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The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament, which was played as part of qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

The first stage of the qualification pathway in the Africa region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, with the top two teams from each event progressing to the regional final. The sub-regional tournaments were played from 17 November to 9 December 2022, hosted by the Rwanda Cricket Association.

Kenya were the clear favourites going into Qualifier A, while Mali and Saint Helena played their first men's T20I matches at the event. Kenya and Rwanda progressed from Qualifier A after finishing top of the round-robin tournament. Rwanda's win over Malawi proved to be decisive, in what was one of the several matches affected by rain. Malawi's Sami Sohail was named player of the series, Rwanda's Eric Dusingizimana and Kenya's Collins Obuya shared the best batsman award, Botswana's Dhruv Maisuria and Rwanda's Emmanuel Sebareme shared the bowling award and Orchide Tuyisenge was named as best fielder.

Gambia played their first matches with T20I status during Qualifier B. Tanzania won Qualifier B and runners-up Nigeria claimed the remaining place at the regional final. Mozambique's Jose Bulele was named player of the series, Ghana's Samson Awiah was named best batsman, Tanzania's Yalinde Nkanya was named best bowler, and the best fielder award went to Tanzania's Kassim Nassoro.

In the Regional Final, Zimbabwe's chances of qualification were harmed early in the tournament after losing in an upset to Uganda, who were playing in their first T20I against a full member nation. Namibia were the first team to qualify for the World Cup after winning their first five games in the regional final to ensure a top-two position. On the final day, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe were all in contention to qualify, and it was Uganda who sealed the final place in the World Cup. This was the first time that Uganda had qualified for a senior World Cup.

Teams

1. ^ Received a bye after competing in the 2022 T20 World Cup
2. Received a bye after competing in the 2022 global qualifiers

Preparation

Sub-regional qualifiers

Seven of the participating teams (Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) played in the 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals at Willowmore Park, Benoni, in September.

Mali selected their players through the 11th edition of their National Championship in September. Gambia selected 27 players for national trials out of the best performing players in their eight-team domestic tournament held from May to October. Botswana played a five-match bilateral series against a Tuskers select team from 22 to 27 October in Bulawayo. Kenya organized the inaugural Swaminarayan Pro20 tournament from 29 October to 12 November, which was their first franchise event since East Africa Cup in 2013. Sierra Leone played six inter-squad trial matches to prepare for the tournament. Tanzania hosted a bilateral T20I series against Rwanda from 31 October to 6 November at the Annadil Burhani Ground in Dar es Salaam, which the hosts won 5–0. Saint Helena prepared with a training camp in South Africa ahead of the qualifiers. Nigeria played a four-match bilateral series against a Rhinos select team from 24 to 27 November at Kwekwe Sports Club during a preparation camp in Zimbabwe.

Qualifier A

2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A

Dates	17 – 25 November 2022
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Rwanda
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Rwanda
Participants	8
Matches	28
Player of the series	Sami Sohail
Most runs	Sami Sohail (241)
Most wickets	Dhruv Maisuria (14)
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Squads

Botswana	Kenya	Lesotho	Malawi
Karabo Motlhanka (c, wk) Reginald Nehonde (vc) Vinoo Balakrishnan Boemo Kgosiemang Boemo Khumalo Dhruv Maisuria Boteng Maphosa Rod Mbaiwa (wk) Valentine Mbazo (wk) Mmoloki Mooketsi Tharindu Perera Katlo Piet Phemelo Silas Thatayaone Tshose	Sachin Bhudia (c) Lucas Oluoch (vc) Emmanuel Bundi Irfan Karim (wk) Peter Langat Shem Ngoche Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Rakep Patel Rushab Patel Vraj Patel Pushkar Sharma Tanzeel Sheikh Sukhdeep Singh	Chachole Tlali (c, wk) Khan Arbaaz Ts'episo Chaoana Lerotholi Gabriel Omar Hussain Yahya Jakda Vijayakumar Jayant Maaz Khan Mohleki Leoela Molai Matsau Ayaj Patel (wk) Samir Patel Gladwin Thamae Waseem Yaqoob	Moazzam Baig (c) Mike Choamba Chisomo Chete (wk) Daniel Jakiel Donnex Kansonkho Gift Kansonkho Lingson Knight Aaftab Limdawala Beston Masauko Gershom Ntambalika Blessings Pondani Sami Sohail Kelvin Thuchila Phillip Zuze
Mali	Rwanda	Saint Helena	Seychelles
Cheick Keita (c) Lamissa Sanogo (vc) Lassina Berthe Mohamed Coulibaly Mahamadou Diaby Sekou Diaby Moustapha Diakite Mamadou Diawara Sanze Kamate Theodore Macalou Zakaria Makadji (wk) Mahamadou Malle Mamadou Sidibe Daouda Traore (wk)	Clinton Rubagumya (c) Martin Akayezu Zappy Bimenyimana Eric Dusingizimana Kevin Irakoze Eric Kubwimana Oscar Manishimwe (wk) Yvan Mitari Didier Ndikubwimana (wk) Wilson Niyitanga Eric Niyomugabo Ignace Ntirenganya Emmanuel Sebareme Orchide Tuyisenge	Scott Crowie (c) Cliff Richards (vc, wk) Jamie Ellick Rhys Francis Jordi Henry Brett Isaac Gareth Johnson Alex Langham Aiden Leo Branden Leo Dane Leo Dax Richards (wk) Barry Stroud Andrew Yon	Naidoo Krishna (c) Rashen de Silva (vc) Pednekar Abhijit (wk) Hirani Harji Mazharul Islam Deso Kalvin Stephen Madusanka Shanmugasundram Mohan (wk) Vadodariya Mukesh Thiwanka Rajapaksha Sohail Rocket Samarathunga Rukmal Tharmenthiran Shanmugam Sivakumar Udhayan

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Kenya	7	5	0	2	12	5.699	Advanced to the regional final
2	Rwanda	7	5	1	1	11	2.466
3	Malawi	7	4	1	2	10	2.026
4	Botswana	7	3	3	1	7	1.167
5	Saint Helena	7	2	3	2	6	−0.976
6	Lesotho	7	2	4	1	5	−3.497
7	Seychelles	7	0	4	3	3	−1.639
8	Mali	7	0	5	2	2	−4.954

Fixtures

Botswana  106 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 108/5 (17.2 overs)
Tharindu Perera 28 (27) Martin Akayezu 4/16 (4 overs)		Eric Dusingizimana 33 (32) Dhruv Maisuria 2/7 (4 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

Lesotho  138/6 (20 overs)	v	Mali 107 (17.5 overs)
Lerotholi Gabriel 45* (37) Theodore Macalou 2/13 (3 overs)		Cheick Keita 35 (28) Waseem Yaqoob 2/7 (3 overs)

• Mali won the toss and elected to field.
• Mali played their first men's T20I match.
• Khan Arbaaz, Lerotholi Gabriel, Waseem Yaqoob (Les), Mohamed Coulibaly, Mahamadou Diaby, Sekou Diaby, Moustapha Diakite, Mamadou Diawara, Sanze Kamate, Cheick Keita, Theodore Macalou, Lamissa Sanogo, Mamadou Sidibe and Daouda Traore (Mli) all made their T20I debuts.

Kenya  48/0 (4 overs)	v	Saint Helena
Collins Obuya 32* (13)

• Saint Helena won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Saint Helena played their first men's T20I match.
• Pushkar Sharma, Tanzeel Sheikh (Ken), Scott Crowie, Jamie Ellick, Rhys Francis, Jordi Henry, Brett Isaac, Gareth Johnson, Alex Langham, Aiden Leo, Cliff Richards, Barry Stroud and Andrew Yon (Shn) all made their T20I debuts.

Botswana  115/2 (15 overs)	v	Seychelles
Karabo Motlhanka 39 (32) Naidoo Krishna 1/16 (3 overs)

• Seychelles won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Katlo Piet (Bot), Rashen de Silva, Thiwanka Rajapaksha, Samarathunga Rukmal and Tharmenthiran Shanmugam (Sey) all made their T20I debuts.

Rwanda  130/8 (20 overs)	v	Saint Helena 76/8 (20 overs)
Eric Dusingizimana 52 (43) Andrew Yon 4/30 (4 overs)		Aiden Leo 24 (33) Emmanuel Sebareme 3/15 (4 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

Lesotho  91 (12.4 overs)	v	Botswana 97/0 (7.5 overs)
Lerotholi Gabriel 23 (14) Dhruv Maisuria 5/30 (3.4 overs)		Karabo Motlhanka 54* (23)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
• Boemo Kgosiemang (Bot) and Vijayakumar Jayant (Les) both made their T20I debuts.

Kenya  209/6 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 11/0 (3.1 overs)
Collins Obuya 44 (16) Sami Sohail 2/20 (4 overs)		Donnex Kansonkho 7* (13)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Beston Masauko (Mwi) made his T20I debut.

Seychelles  162/3 (20 overs)	v	Mali 14/2 (4.1 overs)
Thiwanka Rajapaksha 49 (49) Mamadou Diawara 2/40 (4 overs)		Mahamadou Diaby 9 (16) Naidoo Krishna 1/0 (0.1 overs)

• Mali won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Lassina Berthe and Mahamadou Malle (Mli) both made their T20I debuts.

Botswana  143/8 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 144/6 (19.5 overs)
Karabo Motlhanka 48 (41) Daniel Jakiel 2/24 (4 overs)		Sami Sohail 84* (55) Mmoloki Mooketsi 3/16 (4 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Mali  30 (10.4 overs)	v	Kenya 34/0 (2.3 overs)
Theodore Macalou 12 (20) Peter Langat 6/17 (4 overs)		Collins Obuya 18* (6)

• Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
• Peter Langat (Ken) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

Rwanda  87/9 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 90/1 (10.4 overs)
Wilson Niyitanga 17 (26) Shem Ngoche 3/16 (4 overs)		Rushab Patel 45 (32) Emmanuel Sebareme 1/7 (2 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

Seychelles  152/5 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 153/3 (18.2 overs)
Mazharul Islam 46 (37) Yahya Jakda 3/32 (4 overs)		Maaz Khan 68* (35) Sohail Rocket 2/23 (4 overs)

• Seychelles won the toss and elected to bat.

Malawi  165/4 (20 overs)	v	Mali 91/9 (20 overs)
Gift Kansonkho 52 (59) Mahamadou Diaby 2/19 (3 overs)		Sekou Diaby 41* (29) Moazzam Baig 3/14 (4 overs)

• Mali won the toss and elected to field.
• Zakaria Makadji (Mli) made his T20I debut.

Kenya  237/5 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 70 (15.2 overs)
Nelson Odhiambo 67 (29) Molai Matsau 2/43 (4 overs)		Waseem Yaqoob 27 (30) Shem Ngoche 3/16 (3 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

Rwanda  159 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 97/8 (16.5 overs)
Wilson Niyitanga 46 (32) Aaftab Limdawala 2/26 (4 overs)		Moazzam Baig 32 (24) Clinton Rubagumya 2/11 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Saint Helena  125/6 (20 overs)	v	Seychelles 123 (19.5 overs)
Scott Crowie 28 (29) Samarathunga Rukmal 2/18 (4 overs)		Stephen Madusanka 50* (47) Scott Crowie 3/21 (3.5 overs)

• Seychelles won the toss and elected to field.
• Dax Richards (Shn) made his T20I debut.

Mali  37 (11 overs)	v	Botswana 38/5 (5.2 overs)
Mahamadou Diaby 11 (10) Dhruv Maisuria 3/10 (3 overs)		Tharindu Perera 11* (8) Theodore Macalou 3/19 (2.2 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
• Rod Mbaiwa (Bot) made his T20I debut.

Saint Helena  126/6 (15 overs)	v	Lesotho 81 (13.3 overs)
Andrew Yon 58 (36) Yahya Jakda 2/20 (3 overs) Waseem Yaqoob 2/20 (3 overs)		Waseem Yaqoob 31 (36) Andrew Yon 5/10 (3 overs)

• Lesotho won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
• Andrew Yon became the first player for Saint Helena to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.

Seychelles  42/1 (5 overs)	v	Malawi
Mazharul Islam 22* (18) Sami Sohail 1/5 (1 over)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Pednekar Abhijit (Sey) made his T20I debut.

Mali	v	Saint Helena

• Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
• No play was possible due to rain.

Saint Helena  37/6 (5 overs)	v	Malawi 39/0 (3.4 overs)
Jordi Henry 17 (10) Sami Sohail 3/18 (2 overs)		Sami Sohail 23* (15)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.

Rwanda  122/4 (13 overs)	v	Seychelles 47/8 (13 overs)
Eric Dusingizimana 66* (41) Naidoo Krishna 2/17 (2 overs)		Stephen Madusanka 15* (22) Emmanuel Sebareme 3/12 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.

Botswana  116/6 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 122/2 (11.3 overs)
Reginald Nehonde 53 (54) Peter Langat 2/22 (3 overs)		Collins Obuya 74 (39) Thatayaone Tshose 2/26 (3 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Mali  30 (12.3 overs)	v	Rwanda 34/0 (2.3 overs)
Moustapha Diakite 8 (8) Kevin Irakoze 3/4 (4 overs)		Orchide Tuyisenge 18* (9)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

Botswana  165/2 (20 overs)	v	Saint Helena 105 (19.1 overs)
Vinoo Balakrishnan 100 (70) Aiden Leo 1/21 (3 overs)		Brett Isaac 34 (49) Dhruv Maisuria 4/25 (4 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
• Vinoo Balakrishnan became the first player for Botswana to score a century in men's T20Is.

Malawi  185/2 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 67 (16 overs)
Sami Sohail 94* (60) Gladwin Thamae 1/28 (3 overs)		Vijayakumar Jayant 31 (39) Daniel Jakiel 5/11 (4 overs)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
• Daniel Jakiel (Mwi) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

Seychelles  94/8 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 82/3 (13.5 overs)
Mazharul Islam 50 (48) Peter Langat 3/14 (4 overs)		Pushkar Sharma 33 (23) Stephen Madusanka 3/16 (4 overs)

• Seychelles won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kenya were set a revised target of 82 runs in 17 overs due to rain.

Rwanda  192/6 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho
Eric Dusingizimana 49 (37) Waseem Yaqoob 3/40 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Qualifier B

2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier B

Dates	1 – 9 December 2022
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Rwanda
Champions	Tanzania
Runners-up	Nigeria
Participants	8
Matches	28
Player of the series	Jose Bulele
Most runs	Samson Awiah (227)
Most wickets	Yalinde Nkanya (16)
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Squads

Cameroon	Eswatini	Gambia	Ghana
Julien Abega (c) Protais Abanda Roland Amah Abdoulaye Aminou (wk) Roger Atangana Alexis Balla Kulbhushan Jadhav Dipita Loic Appolinaire Mengoumou Faustin Mpegna Narcisse Ndouteng Charles Ondoa (wk) Idriss Tchakou (wk) Alain Toube (wk) Bruno Toube	Melusi Magagula (c) Tarun Sandeep (vc, wk) Mohammed Alamgir Adil Butt Loyiso Dlamini Wandile Dlamini Christiaan Forbes Naeem Gull Mancoba Jele Eric Phiri Dinesh Polpitiya Umair Qasim Haris Rashid Phumlani Sibiya (wk)	Peter Campbell (c, wk) Ousman Bah (wk) Modou Bojang Frank Campbell Aniru Conteh Andre Jarju Musa Jobarteh Abubacarr Kuyateh Muhammed Manga Gabriel Riley Mustapha Suwareh Ismaila Tamba Fallou Thorpe Ousman Touray	Obed Harvey (c) Samson Awiah (vc) Paul Ayoleyine Daniel Anefie Richmond Baaleri Kofi Bagabena Godfred Bakiweyem Rexford Bakum Alex Osei Amoluk Singh Devender Singh Aziz Sualley Joseph Theodore (wk) James Vifah
Mozambique	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Tanzania
Filipe Cossa (c) Manussur Algi Jose Bulele Frederico Carava Armando Chuvale Francisco Couana Last Emilio (wk) Gomes Gomes Joao Hou Jose Joao Dario Macome Zefanias Matsinhe Luis Mavume Agostinho Navicha Camate Roposo Lourenco Salomone Lourenco Simango	Sylvester Okpe (c) Ridwan Abdulkareem Sesan Adedeji Peter Aho Joshua Asia Akhere Isesele Isaac Okpe Ademola Onikoyi Chimezie Onwuzulike Sulaimon Runsewe Ashmit Shreshta (wk) Mohameed Taiwo Chiemelie Udekwe Prosper Useni	George Edward Ngegba (c) Chernoh Bah John Bangura (wk) Raymond Coker (wk) Samuel Conteh Edmond Ernest Abass Gbla Yegbeh Jalloh (wk) Ibrahim Kamara Zahid Khan Miniru Kpaka Lansana Lamin George Sesay Mohammad Shamshad Khan Alusine Turay Solomon Williams	Abhik Patwa (c) Akhil Anil Harsheed Chohan Mohamed Issa Salum Jumbe Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Kassim Nassoro Yalinde Nkanya Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) Ivan Selemani Jitin Singh SanjayKumar Thakor

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Tanzania	7	6	0	1	13	4.891	Advanced to the regional final
2	Nigeria	7	6	0	1	13	3.739
3	Mozambique	7	5	2	0	10	0.684
4	Sierra Leone	7	4	3	0	8	−0.039
5	Ghana	7	3	4	0	6	1.446
6	Eswatini	7	1	5	1	3	−2.067
7	Gambia	7	1	6	0	2	−3.865
8	Cameroon	7	0	6	1	1	−3.872

Fixtures

Sierra Leone  57 (11.3 overs)	v	Tanzania 47/1 (7.3 overs)
George Edward Ngegba 29 (27) Yalinde Nkanya 4/1 (1.3 overs)		Amal Rajeevan 26* (22) George Sesay 1/8 (2 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Tanzania were set a revised target of 47 runs in 15 overs due to rain.
• Raymond Coker, Mohammad Shamshad Khan and George Ngegba (Sle) all made their T20I debuts.
• Harsheed Chohan became the first bowler for Tanzania to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.

Ghana  176/5 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 151/5 (20 overs)
James Vifah 63 (55) Melusi Magagula 2/29 (3 overs)		Adil Butt 53 (34) Kofi Bagabena 1/12 (2 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• Adil Butt, Dinesh Polpitiya, Tarun Sandeep and Phumlani Sibiya (Esw) all made their T20I debuts.

Mozambique  86/8 (20 overs)	v	Nigeria 87/2 (13.5 overs)
Filipe Cossa 22* (21) Peter Aho 2/10 (4 overs)		Ademola Onikoyi 38* (47) Camate Roposo 1/3 (0.5 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
• Armando Chuvale, Dario Macome, Camate Roposo (Moz), Akhere Isesele and Chiemelie Udekwe (Nga) all made their T20I debuts.

Gambia  122 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 123/5 (17.2 overs)
Ismaila Tamba 43 (27) Dinesh Polpitiya 3/15 (3 overs)		Tarun Sandeep 62* (53) Aniru Conteh 2/26 (4 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• Gambia played their first men's T20I match.
• Mohammed Alamgir (Esw), Ousman Bah, Modou Bojang, Frank Campbell, Peter Campbell, Aniru Conteh, Andre Jarju, Musa Jobarteh, Muhammed Manga, Gabriel Riley, Mustapha Suwareh and Ismaila Tamba (Gam) all made their T20I debuts.

Sierra Leone  62 (19.1 overs)	v	Nigeria 63/4 (12.3 overs)
Lansana Lamin 34* (51) Peter Aho 3/18 (4 overs)		Ashmit Shreshta 27 (34) George Ngegba 2/9 (2 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
• Ibrahim Kamara (Sle) made his T20I debut.

Ghana  111 (18.2 overs)	v	Mozambique 115/3 (19 overs)
Rexford Bakum 28 (27) Camate Roposo 3/15 (4 overs)		Francisco Couana 65 (52) Rexford Bakum 3/29 (4 overs)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.

Cameroon  146/8 (20 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 150/9 (19.2 overs)
Bruno Toube 49 (33) Alusine Turay 2/24 (4 overs)		John Bangura 34* (28) Alain Toube 3/20 (4 overs)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
• Alusine Turay (Sle) made his T20I debut.

Eswatini  150/5 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 151/1 (17.3 overs)
Naeem Gull 63* (49) Camate Roposo 2/30 (4 overs)		Francisco Couana 67 (46) Melusi Magagula 1/34 (3 overs)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.

Cameroon  95 (16.5 overs)	v	Mozambique 98/1 (11 overs)
Alain Toube 19 (19) Camate Raposo 3/19 (4 overs)		Jose Bulele 40* (37) Dipita Loic 1/15 (2 overs)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
• Roger Atangana (Cmr) and Luis Mavume (Moz) both made their T20I debuts.

Nigeria  221/7 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 103/9 (20 overs)
Ashmit Shreshta 76 (49) Melusi Magagula 3/62 (4 overs)		Adil Butt 50 (39) Ridwan Abdulkareem 3/8 (3 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.

Ghana  121/7 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 122/6 (14.3 overs)
Daniel Anefie 46 (26) SanjayKumar Thakor 3/11 (4 overs)		Ivan Selemani 56 (21) Richmond Baaleri 4/12 (4 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Alex Osei (Gha) made his T20I debut.

Gambia  42 (14.5 overs)	v	Nigeria 43/1 (5.1 overs)
Aniru Conteh 9 (21) Ridwan Abdulkareem 3/6 (2 overs)		Sulaimon Runsewe 30* (21) Aniru Conteh 1/9 (1.1 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
• Abubacarr Kuyateh (Gam) made his T20I debut.

Mozambique  81/3 (13 overs)	v	Tanzania 82/4 (11.3 overs)
Joao Hou 23* (16) Yalinde Nkanya 2/20 (3 overs)		Kassim Nassoro 26* (27) Lourenco Simango 2/11 (3 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.

Sierra Leone  52/4 (5 overs)	v	Eswatini 48/4 (5 overs)
Lansana Lamin 17* (9) Haris Rashid 1/13 (1 over)		Adil Butt 22 (9) Mohammad Shamshad Khan 2/4 (1 over)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.

Cameroon  72 (19.5 overs)	v	Nigeria 31/0 (5 overs)
Bruno Toube 20 (28) Sylvester Okpe 5/9 (4 overs)		Sulaimon Runsewe 16* (17)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Joshua Asia (Nga) made his T20I debut.
• Sylvester Okpe (Nga) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

Ghana  135/7 (20 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 61/1 (7.2 overs)
James Vifah 63* (53) Abass Gbla 4/9 (2 overs)		Alusine Turay 26* (18) Kofi Bagabena 1/10 (2 overs)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Paul Ayoleyine (Gha) made his T20I debut.

Tanzania  186/8 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 120/8 (20 overs)
Abhik Patwa 79 (47) Umair Qasim 3/24 (4 overs)		Tarun Sandeep 33 (24) Akhil Anil 3/17 (4 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.

Gambia  81/9 (20 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 84/2 (10 overs)
Muhammed Manga 31 (41) George Ngegba 3/16 (4 overs)		Lansana Lamin 36* (21) Modou Bojang 1/2 (1 over)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
• Fallou Thorpe (Gam) made his T20I debut.

Gambia  59 (17.2 overs)	v	Tanzania 61/0 (4.4 overs)
Ismaila Tamba 22* (26) Yalinde Nkanya 3/7 (4 overs)		Ivan Selemani 33* (15)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Ousman Touray (Gam) and Johnson Nyambo (Tan) both made their T20I debuts.

Ghana  183/3 (20 overs)	v	Cameroon 76 (13.2 overs)
Samson Awiah 96* (69) Julien Abega 1/31 (4 overs)		Bruno Toube 38 (28) Kofi Bagabena 4/19 (4 overs)

• Cameroon won the toss and elected to field.

Ghana  215/3 (20 overs)	v	Gambia 69 (14.1 overs)
Obed Harvey 107* (54) Modou Bojang 1/24 (3 overs)		Frank Campbell 18 (23) Richmond Baaleri 5/29 (4 overs)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gambia were set a revised target of 208 runs in 18 overs due to rain.
• Obed Harvey became the first player for Ghana to score a century in men's T20Is.
• Richmond Baaleri (Gha) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

Eswatini  112/6 (13 overs)	v	Cameroon
Tarun Sandeep 34* (34) Alain Toube 4/13 (3 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to fog. No further play was possible due to rain.

Nigeria  101 (19.4 overs)	v	Tanzania 19/3 (4.3 overs)
Sulaimon Runsewe 39 (33) Ally Kimote 4/21 (3.4 overs)		Amal Rajeevan 10* (11) Prosper Useni 1/3 (2 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Mozambique  127/5 (20 overs)	v	Gambia 70 (11 overs)
Jose Bulele 50 (50) Ismaila Tamba 2/20 (3 overs)		Frank Campbell 12 (17) Joao Hou 3/2 (1 over)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gambia were set a revised target of 111 runs in 16 overs due to rain.

Sierra Leone  116/9 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 117/5 (19.2 overs)
John Bangura 32 (59) Francisco Couana 3/19 (3 overs)		Francisco Couana 32 (36) Abass Gbla 1/16 (2.2 overs)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.

Gambia  115/8 (20 overs)	v	Cameroon 104 (17.5 overs)
Muhammed Manga 59* (57) Julien Abega 4/18 (4 overs)		Abdoulaye Aminou 19 (5) Aniru Conteh 4/10 (4 overs)

• Gambia won the toss and elected to bat.

Ghana  127/7 (20 overs)	v	Nigeria 131/4 (16.4 overs)
Rexford Bakum 41 (27) Peter Aho 4/15 (4 overs)		Ashmit Shreshta 47* (44) Daniel Anefie 1/16 (2 overs)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.

Tanzania  218/6 (20 overs)	v	Cameroon 34 (12.3 overs)
Ivan Selemani 71 (40) Bruno Toube 2/37 (4 overs)		Roland Amah 20 (16) Yalinde Nkanya 5/2 (4 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
• Yalinde Nkanya became the first player for Tanzania to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.

Regional Final

2023 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Regional Final

Dates	22 – 30 November 2023
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Host(s)	Namibia
Champions	Namibia
Runners-up	Uganda
Participants	7
Matches	21
Most runs	Sikandar Raza (273)
Most wickets	Richard Ngarava (13)
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Squads

Kenya	Namibia	Nigeria	Rwanda	Tanzania	Uganda	Zimbabwe
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)	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	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	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	Abhik Patwa (c) Kassim Nassoro (vc) Akhil Anil Harsheed Chohan Mohammed Issa Abdallah Jabiri Salum Jumbe Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Dhrumit Mehta Yalinde Nkanya Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) Ivan Selemani Mohamed Simba Mbaki SanjayKumar Thakor	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	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Namibia	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
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

Kenya  154/2 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 137/4 (20 overs)
Irfan Karim 63* (43) Clinton Rubagumya 1/20 (4 overs)		Orchide Tuyisenge 56 (44) Pushkar Sharma 1/19 (4 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

Tanzania  99/7 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 105/2 (15.2 overs)
SanjayKumar Thakor 22* (16) Alpesh Ramjani 3/26 (4 overs)		Riazat Ali Shah 47* (27) Akhil Anil 1/10 (2 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  132/8 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 134/3 (14.4 overs)
Craig Ervine 36 (33) JJ Smit 3/24 (4 overs)		Niko Davin 89 (45) Richard Ngarava 1/20 (4 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Nigeria  121/7 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 124/6 (19.5 overs)
Isaac Danladi 46* (46) Vraj Patel 2/17 (4 overs)		Rushab Patel 32 (38) Peter Aho 2/16 (4 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

Tanzania  96/9 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 98/1 (10.4 overs)
Salum Jumbe 24* (14) Sikandar Raza 3/10 (4 overs)		Tadiwanashe Marumani 39* (27) SanjayKumar Thakor 1/6 (1 over)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Nigeria  33/2 (6 overs)	v	Rwanda
Daniel Ajekun 13* (20) Muhammad Nadir 1/15 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Uganda  114 (19.4 overs)	v	Namibia 116/4 (17 overs)
Ronak Patel 19 (21) David Wiese 4/17 (3.4 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 35* (30) Alpesh Ramjani 3/13 (4 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya  182/3 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 132 (20 overs)
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.

Namibia  207/3 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 46/5 (10 overs)
Niko Davin 80 (59) Emile Rukiriza 1/34 (4 overs)		Clinton Rubagumya 15* (22) Gerhard Erasmus 1/2 (2 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

Zimbabwe  136/7 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 138/5 (19.1 overs)
Sikandar Raza 48 (39) Dinesh Nakrani 3/14 (4 overs)		Riazat Ali Shah 42 (28) Richard Ngarava 2/24 (4 overs)

• 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.

Tanzania  139/7 (20 overs)	v	Nigeria 140/7 (18.4 overs)
Abhik Patwa 52 (40) Ridwan Abdulkareem 2/13 (3 overs)		Prosper Useni 31* (19) Ally Kimote 2/20 (3 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

Kenya  104/6 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 106/4 (15.2 overs)
Irfan Karim 43* (47) Tangeni Lungameni 2/19 (3 overs)		Jan Frylinck 57* (41) Vraj Patel 2/19 (3 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  215/4 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 71 (18.4 overs)
Sikandar Raza 58 (36) Emmanuel Sebareme 2/34 (4 overs)		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 for Zimbabwe to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.

Nigeria  99 (19.1 overs)	v	Uganda 100/1 (17.3 overs)
Sesan Adedeji 23 (29) Dinesh Nakrani 3/21 (4 overs)		Ronak Patel 60* (52) Peter Aho 1/8 (3 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

Namibia  157/6 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 99/6 (20 overs)
JJ Smit 40* (25) Akhil Anil 2/22 (3 overs)		Amal Rajeevan 41* (45) Gerhard Erasmus 2/17 (4 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

Nigeria  110/8 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 111/4 (14 overs)
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.

Tanzania  153/8 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 102/7 (20 overs)
Salum Jumbe 76* (46) Clinton Rubagumya 2/21 (4 overs)		Martin Akayezu 37* (33) Mohammed Issa 2/9 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

Uganda  162/5 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 129 (19 overs)
Simon Ssesazi 60 (50) Sachin Bhudia 1/17 (2 overs)		Collins Obuya 34 (38) Bilal Hassan 4/39 (4 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

Zimbabwe  217/4 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 107/8 (20 overs)
Sikandar Raza 82 (48) Shem Ngoche 2/30 (3 overs)		Irfan Karim 35* (34) Sean Williams 2/1 (1 over)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Francis Mutua (Ken) made his T20I debut.

Rwanda  65 (18.5 overs)	v	Uganda 66/1 (8.1 overs)
Eric Dusingizimana 19 (22) Alpesh Ramjani 2/1 (3 overs)		Simon Ssesazi 26* (21) Martin Akayezu 1/19 (2 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Nigeria  93 (19.2 overs)	v	Namibia 96/2 (13.2 overs)
Daniel Ajekun 19 (26) Bernard Scholtz 3/15 (4 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 48* (40) Prosper Useni 1/10 (2.2 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

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External links

• Qualifier A – Series home at ESPNcricinfo
• Qualifier B – Series home at ESPNcricinfo
• Regional Final – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

• Associate international cricket competitions in 2022–23
• 2024 Men's T20 World Cup
• November 2022 sports events in Africa
• December 2022 sports events in Africa
• International cricket competitions in Rwanda
• International cricket competitions in Namibia