The Uganda U-19 girls national team will host their Tanzanian counterparts for a training tour from July 20th to 27th.
The teams will test each other in five T20I games that will be played at the Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala.
Both sides are preparing for the U-19 Girls World Cup Qualifiers that will be held in Kigali next month.
Fourteen teams will compete to be the sole representative for the rest of Africa at the U-19 World Cup, which will be held next year in Malaysia.
Uganda finished fourth in the last qualifiers in 2023 in Botswana, while Tanzania missed out on the World Cup ticket at the final hurdle after losing to Rwanda.
“We have some girls who were part of the last qualifiers but we have added a number of new players who have never played international cricket,” U-19 Girls Head Coach Yusuf Nanga explained his squad selection.
The Baby Victoria Pearls will be looking to emulate the Baby Cricket Cranes, who have qualified for the World Cup three times, by qualifying for their own World Cup.
The U-19 Girls World Cup is a new ICC tournament, with the first edition won by India in South Africa in 2023.
“This tournament will help give the girls match practice, help us work on combinations both with the ball and bat and also help build confidence amongst the players,” Coach Nanga concluded.
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