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Makhaya Ntini says playing highest cricket match on Mountain Kilimanjaro's toughest test of career

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Former South African ace fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has said that he faces his 'hardest Test', as he is set to play the world's highest game of cricket near the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain at 5,895-metres.

Once a herder in a rural area of the Eastern Cape, Ntini was the first black African to represent South Africa at cricket, making his debut in 1997. He said that it is going to be like going back to the old days; playing a game in the dust in the rural areas, when one did not care where they played because they were just crazy for the game. Ntini, who played 101 Test matches and took 390 Test wickets, said that playing on the mountain, already high above the cloud level, would be the greatest of things, Sport24 reported.

The 37-year-old fast bowler is part of an expedition of 30 players, mainly amateurs and enthusiasts, but also some professional players, including English spin bowler Ashley Giles, scaling the giant peak for the eccentric charity match. Those facing the formidable bowler may be alarmed to hear that balls reportedly go far faster at higher altitude. But Ntini laughs, saying that his otherwise dangerous delivery might this time be a little slower.

The South African bowling legend said that it won't be his usual bowling, adding that they would be playing in so many clothes with the cold, and then there are the heavy boots  Ntini said that he would be taking six paces and that'll be it, in the thin air, adding that he wished he was 20 years old again, as it is the hardest test.

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