Franco "Frank" Nsubuga is a Ugandan cricketer

Cricketer

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. A right-handed batsman and off spin

Off spin

Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side...

 bowler, he has played for the Uganda national cricket team since 2001. His matches include four first-class

First-class cricket

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 matches and seven List A matches.

Playing career

Nsubuga made his international debut playing for East and Central Africa in the 1997 ICC Trophy

1997 ICC Trophy

The Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March/April 1997. It was the qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Kenya and for the first time Bangladesh and Scotland all Qualified.-First round:...

 when aged just 16. He played for Uganda in the 2001 tournament

2001 ICC Trophy

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. His first-class debut came in April 2004 against Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

The Namibia cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international cricket matches. It is governed by Cricket Namibia, an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992 and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007. They took part in the 2003...

 in the ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Intercontinental Cup

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. Uganda won the match, with Nsubuga being named man of the match

Man of the match

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. He also played against Kenya later in the year. He again played against Kenya and Namibia in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup

2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup

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. He made his List A debut in 2005, representing Uganda at the 2005 ICC Trophy

2005 ICC Trophy

Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...

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He has continued to play in the Ugandan team and represented them in Division Three of the World Cricket League

World Cricket League

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 in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

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, Australia

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 in 2007. Uganda won the tournament, with Nsubuga being named man of the match in the final against Argentina after scoring 55 from 38 balls and taking 4/27.