Men’s softball team bows out of World Cup qualifiers

Botswana lost to South Africa in the Africa qualifiers that were played in Pretoria over the weekend. The country started the qualifiers on a good footing beating debutants, Kenya 10-0. In the second match, Botswana started to believe that they had a chance to qualify for World Cup that will be played in New Zealand after beating South Africa 2-0.

Screws went off for the local lads when they were beaten 4-3 by South Africa in the final match played on Saturday afternoon. The premier international men’s softball event will take place in Auckland, New Zealand in November. Speaking to Sport Monitor, coach Pako Maforaga said the team reacted far better than he anticipated, given the two months of training they had.