Cricket Uganda took part in the ICC Emerging Nations High Performance workshops held on 27th and 29th November 2025.
The engagements were designed to strengthen performance planning, pathway structures, and the overall competitiveness of emerging cricket nations.
The sessions brought together technical experts from the ICC and the BCCI Centre of Excellence, giving member countries deeper insight into modern athlete development and high-performance strategy.
The programme featured presentations from BCCI’s Apurva Desai on building effective performance plans and upskilling players, drawing from successful models used within India’s women’s and age-group pathways.
A. I. Harrsha, Lead Performance Coach at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, provided clarity on the steps required to build teams capable of competing at a world championship level, emphasising conditioning, performance science, and long-term athlete management.
ICC Women’s Cricket Manager, Snehal Pradhan, delivered an important session on the rising competitiveness of the women’s game and the steps emerging nations can take to accelerate progress.
Uganda also made a key contribution through High Performance and Pathways Manager Richard Okia, who presented Uganda’s Journey to Contracts, highlighting the strides made in professionalising the women’s game.
These workshops offered Uganda valuable exposure to current high-performance trends, including technology integration, data-informed coaching, and pathway design – key areas that will support continued improvement across national programmes.
Reflecting on the sessions, Cricket Uganda Honorary Secretary Denis Musali said:
The HP Workshop was a great engagement on how to upskill our players, manage their workload and optimally get the best out of them. During these engagements, you learn that you have to be intentional about every outcome; there is no success by mistake. We also had an opportunity to learn from other associate nations and what they are doing. We are grateful to the ICC for organising such engagements, and now the homework is with us to implement what we learned.
Cricket Uganda Women’s Representative on the Board, Lelia Namaganda Ondeko, also highlighted the importance of the insights gained through the high-performance discussions.
The High Performance discussions were a strong reminder that progress in women’s cricket comes from deliberate planning and consistent investment in our structures. The insights shared on pathways, performance planning, and player development highlighted the areas where we can grow and the opportunities ahead of us. It was encouraging to engage with ideas that can directly strengthen our women’s programme, and we are committed to applying these learnings to support our players and raise the competitiveness of Ugandan women’s cricket.
The knowledge gathered from both workshops provides a strong foundation for Uganda’s next phase of development as the association continues working towards stronger, more competitive national teams across all pathways.