By: Mohamed Abu Conteh
Cricket Sierra Leone (CSL) has named 20 women players ahead of the BCA Kalahari Women’s T20 Tournament scheduled for Gaborone, Botswana, from April 24 through May 1, 2025.
The list below captures the selected players based on playing standards and character merits:
- Jane Newland
- Fatmata Parkinson
- Ann Marie Kamara
- Ramatu Turay
- Mary Sheriff
- Aminata Kamara
- Isha Quee
- Cehina Bull
- Marie Turay
- Fatu Conteh
- Isha K Bangura
- Nancy Mary Square (Wicketkeeper)
- Zainab Kamara (Wicketkeeper)
- Linda Bull
- Patrica Pratt
- Hussainatu Sawanah
- Emma Kamara
- Alice Fillie
- Fatu Pessima
- Hassantu Sawanah
The Kalahari women’s showpiece will feature Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Eswatini, Kuwait, and Botswana.
The week-long southern Africa tourney will entertain 14 matches for 70 African senior women cricketers. Sierra Leone will play four of those matches and is exposed to one more should it reach the final.
The Kalahari edition will mark the second time the Ladies have participated in the tournament.
In 2018, they finished as runners-up after retaining their reigning NWACC championship title in three consecutive years.
For the 2025 equivalent, Sierra Leone’s first match will be against Mozambique on Saturday, 26th April, 2025.
