Fire At Harare Sports Club, ICC Examines Venue For Further Cricket World Cup Qualifier Matches

21.06.2023 - 19:11 sports.ndtv.com

A fire broke out at the Harare Sports Club, one of the two venues for the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers matches, on Tuesday, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed in a statement.

A quick response from the fire brigade made sure that no damage was done to the ground, despite the face that the blaze happened behind the south-west stand.

ICC security team, Zimbabwe Cricket did an inspection and decided that the remaining matches will go exactly as planned. "Zimbabwe Cricket can confirm a fire occurred at Harare Sports Club behind the south-west grandstand at the venue last night.

A prompt response from the City of Harare Fire Brigade ensured the flames were quickly doused and there was no damage caused to any of the structures at the ground.

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