# 2026 Men's T20 World Cup – Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A

The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier A was a cricket tournament that forms part of the qualification process for the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. It was hosted by Tanzania in September 2024.
Tanzania and Malawi finished as the top two sides in the tournament and advanced to the regional final, where they will be joined by Namibia and Uganda, who were given a bye after having participated in the previous T20 World Cup, and four other teams from sub-regional qualifiers B and C.

## Squads

| Cameroon | Ghana | Lesotho | Malawi | Mali | Tanzania |
| Faustin Mpegna (c) Julien Abega Junior Alembe Abdoulaye Aminou (wk) Sun Assegon Roger Atangana Alexis Balla Veron Bomnyuy Marvin Epok Honestly Kinga Dipita Loic Idriss Tchakou (wk) Alain Toube (wk) Bruno Toube | Obed Harvey (c) Peter Ananya Vincent Ateak Samson Awiah Frank Baaleri Richmond Baaleri Kofi Bagabena Godfred Bakiweyem Enoch Frimpong Syed Aqeel Israr Lee Nyarko Alex Osei (wk) Aziz Sualley Philip Yevugah | Maaz Khan (c) Chachole Tlali (vc, wk) Ts'episo Chaoana Lerotholi Gabriel Omar Hussain Vijayakumar Jayant Mohleki Leoela Lebona Leokaoke Molai Matsau Bahlakoana Mejaro Lefulere Monanthane Sajid Patel Thabiso Ramphoma Waseem Yaqoob | Moazzam Baig (c) Bright Balala Chisomo Chete (wk) Mike Choamba Daniel Jakiel Donnex Kansonkho Gift Kansonkho Aaftab Limdawala Gershom Ntambalika Blessings Pondani Sami Sohail Kelvin Thuchila Suhail Vayani Phillip Zuze (wk) | Yacouba Konate (c) Dramane Berthe Lassina Berthe Mohamed Coulibaly Moustapha Diakite Mohamed Fadiga Amadou Fofana Sanze Kamate Cheick Keita Theodore Macalou Zakaria Makadji (wk) Mahamadou Malle Amara Nimaga Lamissa Sanogo | Abhik Patwa (c) Kassim Nassoro (vc) Halidy Amiri Akhil Anil Laksh Bakrania Harsheed Chohan Mohamed Issa Khalidy Juma Muhammad Zafar Khan Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Jumanne Masquater Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) SanjayKumar Thakor |

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Tanzania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.774 | Advanced to the regional final |
| 2 | Malawi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3.241 | Advanced to the regional final |
| 3 | Ghana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.575 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Cameroon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −1.191 | Eliminated |
| 5 | Lesotho | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −2.283 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Mali | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −6.637 | Eliminated |

## Fixtures

* 21 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Malawi 145/4 (20 overs) | v | Lesotho 52 (14.5 overs) |
| Sami Sohail 64 (46) Ts'episo Chaoana 1/15 (4 overs) | | Mohleki Leoela 11 (14) Daniel Jakiel 4/12 (3.5 overs) |
* Malawi won by 93 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Sami Sohail (Malawi)
* Lesotho won the toss and elected to field.
* Sajid Patel (Les) made his T20I debut.
* 21 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Cameroon 40 (14.2 overs) | v | Ghana 41/2 (8.1 overs) |
| Dipita Loic 7 (9) Richmond Baaleri 4/6 (2 overs) | | Obed Harvey 17* (16) Dipita Loic 1/8 (2 overs) |
* Ghana won by 8 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Richmond Baaleri (Gha)
* Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
* Peter Ananya, Enoch Frimpong (Gha), Veron Bomnyuy and Honestly Kinga (Cmr) all made their T20I debuts.
* 21 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Mali 18 (12.5 overs) | v | Tanzania 19/0 (0.5 overs) |
| Sanze Kamate 3 (5) SanjayKumar Thakor 4/4 (3 overs) | | Zafar Khan 12* (4) |
* Tanzania won by 10 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: SanjayKumar Thakor (Tan)
* Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
* Laksh Bakrania, Khalidy Juma, Muhammad Zafar Khan (Tan), Yacouba Konate and Amara Nimaga (Mli) all made their T20I debuts.
* 22 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Mali 57 (16.4 overs) | v | Cameroon 58/4 (8.5 overs) |
| Lamissa Sanogo 15* (21) Idriss Tchakou 3/4 (2 overs) | | Bruno Toube 20 (15) Cheick Keita 2/7 (1 over) |
* Cameroon won by 6 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Idriss Tchakou (Cmr)
* Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohamed Fadiga (Mli) made his T20I debut.
* 22 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Malawi 113/5 (20 overs) | v | Ghana 88 (19 overs) |
| Gershom Ntambalika 34 (27) Obed Harvey 2/15 (4 overs) | | Obed Harvey 19 (17) Moazzam Baig 3/8 (4 overs) |
* Malawi won by 25 runs University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Moazzam Baig (Mwi)
* Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Tanzania 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Lesotho 61 (14.5 overs) |
| Omary Kitunda 45 (41) Waseem Yaqoob 4/38 (4 overs) | | Lerotholi Gabriel 33 (29) Laksh Bakrania 3/9 (3.5 overs) |
* Tanzania won by 122 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE) Player of the match: Omary Kitunda (Tan)
* Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bahlakoana Mejaro (Les) made his T20I debut.
* 24 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Ghana 133/3 (20 overs) | v | Lesotho 83 (20 overs) |
| Richmond Baaleri 51* (55) Lebona Leokaoke 1/16 (4 overs) | | Sajid Patel 42 (44) Enoch Frimpong 3/4 (3 overs) |
* Ghana won by 50 runs University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Richmond Baaleri (Gha)
* Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Cameroon 37 (12.1 overs) | v | Tanzania 38/1 (3 overs) |
| Abdoulaye Aminou 11 (11) Laksh Bakrania 4/6 (2.1 overs) | | Omary Kitunda 13* (6) Bruno Toube 1/32 (2 overs) |
* Tanzania won by 9 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Laksh Bakrania (Tan)
* Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sun Assegon (Cmr) made his T20I debut.
* 24 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Mali 43 (17 overs) | v | Malawi 44/1 (3.1 overs) |
| Yacouba Konate 11 (20) Suhail Vayani 4/8 (4 overs) | | Donnex Kansonkho 24 (9) Theodore Macalou 1/12 (1.1 overs) |
* Malawi won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan) Player of the match: Suhail Vayani (Mwi)
* Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
* Amadou Fofana (Mli) and Kelvin Thuchila (Mwi) both made their T20I debuts.
* 25 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Ghana 84/9 (20 overs) | v | Tanzania 88/3 (13.4 overs) |
| Obed Harvey 30 (44) Akhil Anil 2/11 (3 overs) | | Muhammad Zafar Khan 24 (17) Obed Harvey 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Tanzania won by 7 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Akhil Anil (Tan)
* Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Lesotho 148 (19.5 overs) | v | Mali 36 (9.4 overs) |
| Maaz Khan 61 (36) Sanze Kamate 3/12 (3 overs) | | Theodore Macalou 14 (16) Waseem Yaqoob 6/18 (4 overs) |
* Lesotho won by 112 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan) Player of the match: Waseem Yaqoob (Les)
* Mali won the toss and elected to field.
* Dramane Berthe (Mli) made his T20I debut.
* Waseem Yaqoob became the first player for Lesotho to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is and to take a hat-trick.
* 25 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Cameroon 30 (8.5 overs) | v | Malawi 31/1 (2.5 overs) |
| Dipita Loic 8* (3) Moazzam Baig 5/4 (1.5 overs) | | Sami Sohail 14* (8) Bruno Toube 1/3 (1 over) |
* Malawi won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Moazzam Baig (Mwi)
* Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Mali 24 (10.3 overs) | v | Ghana 27/0 (2.2 overs) |
| Mahamadou Malle 8 (27) Obed Harvey 4/5 (2 overs) | | Samson Awiah 18* (9) |
* Ghana won by 10 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Arsalaan Premji (Tan) Player of the match: Lee Nyarko (Gha)
* Mali won the toss and elected to bat.
* Obed Harvey (Gha) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.
* 26 September 2024 09:30 Scorecard
| Lesotho 47 (10 overs) | v | Cameroon 48/1 (8 overs) |
| Maaz Khan 10 (8) Dipita Loic 3/15 (4 overs) | | Bruno Toube 44* (28) Waseem Yaqoob 1/10 (2 overs) |
* Cameroon won by 9 wickets University of Dar es Salaam Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Kerrin Klaaste (SA) Player of the match: Bruno Toube (Cmr)
* Cameroon won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 September 2024 13:50 Scorecard
| Tanzania 119 (19.4 overs) | v | Malawi 100 (20 overs) |
| Abhik Patwa 30 (27) Suhail Vayani 3/28 (4 overs) | | Sami Sohail 38 (27) Khalidy Juma 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Tanzania won by 19 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Dar es Salaam Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Khalidy Juma (Tan)
* Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.