Feature: Rural academy nurtures Zimbabwe's next cricketers

by Tafara Mugwara

HARARE, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Armed with bats and balls, teen cricketers from Domboshava, a village near the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, are striking poverty and child marriages hard -- two major culprits that plague rural communities.

Despite cricket being traditionally considered an elite sport, the rural-based academy is churning out national champions in the bat-and-ball game.