Ronald Ssemanda (born 15 December 1988) is a Ugandan cricketer who made his competitive debut for the Ugandan national side at the 2007 WCL Division Three tournament. His most recent matches for Uganda came at the 2013 WCL Africa T20 Division One tournament. A right-handed

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are cons ...

, Ssemanda played for the Ugandan under-19 sides in two Under-19 World Cups, where matches had under-19

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(ODI) status. At the 2004 event in Bangladesh, aged 15, he played in four matches, with a best of 2/29 against

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, while at the 2006 event in Sri Lanka, he played in five matches, with a best of 4/43 against

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. Ssemanda had earlier been Player of the Final at the 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship, in which Uganda defeated

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to qualify for the World Cup. Ssemanda made his senior debut for Uganda aged 19, at the 2007 WCL Division Three tournament.Miscellaneous matches played by Ronald Ssemanda (61)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015. Uganda won that tournament to gain promotion to 2007 Division Two, where matches held

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status. In the opening match of the tournament against the

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, Ssemanda scored 72 runs from 115 balls, his only list-A half-century. He later took 3/29 against

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, his best bowling figures. Ssemanda has since also represented Uganda in two first-class matches (in the 2009–10 Intercontinental Shield) and multiple

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matches.Twenty20 Matches played by Ronald Ssemanda (11)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015. In the East Africa Cup and

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, he played for the

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in both the 2011–12 and 2012 editions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ssemanda, Ronald 1988 births Living people Ugandan cricketers