After guiding Charity Cricket Club to this year’s V.R NAIDU T20 triumph and being named player of the tournament for the second year running, Cathia Uwamahoro has vowed to continue working hard and to further improve her career.

Uwamahoro, 22, has been outstanding in Rwandan women cricket at both club and national team levels in the last two years—she scored 323 runs and took 4 catches en-route to leading Charity to triumph over defending champions White Clouds CC in the final last month.

Speaking to the Times Sport on Saturday after a training session at Kicukiro cricket ground, the Charity CC lead batter said she is confident in her ability to continue improving her performances at the highest level of the game.

"My secret is hard work and patience, whenever I step on the pitch, I always want to perform as if it is my last day on the pitch,” she said, adding that, "my aim is to continue to work hard and improve game per game.”

Uwamahoro started playing cricket in 2008 as a 14 year old. She has over 10 caps for Rwanda, mainly at U- 19 level.

The Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) president, Charles Haba, while handing her the award for the player of the tournament, praised her tremendous development.

He said, "Cathia has been working hard ever since she started playing cricket and if you observe her very well she improves in every game.”

Uwamahoro is currently juggling sports and studies. She is a student at the Adventist University of Central Africa where she is a third year student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Networking. She dreams of one day leading the national women cricket team to the ICC division one.

"We have been together as team, grown up together, cricket is growing in the country at all levels and we have the facilities as well as a well organised and supportive federation. We have no reason to fail,” she noted.

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