ACA T20 action kicks off at Willowmoore Park tomorrow
The tournament will be sponsored by the BNP group for the next three years.
The much-anticipated Africa Cricket Association (ACA) Africa T20 Cup starts with a qualifying round between the East and West Africa nations at Willowmoore Park from December 5 to 10.
The qualifiers, which were supposed to be hosted in June in West Africa and July in East Africa but were postponed and then combined into a single event.
It will see 10 nations from both regions test each other to fill the four remaining spots in the Africa T20 Cup finals set to start on December 11.
In Group A, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, and Gambia will face each other, while Kenya, Sierra Leone, Mali and Cameroon will compete in Group B, with the two top sides in each group qualifying for the finals.
The four top teams from this tournament will face the already qualified Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and defending champions Uganda, who beat Tanzania to clinch the inaugural tournament last year.
ACA CEO Cassiem Suliman announced that the tournament would be sponsored by the BNP group for the next three years.
“ACA, in conjunction with Corcom Media Ventures, is happy to announce a major sponsor by BNP Group. The group chairperson, Biswanath Patnaik, is excited to venture into African cricket and has pledged his support to promote cricket in Africa going forward. This sponsorship will cater for the ACA Africa Cup T20 senior men and the senior women for the next three years,” said Suliman.
The finals will take place at the same venue from December 11 to 19.
Entry is free, and the public can bring food and drinks, but glass bottles and open fires are not permitted inside the venue.
Fixtures are available on www.africacricket.com.
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