Times Of Swaziland: CRICKET LEAGUE’S RETURN POSTPONED

CRICKET LEAGUE’S RETURN POSTPONED
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Sanele Jele on 11/01/2021 08:12:00


MBABANE – Hold your horses.
The much-anticipated return of the Eswatini Cricket Association’s (ECA)
Men’s T-20 League 2020/2021 will have to wait a little longer. The games were
expected to return on January 17, 2021 after the festive break but due to the
two weeks partial lockdown announced by government in light of COVID-19, they
were forced to a halt their plans. ECA’s Secretary Musa Tfwala said the
progress of the league would all depend on the government’s directives.
“Games will continue from where they left off. We were hoping to resume play
on Saturday but we will have to wait for government to give us the way forward
when the lockdown gets lifted,” said Thwala.
Fixtures
According to the remaining fixtures, which are a contest for the fourth spot in
the semi-finals, Cricket Mbabane will battle it out against Sahi XI at in the
morning match, followed by the Indian Warriors going up against Dada’s XI at
1pm. The best two teams in Groups A and B will go head to head in the
semi-finals. The teams will battle it out in chase of the fourth spot as three
teams have already qualified for the semi-finals. These include Season One
champions Pak XI, Sahi XI and Malkerns Cricket Club. ECA President Rueben
‘Rhoo’ Nxumalo has advised teams to respect the lockdown regulations by
avoiding unnecessary travel and physical contact with other people, especially
large gatherings. “Everyone should take the COVID-19 second wave seriously.
It’s been bad enough already and we keep losing people on a daily basis. We
will advise then next step to take after the partial lockdown but let us
continue to wear our masks, sanitize and maintain social distancing,” said
Nxumalo.