Namibia and Zimbabwe have booked their locations on the 2026 Males’s T20 World Cup after reaching the ultimate of the African qualifying match in Harare.
Namibia beat Tanzania by 63 runs of their semi-final to succeed in a fourth successive version of the finals.
Hosts Zimbabwe then cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Kenya to qualify for the primary time since 2022.
Kenya gained the toss and elected to bat first, and ended on 122-6 thanks largely to Rakep Patel’s innings of 65 from 47 balls.
Brian Bennett prime scored with 51 off 25 because the Chevrons chased down their goal with 5 overs to spare.
Namibia and Zimbabwe will meet within the match last on Saturday, with either side figuring out they’ll journey to India and Sri Lanka subsequent 12 months.
Within the opening match earlier on Thursday, Namibia had slipped to 41-4 in opposition to Tanzania however a partnership of 88 runs between captain Gerhard Erasmus (55 off 41) and JJ Smit (61 not out off 43) helped the Eagles submit 174-6.
All-rounder Smit then took 3-16 and Ben Shikongo recorded figures of 3-21 to assist prohibit the East Africans to 111-8 in reply.
Namibia beat the Netherlands, Eire and Scotland on their T20 World Cup debut within the UAE and Oman in 2021 earlier than exiting within the Tremendous 12s.
The facet, nonetheless, did not get previous the preliminary group stage on the 2022 and 2024 editions of the match.
Twenty nations will contest subsequent 12 months’s World Cup which will probably be held from 7 February to eight March.
