2023 East Africa T20 Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 20–31 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Rwanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Uganda won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Kenneth Waiswa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 East Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Rwanda in August 2023. [1] The venue for the series was the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali. [2]
The participating teams were the hosts Rwanda along with Tanzania and Uganda. [3] Ghana were originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the start of the tournament. [4] Uganda, the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament, [5] also achieved victory in the 2023 tournament, with eleven wins in twelve matches. [6] Uganda's only defeat in the tournament was against Tanzania on 21 August 2023. They bounced back by defeating Tanzania four times in the remainder of the tournament.
Rwanda [7] [8] | Tanzania [9] | Uganda [10] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Uganda | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2.272 |
2 | Tanzania | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.125 |
3 | Rwanda | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | −2.163 |
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Ronald Lutaaya 43 (38) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/32 (4 overs) |
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Amal Rajeevan 57 (48) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/31 (4 overs) | Didier Ndikubwimana 69 (46) Kassim Nassoro 1/24 (2.5 overs) |
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Ivan Selemani 59 (29) Alpesh Ramjani 3/18 (4 overs) |
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Alpesh Ramjani 45 (28) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/29 (4 overs) | Clinton Rubagumya 40 (32) Alpesh Ramjani 4/9 (3 overs) |
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Didier Ndikubwimana 52 (47) Ally Kimote 2/17 (3 overs) | Abhik Patwa 58 (34) Emile Rukiriza 2/27 (4 overs) |
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Roger Mukasa 89 (51) Clinton Rubagumya 2/37 (4 overs) | Orchide Tuyisenge 40 (27) Alpesh Ramjani 3/20 (4 overs) |
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Wilson Niyitanga 33 (35) Mohamed Issa 3/24 (4 overs) | SanjayKumar Thakor 44 (19) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/7 (4 overs) |
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Amal Rajeevan 50 (37) Kenneth Waiswa 2/21 (4 overs) |
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Abhik Patwa 54 (43) Martin Akayezu 2/26 (4 overs) | Martin Akayezu 32 (16) Salum Jumbe 3/22 (4 overs) |
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Ronak Patel 37 (23) Mohamed Issa 2/17 (3 overs) | Shaik Basha 43 (23) Jonathan Ssebanja 3/17 (4 overs) |
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Zappy Bimenyimana 30 (20) Alpesh Ramjani 2/13 (4 overs) |
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Ivan Selemani 34 (29) Emile Rukiriza 2/28 (4 overs) | Kevin Irakoze 24 (17) Yalinde Nkanya 3/25 (3 overs) |
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Amal Rajeevan 63 (49) Martin Akayezu 3/45 (4 overs) |
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