2025 Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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The 2025 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup. The first stage of the tournament was Division Two, featuring eight teams and played in Botswana in July 2025.[1] Rwanda and Sierra Leone reached the final of Division Two and therefore progressed to Division One.[2][3] Rwanda defeated Sierra Leone by 51 runs in the final.[4]

Division One was played in Namibia in September, with the top two sides advancing to the Global Qualifier.[5] Namibia and Zimbabwe secured the qualification places.[6] Zimbabwe defeated Namibia in the final by 9 wickets.[7] Nigeria and Sierra Leone were relegated to Division Two, despite Nigeria's Lucky Piety being named player of the series.[8][9][10]


Division Two Division One

Division Two

2025 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two
Dates20 – 26 July 2025
AdministratorAfrican Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host Botswana
Champions Rwanda
Runners-up Sierra Leone
Participants8
Matches20
Most runsSierra Leone Emma Kamara (165)
Most wicketsCameroon Edwige Guehoada (10)
Botswana Pako Mapotsane (10)
Mozambique Olga Matsolo (10)
← 2023

Squads

 Botswana[11]  Cameroon[12]  Eswatini[12]  Lesotho[12]  Malawi[13]  Mozambique[12]  Rwanda[14]  Sierra Leone[15]
  • Tuelo Shadrack (c)
  • Tlhalefo Godisamang
  • Kesego Inakale
  • Onneile Keitsemang
  • Oratile Kgeresi
  • Pako Mapotsane
  • Goabilwe Matome
  • Amante Mokgotlhe
  • Laura Mophakedi (wk)
  • Aliya Motorwalo
  • Wendy Moutswi
  • Merapelo Phiase
  • Maatla Sefati
  • Goitseone Setshwane
  • Madaleine Sissako (c, wk)
  • Sonita Akenji
  • Marguerite Bessala
  • Nangeh Diom
  • Maeva Douma
  • Michelle Ekani
  • Edwige Guehoada
  • Elsa Kana
  • Clemence Manidom
  • Cathy Mbelel
  • Bernadette Mbida
  • Jeanne Ngono
  • Olive Ranedoumoun
  • Brenda Waluma
  • Mbali Dlamini (c)
  • Tibusiso Dlamini
  • Winile Ginindza
  • Lethokuhle Gwebu
  • Ntombizini Gwebu
  • Nothando Mabila
  • Tenele Malinga
  • Lindokuhle Mamba
  • Nkosingiphile Mamba
  • Ntombizodwa Mkhatshwa (wk)
  • Lihle Shabalala
  • Zinhle Shabalala
  • Lulama Simelane
  • Noncedo Simelane (wk)
  • Maneo Nyabela (c)
  • Tsepang Khabo
  • Thandi Kobeli
  • Retsepile Limema
  • Makopano Mabathoana
  • Kananelo Mabitle
  • Thato Mahe
  • Kananelo Molapo
  • Paballo Pheko (wk)
  • Boitumelo Phelanyane
  • Tanki Ramabitsa
  • Nthatuoa Thekiso
  • Boitumelo Tlali
  • Mosa Tsemane
  • Ketrina Chingaipe (c)
  • Lucy Bigula
  • Christina Bwanali
  • Sophina Chinawa
  • Lidia Dimba
  • Eva Kabwere
  • Sungeni Kananji
  • Triphonia Luka
  • Angela Lumbe (wk)
  • Febbe Malefula
  • Lucy Malino
  • Praise Maziya
  • Esther Richard
  • Lucy Wesley
  • Angelica Salomao (c)
  • Wisley Bucuane
  • Laura Chipanga
  • Isabel Chuma
  • Palmira Cuinca
  • Rosalia Haiong
  • Ilza Machava
  • Cristina Magaia (wk)
  • Alda Mangue
  • Olga Matsolo
  • Olga Mondlane
  • Irene Mulhovo
  • Amelia Mundudo
  • Yudney Murrure
  • Aminata Kamara (c)
  • Aisha Bangura
  • Celina Bull
  • Linda Bull
  • Fatu Conteh (wk)
  • Alice Fillie
  • Ann Marie Kamara
  • Emma Kamara
  • Zainab Kamara (wk)
  • Fatu Pessima
  • Patrica Pratt
  • Hassanatu Sawaneh
  • Hussainatu Sawanneh
  • Marie Turay

Group A

Points table

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Rwanda 3 3 0 0 6 4.915 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Malawi 3 2 1 0 4 1.283
3  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 2 −0.875 Advanced to the play-offs
4  Lesotho 3 0 3 0 0 −4.591
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]

Fixtures

20 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Lesotho 
23 (10.1 overs)
v
 Rwanda
24/0 (3.1 overs)
Kananelo Molapo 4 (10)
Rosine Irera 3/4 (3.1 overs)
Rwanda won by 10 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Marie Bimenyimana (Rwa)
  • Lesotho won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Boitumelo Tlali (Les) made her T20I debut.
20 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Malawi 
111/5 (20 overs)
v
 Cameroon
73 (17.5 overs)
Praise Maziya 28* (26)
Edwige Guehoada 1/13 (4 overs)
Edwige Guehoada 16* (34)
Eva Kabwere 4/21 (4 overs)
Malawi won by 38 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Ravi Angara (Bot) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Eva Kabwere (Mwi)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nangeh Diom (Cmr) and Angela Lumbe (Mwi) both made their T20I debuts.
21 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Rwanda 
138/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
71/9 (20 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 42 (46)
Sungeni Kananji 2/22 (4 overs)
Lidia Dimba 26 (33)
Henriette Ishimwe 3/13 (4 overs)
Rwanda won by 67 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)
Player of the match: Henriette Ishimwe (Rwa)
  • Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
21 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Cameroon 
105/9 (20 overs)
v
 Lesotho
50 (17 overs)
Clemence Manidom 12 (13)
Boitumelo Tlali 3/11 (4 overs)
Boitumelo Tlali 10 (27)
Edwige Guehoada 4/8 (4 overs)
Cameroon won by 55 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Ravi Angara (Bot) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken)
Player of the match: Edwige Guehoada (Cmr)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
23 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Malawi 
162/5 (20 overs)
v
 Lesotho
56 (14.4 overs)
Febbe Malefula 62* (35)
Tanki Ramabitsa 2/42 (4 overs)
Maneo Nyabela 18 (25)
Lucy Malino 4/14 (2.4 overs)
Malawi won by 106 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Febbe Malefula (Mwi)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lucy Bigula (Mwi) made her T20I debut.
23 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Cameroon 
20 (13.1 overs)
v
 Rwanda
22/0 (3.5 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 9 (27)
Rosine Irera 2/1 (2 overs)
Georgette Ingabire 13* (16)
Rwanda won by 10 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Ravi Angara (Bot)
Player of the match: Rosine Irera (Rwa)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

Points table

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Sierra Leone 3 3 0 0 6 4.587 Advanced to the semi-finals
2  Botswana 3 2 1 0 4 2.837
3  Mozambique 3 1 2 0 2 −1.026 Advanced to the play-offs
4  Eswatini 3 0 3 0 0 −5.800
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]

Fixtures

20 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Botswana 
170/4 (20 overs)
v
 Eswatini
59/8 (20 overs)
Laura Mophakedi 54 (49)
Tibusiso Dlamini 1/26 (4 overs)
Mbali Dlamini 20 (41)
Goabilwe Matome 2/2 (4 overs)
Botswana won by 111 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Sarah Dambanevana (Zim) and Arno Jacobs (SA)
Player of the match: Laura Mophakedi (Bot)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
20 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Sierra Leone 
141/5 (20 overs)
v
 Mozambique
64 (17.5 overs)
Aminata Kamara 46 (31)
Olga Matsolo 3/33 (4 overs)
Isabel Chuma 26 (44)
Linda Bull 4/10 (3 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 77 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Linda Bull (Sle)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
21 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Mozambique 
53/9 (20 overs)
v
 Botswana
54/2 (7.3 overs)
Palmira Cuinca 12 (32)
Pako Mapotsane 4/6 (3 overs)
Goabilwe Matome 24* (24)
Palmira Cuinca 1/25 (3 overs)
Botswana won by 8 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Goabilwe Matome (Bot)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
21 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Sierra Leone 
190/6 (20 overs)
v
 Eswatini
41/8 (20 overs)
Emma Kamara 71 (60)
Nothando Mabila 1/21 (3 overs)
Nothando Mabila 20* (18)
Aminata Kamara 3/3 (4 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 149 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Sarah Dambanevana (Zim) and Arno Jacobs (SA)
Player of the match: Emma Kamara (Sle)
  • Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
  • Noncedo Simelane (Esw) made her T20I debut.
23 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Mozambique 
165/3 (20 overs)
v
 Eswatini
77/9 (20 overs)
Cristina Magaia 52 (41)
Lulama Simelane 2/52 (4 overs)
Mbali Dlamini 40 (41)
Palmira Cuinca 3/4 (4 overs)
Mozambique won by 88 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Cristina Magaia (Moz)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
23 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Botswana 
89/4 (20 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
90/5 (13.5 overs)
Goabilwe Matome 32 (47)
Ann Marie Kamara 2/10 (4 overs)
Emma Kamara 33* (32)
Pako Mapotsane 2/8 (2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 5 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Sarah Dambanevana (Zim) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)
Player of the match: Emma Kamara (Sle)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

5th place semi-final 1
24 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Cameroon 
177/5 (20 overs)
v
 Eswatini
37 (17.1 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 57 (56)
Nkosingiphile Mamba 2/29 (4 overs)
Mbali Dlamini 13 (26)
Edwige Guehoada 4/1 (4 overs)
Cameroon won by 140 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Edwige Guehoada (Cmr)
  • Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
5th place semi-final 2
24 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Lesotho 
100/8 (20 overs)
v
 Mozambique
101/7 (16.4 overs)
Maneo Nyabela 19 (25)
Olga Matsolo 1/11 (4 overs)
Wisley Bucuane 18* (16)
Maneo Nyabela 2/21 (4 overs)
Mozambique won by 3 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Sarah Dambanevana (Zim)
Player of the match: Rosalia Haiong (Moz)
  • Lesotho won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nthatuoa Thekiso (Les) made her T20I debut.
7th place play-off
26 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Lesotho 
88/9 (20 overs)
v
 Eswatini
40 (14.2 overs)
Boitumelo Phelanyane 27 (39)
Mbali Dlamini 3/14 (4 overs)
Ntombizodwa Mkhatshwa 6 (12)
Maneo Nyabela 3/6 (3 overs)
Lesotho won by 48 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Ravi Angara (Bot) and Sarah Dambanevana (Zim)
Player of the match: Maneo Nyabela (Les)
  • Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
5th place play-off
26 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Mozambique 
87/8 (20 overs)
v
 Cameroon
88/8 (18 overs)
Isabel Chuma 17 (29)
Maeva Douma 2/13 (4 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 27 (35)
Olga Matsolo 4/13 (4 overs)
Cameroon won by 2 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Olive Ranedoumoun (Cmr)
  • Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.

Finals

Semi-final 1
24 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Rwanda 
99/9 (20 overs)
v
 Botswana
64/9 (20 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 24 (32)
Goitseone Setshwane 3/17 (4 overs)
Laura Mophakedi 31 (56)
Alice Ikuzwe 3/16 (4 overs)
Rwanda won by 35 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Henriette Ishimwe (Rwa)
  • Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-final 2
24 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Malawi 
100/6 (20 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
101/4 (15.2 overs)
Febbe Malefula 27* (18)
Aminata Kamara 3/14 (4 overs)
Marie Turay 32 (36)
Christina Bwanali 1/10 (3.2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Ravi Angara (Bot) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken)
Player of the match: Aminata Kamara (Sle)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
3rd place play-off
26 July 2025
09:30
Scorecard
Botswana 
143/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malawi
78 (15.4 overs)
Amante Mokgotlhe 60* (46)
Lucy Bigula 1/23 (3 overs)
Sungeni Kananji 28 (25)
Goabilwe Matome 3/15 (4 overs)
Botswana won by 65 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Amante Mokgotlhe (Bot)
  • Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
Final
26 July 2025
13:50
Scorecard
Rwanda 
135/7 (20 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
84 (18.1 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 44 (28)
Ann Marie Kamara 2/19 (3 overs)
Fatu Pessima 2/19 (3 overs)
Linda Bull 19 (28)
Belise Murekatete 2/9 (3 overs)
Rwanda won by 51 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA)
Player of the match: Gisele Ishimwe (Rwa)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.

Division One

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