Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine said the Zim Afro T10 tournament has come at the right time as it would take the players' minds away from the disappointing ICC World Cup 2023 qualifiers, in which they failed to seal qualification for the showpiece event in India later this year.
The second day of the inaugural edition of the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 produced a great start as the Cape Town Samp Army put in an all-round effort to defeat the Harare Hurricanes by 16 runs, here at the Harare Sports Club.
Just like 2011 this time too the ODI World Cup 2023 is being played in India and former South Africa cricketer Herchelle Gibbs believes that the host nation is going to be under the most pressure.
Much to the delight of the local crowd, the Bulawayo Braves’ captain Sikandar Raza was on fire, playing an explosive hand with the bat and also picking crucial wickets to help seal the win.
The Qalandars, who had Tim Seifert get them off to a flyer, put in a team performance and survived a scare as the experienced Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel almost won it with a late counter-attack.
The inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10 will commence from July 20 at the Harare Sports Club. There are five teams, Harare Hurricanes, Bulawayo Braves, Durban Qalandars, Cape Town Samp Army and Johannesburg Buffaloes, who will battle it out for top honours in Harare, over the next ten days
The much-awaited Zim Afro T10 is expected to be one of the finest cricket tournaments, as entertainment and high-quality sport come together in Harare, where some of the most exciting names in white-ball cricket have descended.
Five teams will compete against each other in the first-ever T10 Zim Afro, one of them being the Cape Town SAMP Army, who have appointed South African cricketing legend Lance Klusener as Head Coach for the tournament.
The excitement is building up at a rapid pace as the highly anticipated Zim Afro T10 is set to commence in less than two weeks, with the opening match of the tournament scheduled for July 20. A total of five squads will compete for the ultimate glory in the inaugural edition of the competiti