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THE national T20 competition will kick-start Zimbabwe’s 2017/18 domestic cricket season on September 15.

The tournament will be held in Bulawayo at Queens Sports Club and Bulawayo Athletic Club.

According to Zimbabwe Cricket head of cricket affairs Givemore Makoni, the T20 competition will be bigger and better, with two foreign teams expected take part.

The foreign sides will join Bulawayo Metropolitan Tuskers, Harare Metropolitan Eagles, Manicaland Mountaineers and Midlands Rhinos as well as an Associate Provincial Select side to make it a seven-team tournament.

“The 2017/18 domestic cricket season is set to roar into life in style, with a bigger and better T20 competition getting us underway in Bulawayo this coming September.

“We have invited two foreign teams to take part in the competition and expect to name them once we have finalised some nitty-gritties. With an Associate Provincial Select side joining in, we are confident of staging a massive T20 competition,” said Makoni.

The process of contracting players is underway and provinces are expected to have their final squads in place before September 1.

Fixtures of the T20 competition as well as the Logan Cup and Pro50 Championship are expected to be released soon. — ZimCricket.