Junior Kwebiha
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Junior Kwebiha is a Ugandan cricketer
Cricketer
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. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace
Fast bowling
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 bowler, he has played for the Uganda national cricket team since 2001. His matches include three first-class
First-class cricket
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 matches and seven List A matches.

Playing career

Kwebiha first played for Uganda in 2001, at the 2001 ICC Trophy
2001 ICC Trophy
The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the qualifying tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

 in Canada
Canada
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. He made his first-class debut in 2004, playing 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...

 and Kenya in the ICC Intercontinental Cup
ICC Intercontinental Cup
The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...

. He also played a match in the 2005 tournament
2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a cricket competition for 12 nations from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. All the games were scheduled for three days and were designated first class....

 against Namibia. He made his List A debut in 2005, playing in 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...

 in Ireland
Ireland
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.

He has continued in the Ugandan team, playing matches against Bermuda and Canada in January 2007, before representing Uganda in Division Three
2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three
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 of the World Cricket League
World Cricket League
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 later in the year, a tournament that Uganda won. He won the man of the match
Man of the match
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 award in Uganda's match against the Cayman Islands after taking 4/11 in the Cayman Islands innings.
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