The 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup Qualification process consisted of a series of two cricket tournaments, organised by the Africa Cricket Association, that determined the eight teams that advanced to the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup.[1]
The first tournament was the Southern Africa Cup (covering the south and central region), which was played at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, South Africa, in May 2023.[2]
The Northern Africa Cup (covering the northwest region) was originally scheduled to be played in June 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria,[3] and the East Africa Cup was originally to be hosted in Kampala, Uganda, in July 2023.[4] The later two events were eventually combined into a single event (North-West/East Qualifier), and scheduled to be played in September 2023.[5] However, the qualifier and the finals were postponed again.[6] The qualifier was played in December 2023.[7]
Uganda won the inaugural ACA Africa T20 Cup, where they defeated Tanzania in the final in September 2022.[8] Defending champions Uganda, plus the top three sides from the Southern Africa Cup and the top four sides from the North-West/East Qualifier qualified for the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup.[5]
Rwanda and Kenya topped their groups in the North-West/East qualifier to claim a place at the ACA Cup Finals.[9] Sierra Leone and Ghana also qualified after finishing as runners-up in their groups.[10]
Dates | 27 May – 1 June 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | 20 overs, Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Champions | Botswana |
Runners-up | Malawi |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 10 |
Player of the series | Karabo Motlhanka |
Most runs | Sami Sohail (146) |
Most wickets | Sami Sohail (11) |
Botswana[11] | Eswatini | Malawi[12] | Mauritius[13] | Mozambique |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Botswana | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.731 | Qualified for the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup |
2 | Malawi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.650 | |
3 | Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.213 | |
4 | Mauritius | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.382 | |
5 | Eswatini | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.602 |
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Francisco Couana 42 (47)
Hitesh Rao 4/22 (4 overs) |
Cristopher Erasmus 31 (32)
Francisco Couana 2/11 (3.4 overs) |
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Sami Sohail 75 (51)
Haris Rashid 1/17 (4 overs) |
Hujeifa Jangariya 23 (19)
Sami Sohail 3/8 (3 overs) |
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Thatayaone Tshose 60 (28)
Mancoba Jele 3/23 (3 overs) |
Tarun Sandeep 22 (31)
Dhruv Maisuria 3/20 (4 overs) |
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Sami Sohail 35 (34)
David Stedall 2/33 (4 overs) |
Stephen Brown 29 (35)
Moazzam Baig 3/13 (4 overs) |
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Tarun Sandeep 29* (14)
Dario Macome 3/18 (4 overs) |
Filipe Cossa 63* (42)
Umair Qasim 2/25 (4 overs) |
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Filipe Cossa 20 (23)
Katlo Piet 2/13 (4 overs) |
Dates | 6 – 10 December 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 9 |
Most runs | Alex Osei (93) |
Most wickets | Chernoh Bah (9) Vishil Patel (9) |
Cameroon[15] | Gambia | Ghana | Kenya | Mali | Rwanda[16] | Sierra Leone[17] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Rwanda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.852 | Qualified for the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup |
2 | Ghana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.698 | |
3 | Gambia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −4.128 |
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Frank Campbell 23 (30)
Clinton Rubagumya 3/5 (4 overs) |
Clinton Rubagumya 21* (28)
Abubacarr Kuyateh 3/19 (4 overs) |
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Alex Osei 21 (17)
Kevin Irakoze 2/5 (2.1 overs) |
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Alex Osei 72 (55)
Ismaila Tamba 1/23 (2 overs) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.959 | Qualified for the 2023 ACA Africa T20 Cup |
2 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.156 | |
3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4.017 | |
4 | Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −7.090 |
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Julien Abega 15 (31)
Vishil Patel 3/6 (4 overs) |
Rushab Patel 22* (9)
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Bruno Toube 28 (23)
Theodore Macalou 3/23 (4 overs) |
Mahamadou Diaby 31 (33)
Bruno Toube 3/13 (4 overs) |
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Abbas Gbla 29* (22)
Vishil Patel 2/8 (3 overs) |
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Moustapha Diakite 14 (14)
Vishil Patel 4/5 (4 overs) |
Collins Obuya 32* (10)
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Mamadou Diawara 8 (14)
Chernoh Bah 4/10 (3 overs) |
John Bangura 17 (8)
Mahamadou Diaby 1/13 (0.5 overs) |
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Idriss Tchakou 10 (8)
Chernoh Bah 4/2 (2 overs) |
George Ngegba 17* (14)
Bruno Toube 1/6 (1 over) |