Ghana and Nigeria qualify for T20 Africa Cup from Northwestern qualifiers

Ghana and Nigeria continued from where they had left off in the ICC WorldT20 Africa A Qualifiers as they both qualified from Northwestern Qualifiers into T20 Africa Cup, organised by Africa Cricket Association.

Ghana again proved too strong for Nigeria in the final as they defeated them by 7 wickets to lift the trophy. Batting first, Nigeria could manage to post only 109/8 in their 20 overs, which Ghana surpassed in the 16th over, losing only three wickets in the process.

Nigeria hosted the 5-nation Northwestern qualifiers for ACA T20 Africa Cup from 23rd – 29th Apr, 2018 with Ghana, The Gambia and Sierra Leone continuing from the ICC Africa A qualifiers and Cameroon joining them as the fifth country in the event. Mali were also supposed to join for the tournament but backed out of it at the last moment after ACA had announced their squad on their twitter handle earlier this month.

Ghana played Sierra Leone in the semi-finals after topping the group league stage by winning all their four fixtures while Nigeria played The Gambia in the 2nd semi-final after finishing 2nd & 3rd respectively in the points table.

Kenya will be hosting the East Africa qualifiers for T20 Africa Cup in Jul 2018 with Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Seychelles joining the host’s, from which the top 2 teams will be advancing to T20 Africa Cup. Similarly, Botswana will be hosting the Southern Africa qualifiers in Nov 2018 with Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, St. Helena, Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland joining the host’s to compete for top 2 qualification spots in T20 Africa Cup.

Kenya will host the T20 Africa Cup tournament in mid-2019 in Nairobi with top 2 teams from all three qualifiers competing for the trophy in what will be the biggest tournament for non-full members of ICC from the African region.

A lot of work needed in the Africa Cricket website which has not updated any of the scores for the qualifiers held in Lagos and no updates about Mali’s non-participation in the event and the reason for their withdrawal from the tournament.

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