The 2018 Africa T20 Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Africa T20 Cup, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa in September 2018, as a curtain-raiser to the 2018–19 South African domestic season.[1] Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.[2][3]
| Dates | 14 – 24 September 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage, playoffs |
| Host(s) |  South Africa |
| Champions | Gauteng (1st title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 43 |
| Most runs | Marco Marais (359) |
| Most wickets | Nandre Burger (11) |
Organised by Cricket South Africa, the tournament was played between twenty teams.[4] Sixteen of these teams had participated in previous years – thirteen South African provincial teams, national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe[5] – and they were joined by South African teams Limpopo and Mpumalanga along with Nigeria[6] and Uganda.[7] The invitation was initially extended to Ghana, but they declined.[7]
Uganda's captain, Roger Mukasa, said it would give the team "a priceless chance to get international exposure" ahead of the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[8]
On the opening day of the tournament, Marco Marais scored an unbeaten century for Border against Namibia in Group C.[9] In Group D, Shane Dadswell scored 98 runs from 34 balls for North West, which Cricket South Africa described as "the performance of the day".[10] On the second day, Marais scored his second century, making 106 not out.[11] Wihan Lubbe also scored a century, batting for North West against Limpopo in Group D.[12] In the same match, North West scored 262 runs, the second-highest score in T20 cricket.[12]
Following the conclusion of the group stage of the tournament, Easterns, Gauteng, Border and North West had all progressed to the semi-finals of the competition.[13] Gauteng and North West were drawn together in the first semi-final, with Border and Easterns playing each other in the second semi-final.[14] The matches took place at Buffalo Park in East London.[14]
In the first semi-final, Gauteng beat North West by 27 runs to progress to the final.[15] They were joined by Border, after they beat Easterns by 7 wickets in the second semi-final.[16] Gauteng won the tournament, beating Border by three wickets in the final.[17][18]
For the next season, the tournament was replaced with the returning CSA Provincial T20 Cup, last played in the 2015–16 season, and featuring only the South African domestic provincial teams.[19][20]
Pool A edit
Squads edit
| Easterns[21]
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 Uganda[22]
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KwaZulu-Natal[23]
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland[24]
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Western Province[25]
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Points table edit
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Easterns |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +1.732 |
| KwaZulu-Natal |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.308 |
| Uganda |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | –1.403 |
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +0.212 |
| Western Province |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –0.979 |
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- Blayde Capell, Thula Ngcobo (KwaZulu-Natal), Fred Achelam, Zephania Arinaitwe, Bilal Hassan and Riazat Ali Shah (Uganda) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Felane Neo (Easterns), Jonathan Bird and Bonga Makaka (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
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- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mondli Khumalo and Sithabiso Zungu (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their T20 debuts.
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- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
- Luke Schlemmer (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) made his T20 debut.
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Matt Montgomery (KwaZulu-Natal), Thando Ntini and Kyle Williamson (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zwelo Ntsimbini, Aron Visser (Easterns) and Kenneth Waiswa (Uganda) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Pool B edit
Squads edit
| Free State[27]
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Gauteng[28]
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Northerns[29]
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South Western Districts[30]
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 Zimbabwe Select[31]
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Points table edit
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Gauteng |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | +2.129 |
| Northerns |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.569 |
| Zimbabwe Select |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | –0.630 |
| Free State |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.761 |
| South Western Districts |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.387 |
Fixtures edit
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- Free State won the toss and elected to field.
- Dilivio Ridgaard (Free State), Neil Brand, Donavon Ferreira and Ruben Trumpelmann (Northerns) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
- Martin Coetzee, Juan Landsberg, Muhammed Mayet, Kgaudisa Molefe (Gauteng) and Faraz Akram (Zimbabwe Select) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tumelo Tlhokwe (Gauteng), Jaco van Rensburg, Tshepiso Ndwandwa and Bradley de Villiers (South Western Districts) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Zimbabwe Select won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe Select won the toss and elected to field.
- Mitchell Van Buuren, Kulani Baloyi (Northerns) and Patrick Mambo (Zimbabwe Select) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
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- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yamkela Oliphant (South Western Districts) made his T20 debut.
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- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Pool C edit
Squads edit
| Border[32]
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Eastern Province[33]
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 Kenya[34]
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Mpumalanga[35]
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 Namibia[36]
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Points table edit
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Border |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.573 |
| Eastern Province |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +1.176 |
| Namibia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.726 |
| Kenya |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.997 |
| Mpumalanga |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.441 |
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Joshua van Heerden, Lutho Sipamla (Eastern Province) and Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Namibia) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Glen Adams, Jared Fuchs, Tumi Koto, Musa Makhubela, Gerald Ngwenyama, Blake Schraader, Maarten Steenkamp, Benjamin van Niekerk and Codi Yusuf (Mpumalanga) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Jason Niemand and Bongolwethu Makeleni (Border) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tian Koekemoer, Athi Mafazwe (Eastern Province) and Jacques Vosloo (Mpumalanga) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Bamanye Xenxe (Border) and Liam Peters (Mpumalanga) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
Pool D edit
Squads edit
| Boland[37]
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Limpopo[38]
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 Nigeria[39]
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Northern Cape[40]
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North West[41]
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Points table edit
| Team[26] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| North West |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.311 |
| Boland |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +2.101 |
| Northern Cape |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | –0.792 |
| Limpopo |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –1.869 |
| Nigeria |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4.205 |
Fixtures edit
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- North West won the toss and elected to field.
- Shane Dadswell, Jovuan van Wyngaardt (North West), Abiodun Abioye, Mojeed Adiamo, Joshua Ayannaike, Isaac Danladi, Daniel Gim, Isaac Okpe, Sylvester Okpe, Ademola Onikoyi, Chimezie Onwuzulike, Mohameed Taiwo and Ovais Yousof (Nigeria) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Thomas Hobson, Don Radebe, Theo van Rensburg, Ruan Sadler, Xolane Shongwe, Leighton Swarts, Lefa Thaba, Michael Weldon (Limpopo) and Mtabozuko Nqam (Northern Cape) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Grant Mokoena (Northern Cape) and Kevin Crowie (North West) both made their T20 debuts.
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- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
- Sinalo Gobeni, Charl Cyster (Boland), Michael van Rensburg, Kgosi Leopeng and Ben Skade (Limpopo) all made their T20 debuts.
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- North West won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Nangomso Mqaleni (Northern Cape), Sesan Adedeji and Chibuike Iteogu (Nigeria) all made their T20 debuts.
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- Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Finals edit
Semi-finals edit
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- North West won the toss and elected to field.
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Final edit
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