2020 ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals

The 2020 ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals is a forthcoming cricket tournament due to be held in Nairobi, Kenya.[1][2] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in September 2019, but was eventually moved to March 2020.[3] On 9 March 2020, the tournament was postponed again due to the coronavirus pandemic, in line with the Kenyan government's 30-day ban on international gatherings.[4][5]

2020 ACA Africa T20 Cup Finals
Administrator(s)Africa Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage, knock-outs
Host(s) Kenya
Participants8
Matches played15

The eight qualified teams are split into two groups, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[6] Group A consists of Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda; while host nation Kenya are placed in group B along with Botswana, Cameroon and Mozambique.[6] All of the matches will have full T20I status as the ICC granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 January 2019.[7] Cameroon could be playing their first matches with T20I status during this tournament, depending on when the event is rescheduled.

Squads

Squads as announced before the event was postponed on 9 March 2020.

 Botswana  Cameroon[8]  Ghana[9]  Kenya
  • Solefack James (c)
  • Nyoma Abega
  • Abada Amah
  • Nono Aminou
  • Nseke Toube Bruno
  • Ondoa Charles
  • Mpegna Faustin
  • Tchakou Idris
  • Dipita Loic
  • Ngong Michael
  • Ndouteng Narcise
  • Abanda Protais
  • Mballa Raoul
 Malawi[10]  Mozambique[11]  Nigeria[12]  Uganda[13]
  • Mohamed Abdulla (c)
  • Kaleem Shah (c)

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Status
 Ghana000000+0.000Advanced to semi-finals
 Malawi000000+0.000
 Nigeria000000+0.000
 Uganda000000+0.000

Group B
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Status
 Botswana000000+0.000Advanced to semi-finals
 Cameroon000000+0.000
 Kenya000000+0.000
 Mozambique000000+0.000

References
  1. "Africa Cricket Association announces ACA T20 AFRICA CUP FINALS". Africa Cricket Association. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. "ACA T20 Africa Cup Final 20–28 March 2020 Nairobi - Kenya". Africa Cricket Association. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  3. "Cricket Cranes gaffer Tikolo out of contract". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. "ACA T20 Africa Cup Kenya 2020 postponed". Africa Cricket Association. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  5. "NCF closes Lagos camp as coronavirus forces postponement of Africa Cricket Championship". Busy Buddies. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. "ACA announces the format of the ACA T20 Cup Finals". Africa Cricket Association. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "All T20 Matches Between ICC Members to Get International Status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. "Cameroon announces the team for ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. "Ghana declared the official squad for ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. "Eagerly waiting for ACA T20 - Malawi team captain, Mohamed Abdulla". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  11. "Mozambique is ready - Captain, Kaleem Shah". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  12. "Nigeria team announced for ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  13. "Team Uganda ready for a ACA T20 Africa Cup". African Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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