Tendo Lubwama Mbazzi (born 17 October 1974) is a Ugandan former international cricketer who represented both East and Central Africa and the Ugandan national team. He played as a right-arm medium-pace bowler.

Early life

Mbazzi was born in

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. He is the son of international cricketer Sam Walusimbi.

Cricket career

Mbazzi represented the combined East and Central Africa team at the

1997 ICC Trophy The Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 24 March and 13 April 1997. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh were the winners of the ...

. He played in all six of his team's matches, taking five wickets. His best performance was 2/26 from 7.2 overs, against

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.ICC Trophy matches played by Tendo Mbazzi
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Mbazzi is first recorded as representing his home country, Uganda, at the 2000 Africa Cup, though not all records of Ugandan matches are available. He represented Uganda at the

2001 ICC Trophy The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Three spots in the World Cup were on offer and the Netherlands, host nation Cana ...

, and again played every match, taking six wickets from six games. Against

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, he took 2/2 from just four balls, while against

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he finished with 2/21 from ten overs. Mbazzi's final match for Uganda was a

2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first class cricket tournament, an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test cricket, Test status by the Internatio ...

game against

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, which held first-class status.

Personal life

Mbazzi was working for the

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as an information technology specialist.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mbazzi, Tendo 1974 births Living people East and Central Africa cricketers People from Kampala District Ugandan cricketers Sportspeople from Central Region, Uganda