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Cricket at the African Games

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Cricket at the African Games
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Cricket at the 2023 African Games
SportCricket
FoundedM: 2023
W: 2023
First season2023
No. of teamsM: 8
W: 8
Most recent
champions
M:  Zimbabwe (1st title)
W:  Zimbabwe (1st title)
Most titlesM:  Zimbabwe (1 title)
W:  Zimbabwe (1 title)

The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2023 African Games.[1][2] Cricket was also confirmed to be included in 2027 African Games at Cairo.[3]

Summary

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Men

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Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Result Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023
details
Ghana
Accra
 Zimbabwe Emerging Zimbabwe Emerging won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
 Namibia  Uganda Uganda won by 106 runs
Scorecard
 Kenya
2027
details
Egypt
Cairo

Women

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Year Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2023
details
Ghana
Accra
 Zimbabwe Match Tied (Zimbabwe won the Super Over)
Scorecard
 South Africa Emerging  Nigeria Nigeria won by 3 wickets
Scorecard
 Uganda
2027
details
Egypt
Cairo

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Zimbabwe (ZIM)2002
2 Namibia (NAM)0101
 South Africa (RSA)0101
4 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Uganda (UGA)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Participating nations

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Legend
  • GS — Group Stage

Men

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Team Ghana
2023
Years
 GhanaGS1
 Kenya4th1
 Namibia2nd1
 NigeriaGS1
 South AfricaGS1
 TanzaniaGS1
 Uganda3rd1
 Zimbabwe1st1
Total8

Women

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Team Ghana
2023
Years
 KenyaGS1
 NamibiaGS1
 Nigeria3rd1
 RwandaGS1
 South Africa2nd1
 TanzaniaGS1
 Uganda4th1
 Zimbabwe1st1
Total8

References

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  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. Lagos, Nigeria. 22 Feb 2022. Retrieved 22 Feb 2022.
  3. ↑ icc (2025-11-07). "Success of Women's Cricket World Cup demonstrates cricket's potential for growth: ICC Board". icc. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
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