Cricket Qualifier: Nigeria Secure Hosting Right Of Men Qualifier

  By Sampson Adedeji Nigeria Cricket Federation ( NCF) had secured the hosting right for the ICC men's T20 World Cup Africa qualifier, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The 2020–21 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is scheduled to be a tournament played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, during April and November 2021. The Africa Qualifier will start with a sub-regional qualifier consisting of two groups, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the Regional Final. Kenya and Nigeria, the two highest ranked teams as of 1 January 2020, progressed directly to the Regional Final. The sub-regional tournament was earlier scheduled to take place in South Africa from 27 April to 3 May 2020, however, on 24 March 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.