Ghana’s Senior National Cricket team is set to leave the country to train in Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of their ICC WCL Division 5 qualification.
The team, which won Africa Division 1 in March this year in Benin, would seek to qualify to the World Division 4 stage when the tournament starts on Sunday, 3rd September, 2017.
And to be able to achieve that feat, the technical handlers have seen the necessity for the team to further go through high performance in Johannesburg for a week before the tournament. The team will therefore, leave the shores of the country on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 and train from Thursday, August 24, 2017 through to Friday, September 1, 2017.
The team that won the Africa Division 1 has seen a plus and minus. Peter Ananya remains the captain with assistance from Isaac Kofi Otuafo Aboagye. The rest of the players include: James Kwaku Vifah, Simon Ateak, Moses K. Anafie, Frank Baaleri, Godfred Bakiweyem, Kofi Bagabena, Vincent Ateak, Julius Horlali Mensah, David Nii Ashong Ankrah, Samson Kwasi Awe Awiah, and the new player, Obed Harvey Agbomadzi, completing the 14-man squad.
The team will be managed by Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah Asare, who is the Vice President of the Ghana Cricket Association and coached by Kodam Kofi Anafie.
Ghana is in Group B and will begin their campaign against Germany on September 3, 2017. They will continue with Vanuatu on the 4th and complete with Jersey on the 5th in the group stages.
The tournament, which will end on Saturday, 9th September, 2017 also has a Group A which is made up of Guernsey, Cayman Islands, Italy and Qatar.
Much will be expected from the team, especially as their U-19 team failed to make it to New Zealand 2018 ICC U-19, Cricket World Cup, after placing third in the Africa U-19 division 1 qualification stage in July in Kenya.
