# 2018 Africa 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. Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.
Organised by Cricket South Africa, the tournament was played between twenty teams. Sixteen of these teams had participated in previous years – thirteen South African provincial teams, national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe – and they were joined by South African teams Limpopo and Mpumalanga along with Nigeria and Uganda. The invitation was initially extended to Ghana, but they declined.
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.
On the opening day of the tournament, Marco Marais scored an unbeaten century for Border against Namibia in Group C. 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".Marais scored his second century on the second day, making 106 not out. Wihan Lubbe also scored a century, batting for North West against Limpopo in Group D. In the same match, North West scored 262 runs, the second-highest score in T20 cricket.
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. Gauteng and North West were drawn together in the first semi-final, with Border and Easterns playing each other in the second semi-final. The matches took place at Buffalo Park in East London.
In the first semi-final, Gauteng beat North West by 27 runs to progress to the final. They were joined by Border, after they beat Easterns by 7 wickets in the second semi-final. Gauteng won the tournament, beating Border by three wickets in the final.
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.

## Pool A
### Squads

| Easterns | Uganda | KwaZulu-Natal | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | Western Province |
| Matthew Arnold Clayton August Armandt Erasmus Imran Manack Wesley Marshall Sizwe Masondo Dyllan Matthews Felane Neo Zwelo Ntsimbini Kabelo Sekhukhune Jurie Snyman Grant Thomson Aron Visser | Roger Mukasa (c) Brian Masaba (vc) Fred Achelam (wk) Irfan Afridi Zephania Arinaitwe Bilal Hassan Hamu Kayondo Deusdedit Muhumuza Dinesh Nakrani Frank Nsubuga Riazat Ali Shah Charles Waiswa Kenneth Waiswa | Marques Ackerman Eathan Bosch Blayde Capell Khalipha Cele Keith Dudgeon Michael Erlank Matt Montgomery Senuran Muthusamy Thula Ngcobo Smangaliso Nhlebela Zakariya Paruk Andile Phehlukwayo Calvin Savage | Cody Chetty Gareth Dukes Sarel Erwee Mondli Khumalo Sohail Mahmoud Attie Maposa Nduduzo Mfoza Kerwin Mungroo Kyle Nipper Ruhan Pretorius Grant Roelofsen Lwandiswa Zuma Sithabiso Zungu | Andre Malan (c) Qaasim Adams Jonathan Bird Michael Cohen Isaac Dikgale Dayyaan Galiem Carlos Koyana George Linde Bonga Makaka Janneman Malan Mpilo Njoloza Dane Paterson Kyle Williamson |

### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Easterns | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.732 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.308 |
| Uganda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | –1.403 |
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +0.212 |
| Western Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –0.979 |

### Fixtures

* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| KwaZulu-Natal 163/5 (20 overs) | v | Uganda 143/8 (20 overs) |
* KwaZulu-Natal won by 20 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
* Blayde Capell, Thula Ngcobo (KwaZulu-Natal), Fred Achelam, Zephania Arinaitwe, Bilal Hassan and Riazat Ali Shah (Uganda) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Easterns 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Western Province 115 (19 overs) |
* Easterns won by 58 runs Varsity Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
* Felane Neo (Easterns), Jonathan Bird and Bonga Makaka (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Easterns 183/8 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal 154/7 (20 overs) |
* Easterns won by 29 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland 227/2 (20 overs) | v | Uganda 94 (18.5 overs) |
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 133 runs Varsity Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mondli Khumalo and Sithabiso Zungu (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Easterns 195/5 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal Inland 137/9 (20 overs) |
* Easterns won by 58 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
* Luke Schlemmer (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) made his T20 debut.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Western Province 152/7 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal 153/6 (18.4 overs) |
* KwaZulu-Natal won by 4 wickets Varsity Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* Matt Montgomery (KwaZulu-Natal), Thando Ntini and Kyle Williamson (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Easterns 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Uganda 146/5 (19.3 overs) |
* Uganda won by 5 wickets Varsity Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
* Zwelo Ntsimbini, Aron Visser (Easterns) and Kenneth Waiswa (Uganda) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Western Province 220/3 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal Inland 185/6 (20 overs) |
* Western Province won by 35 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Western Province 152/6 (20 overs) | v | Uganda 154/4 (15.3 overs) |
* Uganda won by 6 wickets City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 September 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland 130 (19.5 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal 131/4 (17.2 overs) |
* KwaZulu-Natal won by 6 wickets City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
* KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.

## Pool B
### Squads

| Free State | Gauteng | Northerns | South Western Districts | Zimbabwe Select |
| Patrick Botha Gerald Coetzee Corné Dry Andries Gous Eddie Leie Loyiso Mdashe Thandolwethu Mnyaka Karabo Mogotsi Dilivio Ridgaard Rudi Second Romano Terblanche Shadley van Schalkwyk Sean Whitehead | Temba Bavuma Nandre Burger Chad Classen Martin Coetzee Carmi le Roux Kgaudisa Molefe Mangaliso Mosehle Muhammed Mayet Wiaan Mulder Ndumiso Mvelase Nono Pongolo Delano Potgieter Tumelo Tlhokwe | Neil Brand Ruan de Swardt Leus du Plooy Rubin Hermann Gionne Koopman Victor Mahlangu Gregory Mahlokwana Sammy Mofokeng Luvuyo Nkese Jiveshan Pillay Diego Rosier Ruben Trumpelmann Mitchell Van Buuren | Tladi Bokako Bradley de Villiers Jean du Plessis Niel Hornbuckle Brendon Louw Aviwe Mgijima Tshepiso Ndwandwa Yamkela Oliphant Marcello Piedt Jacobus Pienaar Jason Smith Jaco van Rensburg Zubayr Hamza | Tarisai Musakanda (c) Ryan Murray (vc) Faraz Akram Brian Chari Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Neville Madziva Rugare Magarira Timycen Maruma Brandon Mavuta Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Richard Ngarava Cephas Zhuwao |

### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Gauteng | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | +2.129 |
| Northerns | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.569 |
| Zimbabwe Select | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | –0.630 |
| Free State | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.761 |
| South Western Districts | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.387 |

### Fixtures

* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Northerns 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Free State 136/7 (20 overs) |
* Northerns won by 14 runs Bridgton Sports Grounds, Oudtshoorn
* Free State won the toss and elected to field.
* Dilivio Ridgaard (Free State), Neil Brand, Donavon Ferreira and Ruben Trumpelmann (Northerns) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe Select 48 (12.2 overs) | v | Gauteng 53/3 (7.4 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 7 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
* Martin Coetzee, Juan Landsberg, Muhammed Mayet, Kgaudisa Molefe (Gauteng) and Faraz Akram (Zimbabwe Select) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Gauteng 170/3 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 130 (19.5 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 41 runs Bridgton Sports Grounds, Oudtshoorn
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tumelo Tlhokwe (Gauteng), Jaco van Rensburg, Tshepiso Ndwandwa and Bradley de Villiers (South Western Districts) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Free State 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe Select 149/3 (16 overs) |
* Zimbabwe Select won by 7 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* Zimbabwe Select won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Free State 174/8 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 150 (18.1 overs) |
* Free State won by 24 runs Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Northerns 137/6 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe Select 140/4 (19.2 overs) |
* Zimbabwe Select won by 6 wickets Bridgton Sports Grounds, Oudtshoorn
* Zimbabwe Select won the toss and elected to field.
* Mitchell Van Buuren, Kulani Baloyi (Northerns) and Patrick Mambo (Zimbabwe Select) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Gauteng 156/7 (20 overs) | v | Free State 121 (17.4 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 35 runs Bridgton Sports Grounds, Oudtshoorn
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| South Western Districts 120/9 (20 overs) | v | Northerns 121/1 (15.1 overs) |
* Northerns won by 9 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* Yamkela Oliphant (South Western Districts) made his T20 debut.
* 16 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Northerns 136 (19 overs) | v | Gauteng 133/8 (20 overs) |
* Northerns won by 3 runs Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
* Chad Classen (Gauteng) made his T20 debut.
* 16 September 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| South Western Districts 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe Select 150/5 (19.3 overs) |
* Zimbabwe Select won by 5 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

## Pool C
### Squads

| Border | Eastern Province | Kenya | Mpumalanga | Namibia |
| Clayton Bosch Gihahn Cloete Phaphama Fojela Ayabulela Gqamane Christiaan Jonker Bongolwethu Makeleni Mncedisi Malika Marco Marais Jason Niemand Jerry Nqolo Yaseen Vallie Basheeru-Deen Walters Bamanye Xenxe | Matthew Breetzke Mathew Christensen Jade de Klerk Thomas Kaber Tian Koekemoer Edward Moore Lesiba Ngoepe Solo Nqweni Onke Nyaku Lutho Sipamla Kelly Smuts Glenton Stuurman Joshua van Heerden | Dhiren Gondaria Gurdeep Singh Irfan Karim Pushpak Kerai Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Rakep Patel Emmanuel Bundi | Glen Adams Aubrey Ferreira Jared Fuchs Mbasa Gqadushe Tumi Koto Musa Makhubela Gerald Ngwenyama Liam Peters Blake Schraader Maarten Steenkamp Benjamin van Niekerk Jacques Vosloo Codi Yusuf | Stephan Baard Christopher Coombe Niko Davin Gerhard Erasmus Jan Frylinck Zane Green Nicol Loftie-Eaton Lo-handre Louwrens Tangeni Lungameni Colin Peake Michau du Preez Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit |

### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Border | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.573 |
| Eastern Province | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.176 |
| Namibia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.726 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.997 |
| Mpumalanga | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.441 |

### Fixtures

* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Eastern Province 150/9 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 135/8 (20 overs) |
* Eastern Province won by 15 runs Buffalo Park, East London
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* Joshua van Heerden, Lutho Sipamla (Eastern Province) and Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Mpumalanga 166/9 (20 overs) | v | Kenya 170/2 (19.2 overs) |
* Kenya won by 8 wickets Police Park, East London
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* Glen Adams, Jared Fuchs, Tumi Koto, Musa Makhubela, Gerald Ngwenyama, Blake Schraader, Maarten Steenkamp, Benjamin van Niekerk and Codi Yusuf (Mpumalanga) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Border 193/4 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 197/5 (19.4 overs) |
* Namibia won by 5 wickets Police Park, East London
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* Jason Niemand and Bongolwethu Makeleni (Border) both made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Eastern Province 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 159/5 (20 overs) |
* Eastern Province won by 11 runs Buffalo Park, East London
* Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tian Koekemoer, Athi Mafazwe (Eastern Province) and Jacques Vosloo (Mpumalanga) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Mpumalanga 175/5 (20 overs) | v | Border 179/1 (17.3 overs) |
* Border won by 9 wickets Buffalo Park, East London
* Border won the toss and elected to field.
* Bamanye Xenxe (Border) and Liam Peters (Mpumalanga) both made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Eastern Province 189/6 (20 overs) | v | Kenya 109 (15.3 overs) |
* Eastern Province won by 79 runs Police Park, East London
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 130/6 (20 overs) | v | Border 133/2 (10.5 overs) |
* Border won by 8 wickets Buffalo Park, East London
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Namibia 216/4 (20 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 150 (19 overs) |
* Namibia won by 66 runs Police Park, East London
* Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 183/8 (20 overs) | v | Namibia 183/7 (20 overs) |
* Match tied (Namibia won the one-over eliminator) Buffalo Park, East London
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 September 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| Eastern Province 137/7 (20 overs) | v | Border 141/7 (19 overs) |
* Border won by 3 wickets Buffalo Park, East London
* Border won the toss and elected to field.

## Pool D
### Squads

| Boland | Limpopo | Nigeria | Northern Cape | North West |
| Ziyaad Abrahams Ferisco Adams David Bedingham Charl Cyster Reeve Cyster Fritz de Beer Sinalo Gobeni Hanno Kotze Pieter Malan Nkululeko Serame Kyle Simmonds Cebo Tshiki Lizaad Williams | Thomas Hobson Ernest Kemm Lerato Kgoatle Kgosi Leopeng Don Radebe Ruan Sadler Isaac Senetla Ben Skade Julian Soutter Leighton Swarts Lefa Thaba Michael Weldon Ruan Willemse | Abiodun Abioye Sesan Adedeji Mojeed Adiamo Joshua Ayannaike Isaac Danladi Daniel Gim Chibuike Iteogu Isaac Okpe Sylvester Okpe Ademola Onikoyi Chimezie Onwuzulike Mohameed Taiwo Ovais Yousof | Ottniel Baartman Patrick Kruger Themba Maupa Avumile Mnci Kagiso Mohale Grant Mokoena Nangomso Mqaleni Mtabozuko Nqam Keegan Petersen Farhaan Sayanvala Jacques Snyman Aubrey Swanepoel Mason Zacharia | Brady Barends Yassar Cook Kevin Crowie Shane Dadswell Johannes Diseko Ruan Haasbroek Katleho Leokaoke Wihan Lubbe Migael Pretorius Kagiso Rapulana Lesego Senokwane Nicky van den Bergh Jovuan van Wyngaardt |

### Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| North West | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.311 |
| Boland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.101 |
| Northern Cape | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | –0.792 |
| Limpopo | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –1.869 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4.205 |

### Fixtures

* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Nigeria 131/8 (20 overs) | v | North West 116/0 (9.3 overs) |
* North West won by 10 wickets (D/L) Boland Park, Paarl
* North West won the toss and elected to field.
* Shane Dadswell, Jovuan van Wyngaardt (North West), Abiodun Abioye, Mojeed Adiamo, Joshua Ayannaike, Isaac Danladi, Daniel Gim, Isaac Okpe, Sylvester Okpe, Ademola Onikoyi, Chimezie Onwuzulike, Mohameed Taiwo and Ovais Yousof (Nigeria) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Limpopo 125/5 (20 overs) | v | Northern Cape 111/4 (13.2 overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 6 wickets (D/L) Boland Park, Paarl
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
* Thomas Hobson, Don Radebe, Theo van Rensburg, Ruan Sadler, Xolane Shongwe, Leighton Swarts, Lefa Thaba, Michael Weldon (Limpopo) and Mtabozuko Nqam (Northern Cape) all made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| North West 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Northern Cape 165/5 (20 overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 5 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
* Grant Mokoena (Northern Cape) and Kevin Crowie (North West) both made their T20 debuts.
* 14 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Limpopo 98/9 (20 overs) | v | Boland 104/3 (15.2 overs) |
* Boland won by 7 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Boland won the toss and elected to field.
* Sinalo Gobeni, Charl Cyster (Boland), Michael van Rensburg, Kgosi Leopeng and Ben Skade (Limpopo) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| North West 130/6 (20 overs) | v | Boland 119/7 (20 overs) |
* North West won by 11 runs Boland Park, Paarl
* North West won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Nigeria 136/6 (20 overs) | v | Northern Cape 137/2 (15 overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 8 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
* Nangomso Mqaleni (Northern Cape), Sesan Adedeji and Chibuike Iteogu (Nigeria) all made their T20 debuts.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| North West 262/4 (20 overs) | v | Limpopo 160 (18.5 overs) |
* North West won by 62 runs Boland Park, Paarl
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 September 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Nigeria 64/8 (20 overs) | v | Boland 67/2 (5.2 overs) |
* Boland won by 8 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Fritz de Beer (Boland) made his T20 debut.
* 16 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Nigeria 112/7 (20 overs) | v | Limpopo 116/4 (15 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 6 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16 September 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape 141/8 (20 overs) | v | Boland 142/6 (16.5 overs) |
* Boland won by 4 wickets Boland Park, Paarl
* Boland won the toss and elected to field.

## Finals
### Semi-finals

* 23 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Gauteng 171/5 (20 overs) | v | North West 144/9 (17.5 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 27 runs Buffalo Park, East London
* North West won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 September 2018 13:00 Scorecard
| Easterns 134/9 (20 overs) | v | Border 135/3 (13.4 overs) |
* Border won by 7 wickets Buffalo Park, East London
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 24 September 2018 10:00 Scorecard
| Border 130 (20 overs) | v | Gauteng 131/7 (19.2 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 3 wickets Buffalo Park, East London
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.