Mudenda named Mat’land Under-13 skipper

LIAM Mudenda, a talented youngster from Petra College Junior has added yet another achievement in cricket after he was named captain of the Matabeleland Under-13 team for a two-day Conference of Heads of Independent Schools of Zimbabwe interprovincial tournament at Lilfordia School.

The tournament will be played on Friday up to Saturday.

Mudenda, who turns 12 on Tuesday, was named captain at a kit presentation ceremony held at Carmel School last Wednesday. James Thompson of Whitestone was announced as the vice-captain. Earlier on in the day, Mudenda scored 104 for his school team against Whitestone in a Twenty20 match played at Petra which ended in a tie. It was another accomplishment for the young batsman, who was last month named in the Zimbabwe Under-14 team for the Momentum Cricket Week scheduled for 7-11 December in Pretoria, South Africa.

Whitestone dominate the travelling squad of 13 players with eight of their youngsters making the trip. They are followed by Petra College Junior who contributed three while Carmel have one lad in the provincial team. Matabeleland Under-13 squad:

Ruan Nel, James Thomson, Zack Gower, Darren Ncube, Ryan Winterboer, Luis Gomes, Jonathan Stephens, Neil Rosenfels(all Whitestone), Liam Mudenda, Monde Msongelwa, Emmanuel Phiri(all Petra), Rowyn Konson(Carmel)

Non travelling reserves: Dylan Burton, Liam Nel (both Whitestone), Dylan Saudan, Rudra Dusai (both Carmel).

Coach: Pollock Mubobo

Team manager: Thamsanqa Moyo