2018 Africa T20 Cup Explained
Africa T20 Cup |
Fromdate: | 14 |
Todate: | 24 September 2018 |
Administrator: | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
Tournament Format: | Group stage, playoffs |
Host: | South Africa |
Champions: | Gauteng |
Count: | 1 |
Participants: | 20 |
Matches: | 43 |
Most Runs: | Marco Marais (359) |
Most Wickets: | Nandre Burger (11) |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Previous Tournament: | 2017 Africa T20 Cup |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Next Tournament: | 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup |
The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season.[1] Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.[2] [3]
Organised by Cricket South Africa, the tournament was played between twenty teams.[4] Sixteen of these teams had participated in previous years – thirteen South African provincial teams, national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe[5] – and they were joined by South African teams Limpopo and Mpumalanga along with Nigeria[6] and Uganda.[7] The invitation was initially extended to Ghana, but they declined.[7]
Uganda's captain, Roger Mukasa, said it would give the team "a priceless chance to get international exposure" ahead of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[8]
On the opening day of the tournament, Marco Marais scored an unbeaten century for Border against Namibia in Group C.[9] In Group D, Shane Dadswell scored 98 runs from 34 balls for North West, which Cricket South Africa described as "the performance of the day".[10] On the second day, Marais scored his second century, making 106 not out.[11] Wihan Lubbe also scored a century, batting for North West against Limpopo in Group D.[12] In the same match, North West scored 262 runs, the second-highest score in T20 cricket.[12]
Following the conclusion of the group stage of the tournament, Easterns, Gauteng, Border and North West had all progressed to the semi-finals of the competition.[13] Gauteng and North West were drawn together in the first semi-final, with Border and Easterns playing each other in the second semi-final.[14] The matches took place at Buffalo Park in East London.[14]
In the first semi-final, Gauteng beat North West by 27 runs to progress to the final.[15] They were joined by Border, after they beat Easterns by 7 wickets in the second semi-final.[16] Gauteng won the tournament, beating Border by three wickets in the final.[17] [18]
For the next season, the tournament was replaced with the returning CSA Provincial T20 Cup, last played in the 2015–16 season, and featuring only the South African domestic provincial teams.[19] [20]
Pool A
Squads
Points table
width=200 | Team[26] | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=45 | |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.732 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.308 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | –1.403 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +0.212 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –0.979 | |
Fixtures
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Pool B
Squads
Points table
width=200 | Team | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=45 | |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | +2.129 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.569 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | –0.630 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.761 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.387 | |
Fixtures
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Pool C
Squads
Points table
width=200 | Team | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=45 | |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.573 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.176 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.726 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.997 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.441 | |
Fixtures
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Pool D
Squads
Points table
width=200 | Team | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=20 | | width=45 | |
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| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.311 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.101 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | –0.792 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –1.869 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4.205 | |
Fixtures
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Finals
Semi-finals
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Final
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: T20 league excitement for KZN . 9 July 2018 . Cricket South Africa . 9 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153748/http://cricket.co.za/news/24941/T20-league-excitement-for-KZN . dead .
- Web site: KZN Inland beat Free State to win Africa T20 Cup Title . 25 September 2017 . Cricket South Africa . 25 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170925181504/http://cricket.co.za/news/21138/KZN-Inland-beat-Free-State-to-win-Africa-T20-Cup-Title . dead .
- Web site: Africa T20 Cup: Group A Preview . Cricket South Africa . 11 September 2018 . 11 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911151949/http://cricket.co.za/news/25971/Africa-T20-Cup-Group-A-Preview . dead .
- Web site: CSA launches expanded Africa T20 Cup . Cricket South Africa . 7 August 2018 . 8 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180808104532/http://cricket.co.za/news/25529/CSA-launches-expanded-Africa-T20-Cup . dead .
- Web site: CSA launches expanded Africa T20 Cup. Cricket365. 7 August 2018.
- Web site: Ghana and Nigeria set to join Kenya, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South African domestic sides in expanded Africa T20 Cup . International Cricket Council . 7 August 2018.
- Web site: Uganda replaces Ghana in upcoming Africa T20 Cup. Cricket South Africa. 28 August 2018. 29 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000159/http://cricket.co.za/news/25794/Uganda-replaces-Ghana-in-upcoming-Africa-T20-Cup. dead.
- Web site: Cricket Cranes captain Mukasa welcomes Africa T20 Cup invite . Daily Monitor . 30 August 2018.
- Web site: EP making a flying start but African challengers stay in touch . Cricket South Africa . 15 September 2018 . 15 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915002000/http://cricket.co.za/news/26041/EP-making-a-flying-start-but-African-challengers-stay-in-touch . dead .
- Web site: Dadswell stars but Northern Cape control Pool D . Cricket South Africa . 15 September 2018 . 15 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042359/http://cricket.co.za/news/26044/Dadswell-stars-but-Northern-Cape-control-Pool-D . dead .
- Web site: Marais blasts second century but EP remain in control . Cricket South Africa . 16 September 2018 . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130251/http://cricket.co.za/news/26057/Marais-blasts-second-century-but-EP-remain-in-control . dead .
- Web site: Lubbe hits century but Northern Cape edge towards semi . Cricket South Africa . 16 September 2018 . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130528/http://cricket.co.za/news/26047/Lubbe-hits-century-but-Northern-Cape-edge-towards-semi . dead .
- Web site: Africa T20 Cup semi-finalists decided . SA Cricket Mag . 16 September 2018.
- Web site: CSA conducts draw for Africa T20 Cup semi-finals . Cricket South Africa . 18 September 2018 . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160527/http://cricket.co.za/news/26088/CSA-conducts-draw-for-Africa-T20-Cup-semi-finals . dead .
- Web site: Bavuma and Mulder star as Gauteng reach Africa T20 Cup final . Independent Online . 23 September 2018.
- Web site: Brutal Border book safe passage to final . SA Cricket Mag . 23 September 2018.
- Web site: Gauteng clinch Africa T20 Cup . SA Cricket Mag . 24 September 2018.
- Web site: Pongolo helps Gauteng seal maiden Africa T20 Cup title . Cricket South Africa . 24 September 2018 .
- Web site: CSA plans to boot out African teams from Africa T20 Cup . Sport24 . 10 September 2019.
- Web site: Western Province Name Squad for CSA Provincial T20 Cup . Cricket World . 10 September 2019.
- Web site: Easterns Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Uganda Cricket names Africa T20 squad . Kawowo Sports . 5 September 2018.
- Web site: Inland & Coastal geared up for Africa T20 Cup . Cricket South Africa . 14 September 2018.
- Web site: KwaZulu-Natal Inland Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: WP select two schoolboys in Africa T20 Cup team . Cricket South Africa . 10 September 2018 . 10 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910204000/http://cricket.co.za/news/25965/WP-select-two-schoolboys-in-Africa-T20-Cup-team . dead .
- Web site: Africa T20 Cup Table - 2018 . 16 September 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
- Web site: Free State Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Gauteng Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Northerns Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: South Western Districts Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Musakanda to captain Zimbabwe Select in Africa T20 Cup . Cricket South Africa . 3 September 2018 . 3 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215244/http://cricket.co.za/news/25912/Musakanda-to-captain-Zimbabwe-Select-in-Africa-T20-Cup . dead .
- News: Border bring in heavy weaponry . Dispatch LIVE . 22 August 2018.
- Web site: Eastern Province Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Kenya Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Mpumalanga Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- News: Cricket Namibia to compete in T20 Africa Cup . The Namibian . 24 August 2018.
- Web site: Boland Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Limpopo Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: Yellow Greens Departs the Shores of the Country for Africa T20 Cup in South Africa . Nigeria Cricket . 10 September 2018.
- Web site: Northern Cape Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.
- Web site: North West Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 September 2018.