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Brandon Moyo
Sports Reporter
THE three-day Zimbabwe Cricket High Performance Programme has ended at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo with coach, Steve Mangongo, happy with the way everything went.
At least 30 Under-25 players from across the country were selected to take part in the programme which began on Sunday and ended on Tuesday.
They were under the watchful eye of Mangongo and Thabo Mboyi and Njabulo Ncube.
The players were put into two teams, Northerns and Southerns, and played four matches during the three days they were in camp.
They began with two 50-over games and played two T20 matches.
“The whole idea behind this is to make sure that we identify players whom we believe are the future of Zimbabwe.
“It needs constant training to make sure that they polish their skills, they get better, they get intelligence and their game skill improves.
“Over the three days, we have seen a lot of competitive cricket and that’s part of the pathway where we bring the best 30 players in Zimbabwe, time and again, to compete among themselves, to play high class cricket and be aware of the needs in terms of training.
“So, we are quite happy, we are quite satisfied with the enthusiasm shown by the players.”
He added:
“Their skill factor has been good, we have had a couple of boys really shining with the ball, Prosper Mugeri, this is his first time at this level for Mountaineers he really bowled very well, 15-year-old Malachi Harry was also on top of his game.
“This is part of identifying these players, we’ve had players like Tashinga Musekiwa, who is a very explosive batter and has shown us some really good hitting abilities, and the more we keep improving the players’ technique, the better.
“These players will eventually feed into our First Class, they will eventually feed into our national team as finished products.”
He gave credit to ZC for coming up with such an initiative.
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