The Sierra Leone national cricket team is the men's team that represents Sierra Leone in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002 and an associate member in 2017.
The 2011 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 14–19 May 2011. South Africa hosted the event.
2012 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in 2012 and formed part of qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. South Africa hosted the event, with Botswana winning it.
Segun Olayinka is a Nigerian cricketer. He played in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament. In October 2021, he was named in Nigeria's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sierra Leone. He made his T20I debut on 26 October 2021, for Nigeria against Sierra Leone. In October 2021, he was named in Nigeria's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.
The Nigeria women's national cricket team represents the country of Nigeria in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.
The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was the tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.
The Pakistan women's cricket team played the Bangladesh women's cricket team in Bangladesh in October 2018. The tour consisted of four Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is) matches and one Women's One Day International (WODI) match. Pakistan Women won the WT20I series 3–0, after the first match was washed out. Bangladesh Women won the one-off WODI match by six wickets.
The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa was a cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in May 2019. The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments. Uganda won the previous Africa qualifier tournament, when it was held in Windhoek in 2017.
The 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series was a women's T20I cricket tournament held in Gaborone, Botswana from 20 to 25 August 2018. The participants were the women's national sides of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Sierra Leone. Matches were recognised as official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement that full WT20I status would apply to all matches played between women's teams of associate members after 1 July 2018. Zambia also took part in the tournament but their matches did not have WT20I status due to their squad including a non-eligible player, and their results are not included in the available coverage. The matches were played at two grounds at the Botswana Cricket Association Oval in Gaborone. Namibia Women won the tournament after winning all of their matches, including a victory over Sierra Leone in the final.
The 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup was a cricket tournament played in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. The finals tournament was originally scheduled to be held in September 2019, but was moved to March 2020, with the original host city being Nairobi, Kenya. On 9 March 2020, the tournament was postponed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with the Kenyan government's 30-day ban on international gatherings. The tournament was eventually rescheduled for September 2022.
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, during October and November 2021.
The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played in Botswana in September 2021. The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. Botswana, Cameroon and Eswatini made their debuts at an ICC women's event. Malawi were originally named as taking part in the tournament, but they were replaced by Eswatini.
The 2021–22 Uganda Tri-Nation Series, also known as the Pearl of Africa T20I Series, was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Uganda in September 2021. The participating teams were the hosts Uganda, along with Kenya and Nigeria. The tournament was originally planned to consist of 13 T20I matches, with the sides facing each other four times in a round-robin stage, followed by a final between the top two teams. The round-robin was later reduced by three matches with each team facing each other three times. The tournament provided preparation for all sides ahead of T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier events took place in October and November 2021.
The University of Lagos Cricket Oval is a cricket ground, in Akoka, Nigeria.
Peter Aho is a Nigerian cricketer. In March 2019, he was part of the Nigeria national under-19 cricket team that qualified for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. It was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for a Cricket World Cup tournament.
The 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament that was held in Nigeria from 28 March to 3 April 2022. The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. Along with the hosts Nigeria, the tournament featured the national teams of Gambia, Ghana, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Cameroon were also originally scheduled to take part.
The 2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Rwanda from 9 to 18 June 2022. This was the eighth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament, first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Matches were played at two venues in the city of Kigali – the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium and the IPRC Cricket Ground. Kenya were the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition. This was the fourth time that Kenya had won the tournament.
The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament being played as part of qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, starting from November 2022.
