Victoria Pearls set for Capricorn Eagles sequence bowl off as we speak » The Touchline Sports activities

The Victoria Pearls are set to compete within the Capricorn Sequence that may bowl off as we speak in Namibia on the newly renovated HPC Oval, with their first match at 3:00 PM East African Time.

Uganda emerged victorious within the match’s 2023 version, defeating the hosts by simply 4 runs.

Nonetheless, they missed final yr’s occasion.

This yr, Cricket Namibia and the Capricorn Group have introduced that the Capricorn Eagles, Namibia’s girls’s nationwide cricket crew, will face Uganda in a sequence of six T20I matches, happening from April eighth to April seventeenth, 2025, on the Excessive-Efficiency Cricket Oval.

This match holds particular significance, because it marks Uganda’s return to the sequence after their 2023 triumph.

The upcoming encounter is very anticipated, significantly after Uganda’s current win over Namibia within the 2025 Ladies’s Day Cup Last held on residence soil.

This sequence gives each groups a priceless alternative to boost their worldwide rankings, acquire essential aggressive expertise, and proceed their journey towards world recognition in girls’s cricket.

An thrilling side of this yr’s sequence is the inclusion of a 50-over match, which is able to enable each groups to showcase their tactical abilities past the fast-paced nature of T20 cricket.

This longer format guarantees to be an exhilarating and strategic contest, offering followers with an in-depth take a look at the rising power of girls’s cricket in Africa.

Uganda will likely be keen to increase their current dominance over Namibia, having received their final 4 encounters.

These victories embody a 4-wicket win within the 2023 T20 African Finals, an 8-wicket victory within the Ladies’s Day Cup Last, and two group stage wins, by 74 runs and one run, respectively, in dramatic double-header matches.

Uganda’s squad for the sequence has seen two adjustments for the reason that Ladies’s Day Cup, with Shakira Saddick and Evelyn Anyipo changing Alako Proscovia and Malemikia Patricia.

Victoria Pearls Squad: 1. Janet Mbabazi (C) 2. Consy Aweko, 3. Immaculate Nakisuyi, 4. Kevin Awino, 5. Rita Musamali, 6. Stephanie Nampiina, 7. Sarah Walaza, 8. Sarah Akiteng, 9. Phiona Kulume, 10. Shakira Saddick, 11. Malisa Ariokot, 12. Irene Mutoni, 13. Evelyn Anyipo, 14. Esther Iloku

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