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The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The first stage of the tournament was Division Two, which featured eight teams and was held in Botswana in September 2023.

Botswana and Kenya qualified for Division One, after reaching the final of the Division Two tournament. Kenya defeated Botswana by 9 wickets in the final.

The finalists in Division Two advanced to Division One, which featured six seeded teams and was played in Uganda in December 2023.

In Division One, Zimbabwe and Uganda reached the final and therefore qualified for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier. Zimbabwe defeated Uganda in the final. Zimbabwe's Modester Mupachikwa and Precious Marange were the top run scorer and top wicket taker, respectively, in Division One.

Teams

Division Two

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two

Dates	2 – 8 September 2023
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Botswana
Champions	Kenya
Runners-up	Botswana
Participants	8
Matches	16
Most runs	Queentor Abel (238)
Most wickets	Queentor Abel (13)

Squads

The following squads were named ahead of the tournament.

Botswana	Cameroon	Eswatini	Kenya
Laura Mophakedi (c, wk) Botho Freeman Oratile Kgeresi Bontle Madimabe (wk) Pako Mapotsane Goabilwe Matome Amantle Mokgotlhe Shameelah Mosweu Wendy Moutswi Botsogo Mpedi Merapelo Phiase Florence Samanyika Goitseone Setshwane Tuelo Shadrack	Michelle Ekani (c, wk) Sonita Akenji Marguerite Bessala Beltine Diom Maeva Douma Elsa Kana Tchouabo Leslie Clemence Manidom Bernadette Mbida Cynerah Mboe Sandra Nono Olive Ranedoumoun Madaleine Sissako Brenda Waluma	Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa (c) Mbali Dlamini (vc) Dumsile Dlamini Tibusiso Dlamini Winile Ginindza Nothando Mabila Nokulunga Mabuza Tenele Malinga Lindokuhle Mamba Nkosingiphile Mamba Ntombizodwa Mkhatshwa (wk) Abahle Nyirenda Nokwethu Simelane Lihle Thobela	Esther Wachira (c) Melvin Khagoitsa (vc) Queentor Abel Josephine Abwom Mercy Ahono Lavendah Idambo Marion Juma Kreeshna Mehta Charity Muthoni (wk) Mary Mwangi (wk) Daisy Njoroge Flavia Odhiambo Kelvia Ogola Judith Ogolla Venasa Ooko
Lesotho	Malawi	Mozambique	Sierra Leone
Maneo Nyabela (c) Mosa Tsemane (vc) Khahliso Damane Thandi Kobeli Ret'sepile Limema Makopano Mabathoana Kananelo Mabitle Thato Mahe Karabo Mohale Nana Mokhachane Mamothepane Mokoatsela Kananelo Molapo Paballo Pheko (wk) Kananelo Phohlo (wk)	Vanessa Phiri (c) Sugeni Kananji (vc) Allinafe Alfonso Sophina Chinawa Ketrina Chingaipe Lidia Dimba Nellie Gamaliyele Mercy Kudimba (wk) Triphonia Luka Mary Mabvuka (wk) Febbe Malefula Lucy Malino Praise Maziya Tadala Mpandakwaya	Palmira Cuinica (c, wk) Isabel Chuma Dalciesia Duvane Raquel Duvane (wk) Isabel Mabunda Christina Magaia Alda Mangue Olga Matsolo Regina Mazumba Abelina Moiane Irene Mulhovo Amelia Mundundo Angelica Salomao Fernanda Zavala	Fatmata Parkinson (c) Fatu Pessima (vc) Celina Bull Fatu Conteh Alice Fillie Ann Marie Kamara Emma Kamara Zainab Kamara (wk) Isatu Koroma Janet Kowa Isha Quee Hassanatu Sawaneh Hussainatu Sawanneh Marie Turay Ramatu Turay (wk)

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Kenya	3	3	0	0	6	6.719	Advanced to the play-offs
2	Botswana	3	2	1	0	4	1.117
3	Malawi	3	1	2	0	2	1.445
4	Lesotho	3	0	3	0	0	−8.617

Fixtures

Kenya  164/1 (20 overs)	v	Botswana 53 (20 overs)
Queentor Abel 71 (46) Pako Mapotsane 1/28 (4 overs)		Goabilwe Matome 24* (38) Queentor Abel 4/7 (4 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

Malawi  189/5 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 53 (17.3 overs)
Lidia Dimba 74* (49) Ret'sepile Limema 1/18 (3 overs)		Kananelo Molapo 11 (19) Vanessa Phiri 4/9 (4 overs)

• Lesotho won the toss and elected to field.
• Ret'sepile Limema, Makopano Mabathoana, Thato Mahe, Nana Mokhachane, Mamothepane Mokoatsela, Kananelo Molapo, Maneo Nyabela, Kananelo Phohlo, Mosa Tsemane (Les), Sophina Chinawa, Ketrina Chingaipe, Lidia Dimba, Sugeni Kananji, Mercy Kudimba, Febbe Malefula and Lucy Malino (Mwi) all made their T20I debuts.

Malawi  62/8 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 63/3 (10.5 overs)
Sophina Chinawa 23 (25) Lavendah Idambo 3/9 (4 overs)		Queentor Abel 30 (28) Ketrina Chingaipe 1/11 (3 overs)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.

Botswana  204/4 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 31 (9 overs)
Shameelah Mosweu 86* (63) Makopano Mabathoana 2/30 (3 overs)		Thato Mahe 21 (19) Goabilwe Matome 6/1 (3 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
• Wendy Moutswi and Goitseone Setshwane (Bot) both made their T20I debuts.
• Goabilwe Matome (Bot) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.

Botswana  124/4 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 119/8 (20 overs)
Goabilwe Matome 40* (34) Ketrina Chingaipe 2/1 (4 overs)		Sugeni Kananji 42 (27) Goabilwe Matome 3/17 (4 overs)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya  234/1 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 26 (13 overs)
Queentor Abel 109 (52) Thandi Kobeli 1/38 (4 overs)		Khahliso Damane 10 (15) Lavendah Idambo 4/14 (4 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kreeshna Mehta, Judith Ogolla (Ken) and Khahliso Damane (Les) all made their T20I debuts.
• Queentor Abel became the first player for Kenya to score a century in women's T20Is.

Group B

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Sierra Leone	3	3	0	0	6	6.195	Advanced to the play-offs
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	0.587
3	Mozambique	3	1	2	0	2	0.140
4	Eswatini	3	0	3	0	0	−5.183

Fixtures

Mozambique  150/4 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 48 (7.3 overs)
Palmira Cuinica 45 (66) Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa 3/24 (4 overs)		Nothando Mabila 17 (13) Regina Mazumba 2/1 (0.3 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• Tibusiso Dlamini, Lindokuhle Mamba, Nokwethu Simelane (Esw) and Regina Mazumba (Moz) all made their T20I debuts.

Cameroon  40 (13.5 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 42/3 (5.5 overs)
Sonita Akenji 8* (10) Alice Fillie 4/11 (3 overs)		Marie Turay 20* (17)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.

Mozambique  55 (16.3 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 56/0 (7.1 overs)
Irene Mulhovo 12 (30) Janet Kowa 3/7 (4 overs)		Emma Kamara 31* (17)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.

Cameroon  125/4 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 63 (12.3 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 57 (62) Winile Ginindza 2/27 (4 overs)		Mbali Dlamini 17 (14) Clemence Manidom 3/10 (3.3 overs)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.
• Abahle Nyirenda (Esw) made her T20I debut.

Cameroon  115/6 (20 overs)	v	Mozambique 82 (16.5 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 27 (30) Christina Magaia 4/24 (4 overs)		Fernanda Zavala 21 (20) Tchouabo Leslie 3/13 (3.5 overs)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.

Sierra Leone  173/6 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 26 (14.4 overs)
Ann Marie Kamara 51 (34) Nokwethu Simelane 1/12 (1 over)		Ntombizonke Mkhatshwa 6 (8) Ann Marie Kamara 2/1 (3 overs)

• Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ramatu Turay (Sle) made her T20I debut.

Play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A2	Botswana	131/7 (20)
	B1	Sierra Leone	114/5 (20)
						A2	Botswana	52 (14.2)
						A1	Kenya	53/1 (8.1)
	A1	Kenya	156/5 (20)
	B2	Cameroon	38 (14.4)			3rd place play-off
						B2	Cameroon	68/6 (20)
						B1	Sierra Leone	72/3 (9.5)

Semi-finals

Botswana  131/7 (20 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 114/5 (20 overs)
Florence Samanyika 22 (33) Alice Fillie 2/25 (4 overs)		Emma Kamara 25 (23) Shameelah Mosweu 1/14 (4 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Kenya  156/5 (20 overs)	v	Cameroon 38 (14.4 overs)
Esther Wachira 51 (46) Bernadette Mbida 2/20 (2 overs)		Olive Ranedoumoun 11 (16) Queentor Abel 5/5 (5 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd place play-off

Cameroon  68/6 (20 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 72/3 (9.5 overs)
Marguerite Bessala 16* (19) Janet Kowa 2/8 (4 overs)		Zainab Kamara 37* (25) Sonita Akenji 1/15 (2 overs)

• Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Botswana  52 (14.2 overs)	v	Kenya 53/1 (8.1 overs)
Florence Samanyika 22 (23) Flavia Odhiambo 4/10 (3.2 overs)		Daisy Njoroge 26* (24) Goabilwe Matome 1/19 (4 overs)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Division One

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

Dates	9 – 17 December 2023
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Host(s)	Uganda
Champions	Zimbabwe
Runners-up	Uganda
Participants	8
Matches	16
Most runs	Modester Mupachikwa (131)
Most wickets	Precious Marange (13)
← 2021

Squads

Botswana	Kenya	Namibia	Nigeria
Laura Mophakedi (c, wk) Shameelah Mosweu (vc) Onneile Keitsemang Oratile Kgeresi Bontle Madimabe (wk) Pako Mapotsane Goabilwe Matome Tebogo Moitoi Amantle Mokgotlhe Tebogo Motlhabaphuti Wendy Moutswi Merapelo Phiase Florence Samanyika Tuelo Shadrack	Esther Wachira (c) Queentor Abel Josephine Abwom Lavendah Idambo Melvin Khagoitsa Kreeshna Mehta Charity Muthoni (wk) Mary Mwangi (wk) Jemimah Ndanu Flavia Odhiambo Kelvia Ogola Judith Ogolla Venasa Ooko Mercy Sifuna	Irene van Zyl (c) Naomi Benjamin Jurriene Diergaardt Merczerly Gorases Kayleen Green Victoria Hamunyela Yasmeen Khan (wk) Bianca Manuel Mekeleya Mwatile Sylvia Shihepo Saima Tuhadeleni Sune Wittmann Edelle van Zyl	Blessing Etim (c) Rukayat Abdulrasak Adeshola Adekunle Peculiar Agboya Christabel Chukwuonye Favour Eseigbe Sarah Etim (wk) Victory Igbinedion Abigail Igbobie (wk) Lucky Piety Rachael Samson Esther Sandy Salome Sunday Lillian Udeh
Rwanda	Tanzania	Uganda	Zimbabwe
Marie Bimenyimana (c) Alice Ikuzwe Flora Irakoze Rosine Irera Gisele Ishimwe Henriette Ishimwe Immaculee Muhawenimana Belise Murekatete Zulufat Mutoniwase Shakila Niyomuhoza Josiane Nyirankundineza Marie Tumukunde Clarisse Uwase Merveille Uwase (wk)	Neema Pius (c) Perice Kamunya (vc) Saum Borakambi Sophia Jerome Fatuma Kibasu Sheila Kizito Aisha Mohamed Shufaa Mohamedi (wk) Saum Mtae Hudaa Omary Agnes Qwele Monica Pascal Mwajabu Salum Mwanamvua Ushanga	Concy Aweko (c) Janet Mbabazi (vc) Sarah Akiteng Prosscovia Alako Irene Alumo Lorna Anyait Evelyn Anyipo Malisa Ariokot Kevin Awino Esther Iloku Patricia Malemikia Rita Musamali Immaculate Nakisuuyi Stephani Nampiina	Mary-Anne Musonda (c) Francisca Chipare Chiedza Dhururu (wk) Nyasha Gwanzura Lindokuhle Mabhero Precious Marange Audrey Mazvishaya Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano Modester Mupachikwa (wk) Ashley Ndiraya Kelis Ndhlovu Josephine Nkomo Nomvelo Sibanda Loreen Tshuma

Group A

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	6	3.524	Advanced to the play-offs
2	Tanzania	3	2	1	0	4	0.779
3	Kenya	3	1	2	0	2	−1.491
4	Botswana	3	0	3	0	0	−4.530

Fixtures

Zimbabwe  111/9 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 49 (15.4 overs)
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 31 (17) Queentor Abel 2/15 (4 overs)		Charity Muthoni 10 (26) Loreen Tshuma 3/14 (4 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Jemimah Ndanu (Ken) and Lindokuhle Mabhero (Zim) both made their T20I debuts.

Botswana  75 (19.2 overs)	v	Tanzania 76/0 (10.2 overs)
Shameelah Mosweu 15 (24) Perice Kamunya 2/10 (4 overs)		Saum Mtae 38* (40)

• Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Kenya  35/3 (8 overs)	v	Tanzania 42/3 (6.3 overs)
Melvin Khagoitsa 12 (8) Perice Kamunya 1/7 (3 overs)		Hudaa Omary 23* (15) Melvin Khagoitsa 2/8 (2 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl.
• Tanzania were set a revised target of 42 runs in 8 overs due to rain.

Zimbabwe  162/5 (20 overs)	v	Botswana 47 (17.4 overs)
Modester Mupachikwa 47* (44) Goabilwe Matome 3/28 (4 overs)		Shameelah Mosweu 15 (24) Loreen Tshuma 3/6 (4 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

Botswana  52/8 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 34/1 (6 overs)
Pako Mapotsane 11 (18) Esther Wachira 3/6 (4 overs)		Queentor Abel 21* (14) Tuelo Shadrack 1/9 (2 overs)

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

Tanzania  82 (19.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 84/1 (15 overs)
Fatuma Kibasu 22 (37) Precious Marange 3/13 (4 overs)		Mary-Anne Musonda 33 (27) Mwanamvua Ushanga 1/11 (2 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	3	0	0	6	0.960	Advanced to the play-offs
2	Namibia	3	2	1	0	4	0.204
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	0	2	−0.687
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	0	0	−0.726

Fixtures

Namibia  122/2 (20 overs)	v	Nigeria 113/7 (20 overs)
Yasmeen Khan 59 (49) Lucky Piety 1/17 (3 overs)		Lucky Piety 43* (49) Sylvia Shihepo 2/26 (3 overs)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
• Christabel Chukwuonye (Nga) made her T20I debut.

Rwanda  87/5 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 89/4 (16 overs)
Merveille Uwase 35 (35) Janet Mbabazi 3/14 (4 overs)		Janet Mbabazi 32 (37) Marie Tumukunde 1/7 (1 over)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
• Marie Tumukunde (Rwa) made her T20I debut.

Rwanda  88/9 (20 overs)	v	Nigeria 49/4 (10.3 overs)
Clarisse Uwase 18 (24) Peculiar Agboya 3/13 (4 overs)		Peculiar Agboya 19 (17) Rosine Irera 2/4 (3 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Victory Igbinedion (Nga) made her T20I debut.

Namibia  92 (19.5 overs)	v	Uganda 93/6 (18.4 overs)
Kayleen Green 22 (29) Concy Aweko 3/16 (4 overs)		Rita Musamali 16 (20) Victoria Hamunyela 3/11 (4 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Namibia  102/7 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 91/8 (20 overs)
Jurriene Diergaardt 22* (22) Belise Murekatete 3/18 (4 overs)		Gisele Ishimwe 36 (40) Naomi Benjamin 2/13 (4 overs)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
• Shakila Niyomuhoza (Rwa) made her T20I debut.

Nigeria  63/9 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 66/4 (15 overs)
Blessing Etim 24 (42) Concy Aweko 3/16 (4 overs)		Prosscovia Alako 23 (38) Adeshola Adekunle 2/13 (3 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Play-offs

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	Zimbabwe	150/6 (20)
	B2	Namibia	64 (16.2)
						Zimbabwe		85/4 (14.4)
						Uganda		79 (20)
	A2	Tanzania	89 (19.2)
	B1	Uganda	99/4 (20)			3rd place play-off
						Namibia
						Tanzania

Semi-finals

Zimbabwe  150/6 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 64 (16.2 overs)
Modester Mupachikwa 33 (37) Mekeleya Mwatile 3/17 (4 overs)		Edelle van Zyl 23 (20) Precious Marange 3/9 (4 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Zimbabwe qualify for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Uganda  99/4 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 89 (19.2 overs)
Stephani Nampiina 51 (53) Perice Kamunya 2/10 (4 overs)		Saum Mtae 35 (40) Rita Musamali 3/11 (3 overs)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Uganda qualify for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

3rd place play-off

Namibia	v	Tanzania

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

Final

Uganda  79 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 85/4 (14.4 overs)
Stephani Nampiina 26 (26) Precious Marange 5/7 (4 overs)		Modester Mupachikwa 22 (30) Rita Musamali 2/7 (2 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Precious Marange (Zim) took her first hat-trick in T20Is.

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Division Two)
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo (Division One)

• 2024 Women's T20 World Cup
• 2023 in women's cricket
• Associate international cricket competitions in 2023
• International cricket competitions in Uganda