Under-19 cricket side roar into contention

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Botswana's Under-19 cricket side rekindled its fading qualification hopes with a comprehensive 97 run victory over Uganda in the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Africa World Cup qualifiers in Windhoek, Namibia on Tuesday and followed it up with an impressive three wicket win over Zambia yesterday.

Their win was the second in a row after the junior side had suffered early defeats to Namibia and Nigeria.

Zambia won the toss and elected to bat, managing to score 163 in 48.5 overs. Botswana managed to surpass the total with three wickets in hand and 4.4 overs to spare.

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