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Chaos mars softball preparations

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Hitting a snag: Softball women's team faces selection challenges

There are only a few days left before the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Africa women qualifiers kicks off in Gaborone, but all is not well in the senior women softball team camp.

The team, which is currently in a training camp in Jwaneng, is expected to travel back to Gaborone on Friday.

According to information reaching Sport Monitor, head coach, Phibion Tawina went against the decision of the technical bench that selected the top 18 when the team went for the festive break. “The technical team selected a team, some players were dropped from the team. When training resumed, the coach decided to call back players who were dropped and leave out some of the players who were in the team,” a source said. “To our surprise players who were brought back are from his club, Police IX.

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Chaos mars softball preparations

There are only a few days left before the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Africa women qualifiers kicks off in Gaborone, but all is not well in the senior women softball team camp.