The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, between March and September 2020.[1] In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Regional Qualifiers will be played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[2] The Africa Qualifier will start with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the Regional Final.[3]Kenya and Nigeria, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final.[3] The sub-regional tournament was scheduled to take place in South Africa from 27 April to 3 May 2020, however, on 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Sub-regional tournament
Cricket tournament
2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier