Rwanda : Rwanda Cricket select II wins Grudge Match Cup

Umubano batted first: 163-10 163-4

A select Rwanda Cricket Association 11 won the annual grudge match cup after beating Project Umubano’s select side by six wickets at Kicukiro oval.

The match was graced by UK’s International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell and the British High Commissioner to Rwanda Ben Llewellyn Jones.

Project Umubano’s Alby Shale of Project Umubano was top scorer at 80 not out while Broom was Rwanda cricket association’s best scorer with 44 not out.

Project Umubano is the Conservative Party’s social action project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Volunteers are working with Rwandans in fields including medicine, sport, business, planning to deliver training and sustainable projects.

Now in its sixth year, Project Umubano is a truly remarkable expression of the Conservative Party’s core values: voluntarism, compassion, entrepreneurialism and outward-focus.

Umubano brings together the most diverse groups of Party members and supporters, working for two weeks each July in challenging environments alongside African partners focused on tackling some of the root causes of poverty.

The scope of the Project continues to grow in response to requests from our partners. There is a strong focus on training to ensure there is a lasting benefit to the work they do.

The project is currently led by MP Stephen Crabb MP and they are always joined by 100 volunteers  in Africa each year.