Malcolm Waller to captain Zimbabwe cricket side
Malcolm Waller has been named as captain of the Zimbabwe President’s XI team to compete in the Africa T20 Cup tournament. The continental Twenty20 tournament will be held in South Africa, from the 4th of September to the 4th of October. It will be hosted by Cricket South Africa (CSA).
The 15-man squad announced by the selectors includes a mixture of players who have had a taste of international cricket and youngsters who have excelled at age-group level.
“We have gone with a combination of youth and experience, and the idea is to give an opportunity to fringe players to put their hands up in light of the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 tournament early next year,” said convener of selectors Kenyon Ziehl.
Kenya and Namibia will also participate in the tournament, which will include 12 CSA Affiliates as well as Associate Member, KwaZulu-Natal Inland. The tournament will consist of four pools of four teams each, with the winners of each pool advancing to the semi-finals on the 3rd of October and the last two to the final which is on the next day.
Zimbabwe is in pool A alongside Western Province, Northerns and Easterns. All the games in Pool A will be played at Sahara Park Willowmoore in Benoni.
Play will be on weekends. During the pool stages, there will be two matches each day with the first in the afternoon and the second in the evening on the Friday and Saturday, and the first mid-morning and the second in the afternoon on the Sunday.
To help them develop their talent by having them play with their seniors, there will be at least two under-21 players in each team.
Source: ZC News Release
