Cricket at the 2023 African Games – Men's tournament
| 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 is taking place from 17 to 23 March 2024.[1] The matches are being played in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format.[2] Eight teams are participating in the event, with all the matches being held at the Achimota Oval grounds in Accra.[3]
Squads
| Ghana[4]
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 Kenya[5]
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 Namibia[6]
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 Nigeria[7]
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 South Africa[8]
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 Tanzania[3]
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 Uganda[9]
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 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
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Kenya
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | South Africa
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Uganda
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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
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 3 | Tanzania
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe
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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 Mubayiwa, Rodney Mupfudza, Tashinga Musekiwa, Owen Muzondo (Zim), Jan Balt, Simon Shikongo and Gerhard Janse van Rensburg (Nam) all made their T20I debuts.
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Ivan Selemani 33 (34)
Joshua Asia 3/18 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
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 17 March 2024. Cite error: The named reference "mAFG" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).