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Dare Es Salaam Players Dominate Africa Cup
Tanzania has named a 15-member squad for next month's Africa Cricket Association Cup to be held in Nairobi, Kenya. Dar Es Salaam players dominate the squad, with 13 from the national capital, and one each from Arusha and Tanga. Players are presently in training under coach, Kutbuddin Dossajee. The concentration of DES players in the squad resulted from wins by two DES teams in Tanzania's regional championship held in Tanga earlier this month. Arusha finished as runner-up. Here are the scores from the tournament:
Dar es Salaam vs. Tanga -
Dar es Salaam vs. Arusha -
Tanga vs. Arusha - Players are listed in order of probable team selection for the ACA tournament which is due to be held from February 18-28. Unless stated, players are from Salaam:
01. VIRU KAMANIA 09. HAMEED SHERIFF (ARUSHA) 02. YAKESH PATEL 10. ARIF PALIWALLA 03. SHAMASH MADHANI 11. TAHERI JIWAJI 04. SUBIRA HUSSEIN 12. AKIL RAJA 05. AKBER KHAN 13. AHMED SUMAR 06. SHAMSHUDIN FIDAHUSSEIN 14 PARESH KAHARAWALLA 07. DEEPAK DOSHI 15. ANAND ACHARYA 08. SHAKIR GOMBERAWALLA (TANGA) Meanwhile, on the club scene, the Tanzania Cricket Association organized a 30 overs limited tournament held in November. It was to be completed by the month of Ramadhani (Dec 7 to January 7) when no activities can take place.
Upanga took out the 10 team event, while Aga Khan S.C. (second), Annadil Burhani (third) and Dar Brotherhood (fourth) also took honours. These clubs qualified for a top-four round-robin after emerging as the top two teams in their five team groups. Other clubs to compete in the event were Union S.C., Union Friends S.C., Shahab S.C., Ekta S.C, Dar Gymkhana, and Swamibapa. According to Tanzania CA official Taher Kutesa, "the tournament was named after the Late Father of the Nation Mwalim Julius K. Nyerere Memorial Cup. © 2000, CricInfo Ltd
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