YOUNG CHEVRONS READY FOR CHALLENGE

YOUNG Chevrons coach Prosper Utseya believes his starlets are ready for the challenge when they begin their ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup SuperSix journey today.

They are set to take on neighbours South Africa at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom today and Utseya believes all is in place.

The match starts at 10am.

Zimbabwe go into the Super Six with zero points, something which gives them a slim chance of qualification to the semi-finals.

“The guys are super ready, we are starting to play well and our batting is starting to come together.

“We have obviously dominated more with the ball but the guys are super ready and looking forward to the challenge.

“It (going in with zero points) makes it a bit challenging but very much achievable.

“What we just need is to make sure that when we win we win with a very good net run rate in both our matches and also hope for a favourable result in other matches,” said Utseya.

The Young Chevrons will go on to face England on Saturday at the same venue.

Zimbabwe qualified into the Super Six stage after they finished third in Group C and will now face two tricky tests in their quest to proceed to the next level of the global showpiece.

Zimbabwe only beat Namibia, who did not qualify for the Super Six.

“We are very happy considering the journey that has taken us to have reached this stage.

“It has been a two-year programme and it hasn’t been easy but ZC has invested a lot in this programme so for us to qualify.

“It means a lot to the guys and also shows an improvement from the last Under-19 teams that failed to qualify so I’m very happy for the guys, our hard work is starting to pay off,” he said.