The 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup was a cricket tournament played in Benoni, Gauteng , South Africa .[ 1] Nairobi , Kenya .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] COVID-19 pandemic , in line with the Kenyan government's 30-day ban on international gatherings.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The tournament finals were originally to be contested by the top two teams from each of three regional qualification events, plus South Africa and Zimbabwe as automatic qualifiers.[ 8] [ 9] associate members of the International Cricket Council, and so two additional teams from the qualifiers would be entered into the finals in place of the two full members.[ 9] Ghana and Nigeria qualified from the North-Western region in April 2018, with Cameroon later granted an additional place in the finals. Botswana , Malawi and Mozambique progressed from the Southern region in November 2018. The Eastern qualifier was due to be played in Nairobi in July 2018, but did not take place; Kenya and Uganda were automatically advanced to the finals. Shortly before the finals in September 2022, Nigeria were replaced in the tournament by Tanzania .[ 10]
All matches played in the tournament finals had full T20I status as the ICC granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 January 2019.[ 11]
Uganda defeated Tanzania in the final with Riazat Ali Shah (98* ) leading a remarkable chase after the team had needed 49 runs from the last three overs.[ 12]
North-Western qualifier
Cricket tournament
The North-Western qualifier for the ACA Africa T20 Cup took place in Lagos , Nigeria, in April 2018, starting two days after the conclusion of the North-Western sub-regional qualifier for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.[ 13] Cameroon took part in the ACA Africa T20 Cup qualifier, having not participated in the T20 World Cup qualifier.
Points table
Fixtures
v
Joseph Badjan 16 (25)
Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Abubacarr Kuyateh 36 (28)
Idriss Tchakou 12 (11)
Cameroon won the toss and elected to field.
Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Edward Ngegba 55* (35)
Mbye Dumbuya 16 (14)
Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
v
George Ngegba 89 (61)
Bruno Toube 23* (23)
Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Muhammed Camara 12 (13)
Gambia won the toss and elected to bat.
Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Abu Kamara 29* (41)
Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.[ 18]
Semi-finals
Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
v
Victor Coker 11 (8)
Nigera won the toss and elected to field.
Felix Chibuike (Nga) took five wickets in an over.[ 19]
Final
Southern qualifier
Cricket tournament
The Southern qualifier for the ACA Africa T20 Cup took place in Gaborone , Botswana, in November 2018, starting two days after the conclusion of the Southern sub-regional qualifier for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.[ 20] Eswatini , Lesotho and Namibia all participated in the T20 World Cup qualifier, but did not take part in the ACA Africa T20 Cup qualifier.
Points table
Fixtures
Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Weston Clingham 38 (46)
Muhammad Khurram 41* (37)
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Muhammad Khurram 41 (33)
Kaleem Shah 47* (43)
Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
v
Muazzam Baig 61 (44)
Ryan Belgrove 34 (27)
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to field.
Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
v
Felipe Cossa 58 (46)
Gavin George 28 (28)
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to field.
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Donnex Kasonkho 31 (40)
Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
Malawi won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Darrell Leo 22 (45)
Imran Ismail 77* (34)
Saint Helena won the toss and elected to bat.
ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals
Cricket tournament
The eight qualified teams were split into two groups, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[ 4] [ 9] Willowmoore Park in Benoni, Gauteng , South Africa . All matches played in the tournament finals had T20I status as the ICC granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 January 2019.[ 11]
Squads
Botswana [ 22] Cameroon [ 23] Ghana [ 24] Kenya [ 25]
Faustin Mpegna (c )
Julien Abega (vc )
Protais Abanda
Roland Amah
Abdoulaye Aminou (wk )
Roger Antangana
Alexis Balla
Kulbhushan Jadhav
Dipita Loic
Appolinaire Mengoumou
Narcisse Ndouteng
Idriss Tchakou
Alain Toube (wk )
Bruno Toube
Malawi [ 26] Mozambique
Tanzania [ 27] Uganda [ 28]
Moazzam Baig (c )Mike Choamba
Chisomo Chete (wk )
Waliyu Jackson
Daniel Jakiel Donnex Kansonkho
Gift Kansonkho
Bernard Kapalamula
Aaftab Limdawala
Beston Masauko
Michael Mwamadi
Gershom Ntambalika
Blessings Pondani
Sami Sohail
Filipe Cossa (c )
Manussur Algi
Jose Bulele
Frederico Carava
Francisco Couana Santana Dima
Last Emilio (wk )
Gomes Gomes (wk )
Joao Hou
Jose Joao
Zefanias Matsinhe
Luis Mavume
Agostinho Navicha
Lourenco Salomone
Bernardo Simango
Lourenço Simango
Vieira Tembo
The Kenyan squad was missing the injured Eugene Ochieng , as well as the rested Sachin Bhudia , Alex Obanda and Collins Obuya .[ 29] [ 30]
Group stage
Group A
Advanced to the semi-finals
Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
Sooraj Kollery, Boteng Maphosa (Bot), Pascal Murungi and Alpesh Ramjani (Uga) all made their T20I debuts.
Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
Kelvin Awala and Gagandeep Singh (Gha) both made their T20I debuts.
Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
Joseph Baguma and Ismail Munir (Uga) both made their T20I debuts.
Mozambique won the toss and elected to field.
Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
Advanced to the semi-finals
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Bruno Toube 16 (35)
Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
Abdoulaye Aminou, Kulbhushan Jadhav (Cmr) and Aaftab Limdawala (Mwi) all made their T20I debuts.
Daniel Jakiel also made his T20I debut for Malawi after previously playing two T20Is for Zimbabwe, becoming the fifteenth cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is .[ 33]
v
Donnex Kansonkho 40 (43)
Kenya won by 52 runs Willowmoore Park , Benoni
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
Gerard Muthui and Yash Talati (Ken) both made their T20I debuts.
Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
Akhil Anil, Yalinde Nkanya and Amal Rajeevan (Tan) all made their T20I debuts.
Tanzania won by 4 wickets Willowmoore Park , Benoni
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
Stephen Biko (Ken) made his T20I debut.
v
Bruno Toube 14 (17)
Sukhdeep Singh 26* (10)
Kenya won by 9 wickets Willowmoore Park , Benoni
Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
Mohamed Issa (Tan) made his T20I debut.
Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
Uganda were set a revised target of 107 runs in 18 overs due to rain.
Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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