Cricket at the African Games

The team sport of Cricket became a medal sport at the 2023 African Games.^[1][2]

Cricket at the African Games

Current season, competition or edition: Cricket at the 2023 African Games
Sport	Cricket
Founded	M: 2023 W: 2023
First season	2023
No. of teams	M: 8 W: 8
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Zimbabwe (1st title) W:  Zimbabwe (1st title)
Most titles	M:  Zimbabwe (1 title) W:  Zimbabwe (1 title)

Summary

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	0	0	2
2	Namibia (NAM)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
4	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Legend

• GS — Group Stage

Men

Team	2023	Years
Ghana	GS	1
Kenya	4th	1
Namibia	2nd	1
Nigeria	GS	1
South Africa	GS	1
Tanzania	GS	1
Uganda	3rd	1
Zimbabwe	1st	1
Total	8

Women

Team	2023	Years
Kenya	GS	1
Namibia	GS	1
Nigeria	3rd	1
Rwanda	GS	1
South Africa	2nd	1
Tanzania	GS	1
Uganda	4th	1
Zimbabwe	1st	1
Total	8