2023 Men's T20 World Cup Africa regional final
Cricket qualification tournament
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The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3][4] The qualification process for the world cup included two stages: direct qualification and regional qualification. The regional qualification for Africa was held in two stages: sub-regional qualifiers and regional final.[5][6][7]
Africa Cricket Association
| Dates | 22 – 30 November 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | Namibia |
| Champions |  Namibia |
| Runners-up |  Uganda |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs |  Sikandar Raza (273)[1] |
| Most wickets | Richard Ngarava (13)[2] |
The Africa regional final was hosted by the Cricket Namibia from 22 to 30 November 2023.[8] Namibia and Uganda qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table.[9] Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza scored the most runs (273), while Richard Ngarava took the most wickets (13) in the tournament.
Teams and qualification
A total of 16 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into two events with eight teams competing in each event. The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Namibia and Zimbabwe, who received byes due to their participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup, and Uganda, who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup | 13 November 2022 | Australia | 2 | |
| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 1 | |
| Sub-regional qualifier A | 17–25 November 2022 | Rwanda | 2 | |
| Sub-regional qualifier B | 1–9 December 2022 | Rwanda | 2 | |
| Total | 7 |
Squads
Following squads were announced for the final:[10]
- Kenya:[11] Rakep Patel (c), Sachin Bhudia, Emmanuel Bundi, Irfan Karim (wk), Francis Mutua, Gerard Mwendwa, Shem Ngoche, Collins Obuya, Nelson Odhiambo, Lucas Oluoch, Rushab Patel, Vishil Patel, Vraj Patel, Pushkar Sharma, Sukhdeep Singh (wk)
- Namibia:[12] Gerhard Erasmus (c), Michael van Lingen (vc), Niko Davin, Shaun Fouché, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green (wk), JP Kotze, Malan Kruger, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Tangeni Lungameni, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Pikky Ya France
- Nigeria:[13] Sylvester Okpe (c), Ademola Onikoyi (vc), Ridwan Abdulkareem, Sesan Adedeji, Peter Aho, Daniel Ajekun, Joshua Asia, Isaac Danladi, Akhere Isesele, Isaac Okpe, Sulaimon Runsewe, Ashmit Shrestha (wk), Mohameed Taiwo, Chiemelie Udekwe, Prosper Useni
- Rwanda:[14] Clinton Rubagumya (c), Kevin Irakoze (vc), Martin Akayezu, Zappy Bimenyimana, Eric Dusingizimana, Hamza Khan, Eric Kubwimana, Oscar Manishimwe (wk), Muhammad Nadir, Didier Ndikubwimana (wk), Wilson Niyitanga, Eric Niyomugaba, Emile Rukiriza, Emmanuel Sebareme, Orchide Tuyisenge
- Tanzania:[15] Abhik Patwa (c), Kassim Nassoro (vc), Akhil Anil, Harsheed Chohan, Mohammed Issa,[16] Abdallah Jabiri, Salum Jumbe, Ally Kimote, Omary Kitunda (wk), Simba Mbaki, Dhrumit Mehta, Yalinde Nkanya, Johnson Nyambo, Amal Rajeevan (wk), Ivan Selemani, SanjayKumar Thakor
- Uganda:[17] Brian Masaba (c), Bilal Hassan, Cyrus Kakuru (wk), Roger Mukasa, Dinesh Nakrani, Frank Nsubuga, Robinson Obuya, Ronak Patel, Alpesh Ramjani, Riazat Ali Shah, Jonathan Ssebanja, Henry Ssenyondo, Simon Ssesazi (wk), David Wabwire, Kenneth Waiswa
- Zimbabwe:[18] Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madande (wk), Wesley Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Carl Mumba, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Nick Welch, Sean Williams
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia (H) |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.658 | Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Uganda |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.334 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.922 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Kenya |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.911 | |
| 5 |  Nigeria |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | −1.026 | |
| 6 |  Tanzania |
6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −1.507 | |
| 7 |  Rwanda |
6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | −4.303 |
Fixtures
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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Collins Obuya 81 (54) SanjayKumar Thakor 2/21 (4 overs) |
Ivan Selemani 45 (44) Gerard Mwendwa 4/31 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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Niko Davin 80 (59) Emile Rukiriza 1/34 (4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- This was Uganda's first match and first win against a full member side in men's T20I cricket.[22]
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Abhik Patwa 52 (40) Ridwan Abdulkareem 2/13 (3 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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Didier Ndikubwimana 30 (34) Sikandar Raza 3/3 (2.4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- Sikandar Raza became the first bowler from Zimbabwe to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[23]
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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Ridwan Abdulkareem 24 (32) Sikandar Raza 2/13 (3 overs) |
Sikandar Raza 65 (37) Joshua Asia 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Francis Mutua (Ken) made his T20I debut.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.