Lugogo Stadium opened in 1957 in Kampala, Uganda, and holds five thousand spectators for cricket alongside larger capacities for football and concerts. The ground features a long history of hosting the national men and women sides, operating continuously across decades of development in domestic and international sport.
International fixtures arrived steadily across the decades. The venue hosted its first men twenty twenty international between Uganda and Botswana on May twentieth, two thousand nineteen, closing that short series four days later against Nigeria. Women internationals began weeks earlier with Kenya facing Zimbabwe.
Recent years brought global qualifying pathways and regional tournaments to the oval. Teams like Italy, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Jersey, and Kenya regularly travel to Kampala for competitions including the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B and the Men T20 World Cup Africa qualifier.
Action on the square produced sharp results through the twenty twenty-four calendar. Italy swept past Singapore by eight wickets, Bahrain defeated Tanzania by eighty-four runs, and the host nation Uganda crushed Tanzania by two hundred nine runs before a washout against Hong Kong.
The venue holds five thousand spectators for cricket matches, though it can accommodate eight thousand for football and twenty thousand for concerts.
The first men T20I took place on May twentieth, two thousand nineteen, between Uganda and Botswana, while the first women T20I was held on April sixth, two thousand nineteen, between Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Uganda uses the venue alongside visiting international sides including Italy, Hong Kong, Kenya, Jersey, Bahrain, Tanzania, Singapore, Bermuda, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe.