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Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
THE Elton Chigumbura Cricket Academy has been invited for a 30-day training camp in Bangladesh early next year.

The academy was launched at the beginning of this year with the aim of developing talent and helping young cricketers reach their full potential.

Chigumbura, a former senior national team captain, retired from international cricket during Zimbabwe’s tour of Pakistan last year after 16 years playing for the national team.

He played 14 Tests, 213 one-day internationals and 57 T20 matches.

In Bulawayo, the academy set its base at BAC while it’s located in Highfield and at Old Hararians in the capital.

The academy enrols players between the ages of six and 23, both male and female.
Shane Chigumbura, who runs operations in Bulawayo, said they were over the moon for getting the invitation.

“We were invited to train in Bangladesh in what will be a 30-day camp. We are overwhelmed, Bangladesh is the home of spin bowling.

“We believe that this will be a good opportunity for our players to get tips from some of the best in the world.

“The trip will happen sometime at the end of the first school term. This will be hugely beneficial to the academy,” he said.

Besides the academy, Elton Chigumbura and Kyle Jarvis were recently appointed as talent scouts for the Chevrons.

The two are responsible for identifying talent, nurturing and mentoring it from the grassroots level up to the development pathway before they can be selected for the national team.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe will play three one-day internationals in Sri Lanka next month, the island’s                          cricket body announced on Tuesday.

All three day-night games in the series will be played at the Pallekele Stadium in the central city of Kandy on January 16, 18 and 21. – @innocentskizoe