Ronald Ssemanda


Ronald Ssemanda is a Ugandan cricketer who made his competitive debut for the Ugandan national side at the 2007 [ICC World Cricket League Division Three|2007 WCL Division Three] tournament. His most recent matches for Uganda came at the 2013 ICC [World Cricket League Africa Region Twenty20 Division One|2013 WCL Africa T20 Division One] tournament.
A right-handed all-rounder, Ssemanda played for the Uganda [Under-19 cricket team|Ugandan under-19 sides] in two Under-19 World Cups, where matches had under-19 One Day International status. At the 2004 ICC [Under-19 Cricket World Cup|2004 event] in Bangladesh, aged 15, he played in four matches, with a best of 2/29 against Nepal, while at the 2006 event in Sri Lanka, he played in five matches, with a best of 4/43 against Bangladesh. Ssemanda had earlier been Player of the Final at the 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship, in which Uganda defeated Namibia to qualify for the World Cup.
Ssemanda made his senior debut for Uganda aged 19, at the 2007 ICC [World Cricket League Division Three|2007 WCL Division Three] tournament. Uganda won that tournament to gain promotion to 2007 Division Two, where matches held list-A status. In the opening match of the tournament against the United [Arab Emirates national cricket team|United Arab Emirates], Ssemanda scored 72 runs from 115 balls, his only list-A half-century. He later took 3/29 against Argentina, his best bowling figures. Ssemanda has since also represented Uganda in two first-class matches and multiple twenty20 matches. In the East Africa Cup and East Africa Premier League, he played for the Rwenzori Warriors in both the 2011–12 [East Africa Cup|2011–12] and 2012 editions.