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Blessing Malinganiza
ZIMBABWE Under-19 women’s national team coach Trevor Garwe, who is in Rwanda with the Zimbabwe A side, believes the Kwibuka Women’s T20 tournament will expose upcoming cricketers to international cricket.
The emerging side are participating in the Kwibuka Women’s T20 tournament together with seven other African countries.
With the squad in Rwanda comprising mostly the Under-19 national team players, Garwe has described the tournament as a good platform to give the upcoming cricketers an opportunity to have a feel of international cricket.
“This tournament for us is about giving the young and upcoming cricketers a chance to grow and the exposure of playing against other national teams.
“The biggest advantage we have with the squad that we have is half of the squad members are still Under 19, this will definitely help us with our preparations for the U-19 World Cup,” said Garwe.
Zimbabwe started off their round robin campaign at the tournament with a date against Malawi yesterday and a 93 run victory.
Zimbabwe were sent in to bat first by Malawi, taking control of the match as they posted a competitive total of 183 runs in 20 overs for the loss of five wickets.
Kelis Ndlovhu was named the player-of-the-match after scoring 48 runs off 24 balls before claiming two wickets for 14 runs.
Beloved Bhiza scored 45 runs off 38 balls.
Lorraine Phiri and Chiedza Dhururu, the members of the senior team, posted 26 and 13 runs. Christina Mutasa scored 14 runs with Runyararo Pasipanodya concluding the list of Zimbabwe batters with seven runs.
Zimbabwe restricted Malawi to 90 runs for the loss of the seven wickets.
“We are not really worried about winning the tournament but we hope after this competition we will definitely know where we are and the areas we need to work on.
“But we are not going to take this tournament lightly, as a team we are only focusing on our processes and making sure we do all the basics well and not worry about the result,” said Garwe.
Online Reporter