 2015.
A slot in the World Cup implies a windfall in corporate sponsorship, better player salaries, a hefty ICC cash incentive and a chance to watch Uganda on pay TV – at the world cup.
As a matter of fact, the government could pass another bill which authorises the right for schools in the far rustic to dismantle wooden desks and make bats just so we can promote the sport in this poor country.
Team Uganda will remember their performances at the ICC WCQ in South Africa in April 2009, where she finished 10th out of 12, against some of the tougher associate opposition including Ireland, Scotland and Canada.
Someone says, “The only difference between a big shot and a small shot is that the big shot keeps on shooting and the small shot stops shooting.”
Uganda will have to prepare for Division II against continental opposition like Nepal, USA, Oman and Italy and the hosts Bermuda.
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