Cricket at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament
Appearance
Dates | 17 – 23 March 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Ghana |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 16 |
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The men's cricket tournament at the 2023 African Games in Ghana will take place from 17 to 23 March 2024.[1] The matches will be played in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format.[2] Eight teams will be participating in the event, with all the matches to be held at the Achimota Oval grounds in Accra.[3]
Squads
Ghana[4] | Kenya[5] | Namibia[6] | Nigeria[7] |
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South Africa[8] | Tanzania[3] | Uganda[9] | Zimbabwe[10] |
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Group stage
Group A
Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
2 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 17 March 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
Fixtures
Group B
Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
First match(es) will be played: 17 March 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
Fixtures
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Johnathan Campbell, Takudzwa Chataira, Wallace Mubaiwa, Rodney Mupfudza, Tashinga Musekiwa, Owen Muzondo (Zim), Jan Bolt and Simon Shikongo (Nam) all made their T20I debuts.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Gold Medal match | ||||||||
A1 | Winner of Group A | ||||||||
B2 | Runner-up of Group B | ||||||||
Winner of Semi-final 1 | |||||||||
Winner of Semi-final 2 | |||||||||
B1 | Winner of Group B | ||||||||
A2 | Runner-up of Group A | Bronze Medal Match | |||||||
Loser of Semi-final 1 | |||||||||
Loser of Semi-final 1 |
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
See also
References
- ^ @CricketGhana (February 19, 2024). "Check out the 13th African Games cricket fixtures for both Men and Women" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cricket to make its African Games Debut in 2023". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ a b "African Games in Ghana in March 2024 to feature cricket for the first time". Czarsports. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Here's Ghana's Squad for the upcoming T20 Games at Achimota". Ghana Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Rakep Patel to lead Kenya's cricket squad in debut African Games". Mozzart Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "African Games: Richelieu Eagles squad". Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via Facebook.
- ^ "Nigeria Men's Cricket Squad Gears Up for the 13th African Games in Ghana". Nigeria Cricket Federation. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Team SA women's success motivates men's squad ahead of African Games". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Cricket Cranes name strong team for African Games". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "African Games delight ZC". The Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ a b "African Games 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2024.