2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Africa Sub-regional Qualifier B

Dates	24 – 29 March 2026
Administrator	ICC Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format	Single round-robin
Host	Ghana
Champions	Tanzania
Runners-up	Ghana
Participants	6
Matches	15
Most runs	Ivan Selemani (211)
Most wickets	Khalidy Juma (8) Laksh Bakrania (8) Daniel Jakiel (8)
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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier B was a 5-day cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2028 Men's T20 World Cup. It was being hosted by Ghana in March 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

Contents

• Squads
• Points table
• Fixtures
• References
• External links

The top two sides: Ghana and Tanzania advanced to the regional final, ^[3] where they will join Namibia who were given a bye after having participated in the previous T20 World Cup, and four additional teams advancing from Sub-Regional Qualifiers A and C will take part in the Africa Qualifier. ^[4]

Squads

Eswatini	Ghana	Malawi [5]	Saint Helena [6]	Seychelles [7]	Tanzania [8]
Adil Butt (c) Mohammed Alamgir Saqib Anwar Thandolwethu Dlamini Hujeifa Jangariya (wk) Mancoba Jele Sibusiso Jele Minhaz Khojbariya Melusi Magagula Het Patel Eric Phiri Umair Qasim Rohan Sandeep Javid Suleman	Obed Harvey (c) Isaac Aboagye Vincent Ateak Frank Baaleri (wk) Richmond Baaleri Shijo Devasia Jayant Gautam Bharani Majji Ayushmaan Mishra Nitesh Lee Nyarko Devender Singh (wk) Judah Solomon Philip Yevugah	Gift Kansonkho (c) Bright Balala Chisomo Chete (wk) Mike Choamba Daniel Jakiel Donnex Kansonkho Aaftab Limdawala Trust Makaya Blessings Pondani Precious Sapesa Sami Sohail Kazim Somani Kelvin Thuchila Suhail Vayani	Cliff Richards (c, wk) Jamie Essex Rhys Francis Jordi Henry Kirk Lawrence Aiden Leo Branden Leo Dane Leo Delroy Leo Stefan Leo Barry Stroud Joey Thomas Andrew Yon Jordon Yon	Thiwanka Rajapaksha (c) Deso Kalvin (vc) Rashen de Silva Nagarajan Gnanapragasam Hirani Harji Jobayer Hossen Mazharul Islam Manikandan Mariyappan Shanmugasundram Mohan (wk) Santosh Pillay Sohail Rocket Samarathunga Rukmal Mohomed Saddam Thilina Silva Manisankar Viswanathan	Kassim Nassoro (c) Ajith Augastin (wk) Laksh Bakrania Raymond Francis Ally Hafidh Khalidy Juma Malizia Kibwana Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Simba Mbaki Dhrumit Mehta Yalinde Nkanya Ivan Selemani Mukesh Suthar Arun Yadav

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Tanzania	5	4	0	1	9	6.705	Advanced to the regional final
2	Ghana (H)	5	4	0	1	9	3.309
3	Malawi	5	2	2	1	5	0.778	Eliminated
4	Seychelles	5	1	3	1	3	−3.045
5	Eswatini	5	1	3	1	3	−3.983
6	Saint Helena	5	0	4	1	1	−3.931

Fixtures

24 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Malawi   77 (19.1 overs)	v	Tanzania 78/2 (13.2 overs)
Kazim Somani 15 (22) Arun Yadav 2/9 (3 overs)		Dhrumit Mehta 24 (29) Sami Sohail 1/17 (3 overs)

Tanzania won by 8 wickets Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Arun Yadav (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

24 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Eswatini   115/8 (20 overs)	v	Saint Helena 88 (18.4 overs)
Hujeifa Jangariya 36 (29) Rhys Francis 3/17 (4 overs)		Jamie Essex 30 (44) Melusi Magagula 4/10 (3.4 overs)

Eswatini won by 27 runs Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Adil Kassam (Tan) Player of the match: Melusi Magagula (Esw)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• Saqib Anwar (Esw) made his T20I debut. ^[9]

24 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Seychelles   72 (19.4 overs)	v	Ghana 76/4 (10.1 overs)
Jobayer Hossen 26 (33) Isaac Aboagye 3/6 (4 overs)		Bharani Majji 23 (26) Thiwanka Rajapaksha 1/5 (1 over)

Ghana won by 6 wickets Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye (Gha)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
• Jayant Gautam, Bharani Majji, Nitesh, Judah Solomon (Gha), Mohomed Saddam and Thilina Silva (Sey) all made their T20I debuts.

25 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Saint Helena   95/7 (20 overs)	v	Seychelles 96/3 (18 overs)
Joey Thomas 26* (29) Samarathunga Rukmal 3/12 (4 overs)		Rashen de Silva 51 (57) Jordi Henry 1/6 (2 overs)

Seychelles won by 7 wickets Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Rashen de Silva (Sey)

• Seychelles won the toss and elected to field.
• Manisankar Viswanathan (Sey) made his T20I debut.

25 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Tanzania   178/4 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 20 (13 overs)
Mukesh Suthar 65* (42) Adil Butt 2/38 (4 overs)		Sibusiso Jele 5 (8) Ally Kimote 3/4 (3 overs)

Tanzania won by 158 runs Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Mukesh Suthar (Tan)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to field.

25 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Malawi   98/8 (20 overs)	v	Ghana 99/8 (20 overs)
Sami Sohail 24 (18) Nitesh 3/16 (4 overs)		Bharani Majji 30 (41) Daniel Jakiel 4/21 (4 overs)

Ghana won by 2 wickets Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken) Player of the match: Nitesh (Gha)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to field.

27 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Saint Helena   77 (20 overs)	v	Ghana 78/1 (6.4 overs)
Jamie Essex 13 (20) Bharani Majji 2/9 (4 overs)		Jayant Gautam 44* (22) Aiden Leo 1/9 (1 over)

Ghana won by 9 wickets Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Jayanr Gautam (Gha)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
• Shijo Devasia (Gha) made his T20I debut.

27 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Eswatini   75 (15.2 overs)	v	Malawi 77/2 (6.5 overs)
Adil Butt 21 (16) Kelvin Thuchila 6/8 (4 overs)		Sami Sohail 50* (19) Saqib Anwar 1/13 (2 overs)

Malawi won by 8 wickets Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Adil Kassam (Tan) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Kelvin Thuchila (Mwi)

• Eswatini won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kelvin Thuchila (Mwi) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^{[ citation needed ]}

27 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Tanzania   205/3 (20 overs)	v	Seychelles 52/9 (20 overs)
Ivan Selemani 110 (52) Thilina Silva 2/28 (4 overs)		Mazharul Islam 17 (28) Ajith Augastin 2/0 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 153 runs Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Ivan Selemani (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ivan Selemani became the first player for Tanzania to score a century in T20Is.^{[ citation needed ]}

28 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Tanzania   236/4 (20 overs)	v	Saint Helena 75 (18.3 overs)
Ivan Selemani 63 (30) Joey Thomas 2/44 (4 overs)		Jordi Henry 23 (19) Laksh Bakrania 3/8 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 161 runs Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Ivan Selemani (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

28 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Seychelles   108/7 (20 overs)	v	Malawi 111/4 (17 overs)
Mazharul Islam 50 (53) Sami Sohail 3/19 (4 overs)		Sami Sohail 33 (24) Mazharul Islam 1/8 (2 overs)

Malawi won by 6 wickets Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Sami Sohail (Mwi)

• Malawi won the toss and elected to field.
• Santosh Pillay (Sey) made his T20I debut.

28 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Ghana   178/5 (20 overs)	v	Eswatini 95 (17.5 overs)
Obed Harvey 39 (34) Melusi Magagula 2/32 (4 overs)		Adil Butt 35 (28) Bharani Majji 3/11 (2.5 overs)

Ghana won by 83 runs Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye (Gha)

• Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ayushmaan Mishra (Gha) made his T20I debut.

29 March 2026 09:30 Scorecard

Eswatini	v	Seychelles

Match abandoned Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: Habib Enesi (Nga) and Adil Kassam (Tan)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

29 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Ghana	v	Tanzania

Match abandoned Achimota Oval A, Accra Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

29 March 2026 13:50 Scorecard

Malawi	v	Saint Helena

Match abandoned Achimota Oval B, Accra Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Percival Sizara (Zim)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

References

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo