{{Short description|Ugandan cricketer (born 1988)}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Arthur Kyobe | image = | country = Uganda | fullname = Arthur Solomon Kyobe | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|11|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lira, Uganda | batting = Left-handed | international = true | internationalspan = 2007/08–2014/15 | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 86 | bat avg1 = 21.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 49 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 29 | runs2 = 575 | bat avg2 = 19.82 | 100s/50s2 = 0/3 | top score2 = 65 | catches/stumpings2 = 5/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 21 | runs3 = 356 | bat avg3 = 17.80 | 100s/50s3 = 0/1 | top score3 = 51* | catches/stumpings3 = 6/– | date = 27 January | year = 2025 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62448/62448.html CricketArchive }}

'''Arthur Kyobe''' also known as '''Arthur Solomon Kyobe''' (born 29 November 1988) is a Ugandan cricketer, and a left - hand opening batsman who played in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62448/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html |title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Arthur Kyobe (10) |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-03-11 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604175751/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62448/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Background and education == Kyobe was born with more children including Julius Lutwama who is a basketballer and their mother is Teddy Mukasa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-10 |title=Kyobe, Lutwama: Two brothers with their stars shining brightly |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/score/kyobe-lutwama-two-brothers-with-their-stars-shining-brightly-1557148 |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> He went Mengo Primary School for his primary, Jinja SS for his O' level and Makerere College School for his A' level before Joining Makerere University Business School where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in accounting degree in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sqoopadmin |date=2013-06-28 |title=Date with a celeb: Kyobe meets fan, Daudi Mugabi - Sqoop - Get Uganda entertainment news, celebrity gossip, videos and photos |url=https://www.sqoop.co.ug/201306/features/date-with-a-celeb-kyobe-meets-fan-daudi-mugabi.html |access-date=2025-12-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career == Kyobe is a left-handed batsman who has played first-class, one-day and Twenty20 cricket for his Uganda.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62448/62448.html |title=Player Profile: Arthur Kyobe |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref> In 2003, he was the captain of Uganda in the ICC East Africa Under 15 Tourney at the age of 14.<ref name=":0" /> In 2004, he was one of those selected to represent Uganda in a team of 14 at the 2004 International Cricket Council (ICC) Under 19 World Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref name=":0" /> In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketuganda.world/index.php/8-news/747-uk-based-lloyd-pattenot-called-to-cricket-cranes-squad-for-world-challenge-league |title=Paternott Called To Cricket Cranes Squad For World Challenge League |work=Cricket Uganda |accessdate=23 July 2019}}</ref>

== Awards and recognitions == Kyobe was voted as the cricketer of the year by Uganda Sports Press Association ('''USPA'''). He is among the top 20 batsmen in Uganda since 2010 with 289 runs in 16 innings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-10 |title=Kyobe’s omission haunts Uganda |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/score/kyobe-s-omission-haunts-uganda-1564598 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref> In 2005, he was named the youngest ever double centurion in Uganda when he defeated the visiting Dean Close College bowling arsenal from England.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* Roger Mukasa * Nizakat Khan * Riazat Ali Shah * Joel Olwenyi ==References== {{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://x.com/USPAmedia X page of Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA)]

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