National senior women cricketers in one of their recent training sessions in Dar es Salaam. The team is currently preparing for next month's ICC Africa Women Trophy tournament, which will take place in South Africa. PHOTO| COURTESY OF TCA
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The local ladies lost to Zimbabwe after posting 41- all out in one of the opening matches.
“We lost the match because of minor errors, we will set ourselves well for other dates”, said Rehemtullah.
Dar es Salaam. Despite losing to hosts, Zimbabwe in the opening match of the Pepsi ICC Africa Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, the national team coach, Khalil Rehemtullah has said that the local ladies will wake up from slumber to win other forthcoming matches.
The local ladies lost to Zimbabwe after posting 41- all out in one of the opening matches.
“We lost the match because of minor errors, we will set ourselves well for other dates”, said Rehemtullah.
According to the tournament’s fixture, Tanzania were yesterday expected to play Uganda late in the evening yesterday in a match that they had to win to keep the ball rolling.
Tanzania competes against hosts, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda in the four-nation event.
Tanzania has participated in the qualifiers several times but failed to qualify for the global World Cup final.
Zimbabwe and South Africa were most successful teams in the in the qualifiers.
The local cricketers participated in the World Cup Qualifiers for the first time in 2006 and finished runner up after losing to Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, short codes offer no room for error. One slip could leave you either chasing the tournament or playing for pride .
Lady Cricket Cranes coach Jonathan Ssebanja does not envisage seeing his troops in such a situation at this four-nation Pepsi ICC Africa Women’s Twenty20 Championship.
