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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
SIXTEEN nations including Zimbabwe will this evening go into the hat at the 2023 Netball World Cup draw to be held in East London, South Africa.
Zimbabwe will be joined by 15 other qualified teams which are Australia, Barbados, England, Fiji, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda and Wales.
The Netball World Cup is scheduled to be staged next year at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from July 28 to August 6.
The tournament is held every four years and next year’s edition will mark the first time the tournament will be held in Africa.
Zimbabwe will be making their second appearance at the global showpiece.
They qualified after they finished third at the Africa Netball World Cup Qualifiers in Pretoria, South Africa last month.
Zimbabwe are fresh from taking part at the Spar Diamond Challenge where they faced Scotland, South Africa’s Proteas and their second-string side, the President’s XII.
The Gems were winless in all their encounters at the competition which they used as preparation for the World Cup. – @innocentskizoe
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter