Africa to launch Hundred tournament in bid to ‘swap AK-47s for cricket bats’

Africa to launch Hundred tournament in bid to ‘swap AK-47s for cricket bats’

Children play cricket in Sierra Leone
African cricket authorities hope to inspire children across the continent, with the launch of its own Hundred competition among its aims

Africa must prevent some of the continent’s children from wielding AK-47 guns and “let them hold a cricket bat” instead, says the chief executive of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA).

Cassim Suliman hopes the launch of the continent’s own Hundred competition next year can help deliver this aim.

The ACA has previously used cricket as a social tool, particularly in Uganda where it helped set up an initiativeexternal-link a decade ago to help children…

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