2017 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Qualifiers

Dates	7 – 13 April 2017
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	South Africa
Participants	6

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.

Teams

Six teams invited by ICC for the tournament:

•  Botswana
•  Ghana
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•  Tanzania
•  Zambia

Points table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Points	NRR	Status
Ghana	5	5	0	0	0	10	+1.994	Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
Botswana	5	3	1	0	1	7	+0.420	Did not Qualify for 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
Tanzania	5	3	2	0	0	6	+1.127
Nigeria	5	2	2	0	1	5	-0.704
Zambia	5	1	4	0	0	2	-0.770
Sierra Leone	5	0	5	0	0	0	-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