By Bockarrie Allieu in Freetown
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The technical team for the Sierra Leone U-19 national Cricket team on Thursday announced the final names of 14 players for the U-19 Division 2 qualifier in Abuja-Nigeria. The team will depart Sierra Leone on Wednesday 28th September 2022 and will arrive in Abuja-Nigeria on the same day.
According to the fixtures, the tournament will kick-off on Friday 30th September 2022. On the opening day of the tournament, Sierra Leone will host Botswana at the Abuja pitch1 and at the pitch 2 the host country will host Rwanda.
But before the kick-off Thursday it will be a practice day for the participating teams by schedule, Captains shoot, press conference and Team briefing. In the tournament, Sierra Leone falls in Group B together with the host country Nigeria, Botswana and Rwanda. In group A, are Kenya, Malawi, Ghana and Mozambique.
On the second day, it will be a battle in group A as Kenya will host Ghana at Pitch 1 and Malawi will host Mozambique at pitch 2.
The format of the tournament will be 50 overs in which 2 teams will qualify from each group for the semi-final stage. Sierra Leone will take on Rwanda at pitch 2 and will play their last group stage match against the host country Nigeria on the 4th October 2022. The teams will rest on Thursday 6th October 2022. The Semi-final stage will kick-off on the next day Friday with leader in group A taking on the runner-up in group B at pitch 1 while at pitch 2 the runner-up in group B will battle with the leader in group A. On Saturday 8th October the final match of the tournament will take place at pitch 1 and the third place match will at pitch 2. According to the tournament format the two finalists will automatically qualify for the division1 U-19 Africa World Cup qualifier tournament. Below are the names of the final 14 players for Abuja-Nigeria
1. John Bangura ©
2. George Sesay
3. Ibrahim Shek Kamara
4. Ibrahim Paul Kamara
5. Raymond Coker
6. Alusine Turay
7. Mohamed Turay
8. James Bangura
9. Ibrahim Sesay
10. Mohamed Lamin Kamara
11. Daniel Lassayo
12. Eric Lassayo
13. Eric Musa Turay
14. Tamba Lebbie
