25 May 2023 | Cricket

Uganda is to start preparations to have itself ready after being selected by ICC to host the final round of the Women's T20 World Cup qualifiers for the African region. The event to take place at the Lugogo Cricket Oval in the capital Kampala is scheduled for Dec. 7-18. Eight teams including hosts Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Namibia and two others that will qualify from the Division Two qualifiers in Botswana in October will take part. The top two sides from the qualifiers in Kampala will qualify for the global qualifiers to represent Africa just before the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 which will be held in Bangladesh. "We are excited to host the T20 Women's qualifiers. This shows the faith that ICC has in our capacity to host an event of this magnitude," Joshua Mwanja, the UCA Operations Manager told Xinhua. "The work for us starts immediately to prepare the grounds and also ensure we get local partners to come on board and support us," added Mwanja. Uganda featured at the T20 Women's global qualifiers in 2018 in the Netherlands after winning the African regional qualifiers in Namibia in 2017.

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