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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
LADY Chevrons coach Gary Brent says their tour of South Africa where they will face South Africa in five T20 matches in Pretoria will be a litmus test for the team ahead of the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament that will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in September.
The five matches against South Africa are scheduled for 28 (yesterday), 29 and 31 August and the last two are set for September 2 and 3.
After the South Africa tour, the Lady Chevrons will travel to UAE for a quadrangular series against Thailand, United States of America and UAE, which will be their final preparatory matches.
For the qualifier, Zimbabwe are in group B with Thailand, Papua New Guinea and the hosts UAE.
The other qualifying group has Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland and the United States of America.
The two teams that will make it to the final will qualify for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 that will be hosted by South Africa.
“Going into the South Africa tour, we have got some plans that we want to execute. Our goal is to execute as many of those plans as we can going into the qualifiers which are a couple of days later. This is a massive part of our preparations. The girls are looking good in all areas. We are really excited,” said Brent.
“We certainly have what it takes to do well at the qualifiers. We have the ability to qualify. It is all about how we handle the situations that we will find ourselves in. We are in a good place in terms of our preparations. We are in a good place. I think what happens in South Africa will determine where we are,” he said.
The Lady Chevrons will be captained by Mary-Anne Musonda and the vice captains will be Josephine Nkomo and Modester Mupachikwa, who missed an 18-day training camp in India last month.
Squad
Mary-Anne Musonda, Modester Mupachikwa, Kelis Ndhlovu, Sharne Mayers, Josephine Nkomo, Precious Marange, Christabel Chatonzwa, Loreen Tshuma, Loryn Phiri, Nomvelo Sibanda, Esther Mbofana, Pallagia Mujaji, Audrey Mazvishaya, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano and Francisca Chipare. — @innocentskizoe
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