{"id":59754,"date":"2023-12-03T17:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:39:20","slug":"cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"Cricket: Rwanda handed tough draw in Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda\u2019s women cricket team have been drawn in a difficult group ahead of the 2024 Cricket ICC T20 Women&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers slated for which December 7-18 in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Nhamburo\u2019s side finds themselves in Group A alongside neighbors and host nation Uganda, Nigeria and Namibia while Group B comprises Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda will open their qualifying campaign against Uganda on December 10 after which they will face Nigeria two days later. They will wrap up the Group stages against Namibia on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>Nhamburo\u2019s charges will leave Kigali for Kampala on December 7. A 16-woman provisional squad has been summoned and it will be reduced to 14 before flying to Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Diane Bimenyimana, Henriette Ishimwe and Giselle Ishimwe are among key players that Nhamburo will rely on.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the squad were part of Rwanda\u2019s U19 team that reached the Supersix of the ICC Women\u2019s U19 T20 World Cup held in South Africa in January.<\/p>\n<p>With the senior team, Nhamburo be aiming to qualify the country for the world cup which will take place in Bangladesh in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rwanda full squad<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Diane Bimenyimana<\/p>\n<p>Henriette Ishimwe<\/p>\n<p>Giselle Ishimwe<\/p>\n<p>Merveille Uwase<\/p>\n<p>Belyse Murekatete<\/p>\n<p>Alice Ikizwe<\/p>\n<p>Shakila Niyomuhoza<\/p>\n<p>Clarisse Umotoniwase<\/p>\n<p>Rosine Irera<\/p>\n<p>Imaculate Muhawenimana<\/p>\n<p>Josiane Nyirakundineza<\/p>\n<p>Eluphati Umotoniwase<\/p>\n<p>Marie Joseph Tumukunde<\/p>\n<p>Flora Irakoze<\/p>\n<p><b>Reserves<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Geovanis Uwase<\/p>\n<p>Sylvia Usangyimana<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda\u2019s women cricket team have been drawn in a difficult group ahead of the 2024 Cricket ICC T20 Women&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers slated for which December 7-18 in Kampala, Uganda. Leonard Nhamburo\u2019s side finds themselves in Group A alongside neighbors and host nation Uganda, Nigeria and Namibia while Group B comprises Zimbabwe, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-59754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cricket: Rwanda handed tough draw in Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s women cricket team have been drawn in a difficult group ahead of the 2024 Cricket ICC T20 Women&#039;s World Cup qua ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cricket: Rwanda handed tough draw in Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s women cricket team have been drawn in a difficult group ahead of the 2024 Cricket ICC T20 Women&#039;s World Cup qua ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T17:35:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-03T17:39:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/12\/sm_1701612496.532927.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Cricket: Rwanda handed tough draw in Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-03T17:35:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-03T17:39:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/12\/sm_1701612496.532927.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/cricket-rwanda-handed-tough-draw-in-womens-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"name\":\"Cricket: Rwanda handed tough draw in Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers - 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