2023 Men's T20 World Cup Africa regional final
| Dates | 22 – 30 November 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council Africa Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | Namibia |
| Champions |  Namibia |
| Runners-up |  Uganda |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs |  Sikandar Raza (273)[1] |
| Most wickets | Richard Ngarava (13)[2] |
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).[3][4] 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.[5][6][7]
The Africa regional final was hosted by Cricket Namibia from 22 to 30 November 2023.[8] Namibia and Uganda qualified for the T20 World Cup after finishing atop the points table.[9] Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza scored the most runs (273) while Richard Ngarava took the most wickets (13) in the tournament.
Teams and qualification
A total of 16 teams participated in the sub-regional phase, which was divided into two events with eight teams competing in each event. The top two sides of each sub-regional qualifier advanced to the regional final, where they joined Namibia and Zimbabwe who received a bye due to their participation in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Uganda who received a bye after taking part in the 2022 global qualifiers.[5][6][7]
| Method of qualification |
Date | Venue(s) | No. of teams | Team |
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| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup | 13 November 2022 | Australia | 2 |
Namibia
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| Zimbabwe
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| 2022 global qualifier B | 17 July 2022 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
Uganda
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| Sub-regional qualifier A | 17 – 25 November 2022 | Rwanda | 2 |
 Kenya
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 Rwanda
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| Sub-regional qualifier B | 1 – 9 December 2022 | Rwanda | 2 |
Kenya
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| Zimbabwe
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| Total | 7 |
Squads
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]
| Kenya[11]
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Namibia[12]
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 Nigeria[13]
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Rwanda[14]
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 Tanzania[15]
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Uganda[16]
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Zimbabwe[17]
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Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Namibia
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.658 | Qualified for the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Uganda
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.334 | |
| 3 | Zimbabwe
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2.922 | |
| 4 | Kenya
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.911 | |
| 5 | Nigeria
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | −1.026 | |
| 6 | Tanzania
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −1.507 | |
| 7 | Rwanda
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6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | −4.303 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[19]
Fixtures
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
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- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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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.
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Niko Davin 80 (59)
Emile Rukiriza 1/34 (4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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- 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.[20][21]
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Abhik Patwa 52 (40)
Ridwan Abdulkareem 2/13 (3 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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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.[22]
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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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.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Francis Mutua (Ken) made his T20I debut.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- ^ 2023 Men's T20 World Cup Africa regional final Records, bowling most wickets career at ESPNcricinfo Statsguru. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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- ^ a b "Roadmap to the Men's T20 World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Qualification for Men's T20 World Cup 2024 commences with pathway events launching in Europe". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Qualification pathway for Men's T20 World Cup 2024 announced". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier 2023 Schedule: Full Fixtures List And Match Timings". Wisden. 22 November 2023. Archived from the original on 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "A historic first for Uganda as side joins Namibia into T20WC 2024". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ 2023 Men's T20 World Cup Africa regional final, Squads list at ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ^ "Kenya Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Namibia squad | Namibia squad | ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier 2023/24". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 May 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Nigeria Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Rwanda Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Tanzania Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Uganda Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Squad - ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
- ^ "RWN vs TAN Cricket Scorecard, 17th Match at Windhoek, November 29, 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Finals 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Uganda stuns Zimbabwe to throw T20 WC Africa Region Qualifier open". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ Musali, Denis (26 November 2023). "Cricket Cranes historic win against Zimbabwe keeps T20 World Cup dream alive". Kawowo Sports. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Sikandar Raza takes hat-trick to boost Zimbabawe's T20 World Cup qualification hopes". Wisden. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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