Henry Osinde

Henry Osinde (born 17 October 1978) is a Canadian cricket coach and former player. He immigrated to Canada from Uganda as a young man and represented the Canada national cricket team from 2005 to 2013 as a fast-medium bowler. He played at the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups. He was made the interim head coach of Canada in 2017.

Personal life Osinde was born on 17 October 1978 in Kampala, Uganda. He attended Busoga College Mwiri where he was introduced to cricket at the age of 15. He later attended Makerere University, Outside of cricket, he worked as an accountant.

Playing career After moving to Canada, Osinde began playing in the Toronto & District Cricket Association. Six feet four inches tall and strongly built, he was able to generate substantial bounce with his pace bowling. Later in the year he was one of four Canadians selected to attend the ICC Winter Training Camp (WTC) in South Africa along with players from other associate countries. He was assessed by WTC head coach Andy Moles as being "along with Ireland's Eoin Morgan [...] the player with perhaps most potential among those here at the WTC". He played his final matches for Canada in 2013. He was also an assistant coach of ICC Americas at the 2016–17 Regional Super50.