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2022 Men's T20 World Cup Africa sub-regional qualifiers

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, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). 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. The Africa region's sub-regional phase consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, both hosted by Rwanda Cricket Association from 17 November to 9 December 2022.

Mali and Saint Helena both played their first men's T20I matches during qualifier A. Kenya and Rwanda progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier A's points table. Malawi's Sami Sohail was named player of the series having scored the most runs (241) while Botswana's Dhruv Maisuria took the most wickets (14) in the tournament.

Gambia played their first men's T20I matches during qualifier B. Tanzania and Nigeria progressed to the regional final after finishing atop the qualifier B's points table. Mozambique's Jose Bulele was named player of the series while Ghana's Samson Awiah scored the most runs (227) and Tanzania's Yalinde Nkanya took the most wickets (16) in the tournament.

Preparation

  • Seven of the participating teams (Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania) played in the 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup finals at Willowmoore 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.
  • 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

Qualifier A fixtures

Qualifier B

Qualifier B fixtures

References

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