2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa

2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa
Dates5 – 12 May 2019
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage, final
Host(s)Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Champions Zimbabwe
Runners-up Namibia
Participants9
Matches17
Most runsZimbabwe Sharne Mayers (216)
Most wicketsZimbabwe Anesu Mushangwe (10)
2021 →

The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa was a cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in May 2019.[1] The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[2] Uganda won the previous Africa qualifier tournament, when it was held in Windhoek in 2017.[3]

The fixtures took place at Harare Sports Club, Old Hararians and Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare.[4] The teams in the Qualifier are split into two groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the final on 12 May 2019.[5] All the squads were confirmed on 1 May 2019.[6][7]

Namibia were undefeated in Group B to progress to the final of the qualifier tournament.[8] Zimbabwe were also undefeated in winning Group A, to join Namibia in the qualifier's final.[9] Zimbabwe beat Namibia by 50 runs in the final to win the tournament.[10][11][12]

However, in July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[13][14] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[15][16]

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