2023 East Africa T20 Cup
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The 2023 East Africa T20 Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Rwanda in August 2023.[1] The venue for the series was the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali.[2]
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| Date | 20–31 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rwanda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Uganda won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Kenneth Waiswa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The participating teams were the hosts Rwanda along with Tanzania and Uganda.[3] Ghana were originally scheduled to participate, but withdrew before the start of the tournament.[4] Uganda, the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament,[5] also achieved victory in the 2023 tournament, with eleven wins in twelve matches.[6] Uganda's only defeat in the tournament was against Tanzania on 21 August 2023. They bounced back by defeating Tanzania four times in the remainder of the tournament.
Squads
 Rwanda[7][8] |
 Tanzania[9] |
 Uganda[10] |
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Points table
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
Fixtures
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Ronald Lutaaya 43 (38) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/32 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kenneth Waiswa (Uga) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[12]
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Abhik Patwa 42 (37) Kenneth Waiswa 4/29 (4 overs) |
Simon Ssesazi 50 (35) SanjayKumar Thakor 2/33 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
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Amal Rajeevan 57 (48) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/31 (4 overs) |
Didier Ndikubwimana 69 (46) Kassim Nassoro 1/24 (2.5 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
- Israel Mugisha (Rwa) and Shaik Basha (Tan) both made their T20I debuts.
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Ivan Selemani 59 (29) Alpesh Ramjani 3/18 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Wabwire (Uga) made his T20I debut.
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Alpesh Ramjani 45 (28) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/29 (4 overs) |
Clinton Rubagumya 40 (32) Alpesh Ramjani 4/9 (3 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
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Didier Ndikubwimana 52 (47) Ally Kimote 2/17 (3 overs) |
Abhik Patwa 58 (34) Emile Rukiriza 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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Roger Mukasa 89 (51) Clinton Rubagumya 2/37 (4 overs) |
Orchide Tuyisenge 40 (27) Alpesh Ramjani 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
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Wilson Niyitanga 33 (35) Mohamed Issa 3/24 (4 overs) |
SanjayKumar Thakor 44 (19) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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Amal Rajeevan 50 (37) Kenneth Waiswa 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pascal Murungi (Uga) replaced Ronak Patel as a concussion substitute after 4.3 overs of the first innings.
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Abhik Patwa 54 (43) Martin Akayezu 2/26 (4 overs) |
Martin Akayezu 32 (16) Salum Jumbe 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
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Ronak Patel 37 (23) Mohamed Issa 2/17 (3 overs) |
Shaik Basha 43 (23) Jonathan Ssebanja 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
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Zappy Bimenyimana 30 (20) Alpesh Ramjani 2/13 (4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jean Iradukunda (Rwa) made his T20I debut.
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- Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.
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Ivan Selemani 34 (29) Emile Rukiriza 2/28 (4 overs) |
Kevin Irakoze 24 (17) Yalinde Nkanya 3/25 (3 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
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Amal Rajeevan 63 (49) Martin Akayezu 3/45 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
Notes
- Didier Ndikubwimana captained Rwanda in the third match of the series.
- Kenneth Waiswa captained Uganda in the fourteenth and seventeenth matches of the series.
References
External links
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