The 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup may have only just concluded, though attention in Africa has already moved to the 2024 event, with sub-regionals beginning in Rwanda.
Eight teams travel to Kigali for Sub-Regional A, beginning on Thursday, with eight more aspiring 2024 qualifiers doing the same for Sub-Regional Qualifier B, which begins on December 1. The top two from each tournament go on to the regional qualifier next year alongside Zimbabwe, Namibia and Uganda, where two World Cup spots are up for grabs.
Having missed out on automatic qualification to the regional final, Kenya are red-hot favourites to progress to the next round, though competition is fierce for the second spot.
Botswana is the second-highest ranked T20I team in Sub-Regional A (44th), and will be eager to go one better than their last campaign. The men in light blue narrowly missed out on a regional spot in the last cycle thanks to a three-run defeat to Tanzania, in what was a de-facto final. Once again wicket-keeper/batter Karabo Motlhanka captains the side, with Kenyan influence of their own in the form…