Pearl of Africa T20, 2025 Schedule, Teams, Squad, Venue and Live Streaming Details – Full list of matches for Tournament

Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) will be hosting the Men’s National Teams of Namibia (A), United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria and Kenya in the 2nd edition of the Pearl of Africa T20 International tournament.

  • Published - July 14, 2025 10:19:42
  • Updated - July 14, 2025 11:10:34
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The Pearl of Africa T20I 2025 is set to light up Uganda from July 17 to 27, 2025, featuring 18 matches. Organised and managed by Uganda Cricket Association (UCA), this is the second edition of the tournament after a successful debut in 2021. The tournament, along with 18 matches, features men’s national teams from Namibia(A), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nigeria, and Kenya.  The teams will compete in a thrilling double round-robin format. Uganda is the defending champion and will look to protect its title on home soil this season.

This tournament brings together strong sides from ICC CWC League 2 and ICC CWC Challenge League, providing an opportunity to prepare ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup regional qualifier. Fans can expect some of the first-time matchups like Kenya and Uganda facing UAE in T20Is for the first time, with talented squads and passionate players, the Pearl of Africa T20I 2025 promises to be competitive high energy cricket where the teams with less popularity of the game will try to hook attention from the rest of the world.

Pearl of Africa T20, 2025 Overview

Category Details
Organized By Uganda Cricket Association (UCA)
Start Date 17 July 2025
End Date 27 July 2025
Number of Teams 4 (Uganda, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria) + Namibia A (matches not counting for ICC T20I points)
Total Matches 18
League Format Double round-robin group stage; all teams play each other twice
Final Match 27 July 2025
Venue Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda (all matches hosted in Uganda)
Format T20 (matches with ICC team ranking points except Namibia A games)

Pearl of Africa T20, 2025: Teams and Captains

Four teams will play against one another first in the double round robin stage in a total of 18 matches for the season. Kuwait Team, who were originally announced as a participant, has withdrawn from participating in the event, and Nigeria Team have replaced them in the tournament. The league will feature a diverse mix of teams from different domestic leagues around the world. As of present, no captains have been named so far and soon the organizers will announce the team squads and captains for the 2025 season till then one can check out the other details of the Pearl of Africa T20 2025 season.

Pearl of Africa T20, 2025: Team Captains

Team Captain
Uganda TBD
Kenya TBD
United Arab Emirates TBD
Nigeria TBD
Namibia A TBD

Kuwait was earlier part of the league but now they have withdrawn themselves from the T20 action.

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Pearl of Africa T20, 2025 : Squad and Player List

Uganda: 

Juma Miyaji (Captain), Robinson Obuya, Raghav Dhawan, Frank Nsubuga, Matthew Musinguzi, Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Shrideep Mangela, Cosmas Kyewuta, Cyrus Kakuru, Ronald Lutaaya, Innocent Mwebaze, Joseph Baguma and Calvin Watuwa

Kenya: 

Dhiren Gondaria (Captain), Pushkar Sharma, Rakep Patel, Vraj Patel, Sukhdeep Singh, Tanzeel Shaikh, Lucas Oluoch, Jasraj Kundi, Shem Ngoche, Vishil Patel, Peter Koech, Gerard Mwendwa, Franchis Mutua and Sachin Gill

United Arab Emirates:

Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Akif Raja, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’ Souza, Haider Ali, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Zohaib, Muhammad Zuhaib, Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan and Saghir Khan

Namibia A

A Coetzee, J Balt, M Heingo, D Leicher, J Kariata, Z Vuuren, D Neethling, L Basson, H Klazinge, J Brassell, J de Villiers, P Blignaut, S Shikongo, Z Groenewald

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Pearl of Africa T20, 2025 Schedule

Match Fixture Date Time (Local) Venue
1 Uganda vs Namibia A 17 Jul, Thu 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
2 Kenya vs Nigeria 17 Jul, Thu 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
3 Uganda vs Nigeria 18 Jul, Fri 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
4 UAE vs Kenya 18 Jul, Fri 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
5 Nigeria vs Namibia A 19 Jul, Sat 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
6 UAE vs Uganda 19 Jul, Sat 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
7 UAE vs Nigeria 21 Jul, Mon 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
8 Kenya vs Uganda 21 Jul, Mon 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
9 Kenya vs Namibia A 22 Jul, Tue 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
10 Uganda vs Nigeria 22 Jul, Tue 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
11 UAE vs Kenya 23 Jul, Wed 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
12 Uganda vs Namibia A 23 Jul, Wed 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
13 Kenya vs Uganda 25 Jul, Fri 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
14 Nigeria vs Namibia A 25 Jul, Fri 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
15 UAE vs Nigeria 26 Jul, Sat 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
16 Kenya vs Namibia A 26 Jul, Sat 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
17 Kenya vs Nigeria 27 Jul, Sun 12:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda
18 UAE vs Uganda 27 Jul, Sun 4:00 PM Entebbe Cricket Oval, Uganda

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Venue of the Pearl of Africa T20, 2025 

All matches of the Pearl of Africa T20 2025 will be played at the Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe, Uganda. This venue will host every league stage, group stage and then playoff stage, bringing fans an exciting treat to watch. From the opening match on July 17 to the grand finale on July 27 at the same ground fans can enjoy thrilling T20 Action of the cricket under lights.

Where to Watch and Live Streaming of Pearl of Africa T20, 2025:

To witness the thriller of the Pearl of Africa 2025 one can tune into Fancode as this is the only medium where the live streaming of the matches will be done for the season. As of now, the organizers haven’t released any information regarding the Broadcasting of the tournament and only live streaming details are available. But for the fans who want to enjoy the match thriller can check out tickets of the season and then can enjoy the match live from the stadium itself.