SIERRA LEONE, Freetown – The Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has named 14 players ahead of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier scheduled for September 30 to October 8, 2022 at the MKO Abiola Cricket Oval in Abuja, Nigeria.
The players are. John Bangura- Captain, Eric Musa Turay-Vice Captain
Raymond Coker, George Sesay, Ibrahim Sesay, Alusine Turay. Eric Lassayo, Mohamed Lamin Kamara,James Bangura, Ibrahim Shiek Kamara, Tamba Lebbie, Mohamed Turay, Daniel Lassayo and
Ibrahim Paul Kamara
Eight countries will take part in this tournament as follows: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and Botswana. From this number, two finalists plus a third-place winner will join guys from Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda, who enter the qualification pathway at this stage, to compete at the Africa Division 1 Qualifier in 2023.
In another development in December this year, the Sierra Leone Senior Cricket men’s side, the Patriots, will participate in the ICC Men’s T20i Africa Sub Regional B Qualifier in Kigali Rwanda from 29 November to 9 December 2022. BT/28/9/2022