On a sunny morning at the main cricket oval in Kampala, Uganda, members of the national men's team are being put through their paces by their new head coach.

The Cricket Cranes — clad in their vivid red kit — are training hard for their first ever Twenty20 World Cup, a "dream come true" in a nation where cricket is overshadowed by football as the most popular sport.

But they have a tough road ahead in the tournament, which is being jointly hosted by the United States and West Indies and runs from June 1 to 29.