ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship

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ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship
Administrator ICC Africa
Format Twenty20
Tournament format Round-robin
Number of teams Six (2014)
Current championFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (2014)
Most successfulFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (3 titles)

The ICC Africa Women's T20 Championship is an international cricket tournament contested between the national women's sides from the African development region of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

International Cricket Council governing body for the sport of cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.

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The first African regional tournament for women's teams was played in Tanzania in 2004, and known simply as the Women's Championship. The next two regional tournaments, in 2006 and 2010, served as part of the qualification process for the Women's World Cup. All matches prior to 2011 were played in the 50-over format (as used in One Day Internationals), but since then, the Twenty20 format has been used, with the tournament played annually. The winners in even-numbered years (so far, 2012 and 2014) proceed to a qualification tournament for the Women's World Twenty20.

Tanzania country in Africa

Tanzania officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

The Women's World Cup is currently organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Until 2005, when the two organisations merged, it was administered by a separate body, the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). The first World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the inaugural men's tournament. The event's early years were marked by funding difficulties, which meant several teams had to decline invitations to compete and caused gaps of up to six years between tournaments. However, since 2005 World Cups have been hosted at regular four-year intervals.

Twenty20 form of cricket

Twenty20 cricket, sometimes written Twenty-20, and often abbreviated to T20, is a short form of cricket. At the professional level, it was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition in England and Wales. In a Twenty20 game the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three current forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being at the highest international or domestic level. A typical Twenty20 game is completed in about three hours, with each innings lasting around 90 minutes and an official 10 minute break between the innings. This is much shorter than previously-existing forms of the game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports. It was introduced to create a fast-paced form of the game which would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television.

Only three teams have participated in every edition of the tournament – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. South Africa, a full member of the ICC, has participated only once, in 2010, when a poor result at the 2009 World Cup meant they had to re-qualify through regional competitions. However, South African invitational teams have participated in every edition since 2011, winning each time. Zimbabwe was the highest-ranked national team in two of those tournaments, which, combined with an additional first-place finish in 2006, makes them the most successful team.

Kenya womens national cricket team

The Kenya national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2006 when they played a triangular series against Kenya A and Uganda.

Tanzania womens national cricket team

The Tanzanian women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Tanzania in international women's cricket. They played their first internationals as part of the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in December 2006, when they played Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They finished second in the tournament behind Zimbabwe.

Uganda national cricket team

The Uganda national cricket team, nicknamed the Cricket Cranes, represents the Republic of Uganda in international cricket. The team is organised by the Uganda Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1998.

Results

In the below table, the results of the South African invitational teams are disregarded, and the highest-ranking national teams are listed as the winner and runner-up:

YearHost(s)Venue(s)Result
WinnerMarginRunner-up
2004 Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
51/2 (14.2 overs)
Tanzania won by 8 wickets
scorecard
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
50 (25.1 overs)
2006 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
6 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
4 points
2010 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
314/2 (50 overs)
South Africa won by 281 runs
scorecard
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
33 (20 overs)
2011 Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Entebbe, Kampala Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
+2.952 NRR
Uganda won on net run rate
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
+2.188 NRR
2012 Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
9 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
6 points
2013 Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
6 points
Uganda won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
4 points
2014 Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Benoni Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
8 points
Zimbabwe won on points
table
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
6 points

Performance by team

Legend
Team Flag of Tanzania.svg
2004
Flag of Kenya.svg
2006
Flag of Kenya.svg
2010
Flag of Uganda.svg
2011
Flag of Tanzania.svg
2012
Flag of Tanzania.svg
2013
Flag of South Africa.svg
2014
Total
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3rd4th4th4th6th4th5th7
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 4th3rd5th5th6th5
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5th1
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 6th1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1st1
Flag of South Africa.svg South African XI1st1st1st3
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1st2nd5th2nd3rd3rd3rd7
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2nd3rd3rd1st4th2nd4th7
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1st2nd2nd2nd4

See also

The ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship is an international Twenty20 cricket competition that forms part of the qualification process for the ICC World Twenty20. It is contested by associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) located in Africa.

The World Cricket League Africa Region or Africa World Cricket League is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the African Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in Africa. As well as providing opportunity for national teams to play international matches against others of a similar standard, it also provides qualification into the ICC World Cricket League.

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