The 2016 Africa T20 Cup was the second edition of the
Africa T20 Cup
The Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. It featured a combination of South African provincial teams and teams representing other African countries, including Kenya, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. It ran for ...
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Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inning ...
tournament that was held in South Africa from 2 September to 1 October 2016, as a curtain-raiser to the 2016–17 South African domestic season. Organised by
Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South Afr ...
, it featured thirteen South African provincial teams, as well as the national sides of
Kenya
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Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
and
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
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The sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend.
Defending champions
Northerns were drawn in Pool B.
In Pool C four of the six matches were abandoned due to rain. Under the rules of the tournament, all the matches in that group were declared null and void.
An elimination draw was then conducted with the captains of each team in the group, with Zimbabwe progressing to the finals section of the cup.
The
Recreation Ground
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Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn (, ), the "ostrich capital of the world", is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Two ostrich-feather booms, during 1865–1 ...
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won the tournament, beating
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...
by 31 runs in the final.
Pool A
Squads
Points table
Fixtures
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Pool B
Squads
Points table
Fixtures
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Pool C
Squads
Points table
With four of the games being abandoned, an elimination draw was done with Zimbabwe progressing to the finals stage.
Fixtures
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Pool D
Squads
Points table
Fixtures
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Finals
Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links
Series home at ESPNCricinfo
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2016 in Kenyan cricket
2016 in Namibian sport
2016 in South African cricket
2016 in Zimbabwean cricket
International cricket competitions in 2016