Kept in check by tradition, Zimbabwe's women cricketers focus on future

Girls play during a practice cricket match at Munyawiri Secondary School in rural Dombosava, Zimbabwe August 20, 2022. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

DOMBOSHAVA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Mitchell Chivare, a 20-year-old who used to play for Zimbabwe's national junior cricket team, takes her kit off the washing line in preparation for her comeback match as a blistering sun beats down on her back yard.

She lives in Domboshava, a town just north of the capital Harare, and has spent more than a year away from the sport to have children.