Harare
In less than two weeks, one of cricket’s most exciting tournaments, the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 will commence, with five teams battling it out for top honours. The Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 is franchise cricket’s first foray into Zimbabwe, and is being organized by Zimbabwe Cricket and T 10 Global Sports, who have, today, announced the schedule for what is expected to an absolute carnival of cricket.
Zim Afro T10 will see a glittering opening ceremony (6pm local time) in Harare on 20th July, after which the Harare Hurricanes and the Bulawayo Braves face off in the first game (7pm local time) of the tournament.
The five privately owned teams are Harare Hurricanes, Durban Qalandars, Cape Town Samp Army, Bulawayo Braves and the Johannesburg Buffaloes.
After the opening day, the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 picks up pace with nine games scheduled over the next three days. The match days with three games will see the first contest begin at 3pm local time, followed by matches at 5pm and 7pm local time. In total there are six days wherein three games will be played, while two games will be played each on 24th and 27th July.
On the 28th of July, the Qualifier 1 will begin at 3pm, with the top ranked team during the league stages taking on the team that finished second, and the winner goes through to the final. This will be followed by an Eliminator, where teams ranked three and four will battle it out for a spot in Qualifier 2.
In Qualifier 2, the team that lost Qualifier 1 will play the winner of the Eliminator, for a berth in the final. The grand final is slated for 5pm local time on 29th July, with the final act of the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 being the closing ceremony.
All the games will be played at the picturesque Harare Sports Club.
