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Mehluli Sibanda, Senior Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe national women’s cricket team is in camp preparing for a five-match 50-over series against the South African Emerging side with matches to be played at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo from 17 May.
A squad of 15 players got into camp in Harare last Wednesday and is fine-tuning at Old Hararians Sports Club prior to shifting to Bulawayo on Saturday. Lady Chevrons coach Adam Chifo has to do without a number of senior players who are unavailable for various reasons who include captain Mary-Anne Musonda who underwent a knee operation two weeks ago.
Ashley Ndiraya also had surgery to fix a broken thumb. The duo of Nommater Mutasa and Chipo Tiripano are on maternity leave. Anesu Mutasa is still stuck in Australia while Sharne Mayers is in South Africa where she is tied down by work commitments.
Zimbabwe are preparing for the International Cricket Council Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier scheduled for Sri Lanka in December.
The Women’s Cricket World Cup is scheduled to held in New Zealand in March and April 2022. It was originally scheduled for 6 February to 7 March 2021 but was postponed by one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Lady Chevrons are also taking part in the ICC Women’s Qualifier Africa to be staged in Botswana in September. — @Mdawini_29.
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