| Dates | 5 – 12 May 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage, final |
| Host |  Zimbabwe |
| Champions | Zimbabwe |
| Runners-up |  Namibia |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 17 |
| Most runs | Sharne Mayers (216) |
| Most wickets | Anesu Mushangwe (10) |
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The2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Africa was acricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in May 2019.[1] The matches in the tournament were played asWomen's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[2]Uganda had won the previous Africa qualifier tournament, when it was held inWindhoek,Namibia in 2017.[3]
The fixtures took place atHarare Sports Club,Old Hararians andTakashinga Cricket Club inHarare.[4] The teams in the Qualifier were split into two groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the final on 12 May 2019.[5] All the squads were confirmed on 1 May 2019.[6][7]
Namibia were undefeated in Group B to progress to the final of the qualifier tournament.[8]Zimbabwe were also undefeated in winning Group A, to join Namibia in the qualifier's final.[9] Zimbabwe beat Namibia by 50 runs in the final to win the tournament.[10][11][12]
However, in July 2019, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) suspendedZimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[13][14] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[15][16]
The following teams competed in the tournament:[17]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Zimbabwe(H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.899 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 |  Tanzania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.575 | Eliminated |
| 3 |  Rwanda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.995 | |
| 4 |  Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.715 | |
| 5 |  Mozambique | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.817 |
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Zimbabwe Women won by 163 runs Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Rockie D'Mello (Ken) andAndrew Louw (Nam) Player of the match:Sharne Mayers (Zim) |
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Rwanda Women won by 37 runs Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) |
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Nigeria Women won by 8 wickets Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andRockie D'Mello (Ken) Player of the match:Blessing Nwobodo (Ngr) |
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Zimbabwe Women won by 92 runs Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires: Patrick Musoke (Uga) and Justine Muzungu (Bot) Player of the match:Sharne Mayers (Zim) |
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Rwanda Women won by 1 wicket Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Justine Muzungu (Bot) Player of the match:Henriette Ishimwe (Rwa) |
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Tanzania Women won by 86 runs Takashinga Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Rockie D'Mello (Ken) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Fatuma Kibasu (Tan) |
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Zimbabwe Women won by 82 runs Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Patrick Musoke (Uga) Player of the match:Modester Mupachikwa (Zim) |
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Fatuma Kibasu 26* (19) |
Tanzania Women won by 10 wickets Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andAndrew Louw (Nam) |
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Ashley Ndiraya 17* (13) |
Zimbabwe Women won by 10 wickets Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Nomatter Mutasa (Zim) |
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Tanzania Women won by 38 runs Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires: Justine Muzungu (Bot) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Fatuma Kibasu (Tan) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.650 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 |  Uganda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.333 | Eliminated |
| 3 |  Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.050 | |
| 4 |  Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.231 |
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Namibia Women won by 39 runs Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Sune Wittmann (Nam) |
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Uganda Women won by 90 runs Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Damalie Busingye (Uga) |
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Kenya Women won by 106 runs Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) and Justine Muzungu (Bot) Player of the match:Margaret Ngoche (Ken) |
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Namibia Women won by 14 runs Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Irene van Zyl (Nam) |
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Uganda Women won by 4 runs Old Hararians Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) and Justine Muzungu (Bot) Player of the match:Concy Aweko (Uga) |
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Kayleen Green 36* (37) |
Namibia Women won by 10 wickets Takashinga Cricket Club,Harare Umpires:Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Maryke Short (Nam) |
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Zimbabwe Women won by 50 runs Harare Sports Club,Harare Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Chipo Mugeri (Zim) |