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Zimbabwe (likely) eliminated from 2024 T20WC (Uganda only need to beat winless Rwanda to qualify)

Nov 30, 2023 8:16 AM

Hello Cricket Fans,

I know there's already match threads for the qualification games, but I just thought I'd drop this here for those unaware.

I haven't been closely following Zimbabwe cricket for long, but surely this is dire straits for the sport in the country. For a 20+ year test playing nation to be (most likely) pipped for a spot at a large event by Uganda is embarrassing. Is there some underlying socioeconomic/political/administrative issues that have lead to this (at least, more than usual for Zimbabwe)?

Zimbabwe lost against Uganda in Africa T20 WC qualifiers and now on verge of not qualifying for WC T20 next year in June which will be held in Westindies this is a major blow for a nation which seemed promising and have some good batting line up but looking at their current performace in qualifiers they are surely likely to be not qualified as they are positioned 3rd in Tables..
It's really sad, they actually have some good players who can give any team a hard time on their day. Raza and Williams are world class imo. Ervine, Muzarabani and Burl are decent players. But they just seem to underperform so much.

https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/7268/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-africa-region-qualifier-2023/points-tablehttps://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/7268/icc-mens-t20-world-cup-africa-region-qualifier-2023/points-table

If cricket really wants to spread to other countries it should be focusing its efforts on central Africa. It's already moderately popular there and with a little investment would probably get even more. Instead of funnelling money to places like the US, put it into country like Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi and Namibia

Uganda playing cricket against the top 10 teams in 2024 t20 World Cup isn’t something I envisioned happening.

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Fair play to them, they would have earned it.

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