09 November 2021 | Cricket

Simon Kintu got a chance to umpire at the just concluded ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers in Kigali Rwanda where worked with three umpires from Zimbabwe and two from Namibia.

This was his first ICC event since his international cricket debut 11 years ago. He told MTN Sports of how special and different the experience was.

The experience was on another level, nothing I have ever experienced. I worked with guys who have umpired more than 20 T20i games and for me this was my first time at this level. The level of scruinty and preparation is a notch higher from what we are used to back at home. I think on an individual level, the biggest take away for me was the learning and from hereon, the only way is up for me and my colleagues. We have to be prepared when the call up comes so that whoever is called up is a good representative for Uganda.

Simon Kintu

Simon Kintu is the current chairman of the Umpires and Scorers Association and he knows that he has to be part of the solution if Uganda is to have many more umpires at global events.

We have a lot of young umpires interested in umpiring and it’s important that the lessons picked from this event help us better prepare the next generation.

Our national team has started to do better so as they progress so should we as umpires because once we get to ODI, we should have a group of umpires ready to step up. Therefore, we should continoulsy educate eachother as a group and also find opportunities for exposure rather than wait on only ICC events.

Simon Kintu

He was able to stand in at least five games at the tournament and left a good inspiration on his supervisors.

Kintu will surely get another invitation especially with a busy schedule coming up in 2022.

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