By SHAMAOMA MUSONDA –
ZAMBIA will begin campaigns for the 2014 Pepsi ICC Africa Division-Two T-20 International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament against Mozambique at a six nation tournament to be hosted in Benoni, South Africa.
According to fixtures released by the Africa office of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Zambia would this Saturday, September 20 start the tournament with a relatively easy game but the games were getting tougher everyday.
Zambia Cricket Union (ZCU) president Reuben Chama expressed confidence the Zambia team that leaves this Friday would do well at the continental competition.
After the Saturday Mozambique game, Zambia will shift attention to Seychelles on Sunday and then take on Swaziland on Monday before going into the two toughest games of the tournament involving Ghana and Nigeria on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
At the last Pepsi ICC Africa under-19 tournament held in Lusaka two months ago, Zambia managed to beat Mozambique, Swaziland and Ghana but lost to Tanzania and Rwanda, both who are not part of the Division-Two T-20
The team is expected back in the country on September 25 and the Zambia team led by team captain Sarfaraz Patel also has Allan Nsensha, Musonda Yambayamba, Himal Patel, Imran Patel, Sarfaraz Jiwa and Ashraf Lulat.
The rest are Mohamed Mitha, James Zimba, Gladson Kandela, Kanswe Omala, Sharif Yousuf, Irfan Galiya, and Madaliso Mvula while the reserves are Javid Patel, Tapson Nyirongo, Misheck Malama, Zaki Patel, Tahir Bariwala and Joseph Chinunga.