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. Provincial side KwaZulu-Natal Inland were the defending champions.
Organised by Cricket South Africa, the tournament featured 20 teams. Sixteen of these teams had participated in previous years – thirteen South African provincial teams, national representative sides of Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe – and they were joined by South African teams Limpopo and Mpumalanga along with the national teams of Nigeria and Uganda. The invitation was initially extended to Ghana, but they declined and Uganda was invited in their place.
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.
On the opening day of the tournament, Marco Marais scored an unbeaten century for Border against Namibia in Group C. 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". Marais scored his second century on the second day, making 106 not out. Wihan Lubbe also scored a century, batting for North West against Limpopo in Group D. In the same match, North West scored 262 runs, the second-highest score in T20 cricket.
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. Gauteng and North West were drawn together in the first semi-final, with Border and Easterns playing each other in the second semi-final. The matches took place at Buffalo Park in East London.
In the first semi-final, Gauteng beat North West by 27 runs to progress to the final. They were joined by Border, after they beat Easterns by 7 wickets in the second semi-final. Gauteng won the tournament, beating Border by three wickets in the final.
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.
Pool A
Squads Easterns KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal Inland Western Province Matthew Arnold Clayton August Armandt Erasmus Imran Manack Wesley Marshall Sizwe Masondo Dyllan Matthews Felane Neo Zwelo Ntsimbini Kabelo Sekhukhune Jurie Snyman Grant Thomson Aron Visser Roger Mukasa (c) Brian Masaba (vc) Fred Achelam (wk) Irfan Afridi Zephania Arinaitwe Bilal Hassan Hamu Kayondo Deusdedit Muhumuza Dinesh Nakrani Frank Nsubuga Riazat Ali Shah Charles Waiswa Kenneth Waiswa Marques Ackerman Eathan Bosch Blayde Capell Khalipha Cele Keith Dudgeon Michael Erlank Matt Montgomery Senuran Muthusamy Thula Ngcobo Smangaliso Nhlebela Zakariya Paruk Andile Phehlukwayo Calvin Savage Cody Chetty Gareth Dukes Sarel Erwee Mondli Khumalo Sohail Mahmoud Attie Maposa Nduduzo Mfoza Kerwin Mungroo Kyle Nipper Ruhan Pretorius Grant Roelofsen Lwandiswa Zuma Sithabiso Zungu Andre Malan (c) Qaasim Adams Jonathan Bird Michael Cohen Isaac Dikgale Dayyaan Galiem Carlos Koyana George Linde Bonga Makaka Janneman Malan Mpilo Njoloza Dane Paterson Kyle Williamson
Points table Team Easterns 4 3 1 0 0 14 +1.732 KwaZulu-Natal 4 3 1 0 0 12 +0.308 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
Fixtures
Pool B
Squads Free State Gauteng Northerns South Western Districts Patrick Botha Gerald Coetzee Corné Dry Andries Gous Eddie Leie Loyiso Mdashe Thandolwethu Mnyaka Karabo Mogotsi Dilivio Ridgaard Rudi Second Romano Terblanche Shadley van Schalkwyk Sean Whitehead Temba Bavuma Nandre Burger Chad Classen Martin Coetzee Carmi le Roux Kgaudisa Molefe Mangaliso Mosehle Muhammed Mayet Wiaan Mulder Ndumiso Mvelase Nono Pongolo Delano Potgieter Tumelo Tlhokwe Neil Brand Ruan de Swardt Leus du Plooy Rubin Hermann Gionne Koopman Victor Mahlangu Gregory Mahlokwana Sammy Mofokeng Luvuyo Nkese Jiveshan Pillay Diego Rosier Ruben Trumpelmann Mitchell Van Buuren Tladi Bokako Bradley de Villiers Jean du Plessis Niel Hornbuckle Brendon Louw Aviwe Mgijima Tshepiso Ndwandwa Yamkela Oliphant Marcello Piedt Jacobus Pienaar Jason Smith Jaco van Rensburg Zubayr Hamza Tarisai Musakanda (c) Ryan Murray (vc) Faraz Akram Brian Chari Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Neville Madziva Rugare Magarira Timycen Maruma Brandon Mavuta Tinotenda Mutombodzi Richmond Mutumbami (wk) Richard Ngarava Cephas Zhuwao
Points table Team Gauteng 4 3 1 0 0 15 +2.129 Northerns 4 3 1 0 0 13 +0.569 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
Pool C
Squads Border Eastern Province Mpumalanga Clayton Bosch Gihahn Cloete Phaphama Fojela Ayabulela Gqamane Christiaan Jonker Bongolwethu Makeleni Mncedisi Malika Marco Marais Jason Niemand Jerry Nqolo Yaseen Vallie Basheeru-Deen Walters Bamanye Xenxe Matthew Breetzke Mathew Christensen Jade de Klerk Thomas Kaber Tian Koekemoer Edward Moore Lesiba Ngoepe Solo Nqweni Onke Nyaku Lutho Sipamla Kelly Smuts Glenton Stuurman Joshua van Heerden Dhiren Gondaria Gurdeep Singh Irfan Karim Pushpak Kerai Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Rakep Patel Emmanuel Bundi Glen Adams Aubrey Ferreira Jared Fuchs Mbasa Gqadushe Tumi Koto Musa Makhubela Gerald Ngwenyama Liam Peters Blake Schraader Maarten Steenkamp Benjamin van Niekerk Jacques Vosloo Codi Yusuf Stephan Baard Christopher Coombe Niko Davin Gerhard Erasmus Jan Frylinck Zane Green Nicol Loftie-Eaton Lo-handre Louwrens Tangeni Lungameni Colin Peake Michau du Preez Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit
Points table Team Border 4 3 1 0 0 13 +1.573 Eastern Province 4 3 1 0 0 13 +1.176 4 3 1 0 0 13 +0.726 4 1 3 0 0 4 –1.997 Mpumalanga 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.441
Fixtures
Pool D
Squads Boland Limpopo Northern Cape North West Ziyaad Abrahams Ferisco Adams David Bedingham Charl Cyster Reeve Cyster Fritz de Beer Sinalo Gobeni Hanno Kotze Pieter Malan Nkululeko Serame Kyle Simmonds Cebo Tshiki Lizaad Williams Thomas Hobson Ernest Kemm Lerato Kgoatle Kgosi Leopeng Don Radebe Ruan Sadler Isaac Senetla Ben Skade Julian Soutter Leighton Swarts Lefa Thaba Michael Weldon Ruan Willemse Abiodun Abioye Sesan Adedeji Mojeed Adiamo Joshua Ayannaike Isaac Danladi Daniel Gim Chibuike Iteogu Isaac Okpe Sylvester Okpe Ademola Onikoyi Chimezie Onwuzulike Mohameed Taiwo Ovais Yousof Ottniel Baartman Patrick Kruger Themba Maupa Avumile Mnci Kagiso Mohale Grant Mokoena Nangomso Mqaleni Mtabozuko Nqam Keegan Petersen Farhaan Sayanvala Jacques Snyman Aubrey Swanepoel Mason Zacharia Brady Barends Yassar Cook Kevin Crowie Shane Dadswell Johannes Diseko Ruan Haasbroek Katleho Leokaoke Wihan Lubbe Migael Pretorius Kagiso Rapulana Lesego Senokwane Nicky van den Bergh Jovuan van Wyngaardt
Points table Team 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 4 0 4 0 0 0 –4.205
Fixtures
Finals Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo