Here is all you need to know about Men’s African Games Cricket Ghana 2024 including its schedule, fixtures, results, venue and points table
The men’s cricket competition for the 2024 African Games is under already underway and three Ghanaian towns will host the 13th edition of the continent’s multisport tournament, the African Games 2024.
This major South African athletic event will feature 29 different sports competing. Over the course of fifteen days, five thousand athletes from all over Africa will gather to compete in a wide range of sporting disciplines during the Games.
African Games Ghana Cricket 2024 live points table standings today, schedule, date, time, results, score, matches list and teams
For the first time, cricket will be played at the African Games in 2024. The 13th African Games cricket competition features teams from eight different nations.
The groups will be round-robin matches between each team and its opponents, with the top two teams from each group moving on to the semifinals. Each nation will play each of the other teams in their group once under a single round-robin system. The two teams who have the highest rankings after all of the group stage matches will move on to the semifinals.
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Men’s African Games Ghana 2024 groups and teams
Group A
Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa.
Group B
Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
Men’s African Games Ghana 2024 squads
South Africa
- Dylan Bester
- Jesse Prodehl
- Lwandi Tywaku
- Maahir Joseph
- Ethan Fosler
- Hardus Coetzer
- Jason Raubenheimer
- Minenhle Ntobela
- Orapeleng Motlhoaring
- Nathan Roux (wk)
- Aohiwe Yako
- George Van Heerden (c)
- Heinrich Pieterse
- Lehan Botha, Lifa Ntanzi
Kenya
- Pushkar Sharma
- Rakep Patel (c)
- Rushab Patel
- Sukhdeep Singh
- Collins Obuya
- Nelson Odhiambo
- Sachin Bhudia
- Irfan Karim
- Emmanuel Bundi
- Francis Mutua
- Gerard Muthui
- Lucas Oluoch
- Shem Ngoche
- Vishil Patel
- Vraj Patel
Ghana
- Samson Awiah (c)
- Alex Osei
- Daniel Anefie
- Kelvin Awala
- Godfred Bakiweyem
- James Vifah
- Lee Nyarko
- Obed Harvey
- Rexford Bakum
- Richmond Baaleri
- Devender Singh (wk)
- Joseph Theodore (wk)
- Kofi Bagabena
- Michael Aboagye
- Philip Yevugah
- Syed Aqeel Israr
Namibia
- Malan Kruger
- Michael Van Lingen
- Nicol Loftie-Eaton
- Nikolaas Davin
- Pikky Ya France
- Gerhard Erasmus
- Jan Frylinck
- JJ Smit (c)
- Shaun Fouche
- Gerhard Van Rensburg
- Jean-Pierre Kotze
- Zane Green (wk)
- Ben Shikongo
- Bernard Scholtz
- Handre Klazinge
- Jack Brassell
- Ruben Trumpelmann
- Tangeni Lungameni
Zimbabwe
- Ashley Mufandauya
- Brian Bennett
- Nick Welch
- Rodney Mupfudza
- Jonathan Campell
- Tashinga Musekiwa
- Tony Munyonga
- Clive Madande (c & wk)
- Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk)
- Alex Falao
- Kudakwashe Macheka
- Owen Muzondo
- Takudzwa Chataira
- Trevor Gwandu
- Wallace Mubaiwa
Tanzania
- Ivan Selemani
- Jumanne Masquater
- Seif Athumani
- Kassim Nassoro
- Mohamed Simba
- Mohamed Yunusu Issa
- Salum Jumbe (c)
- Sanjay Kumar Thakor
- Zamoyoni Jabeneke
- Abdallah Jabiri
- Mohamed Omary
- Ally Kimote
- Johnson Nyambo
- Yalinde Nkanya
Nigeria
- Akhere Isesele
- Daniel Ajekun
- Joshua Asia
- Sesan Adedeji
- Chiemelie Udekwe
- Isaac Okpe
- Vincent Adewoye
- Sulaimon Runsewe (wk)
- Isaac Danladi
- Peter Aho
- Prosper Useni
- Ridwan Abdulkareem
- Solomon Chilemanya
- Sylvester Okpe (c)
- Taiwo Mohammed
Uganda
- Robinson Obuya
- Ronald Lutaaya
- Simon Ssesazi
- Alpesh Ramjani
- Dinesh Nakrani
- Juma Miyagi
- Kenneth Waiswa
- Pascal Murungi
- Riazat Ali Shah
- Cyrus Kakuru (wk)
- Fred Achelam
- Roger Mukasa (wk)
- Bilal Hassan
- Brian Masaba (c)
- Cosmas Kyewuta
- Frank Nsubuga
- Henry. Ssenyondo
- Innocent Mwebaze
When and where will the Men’s African Games Ghana 2024 be held?
The matches for the group stage began on March 17 and will run until March 23rd. Following the group round, the top two teams from each group move on to the semi-finals, which are scheduled for March 21. The games will be held at Achimota Oval A and Achimota Oval B in Accra, the tournament’s two sites.
March 17
- Zimbabwe vs Namibia (ZIM (197/6) beat NAM (162/8) by 35 runs)
- Tanzania vs Nigeria (TAN (131/6) beat NGA (84) by 47 runs)
- South Africa vs Ghana (SA (237/2) beat GHA (103/7) 134 runs)
- Uganda vs Kenya (UGA (169/7) beat KEN (97) by 72 runs)
March 18
- Tanzania vs Zimbabwe (TAN (86) lost to ZIM (90/6 in 16.3 overs) by 4 wickets)
- Namibia vs Nigeria (NAM (121/7) lost to NGA (126/7 in 20 overs) by 3 wickets)
- Kenya vs SA (KEN (141/6) beat SA (71/10 in 15 overs) by 71 runs)
- Uganda vs Ghana (UGA (194/5) beat GHA (73/10 in 16 overs) by 121 runs)
March 20
- South Africa vs Uganda
- Nigeria vs Zimbabwe
- Namibia vs Tanzania
March 21
- 1st Semi-Final (A1 vs B2)
- 2nd Semi-Final (B1 vs A2)
March 23
- 3rd Place Play-Off
- Final
Men’s African Games Ghana 2024 points table
Group A
Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points | |
1 | Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
2 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Group B
Position | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points | |
1 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
2 | Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Namibia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |