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Star Cricket Players Feature On Glo-Sponsored African Voices Playmakers

Three African star Cricket players will feature this weekend on CNN African Voices Playmakers sponsored by telecommunications giant, Globacom

The trio of  South African National Women’s Cricket Team Captain, Eric Dusingizimana;  Rwandan National Cricket Team’s former Captain, Suné Luus and Craig Ervine, Zimbabwean National Cricket Team Captain  will tell viewers how the sport is  fast gaining ground on the African continent and their efforts at rising to the occasion to propel their passion into more reckoning. 

Born in 1987, Dusingizimana is a Guinness World Record holder in cricket which he set in 2016 for a social cause. He achieved renown for his marathon batting effort in 2016 where he batted for 51 hours non-stop in order to set a Guinness World Record, while Luus, 27, on her part, plays for the South African national cricket team as a leg spin bowling all-rounder.

 Ervine, 35, is aninternational cricketer who captains Zimbabwe in limited overs matches. A  left-handed batter, he  has played Test and limited overs cricket for the Zimbabwe national cricket team and first-class cricket for a variety of Zimbabwean sides in the Logan Cup

The programme airs Saturday at 9.30 a.m., Sunday at 4.30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The same edition will be repeated on Monday at 4.00a.m. with  a 15-minute, two part rebroadcast on Tuesday and Wednesday at 6.45 p.m. 

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