Under 13s’ international performance impresses Cricket Association of SAby KAGISO MADIBANA13.07.2008 10:34:37 A
The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) is impressed and awed by the performance portrayed by the Botswana Under 13 boys’ squad against much stronger opponents this past week in South Africa. Last week, the BCA sponsored a squad made up of students from government-aided schools to compete in the Eastern Junior Club Cricket Festival held in Benoni, South Africa, from the 30th of June to the 5th of July. Girish Ramakrishna who is treasurer of the association feigns happiness and a glamorous future ahead of the boys.“It’s only the beginning but the boys’ improvement has been tremendous, especially this past week. Their spirits are high and they have gained confidence.” The festival, which was sponsored by a number of well-known and established companies, was attended by 6 Under-13 teams, 12 Under-15 teams and 4 Under-17 teams. The Botswana squad, led by Kitso Motlogelwa as captain, played against 6 teams and although they lost some of the games, they won the last one, which really motivated them to practice hard at the sport they have come to love so that they do better next time. The Botswana development team played their first game against Ekhurhuleni Under 12 to a result of 44 for 10 wickets for a loss against 45 for 0 wickets. Their second game was against Swaziland Under 13 in which a near win was apparent when Botswana scored an 83 for 2 wickets with Swaziland scoring a minor win of 87 for 2 wickets.
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