The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 will commence in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, November 23.
Botswana will play Eswatini in the opening match at the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval on Saturday at 02:30 PM IST.
Live streaming of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 will be available in India.
Sierra Leone will face Ivory Coast at the same venue at 06:45 PM IST while hosts Nigeria will meet Saint Helena at the University of Lagos Cricket Oval at the same time to round off the first-round matches of the six-team tournament on Saturday.
Each team will play one match against all other teams in a single round-robin format and the top two sides will progress to the regional final.
The tournament will have a total of 15 matches, three each day with a rest day in between, that will be shared between the two venues in Lagos.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 is part of the qualification process conducted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the Men’s T20 World Cup in 2026 to be hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka.
The regional final, to be held in 2025, will have eight teams participating with the top two teams in that tournament qualifying for the T20 World Cup 2026.
Namibia and Uganda, having played in the T20 World Cup 2024, received byes in the sub-regional qualifiers and will directly feature in the regional final.
They will be joined by six teams, two each from Qualifier A, Qualifier B and Qualifier C of the Africa sub-regionals.
Currently, Tanzania and Malawi from Qualifier A and Kenya and Zimbabwe from Qualifier B of the Africa sub-regionals have made it to the regional final.
The top two teams from this tournament will complete the qualification process for next year’s Africa regional final.
Out of the six teams in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024, hosts Nigeria are the top-ranked T20I side at 36th in ICC’s latest ranking list with Botswana at 50th.
Sierra Leone and Eswatini are ranked 69th and 82nd respectively, whereas Saint Helena and Ivory Coast are yet to be ranked as per the latest ranking list of ICC.
Where to watch ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 live in India
Live streaming of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 will be available on the FanCode app and website in India.
There will be no live telecast of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 on any TV channel in India.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 schedule and live match start times
All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)
Saturday, November 23
Botswana vs Eswatini - 2:30 PM
Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone - 6:45 PM
Nigeria vs Saint Helena - 6:45 PM
Sunday, November 24
Ivory Coast vs Saint Helena - 2:30 PM
Eswatini vs Sierra Leone - 2:30 PM
Nigeria vs Botswana - 6:45 PM
Tuesday, November 26
Saint Helena vs Sierra Leone - 2:30 PM
Nigeria vs Eswatini - 6:45 PM
Botswana vs Ivory Coast - 6:45 PM
Wednesday, November 27
Nigeria vs Sierra Leone - 2:30 PM
Botswana vs Saint Helena - 6:45 PM
Eswatini vs Ivory Coast - 6:45 PM
Thursday, November 28
Botswana vs Sierra Leone - 2:30 PM
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast - 6:45 PM
Eswatini vs Saint Helena - 6:45 PM
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier C 2024 squads
Nigeria: Daniel Ajekun, Isaac Danladi, Olayinka Olaleye, Isaac Okpe, Prosper Useni, Sylvester Okpe, Vincent Adewoye, Selim Salau (wk), Sulaimon Runsewe (wk), Chiemelie Udekwe, Joshua Asia, Peter Aho, Ridwan Abdulkareem, and Taiwo Mohammed
Botswana: Karabo Motlhanka (c), Michael Badenhorst, Vinoo Balakrishnan, Monroux Kasselman, Alfred Kgosiemang, Boemo Khumalo, Valentine Mbazo (wk), Mmoloki Mooketsi, Tumelo Mpatane, Reginald Nehonde, Tharindu Perera, Katlo Piet, Phemelo Silas, Thatayaone Tshose.
Eswatini: Adil Butt (c), Mancoba Jele (vc), Mohammed Alamgir, Muhammad Amin, Buhle Dlamini, Thandolwethu Dlamini, Veli Jele, Minhaz Khojbariya, Melusi Magagula, Umair Qasim, Rohan Sandeep (wk), Tarun Sandeep, Javid Suleman, Joseph Wright.
Ivory Coast: Dosso Issiaka (c), Mimi Alex, Kone Aziz, Dje Claude, Pamba Dimitri, Ouattara Djakaridja, Ladji Ezechiel, Konan Felix, Maiga Ibrahim, Ouattara Issouf, Ouattara Mohamed, Kone Nagnama, Assouan Roger, Kouakou Wilfried.
Saint Helena: Cliff Richards (c, wk), Scott Crowie, Jamie Essex, Rhys Francis, Brett Isaac, Aiden Leo, Brendan Leo, Dane Leo, Delroy Leo, Barry Stroud, Joey Thomas, David Young, Andrew Yon, Jordan Yon.
Sierra Leone: Lansana Lamin (c), Chernoh Bah, John Bangura (wk), Raymond Coker, Samuel Conteh, Abass Gbla, Yegbeh Jalloh (wk), Aruna Kainessie, Abubakar Kamara, Ishmael Komba, Ibrahim Kpaka, Miniru Kpaka, George Edward Ngegba, George Sesay, James Tommy, Alusine Turay, Solomon Williams.
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