By Alpha Barrie

Cricket Sierra Leone delegation which comprises of 14 players and three officials on Saturday, May 31st, 2025 has landed safely in Kigali, Rwanda ahead of the ICC Kwibuka Women’s T20 Tournament scheduled to take place from 3-14 June 2025.

The contingent which passed Friday’s night at Lungi travelled to Rwanda on Saturday and has safely landed in Rwanda to compete in the Kigali showpiece.

This year’s event features nine nations: Rwanda, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Brazil, Cameroon, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe Emerging. The tournament has attracted global attention as a platform for emerging cricketing nations to showcase talent and nurture regional competition.

The annual tournament is held in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, during which over one million people lost their lives. Kwibuka – meaning “to remember” in Kinyarwanda – is more than just a sporting event; it is a unifying platform that promotes peace, healing, and reconciliation through cricket. It was launched in 2014 with just two teams as a bilateral series with Uganda and Rwanda, and has since grown into one of the most respected women’s cricket competitions on the continent.

The 2025 edition will be played in a single round-robin format, with all nine teams facing each other once. At the end of the league stage, the top four teams will advance to the semifinals, and the two winners from there will clash in the grand finale to determine the All Glory Champion.

The semifinals are scheduled for June 13, with the final set for June 14. As the Victoria Pearls embark on this campaign, the team has ambition to win and responsibility of honouring the legacy of the Kwibuka cause.

The 14 players named based on competent are 1.Aminata Kamara,  2.Celina Bull, 3.Emma Kamara, 4.Fatmata Parkinson, 5.Fatu Conteh , 6.Hussainatu Sawanneh, 7.Isha Kariatu Bangura, 8.Jane Newland, 9.Linda Bull, 10.Marie Turay , 11.Patricia Pratt, 12.Ann Marie Monica Kamara, 13.Zainab Aminata Kamara, 14.Alice Fille.