ICC Women Africa T20 WC Division 2 Qualifier… Sierra Leone To Battle With Cameroon In First Match In Botswana

BY BOCKARIE ALIEU

232NEWS, FREETOWN —

Eight countries will battle in the ICC Women’s T20 WC Africa Division 2 qualifier in Botswana early September 2023. The eight countries are divided into two groups of four countries each. Sierra Leone falls in group B with their North –West Africa region counterpart Cameroon, Mozambique and Eswatini. In group A are the host Botswana, Kenya, Malawi and Lesotho. The teams will arrive in Botswana on the 31^st August 2023. They will train in the tournament ovals on the 1^st September 2023 with the tournament set to kick-off on the other day 2^nd September 2023. Among the eight countries, 3 countries will qualify to take part in the division 1 ICC Africa WC Qualifier in Uganda. On the first day of the qualifier Sierra Leone will face Cameroon at the BCA 2 Ovals in the afternoon. In the morning from group A, Malawi will battle with Lesotho at BCA 2 at 9:30 am. Also on the same day in the afternoon at 2:00 pm from group B, Mozambique will lock horns with Lesotho at BCA1. On the second day 3^rd September 2023 Kenya will face Malawi at BCA1 in the morning while on the same day Lesotho will engage the host country Botswana at BCA 2 at 9:30 am. In the afternoon Sierra Leone will play their second match against Mozambique at BCA 1 while at BCA 2 Cameroon will battle with Eswatini. The teams will rest on the 4^th September 2023 and resume play on the 5^th September. On Tuesday 5^th September 2023 the 8 countries will play their last group stage matches as Sierra Leone face Eswatini at BCA 2 while Mozambique will take on Cameroon in the morning hours. In the afternoon Botswana will battle with Malawi at BCA 1 while from the same group Kenya will engage Lesotho. Two countries will qualify from each group for the semi-final stage of the qualifier. The Semi-final will be played on Wednesday 6^th September 2023 with group B runner-up hosting the group leader in group A at BCA 1 in the morning. In the second semi-final match group B leader will engage group A runner-up. The teams will rest on Thursday 7^th September 2023 after the semi-final matches. On the 8^th September the two semi-final losers will play in the 3^rd place play-off match in the morning at BCA 1. On the same day the two semi-final winner’s matches will play in the ground final at BCA 1 Ovals at 2:00pm. The teams will depart on the 9^th September 2023.