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Sierra Leone: Cricketers Set for North/West Africa Championship
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Concord Times (Freetown)
27 March 2008
Posted to the web 28 March 2008
Sahr Morris Jr
The Sierra Leone Cricket national team is expected to depart Freetown on Monday for the second edition of the North/West African Cricket Championship (NWACC) billed for Nigeria in April 1-11.
After several trials at the Kingtom Ovals, national team coach, Cyril Panda has selected 13-players that will represent the country in the competition.
According to Panda, the boys are all set for the tournament and they hope to return home with the trophy.
He further revealed that after the NWACC tournament, the team will leave Nigeria for South Africa where they will compete in another competition.
The 10-day tournament which will feature host nation Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, Gambia, Ghana, Mali and Sierra Leone will bat off on April 1 and run till April 11 in three cricket ovals in the country.
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The venues are Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos, the University of Lagos Cricket pitch and the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta.
The last edition of the WACC was hosted in Gambia in 2007 where Nigeria emerged champions. WACC changed to NWACC because the number of participating countries increased with the inclusion of North African country Morocco.
Below are the names and positions of selected players: Jacob Mansaray - All rounder Ibrahim Sesay - " " Mustapha Kallon - " " Lansana Lamin - " " Abu Bakar Kamara " " Mohamed Boys Kamara - " " Gabriel Anthony - Bowler Emmanuel Kamara - Batsman George Kpundeh - " " Luseni Senesie - " " Mohamed Mansaray " " Julius Brewah - " " Mohamed Dumbuya - Bowler
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