The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament played as part of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, during October and November 2021. [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 had the Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) status. [2] The Africa Qualifier started with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top team in each group progressing to the Regional Final. [3] [4] Kenya and Nigeria, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final. [3] [5]
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. [6] In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic. [7] In March 2021, the sub-regional qualifiers were postponed again, with them both being moved back to October 2021. [8] In July 2021, the Rwanda Cricket Association announced that the ICC had confirmed Rwanda as the host nation for all of the matches in the Africa Qualifier. [9] [10] Qualifier A matches were played at two venues in Kigali, the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium and the IPRC Cricket Ground. [11]
Uganda finished in first place in Qualifier A to join Kenya and Nigeria in the Regional Final. [12] Dinesh Nakrani of Uganda was named player of the series. [13] Qualifier B was won by Tanzania, who claimed the fourth and final place in the Regional Final. [14] [15] Uganda won the Regional Final, winning five of their six matches, to progress to the Global Qualifiers. [16]
Dates | 16 – 22 October 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | T20I |
Host(s) | Rwanda |
Champions | Uganda |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 21 |
Player of the series | Dinesh Nakrani |
Most runs | Orchide Tuyisenge (199) |
Most wickets | Dinesh Nakrani (21) |
Eswatini | Ghana [17] | Lesotho [18] | Malawi [19] | Rwanda [20] | Seychelles | Uganda [21] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Uganda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.669 |
2 | Ghana | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.220 |
3 | Malawi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.026 |
4 | Rwanda | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.516 |
5 | Seychelles | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2.345 |
6 | Eswatini | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −2.064 |
7 | Lesotho | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −3.830 |
advanced to the regional final
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Eric Niyomugabo 48 (34) Samson Awiah 5/23 (4 overs) |
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Muhammad Amin 80 (48) Sarfaraj Patel 2/40 (4 overs) | Chachole Tlali 35 (23) Melusi Magagula 3/12 (4 overs) |
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Deso Kalvin 30 (26) Kofi Bagabena 5/9 (4 overs) | Moses Anafie 41* (20) |
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Gift Kansonkho 33 (48) Frank Akankwasa 2/10 (2 overs) | Simon Ssesazi 62* (39) |
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Samir Patel 35* (26) Kaushalkumar Patel 2/16 (4 overs) | Thiyagarajan Rajiv 36 (27) Yahya Jakda 2/32 (4 overs) |
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Juber Ghadiyali 22 (22) Moazzam Baig 5/13 (4 overs) |
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Rexford Bakum 66 (31) Omar Hussain 2/28 (3 overs) | Maaz Khan 63 (34) Rexford Bakum 5/26 (4 overs) |
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Samir Patel 10 (24) Dinesh Nakrani 6/7 (4 overs) | Saud Islam 19* (17) |
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Orchide Tuyisenge 100* (60) Vadodariya Mukesh 2/44 (4 overs) | Stephen Madusanka 12 (25) Kevin Irakoze 3/5 (4 overs) |
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Stephen Madusanka 27 (20) Sami Sohail 2/12 (2 overs) |
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Juber Ghadiyali 13 (23) Obed Harvey 3/12 (4 overs) | Devender Singh 19* (15) Umair Qasim 2/27 (4 overs) |
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Muhammad Amin 51 (31) Hirani Harji 3/21 (4 overs) | Stephen Madusanka 43* (35) Juber Ghadiyali 3/24 (4 overs) |
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Subhasis Samal 31 (17) Molai Matsau 2/18 (2 overs) | Chachole Tlali 23 (17) Emmanuel Sebareme 3/17 (3 overs) |
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Christiaan Forbes 31 (32) Martin Akayezu 4/9 (4 overs) | Orchide Tuyisenge 37 (21) Mancoba Jele 2/27 (3 overs) |
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Sami Sohail 26 (23) Ts'episo Chaoana 2/13 (3 overs) | Chachole Tlali 35 (32) Moazzam Baig 3/9 (3 overs) |
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Donnex Kansonkho 54 (65) Clinton Rubagumya 1/20 (4 overs) |
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Ronak Patel 41 (38) Stephen Madusanka 1/20 (2 overs) | Stephen Madusanka 20 (29) Dinesh Nakrani 5/8 (4 overs) |
Dates | 2 – 7 November 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | T20I |
Host(s) | Rwanda |
Champions | Tanzania |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 10 |
Most runs | Ivan Selemani (207) |
Most wickets | Dhruv Maisuria (11) |
Botswana [27] | Cameroon [28] | Mozambique [28] | Sierra Leone [29] | Tanzania [30] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Tanzania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.592 |
2 | Botswana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.021 |
3 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.958 |
4 | Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.159 |
5 | Cameroon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −7.404 |
advanced to the regional final
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Karabo Motlhanka 74 (58) George Sesay 3/21 (3 overs) |
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Ivan Selemani 81 (42) Santana Dima 3/42 (4 overs) | Filipe Cossa 59 (32) Salum Jumbe 3/24 (3 overs) |
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Francisco Couana 104 (51) Dipita Loic 2/30 (4 overs) | Protais Abanda 9 (15) Francisco Couana 5/19 (4 overs) |
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Bruno Toube 19 (14) Reginald Nehonde 4/7 (3 overs) | Valentine Mbazo 31* (11) Maxwell Fru 1/22 (2 overs) |
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Francisco Couana 25 (18) George Sesay 4/11 (4 overs) | Lansana Lamin 30* (26) Jose Bulele 2/19 (4 overs) |
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Bruno Toube 21 (21) Jatinkumar Darji 4/7 (4 overs) |
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Roland Amah 18 (26) Samuel Conteh 3/22 (4 overs) | Zahid Khan 27 (18) Bruno Toube 3/16 (3 overs) |
Dates | 17 – 20 November 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | T20I |
Host(s) | Rwanda |
Champions | Uganda |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 12 |
Most runs | Alex Obanda (231) |
Most wickets | SanjayKumar Thakor (10) |
Kenya [33] | Nigeria [34] | Tanzania [35] | Uganda [36] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Uganda | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.024 |
2 | Kenya | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.002 |
3 | Tanzania | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.523 |
4 | Nigeria | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −2.610 |
advanced to the global qualifier
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Ashmit Shreshta 26 (30) SanjayKumar Thakor 3/14 (4 overs) | Abhik Patwa 36 (24) Prosper Useni 1/15 (2.1 overs) |
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Kassim Nassoro 42 (31) Vraj Patel 3/17 (4 overs) | Collins Obuya 28 (14) SanjayKumar Thakor 1/12 (2 overs) |
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Ivan Selemani 20 (23) Frank Akankwasa 4/10 (3.4 overs) | Simon Ssesazi 39 (39) SanjayKumar Thakor 3/17 (4 overs) |
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Ademola Onikoyi 27 (12) Vraj Patel 5/12 (4 overs) |
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Samuel Mba 23 (22) Jatinkumar Darji 4/10 (4 overs) |
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