The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a

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tournament, which was played as part of qualification process for the

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. The first stage of the qualification pathway in the Africa region consisted of two sub-regional qualifiers, with the top two teams from each event progressing to the regional final. The sub-regional tournaments were played from 17 November to 9 December 2022, hosted by the

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were the clear favourites going into Qualifier A, while

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and

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played their first men's T20I matches at the event. Kenya and

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progressed from Qualifier A after finishing top of the round-robin tournament. Rwanda's win over Malawi proved to be decisive, in what was one of the several matches affected by rain. Malawi's

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was named player of the series, Rwanda's

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and Kenya's

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shared the best batsman award, Botswana's Dhruv Maisuria and Rwanda's

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shared the bowling award and Orchide Tuyisenge was named as best fielder.

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played their first matches with T20I status during Qualifier B.

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won Qualifier B and runners-up

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claimed the remaining place at the regional final. Mozambique's Jose Bulele was named player of the series, Ghana's Samson Awiah was named best batsman, Tanzania's Yalinde Nkanya was named best bowler, and the best fielder award went to Tanzania's Kassim Nassoro. In the Regional Final, Zimbabwe's chances of qualification were harmed early in the tournament after losing in an upset to

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, who were playing in their first T20I against a full member nation. Namibia were the first team to qualify for the World Cup after winning their first five games in the regional final to ensure a top-two position. On the final day, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe were all in contention to qualify, and it was Uganda who sealed the final place in the World Cup. This was the first time that Uganda had qualified for a senior World Cup.

Teams

Preparation

Sub-regional qualifiers

Seven of the participating teams (Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) played in the 2022 ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals at Willowmore Park,

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, in September. Mali selected their players through the 11th edition of their National Championship in September. Gambia selected 27 players for national trials out of the best performing players in their eight-team domestic tournament held from May to October. Botswana played a five-match bilateral series against a Tuskers select team from 22 to 27 October in

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. Kenya organized the inaugural Swaminarayan Pro20 tournament from 29 October to 12 November, which was their first franchise event since East Africa Cup in 2013. Sierra Leone played six inter-squad trial matches to prepare for the tournament. Tanzania hosted a bilateral T20I series against Rwanda from 31 October to 6 November at the Annadil Burhani Ground in

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, which the hosts won 5–0. Saint Helena prepared with a training camp in South Africa ahead of the qualifiers. Nigeria played a four-match bilateral series against a Rhinos select team from 24 to 27 November at

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during a preparation camp in Zimbabwe.

Qualifier A

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Qualifier B

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Regional final

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References

External links

Qualifier A – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Qualifier B – Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Regional Final – Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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