On October 19, The Gambia forfeited the opening game of the Men’s T20 World Cup qualifier, against Rwanda at Nairobi.
Kenya are holding the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final Qualifier B Apart from the hosts, the team likewise consists of Rwanda, The Gambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the Seychelles.
The competition was expected to start with a Gambia-Rwanda clash. The captains of the 6 groups reached the place and presented for the main photoshoot a day in advance of the suit, yet it arised right after the set up suit begin time that The Gambia had actually forfeited the suit.
There has actually been no main launch from the ICC or the organisers on the factor yet, yet reporter Adam Theo validated that “most of the team didn’t make it to the venue in time due to documentation issues”.
It is not extremely clear what these documents concerns are, or exactly how they protected against the Gambians from reaching the place. However, Law 1.1 states: “By agreement a match may be played between sides of fewer than, or more than, eleven players, but not more than eleven players may field at any time. If, during the match and for whatever reason, a side is reduced to fewer than the original number of nominated players, the match shall continue as long as it is possible to do so under the Laws or any agreements made before the toss”.
In various other words, The Gambia might have begun with less than 11 cricketers, awaiting the remainder of the group to show up. They might also have actually played the whole suit without 11 gamers.
Two groups from each team will certainly continue to the following round, where they will certainly sign up with Namibia andUganda Tanzania and Malawi have actually currently certified from Group A, while Group C contains Botswana, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Saint Helena.
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