Cricket at the African Games

The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2023 African Games.^[1][2]

Cricket at the African Games

Current season, competition or edition: Cricket at the 2023 African Games
Sport	Cricket
Founded	M: 2023 W: 2023
First season	2023
No. of teams	M: 8 W: 8
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Zimbabwe (1st title) W:  Zimbabwe (1st title)
Most titles	M:  Zimbabwe (1 title) W:  Zimbabwe (1 title)

Summary

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Result	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2023 details	Accra		Zimbabwe Emerging	Zimbabwe Emerging won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Namibia		Uganda	Uganda won by 106 runs Scorecard	Kenya

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2023 details	Accra		Zimbabwe	Match Tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over) Scorecard	South Africa Emerging		Nigeria	Nigeria won by 3 wickets Scorecard	Uganda

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	0	0	2
2	Namibia (NAM)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
4	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Legend

• GS — Group Stage

Men

Team	2023	Years
Ghana	GS	1
Kenya	4th	1
Namibia	2nd	1
Nigeria	GS	1
University Sports South Africa	GS	1
Tanzania	GS	1
Uganda	3rd	1
Zimbabwe Emerging	1st	1
Total	8

Women

Team	2023	Years
Kenya	GS	1
Namibia	GS	1
Nigeria	3rd	1
Rwanda	GS	1
South Africa Emerging	2nd	1
Tanzania	GS	1
Uganda	4th	1
Zimbabwe	1st	1
Total	8

References

1. "Cricket to make its African Games Debut in 2023". Emerging Cricket. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2022.
2. "Cricket to feature in 2023 Africa Games". The Guardian. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2022.

External links

• Official website