2023 East Africa T20 Cup

2023 East Africa T20 Cup
Date	20–31 August 2023
Location	Rwanda
Result	Uganda won the series
Player of the series	Kenneth Waiswa
Teams  Rwanda  Tanzania  Uganda Captains Clinton Rubagumya[n 1] Abhik Patwa Brian Masaba[n 2] Most runs Eric Dusingizimana (188) Amal Rajeevan (363) Simon Ssesazi (337) Most wickets Zappy Bimenyimana (14) Salum Jumbe (15) Alpesh Ramjani (25)

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]

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]
Clinton Rubagumya (c) Martin Akayezu Zappy Bimenyimana Eric Dusingizimana Jean Iradukunda Kevin Irakoze Eric Kubwimana Oscar Manishimwe (wk) Israel Mugisha Didier Ndikubwimana (wk) Wilson Niyitanga Eric Niyomugabo Ignace Ntirenganya Emile Rukiriza Emmanuel Sebareme Orchide Tuyisenge	Abhik Patwa (c) Kassim Nassoro (vc) Shaik Basha Mohamed Issa Salum Jumbe Ally Kimote Omary Kitunda (wk) Dhrumit Mehta Yalinde Nkanya Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) Ivan Selemani Jitin Singh SanjayKumar Thakor	Brian Masaba (c) Bilal Hassan Cyrus Kakuru (wk) Ronald Lutaaya Roger Mukasa (wk) Pascal Murungi Siraje Nsubuga Ronak Patel Alpesh Ramjani Jonathan Ssebanja Henry Ssenyondo Simon Ssesazi David Wabwire Kenneth Waiswa

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Uganda	12	11	1	0	22	2.272
2	Tanzania	12	6	6	0	12	−0.125
3	Rwanda	12	1	11	0	2	−2.163

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[11]

Fixtures

20 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Uganda  146/6 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 106 (15.4 overs)
Ronald Lutaaya 43 (38) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/32 (4 overs)		Eric Dusingizimana 50 (31) Kenneth Waiswa 3/28 (3 overs)

Uganda won by 40 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) Player of the match: Kenneth Waiswa (Uga)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kenneth Waiswa (Uga) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.^[12]

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20 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  143/8 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 146/4 (18.2 overs)
Abhik Patwa 42 (37) Kenneth Waiswa 4/29 (4 overs)		Simon Ssesazi 50 (35) SanjayKumar Thakor 2/33 (4 overs)

Uganda won by 6 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Veronique Iriho (Rwa) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) Player of the match: Kenneth Waiswa (Uga)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

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21 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  170/5 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 174/3 (18.5 overs)
Amal Rajeevan 57 (48) Zappy Bimenyimana 2/31 (4 overs)		Didier Ndikubwimana 69 (46) Kassim Nassoro 1/24 (2.5 overs)

Rwanda won by 7 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Jean Siboniyo (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Didier Ndikubwimana (Rwa)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
• Israel Mugisha (Rwa) and Shaik Basha (Tan) both made their T20I debuts.

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21 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Uganda  176/6 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 180/7 (20 overs)
Ronak Patel 61* (42) Mohamed Issa 3/24 (4 overs)		Ivan Selemani 59 (29) Alpesh Ramjani 3/18 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 3 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Ivan Selemani (Rwa)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
• David Wabwire (Uga) made his T20I debut.

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22 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Uganda  186 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 125 (15.3 overs)
Alpesh Ramjani 45 (28) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/29 (4 overs)		Clinton Rubagumya 40 (32) Alpesh Ramjani 4/9 (3 overs)

Uganda won by 61 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Veronique Iriho (Rwa) Player of the match: Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

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22 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Rwanda  154/6 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 155/3 (16 overs)
Didier Ndikubwimana 52 (47) Ally Kimote 2/17 (3 overs)		Abhik Patwa 58 (34) Emile Rukiriza 2/27 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 7 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) Player of the match: Abhik Patwa (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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24 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Uganda  192/6 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 106 (14.1 overs)
Roger Mukasa 89 (51) Clinton Rubagumya 2/37 (4 overs)		Orchide Tuyisenge 40 (27) Alpesh Ramjani 3/20 (4 overs)

Uganda won by 86 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Roger Mukasa (Uga)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

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24 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Uganda  171/5 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 111 (16.5 overs)
Kenneth Waiswa 66* (35) Salum Jumbe 2/33 (4 overs)		Amal Rajeevan 37 (29) Kenneth Waiswa 3/19 (3 overs)

Uganda won by 60 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) and Jean Siboniyo (Rwa) Player of the match: Kenneth Waiswa (Uga)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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25 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Rwanda  133/9 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 134/9 (19.4 overs)
Wilson Niyitanga 33 (35) Mohamed Issa 3/24 (4 overs)		SanjayKumar Thakor 44 (19) Zappy Bimenyimana 3/7 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 1 wicket Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Veronique Iriho (Rwa) Player of the match: Mohamed Issa (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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25 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Uganda  161/9 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 142/6 (20 overs)
Alpesh Ramjani 55 (41) Salum Jumbe 3/24 (4 overs)		Amal Rajeevan 50 (37) Kenneth Waiswa 2/21 (4 overs)

Uganda won by 19 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Veronique Iriho (Rwa) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) Player of the match: Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)

• 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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27 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  152/7 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 143/8 (20 overs)
Abhik Patwa 54 (43) Martin Akayezu 2/26 (4 overs)		Martin Akayezu 32 (16) Salum Jumbe 3/22 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 9 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) and Jean Siboniyo (Rwa) Player of the match: Salum Jumbe (Tan)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

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27 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Rwanda  126/7 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 127/4 (16.5 overs)
Clinton Rubagumya 28 (39) Alpesh Ramjani 2/28 (4 overs)		Alpesh Ramjani 39* (22) Israel Mugisha 2/22 (4 overs)

Uganda won by 6 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) and Jean Siboniyo (Rwa) Player of the match: Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

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28 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Uganda  180/6 (20 overs)	v	Tanzania 121 (18.2 overs)
Ronak Patel 37 (23) Mohamed Issa 2/17 (3 overs)		Shaik Basha 43 (23) Jonathan Ssebanja 3/17 (4 overs)

Uganda won by 59 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) and Veronique Iriho (Rwa) Player of the match: Alpesh Ramjani (Uga)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

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28 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Rwanda  110/6 (20 overs)	v	Uganda 114/2 (8.5 overs)
Zappy Bimenyimana 30 (20) Alpesh Ramjani 2/13 (4 overs)		Roger Mukasa 45 (22) Emmanuel Sebareme 2/23 (2 overs)

Uganda won by 8 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) Player of the match: Roger Mukasa (Uga)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jean Iradukunda (Rwa) made his T20I debut.

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30 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Uganda  141 (19 overs)	v	Tanzania 122 (19.1 overs)
Ronak Patel 45 (31) Ally Kimote 3/7 (3 overs)		Mohamed Issa 33* (21) Brian Masaba 3/8 (2 overs)

Uganda won by 19 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) and Jean Siboniyo (Rwa) Player of the match: Brian Masaba (Uga)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to field.

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30 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  157/7 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 98 (13.4 overs)
Ivan Selemani 34 (29) Emile Rukiriza 2/28 (4 overs)		Kevin Irakoze 24 (17) Yalinde Nkanya 3/25 (3 overs)

Tanzania won by 59 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Mohamed Issa (Tan)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.

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31 August 2023 09:45 Scorecard

Rwanda  131 (18.4 overs)	v	Uganda 133/2 (13.2 overs)
Clinton Rubagumya 32 (36) Alpesh Ramjani 3/15 (4 overs)		Simon Ssesazi 59* (40) Clinton Rubagumya 1/11 (2 overs)

Uganda won by 8 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Eric Dusabemungu (Rwa) Player of the match: Simon Ssesazi (Uga)

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

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31 August 2023 13:45 Scorecard

Tanzania  179/6 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 130 (15.4 overs)
Amal Rajeevan 63 (49) Martin Akayezu 3/45 (4 overs)		Eric Dusingizimana 46 (25) Yalinde Nkanya 4/25 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 49 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali Umpires: Norbert Abii (Uga) and Veronique Iriho (Rwa) Player of the match: Yalinde Nkanya (Tan)

• Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. Didier Ndikubwimana captained Rwanda in the third match of the series.
2. Kenneth Waiswa captained Uganda in the fourteenth and seventeenth matches of the series.

References

1. "Cricket Cranes head to Kigali to defend East Africa T20 Cup". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
2. "Rwanda Cricket to host 2nd edition of East Africa T20 Cup in August". Czarsportz. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
3. "Cricket Cranes head to Rwanda as Mahatlane looks to start on a clean slate". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
4. "The National team have departed to Rwanda today evening and were handed over the National Flag from the National council sports officer Mr. Nicholas Mihaiyo". Tanzania Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 August 2023 – via Facebook.
5. "Cricket Cranes win T20 Tri-Nation in Kigali". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
6. "Cricket Cranes retain East Africa T20 Cup In Kigali". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
7. "Rwanda announces the squad for the Dafabet East Africa Trophy T20I 2023". Rwanda Cricket Association. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
8. @RwandaCricket (18 August 2023). "Exciting news! Introducing our National Team squad for the EAST AFRICA TROPHY, happening in Kigali from August 20th to 31st. A warm welcome to debutant Israel Mugisha, a rising star in the making!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. "The Senior National team squad to travel to Kigali has been announced today". Tanzania Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
10. "Why Franco Nsubuga missed out on the T20 East Africa Cup cricket squad". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
11. "East Africa Cup 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo