6 Nations get ready to battle for 2 spots in Africa Regional Finals

International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the schedule for the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup Africa regional finals, to be hosted by Uganda Cricket Association from May 19th – 24th, 2019. All matches in the qualifiers will be live streamed on the Deep End Sports Media YouTube channel and app.

Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Namibia and Botswana will compete for the two spots available for qualification from the Africa region into the Global Qualifiers, to be held in Oct/Nov 2019 in UAE. All matches in the regional finals will carry official T20I status and will count towards ranking points in the global T20I team rankings.

Uganda will be hosting a major ICC tournament for the first time since hosting the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in 2017. Cricket Ovals at Lugogo and Kyambogo will be hosting the matches with morning games to start at a scheduled timing of 9:30am and the afternoon game due to start at 1:50pm.

Squads

Uganda: Roger Mukasa (Captain), Arnold Otwani, Hamu Kayondo, Zephaniah Arinaitwe, Dinesh Nakrani, Riazat Ali Shah, Deus Muhumuza, Rogers Olipa, Charles Waiswa,  Frank Nsubuga, Emmanuel Isaneez, Henry Ssenyondo & Brian Masaba

Kenya: Shem Ngoche (Captain), Irfan Karim, Alex Auma, Dhiren Gondaria, Rakep Patel, Collins Obuya, Nelson Odhiambo, Sachin Bhudiya, Lucas Ndandason, Eugene Odhiambo, Elijah Osoyo, Jasraj Kundi, Pushpak Kerai & Rushabvardhan Patel

Namibia: Stephen Baard, Danie Van Schoor, Jan Izak de Villiers, Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Zhivago Groenewald, Nikolaas Davin, Tangeni Lungameni, Bernard Scholtz, JJ Smit, Christi Viljoen, Karl Birkenstock & Helao Ya France

Nigeria: Ademola Onikoyi (Captain), Sylvester Okpe, Joshua Ayannaike, Chimezie Onwuzilike, Abioye Abiodun, Leke Oyede, Isaac Okpe, Rasheed Abolarin, Daniel Ajekun, Vincent Adewoye, Chima Akachukwu, Isaac Danladi, Yusuf Ovais & Taiwo Mohammed

Botswana: Karabo Mothlanka (Captain), Thatayaone Tshose, Adithya Rangaswamy, Tshepo Phaswana, Tharindu Perera, Mmoloki Mooketsi, Karabo Modise, Mohmednabil Master, Inzimamul Master, Vinoo Balakrishnan, Dhruv Maisuria, James Moses, Reginald Nehonde & Zain Abassi

Ghana: Isaac Aboagye (Captain), Julius Mensah, Godfred Bakiweyem, Simon Ateak, Kofi Bagabena, Vincent Ateak, James Vifah, David Ankrah, Frank Baaleri, Rexford Bakum, Michael Aboagye, Abdulai Mohammed, Daniel Anefie & Gallage Perera

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Regional Finals Schedule