2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers

The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers is an international cricket tournament that is scheduled to take place in Benoni, South Africa.[1] The winner of the qualifiers will progress to ICC WCL Division 5 which will be staged in September 2017.

2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers
Dates7 – 13 April 2017
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatLimited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) South Africa
Participants6

Teams

Six teams invited by ICC for the tournament:

Points table
Team P W L T NR Points NRR Status
 Ghana5500010+1.994Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
 Botswana531017+0.420Did not Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
 Tanzania532006+1.127
 Nigeria522015-0.704
 Zambia514002-0.770
 Sierra Leone505000-1.942

Source: Cricinfo[2]

Fixtures
7 April
Tanzania 
231 (50.0 overs)
v
 Nigeria
83 (34.4 overs)
Tanzania won by 148 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: S George and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: Jintin Singh (Tanzania)
  • Nigeria won the toss and chose to field
7 April
Ghana 
179 (42.5 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
66 (32.5 overs)
Ghana won by 113 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: PM Musoke (Uganda) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: DNA Ankrah (Ghana)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bowl
7 April
Botswana 
135 (44.1 overs)
v
 Zambia
54 (23.3 overs)
Botswana won by 81 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and A Louw (Namibia)
Player of the match: T Tshose (Botswana)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bowl
8 April
Zambia 
199 (46.2 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
158 (47.2 overs)
Zambia won by 41 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and S George
Player of the match: J Zimba (Zambia)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat
8 April
Nigeria 
51 (28.3 overs)
v
 Ghana
52/6 (13.5 overs)
Ghana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: F Ekalunga (Uganda) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: G Bakiweyem (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to field
8 April
Botswana 
154 (49.3 overs)
v
 Tanzania
128 (40.5 overs)
Botswana won by 26 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: KN Mussa (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl
10 April
Botswana 
154 (46.2 overs)
v
 Ghana
155/6 (34.4 overs)
Ghana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: D Odhiambo (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: S Ateak (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bowl
10 April
Zambia 
207/8 (50 overs)
v
 Tanzania
208/8 (49.1 overs)
Tanzania won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and IO Oyieko (Kenya)
Player of the match: A Dagar (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl
10 April
Nigeria 
181 (48.3 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
90 (36.4 overs)
Nigeria won by 91 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: F Ekalunga (Uganda) and A Louw (Namibia)
Player of the match: OA Olympio (Nigeria)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat
11 April
Zambia 
152 (42.5 overs)
v
 Nigeria
153/7 (37.1 overs)
Nigeria won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: D Odhiambo (Kenya) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: AS Abioye (Nigeria)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat
11 April
Sierra Leone 
137 (48.5 overs)
v
 Botswana
138/8 (44.3 overs)
Botswana won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: A Louw (Namibia) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: K Motlanka (Botswana)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat
11 April
Tanzania 
133/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ghana
134/5 (37.4 overs)
Ghana won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: PM Musoke (Uganda) and C Thorburn (Namibia)
Player of the match: V Ateak (Ghana)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bowl
13 April
Tanzania 
229/5 (34 overs)
v
 Sierra Leone
80/8 (23.5 overs)
Tanzania won by 165 runs (D/L method)
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: A Louw (Namibia) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: KN Mussa (Tanzania)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced Sierra Leone's innings to 23.5 overs with a target of 246 runs
13–14 April
Botswana 
117/5 (25 overs)
v
 Nigeria
100/8 (16.2 overs)
No result
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: R D'Mello (Kenya) and S George
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain reduced Botswana's innings to 25 overs and also Nigeria's innings has been reduced to 20 overs with a target of 163
  • The match was supposed to replay on April 14 but it didn't due to Bad Light
13 April
Zambia 
60 (20.3 overs)
v
 Ghana
49/1 (8.1 overs)
Ghana won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Umpires: VR Angara (Botswana) and D Odhiambo (Kenya)
Player of the match: G Bakiweyem (Ghana)
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bat
  • The rain has reduced Ghana's innings to 32 overs with a target of 49 runs

References
  1. "Seven teams battle for top spot in 2017 ICC WCL - Asia". icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. "ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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