2025 Pearl of Africa T20I Series

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2025 Pearl of Africa T20I Series
Dates17 – 27 July 2025
Administrator(s) Uganda Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20 International and Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin
Host(s)Uganda
Participants5
Matches18
2021

The 2025 Pearl of Africa T20I Series is an upcoming men's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that will be played in Entebbe, Uganda, in July 2025. [1] [2] This will be the second edition of the tournament, and will be organized by the Uganda Cricket Association. [3] The participating teams are the hosts Uganda along with the national teams from Kenya and United Arab Emirates and the A team of Namibia. [4] [5] Kuwait were also originally scheduled to participate, but it was announced on 26 June that the tournament had been reduced to four teams. [6] On 3 July, it was announced that Nigeria would join the tournament as the fifth team. [7]

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Squads

Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya [8] Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia A [9] Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [10] Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda [11] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [12]

Uganda also named a separate "A" squad for their matches against Namibia A. [13]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 00000
2Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia A 00000
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 00000
4Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 00000
5Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 00000
First match(es) will be played: 18 July 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]

Fixtures

17 July 2025
10:00
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17 July 2025
14:00
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18 July 2025
10:00
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18 July 2025
14:00
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19 July 2025
10:00
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19 July 2025
14:00
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21 July 2025
10:00
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21 July 2025
14:00
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22 July 2025
10:00
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22 July 2025
14:00
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23 July 2025
10:00
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23 July 2025
14:00
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25 July 2025
10:00
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Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

25 July 2025
14:00
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26 July 2025
10:00
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26 July 2025
14:00
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27 July 2025
10:00
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27 July 2025
14:00
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References

  1. "Uganda to host Pearl of Africa T20 Cricket Series". Xinhua. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. "Hosts Uganda Express Readiness For Pearl Of Africa T20 Series". SportsNation. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. "Second edition of the Pearl of Africa T20 series launched". Rora Media Sports. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. "Uganda cricket to host 2nd edition of Pearl of Africa T20I tournament in July 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  5. "Pearl of Africa T20 Series Launched, World Class Experience Expected at Entebbe Cricket Oval". Voice of Bugerere. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. "Cricket Cranes in Pearl of Africa Series test ahead of T20 Qualifiers". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  7. "POA T20 Series - Nigeria's Yellow Greens Replace Kuwait, Playing Format Changes". Uganda Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. "Team Announcement for the 2nd Edition of Africa T20I Tournament". Cricket Kenya . Retrieved 15 July 2025 via Instagram.
  9. "PEARL OF AFRICA SERIES Our Namibia A squad is ready for Uganda! Stay tuned for livestream details". Cricket Namibia . Retrieved 16 July 2025 via Instagram.
  10. "Yellow Greens set for Pearl of Africa cricket tourney". Punch. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  11. "Pearl Of Africa Series: New captain, two debutants in Cricket Cranes squad". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  12. "Muhammad Waseem to lead UAE in Pearl of Africa T20I Series in Uganda". Emirates Cricket Board . Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  13. "POA T20 series: Coach Abhay Sharma happy to unleash exciting debutants Calvin Watuwa and Matthew Musinguzi". Uganda Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  14. "Pearl of Africa T20I Series 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2025.