Current season, competition or edition: Cricket at the 2023 African Games | |
| Sport | Cricket |
|---|---|
| Founded | M: 2023 W: 2023 |
| First season | 2023 |
| No. of teams | M: 8 W: 8 |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  Zimbabwe (1st title) W: Zimbabwe (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: Zimbabwe (1 title) W: Zimbabwe (1 title) |
The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2023 African Games. [1] [2]
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2023 |  Accra | Zimbabwe Emerging | Zimbabwe Emerging won by 8 wickets Scorecard |  Namibia |  Uganda | Uganda won by 106 runs Scorecard |  Kenya | ||
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2023 | Accra | Zimbabwe | Match Tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over) Scorecard |  South Africa Emerging |  Nigeria | Nigeria won by 3 wickets Scorecard | Uganda | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Team | 2023 | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Ghana | GS | 1 |
 Kenya | 4th | 1 |
 Namibia | 2nd | 1 |
 Nigeria | GS | 1 |
 South Africa | GS | 1 |
 Tanzania | GS | 1 |
 Uganda | 3rd | 1 |
 Zimbabwe | 1st | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
| Team | 2023 | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | GS | 1 |
| Namibia | GS | 1 |
| Nigeria | 3rd | 1 |
 Rwanda | GS | 1 |
| South Africa | 2nd | 1 |
| Tanzania | GS | 1 |
| Uganda | 4th | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1st | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
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