2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers

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2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers
Dates7 – 13 April 2017
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Participants6

The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers is an international cricket tournament that is scheduled to take place in Benoni, South Africa. [1] The winner of the qualifiers will progress to ICC WCL Division 5 which will be staged in September 2017.

Contents

Teams

Six teams invited by ICC for the tournament:

Points table

TeamPWLTNRPoints NRR Status
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 5500010+1.994Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 531017+0.420Did not Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 532006+1.127
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 522015-0.704
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 514002-0.770
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 505000-1.942

Source: Cricinfo [2]

Fixtures

7 April
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
231 (50.0 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
83 (34.4 overs)
Tanzania won by 148 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: S George and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: Jintin Singh (Tanzania)
  • Nigeria won the toss and chose to field

7 April
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
179 (42.5 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
66 (32.5 overs)
Ghana won by 113 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: PM Musoke (Uganda) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: DNA Ankrah (Ghana)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bowl

7 April
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
135 (44.1 overs)
v
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
54 (23.3 overs)
Botswana won by 81 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and A Louw (Namibia)
Player of the match: T Tshose (Botswana)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bowl

8 April
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
199 (46.2 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
158 (47.2 overs)
Zambia won by 41 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and S George
Player of the match: J Zimba (Zambia)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat

8 April
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
51 (28.3 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
52/6 (13.5 overs)
Ghana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: F Ekalunga (Uganda) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: G Bakiweyem (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to field

8 April
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
154 (49.3 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
128 (40.5 overs)
Botswana won by 26 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: KN Mussa (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl

10 April
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
154 (46.2 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
155/6 (34.4 overs)
Ghana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: D Odhiambo (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: S Ateak (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bowl

10 April
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
207/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
208/8 (49.1 overs)
Tanzania won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: A Dagar (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl

10 April
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
181 (48.3 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
90 (36.4 overs)
Nigeria won by 91 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: F Ekalunga (Uganda) and A Louw (Namibia)
Player of the match: OA Olympio (Nigeria)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat

11 April
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
152 (42.5 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
153/7 (37.1 overs)
Nigeria won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: D Odhiambo (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: AS Abioye (Nigeria)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat

11 April
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
137 (48.5 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
138/8 (44.3 overs)
Botswana won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: A Louw (Namibia) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: K Motlanka (Botswana)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat

11 April
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
133/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
134/5 (37.4 overs)
Ghana won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: PM Musoke (Uganda) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: V Ateak (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bowl

13 April
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
229/5 (34 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
80/8 (23.5 overs)
Tanzania won by 165 runs (D/L method)
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: A Louw (Namibia) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: KN Mussa (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced Sierra Leone's innings to 23.5 overs with a target of 246 runs

13–14 April
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
117/5 (25 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
100/8 (16.2 overs)
No result
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and S George
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced Botswana's innings to 25 overs and also Nigeria's innings has been reduced to 20 overs with a target of 163
  • The match was supposed to replay on April 14 but it didn't due to Bad Light

13 April
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
60 (20.3 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
49/1 (8.1 overs)
Ghana won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: G Bakiweyem (Ghana)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat
  • The rain has reduced Ghana's innings to 32 overs with a target of 49 runs

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  1. "Seven teams battle for top spot in 2017 ICC WCL - Asia". icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. "ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.