Cricket at the African Games
Current season, competition or edition: Cricket at the 2023 African Games | |
| Sport | Cricket |
|---|---|
| Founded | M: 2023 W: 2023 |
| First season | 2023 |
| No. of teams | M: 8 W: 8 |
| Most recent champion(s) | M:  Zimbabwe (1st title) W: Zimbabwe (1st title) |
| Most titles | M: Zimbabwe (1 title) W: Zimbabwe (1 title) |
| Part of a series on the |
| International cricket competitions |
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| ICC Competitions |
| Men's |
| Women's |
| Multi-sport competitions |
| Regional competitions |
| Note: Defunct competitions are listed in italics. |
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The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2023 African Games.[1][2]
Summary
Men
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2023 |
 Accra |
Zimbabwe Emerging
|
Zimbabwe Emerging won by 8 wickets Scorecard |
 Namibia
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 Uganda
|
Uganda won by 106 runs Scorecard |
 Kenya
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Women
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2023 |
Accra |
Zimbabwe
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Match Tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over) Scorecard |
 South Africa Emerging
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 Nigeria
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Nigeria won by 3 wickets Scorecard |
Uganda
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Participating nations
- Legend
- GS — Group Stage
Men
| Team | 2023 |
Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana |
GS | 1 |
| Kenya |
4th | 1 |
| Namibia |
2nd | 1 |
| Nigeria |
GS | 1 |
| South Africa |
GS | 1 |
 Tanzania |
GS | 1 |
| Uganda |
3rd | 1 |
| Zimbabwe |
1st | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
Women
| Team | 2023 |
Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya |
GS | 1 |
| Namibia |
GS | 1 |
| Nigeria |
3rd | 1 |
 Rwanda |
GS | 1 |
| South Africa |
2nd | 1 |
| Tanzania |
GS | 1 |
| Uganda |
4th | 1 |
| Zimbabwe |
1st | 1 |
| Total | 8 |
References
- ^ "Cricket to make its African Games Debut in 2023". Emerging Cricket. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2022.
- ^ "Cricket to feature in 2023 Africa Games". The Guardian. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2022.