2026 Men's T20 World Cup – Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A

2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A

Dates	21 – 26 September 2024
Administrator(s)	ICC Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Tanzania
Champions	Tanzania
Runners-up	Malawi
Participants	6
Matches	15
Player of the series	Obed Harvey
Most runs	Sami Sohail (140)
Most wickets	Obed Harvey (13) Suhail Vayani (13) Waseem Yaqoob (13)
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The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was hosted by Tanzania in September 2024. ^[1]

Tanzania and Malawi finished as the top two sides in the tournament and advanced to the regional final, where they will be joined by Namibia and Uganda, who were given a bye after having participated in the previous T20 World Cup, and four other teams from sub-regional qualifiers B and C. ^{[2] [3]}

Squads

Cameroon [4]	Ghana [4]	Lesotho [5]	Malawi [6]	Mali [4]	Tanzania [7]
Faustin Mpegna (c) Julien Abega Junior Alembe Abdoulaye Aminou (wk) Sun Assegon Roger Atangana Alexis Balla Veron Bomnyuy Marvin Epok Honestly Kinga Dipita Loic Idriss Tchakou (wk) Alain Toube (wk) Bruno Toube	Obed Harvey (c) Peter Ananya Vincent Ateak Samson Awiah Frank Baaleri Richmond Baaleri Kofi Bagabena Godfred Bakiweyem Enoch Frimpong Syed Aqeel Israr Lee Nyarko Alex Osei (wk) Aziz Sualley Philip Yevugah	Maaz Khan (c) Chachole Tlali (vc, wk) Ts'episo Chaoana Lerotholi Gabriel Omar Hussain Vijayakumar Jayant Mohleki Leoela Lebona Leokaoke Molai Matsau Bahlakoana Mejaro Lefulere Monanthane Sajid Patel Thabiso Ramphoma Waseem Yaqoob	Moazzam Baig (c) Bright Balala Chisomo Chete (wk) Mike Choamba Daniel Jakiel Donnex Kansonkho Gift Kansonkho Aaftab Limdawala Gershom Ntambalika Blessings Pondani Sami Sohail Kelvin Thuchila Suhail Vayani Phillip Zuze (wk)	Yacouba Konate (c) Dramane Berthe Lassina Berthe Mohamed Coulibaly Moustapha Diakite Mohamed Fadiga Amadou Fofana Sanze Kamate Cheick Keita Theodore Macalou Zakaria Makadji (wk) Mahamadou Malle Amara Nimaga Lamissa Sanogo	Abhik Patwa (c) Kassim Nassoro (vc) Halidy Amiri Akhil Anil Laksh Bakrania Harsheed Chohan Mohamed Issa Khalidy Juma Muhammad Zafar Khan Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Jumanne Masquater Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) SanjayKumar Thakor

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Tanzania	5	5	0	0	10	4.774	Advanced to the regional final
2	Malawi	5	4	1	0	8	3.241
3	Ghana	5	3	2	0	6	1.575	Eliminated
4	Cameroon	5	2	3	0	4	−1.191
5	Lesotho	5	1	4	0	2	−2.283
6	Mali	5	0	5	0	0	−6.637

Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[8]

Fixtures

21 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Malawi   145/4 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 52 (14.5 overs)
Sami Sohail 64 (46) Ts'episo Chaoana 1/15 (4 overs)		Mohleki Leoela 11 (14) Daniel Jakiel 4/12 (3.5 overs)

Malawi won by 93 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Sami Sohail (Malawi)

• Lesotho won the toss and elected to field.
• Sajid Patel (Les) made his T20I debut.

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21 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Cameroon   40 (14.2 overs)	v	Ghana 41/2 (8.1 overs)
Dipita Loic 7 (9) Richmond Baaleri 4/6 (2 overs)		Obed Harvey 17* (16) Dipita Loic 1/8 (2 overs)

Ghana won by 8 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Richmond Baaleri (Gha)

• Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
• Peter Ananya, Enoch Frimpong (Gha), Veron Bomnyuy and Honestly Kinga (Cmr) all made their T20I debuts.

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21 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Mali   18 (12.5 overs)	v	Tanzania 19/0 (0.5 overs)
Sanze Kamate 3 (5) SanjayKumar Thakor 4/4 (3 overs)		Zafar Khan 12* (4)

Tanzania won by 10 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: SanjayKumar Thakor (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
• Laksh Bakrania, Khalidy Juma, Muhammad Zafar Khan (Tan), Yacouba Konate and Amara Nimaga (Mli) all made their T20I debuts.

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22 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Mali   57 (16.4 overs)	v	Cameroon 58/4 (8.5 overs)
Lamissa Sanogo 15* (21) Idriss Tchakou 3/4 (2 overs)		Bruno Toube 20 (15) Cheick Keita 2/7 (1 over)

Cameroon won by 6 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Idriss Tchakou (Cmr)

• Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohamed Fadiga (Mli) made his T20I debut.

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22 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Malawi   113/5 (20 overs)	v	Ghana 88 (19 overs)
Gershom Ntambalika 34 (27) Obed Harvey 2/15 (4 overs)		Obed Harvey 19 (17) Moazzam Baig 3/8 (4 overs)

Malawi won by 25 runs University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Moazzam Baig (Mwi)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to field.

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22 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Tanzania   183/7 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 61 (14.5 overs)
Omary Kitunda 45 (41) Waseem Yaqoob 4/38 (4 overs)		Lerotholi Gabriel 33 (29) Laksh Bakrania 3/9 (3.5 overs)

Tanzania won by 122 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE) Player of the match: Omary Kitunda (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bahlakoana Mejaro (Les) made his T20I debut.

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24 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Ghana   133/3 (20 overs)	v	Lesotho 83 (20 overs)
Richmond Baaleri 51* (55) Lebona Leokaoke 1/16 (4 overs)		Sajid Patel 42 (44) Enoch Frimpong 3/4 (3 overs)

Ghana won by 50 runs University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Richmond Baaleri (Gha)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Cameroon   37 (12.1 overs)	v	Tanzania 38/1 (3 overs)
Abdoulaye Aminou 11 (11) Laksh Bakrania 4/6 (2.1 overs)		Omary Kitunda 13* (6) Bruno Toube 1/32 (2 overs)

Tanzania won by 9 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Laksh Bakrania (Tan)

• Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sun Assegon (Cmr) made his T20I debut.

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24 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Mali   43 (17 overs)	v	Malawi 44/1 (3.1 overs)
Yacouba Konate 11 (20) Suhail Vayani 4/8 (4 overs)		Donnex Kansonkho 24 (9) Theodore Macalou 1/12 (1.1 overs)

Malawi won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan) Player of the match: Suhail Vayani (Mwi)

• Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
• Amadou Fofana (Mli) and Kelvin Thuchila (Mwi) both made their T20I debuts.

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25 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Ghana   84/9 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 88/3 (13.4 overs)
Obed Harvey 30 (44) Akhil Anil 2/11 (3 overs)		Muhammad Zafar Khan 24 (17) Obed Harvey 2/24 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 7 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Akhil Anil (Tan)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.

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25 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Lesotho   148 (19.5 overs)	v	Mali 36 (9.4 overs)
Maaz Khan 61 (36) Sanze Kamate 3/12 (3 overs)		Theodore Macalou 14 (16) Waseem Yaqoob 6/18 (4 overs)

Lesotho won by 112 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan) Player of the match: Waseem Yaqoob (Les)

• Mali won the toss and elected to field.
• Dramane Berthe (Mli) made his T20I debut.
• Waseem Yaqoob became the first player for Lesotho to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is ^[9] and to take a hat-trick. ^[10]

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25 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Cameroon   30 (8.5 overs)	v	Malawi 31/1 (2.5 overs)
Dipita Loic 8* (3) Moazzam Baig 5/4 (1.5 overs)		Sami Sohail 14* (8) Bruno Toube 1/3 (1 over)

Malawi won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Moazzam Baig (Mwi)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.

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26 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Mali   24 (10.3 overs)	v	Ghana 27/0 (2.2 overs)
Mahamadou Malle 8 (27) Obed Harvey 4/5 (2 overs)		Samson Awiah 18* (9)

Ghana won by 10 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Lee Nyarko (Gha)

• Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
• Obed Harvey (Gha) took his first hat-trick in T20Is. ^[10]

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26 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard

Lesotho   47 (10 overs)	v	Cameroon 48/1 (8 overs)
Maaz Khan 10 (8) Dipita Loic 3/15 (4 overs)		Bruno Toube 44* (28) Waseem Yaqoob 1/10 (2 overs)

Cameroon won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Bruno Toube (Cmr)

• Cameroon won the toss and elected to field.

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26 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard

Tanzania   119 (19.4 overs)	v	Malawi 100 (20 overs)
Abhik Patwa 30 (27) Suhail Vayani 3/28 (4 overs)		Sami Sohail 38 (27) Khalidy Juma 3/17 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 19 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Khalidy Juma (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Tanzania Cricket to host 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier A in September 2024". Czarsports. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
2. "How does qualification for the 2026 T20 World Cup work?". Wisden. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
3. "All you need to know about 2026 T20 World Cup qualification". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
4. "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier A set to thrill in Tanzania". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
5. "We are sharing with you a revised squad poster that pertains to a team Lesotho in the ICC Men' T20 World Cup Sub regional qualifiers taking place in Tanzania". Lesotho Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 September 2024– via Facebook.
6. "Behind the boys". Cricket Malawi. Retrieved 20 September 2024– via Facebook.
7. "We are thrilled to announce that Team Tanzania is all set for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier A!". Tanzania Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 August 2024– via Facebook.
8. "T20WC Africa Sub Regional QLF A 2024 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
9. "STATISTICS / STATSGURU / TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS / BOWLING RECORDS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
10. "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

External links

• Tournament home  at  ESPNcricinfo