2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
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Cricket format | 50 overs per side |
Tournament format(s) | round robin with playoffs |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Champions | Ghana |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 20 |
Most runs | James Vifah 172 |
Most wickets | Isaac Aboagye 14 |
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The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 13 and 18 April 2008. It gave seven African Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.
The top two teams, Malawi and Sierra Leone was promoted to Division 2.
Teams
There were eight teams that played in the tournament, but Morocco withdrew due to visa problems and was replaced by a South African Invitation XI. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:
Pool 1 | Pool 2 |
Squads
Gambia | Ghana | Lesotho | Malawi |
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Zaccheus Akila | Abdul-Karim Sumaila | Atanase Mohapi | Karamutallah Chaudry |
Rwanda | Sierra Leone | South African Invitation XI | Swaziland |
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Emmanuel Byiringiro | Gabriel Anthony | Malusi Dlamini | Joseph Wright |
Group stage
Points Table
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Team qualifies for Semifinals | |
Team qualifies for 5th place playoff semifinals |
†Tournament rules did not allow them to participate in the semifinals, and their place was taken by Eswatini (third in Pool 2).
Group stage
13 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Adrisbhai Patel 90 (135) Bhupinder Brar 2/27 (5 overs) | James Vifah 109 (87) Mangaliso Mhlabane 1/27 (5 overs) |
13 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Abu Kamara 61 (79) Motsielo Nonyane 3/43 (8 overs) | Faizal Hanslod 41* (44) Abu Kamara 4/14 (10 overs) |
Sierra Leone won by 38 runs (D/L) Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molefe (RSA) Player of the match: Abu Kamara |
- Rain stopped play during Lesotho's innings. Revised target is set at 161 runs off 34 overs.
13 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Srinath Vardineni 29* (43) Jayendrasinh Kumar 2/18 (7 overs) |
Rwanda won by 10 (D/L) Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Srinath Vardineni |
- Rain stopped play during Rwanda's innings. Revised target set at 102 runs off 30 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
13 April 2008 Scorecard |
South African Invitational XI 198 (46.2 overs) | v | |
Buntu Ndlela 58 (79) George Greywoode 4/39 (10 overs) | Johnny Gomez 16 (21) Buntu Ndlela 4/3 (6 overs) |
South African Invitational XI won by 126 runs Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Rafiw Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Buntu Ndlela |
14 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Alfred Crookes 21 (50 overs) Isaac Aboagye 5/24 (10 overs) | Lawrence Ateak 21 (28) Moses Bahoum 4/36 (9 overs) |
Ghana won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molofo (RSA) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye |
- Ghana innings: bowlers' wickets do not balance
14 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Jayendarsinh Kumar 45 (57) Faizal Hanslod 2/25 (8 overs) | Irshad Patel 58 (50 overs) Altaf Panjwani 3/27 (9 overs) |
Lesotho won by 4 wickets (D/L) Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Rafiw Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Irshad Patel |
- Rain stopped play in Lesotho's innings. Lesotho set a revised target of 161 runs from 31 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
14 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Abu Kamara 48 (80) Srinath Vardineni 2/20 (10 overs) | Samal Subashish 40 (68) Mustapha Kallon 4/23 (7 overs) |
Sierra Leone won by 74 runs (D/L) Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Juan Bedford (RSA) & Rockie D'Mello (KEN) Player of the match: Abu Kamara |
- Rain stopped play in Rwanda's innings. Rwanda set a revised target of 151 runs from 23.2 overs.
14 April 2008 Scorecard |
South African Invitational XI 207 (44.3 overs) | v | |
T Steynburg 67 (92) Joseph Wright 3/16 (7.3 overs) |
South African Invitational XI won by 70 runs (D/L) Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Unknown |
- Rain stopped play in Swaziland's innings. Swaziland set a revised target of 177 runs from 23 overs.
- South African Invitation XI innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
15 April 2008 Scorecard |
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M Khan 32 (43) Mbye Dumbuya 3/36 (7.2 overs) | Moses Bahoum 39 (?) Ernestes Uys 3/35 (10 overs) |
Swaziland by 91 runs Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Juan Bedford (RSA) & Rockie D'Mello (KEN) Player of the match: Ernenstes Uys |
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Gambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Rizuan Mulla 27 (39) Mehboob Jasat 6/10 (3.5 overs) | Samal Subashish 26 (31) Irshad Patel 3/23 (10 overs) |
Rwanda won by 2 wickets Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Mehboob Jasat |
- Lesotho innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Emmanuel Kamara 36* (67) Rupesh Patel 1/13 (5.1 overs) |
Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Gabriel Anthony |
15 April 2008 Scorecard |
South African Invitational XI 209/5 (50 overs) | v | |
Ruan du Plessis 75 (92) Abdul-Karim Sumaila 2/41 (10 overs) | Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 32) 38 Bhupinder Brar 16 (43) Bongani Rafedile 3/22 (5 overs) |
South African Invitational XI won by 99 runs Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molefe (RSA) Player of the match: Ruan du Plessis |
5th Place Playoff
17 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Faraz Junejo 59 (83) George Greywoode 4/52 (10 overs) | Moses Bahoum 38 (63) Altaf Panjwani 4/18 (10 overs) |
Malawi won by 85 runs Willowmoore Park M Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutubb abbas (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Altaf Panjwani |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
17 April 2008 Scorecard |
v | South African Invitational XI 122/3 (18.1 overs) | |
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 23) 35 Rizuan Mulla 21 (22) Andre Henning 6/20 (8 overs) | Clayton Ceronio 35* (29) K Tau 1/12 (2 overs) |
South African Invitational XI won by 7 wickets1 Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: Juan Bedford (RSA) & Rockie D'Mello (KEN) Player of the match: Ande Henning |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
18 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 23, nb 1) 26 Faizal Hanslod 19 (23) Faraz Junejo 5/21 (10 overs) | Muzakkir Khan 42 (75) Motsielo Nonyane 2/19 (3.3 overs) |
Malawi won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: David Odhiambo (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Faraz Junejp |
- 5th place playoff
18 April 2008 Scorecard |
v | South African Invitational XI 133/4 (21.5 overs) | |
Extras (b 12, lb 8, w 8, nb 2) 30 George Greywoode 30 (51) T Steynburg 4/25 (7.4 overs) | S Tshabalala 34 (42) George Greywoode 2/20 (5 overs) |
South African Invitational XI won by 6 wickets Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe & T Molefe (both RSA) Player of the match: T Steynburg |
- 7th place playoff
Semifinals and Finals
17 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9 Mehboob Jasat 6 (12) Julius Mbaraga 5 (6) Mohamed Jasat 2 (5) Eric Dusingizimana 1 (11) Isaac Aboagye 6/9 (5.1 overs) Abdul-Karim Sumaila 4/11 (6 overs) | Extras (lb 1, w 7) 8 James Vifah 7 (11) Francis Dake 6 (12) Lawrence Ateak 3* (8) Srinath Vardineni 1/8 (3 overs) Eric Dusabemungu 1/15 (3.4 overs) |
Ghana won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molefe (RSA) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye |
- Semifinal
17 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Emmanuel Kamara 28 (47) Joseph Wright 5/17 (10 overs) | Joseph Wright 48 (77) Lansana Lamin 4/19 (6 overs) |
Swaziland won by 4 wickets Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Joseph Wright |
- Semifinal
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
18 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Extras (lb 6, w 19, nb 1) 26 Mehboob Jasat 25 (78) Ibrahim Sesay 5/22 (10 overs) | Emannuel Kamara 40 (53) Mehboob Jasat 2/29 (9 overs) |
Sierra Leone won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Juan Bedford (RSA) Player of the match: Ibrahim Sesay |
- 3rd Place Playoff
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Rwanda innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Rwanda innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
18 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Abdul Patel 51 (59) James Vifah 3/30 (3.4 overs) | Francis Dake 73 (117) Stephen Uys 1/17 (4 overs) |
Ghana won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & Subhash Modi (both KEN) Player of the match: Francis Dake |
- Final
Statistics
Most Runs | Most Wickets | ||
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James Vifah | 172 | Isaac Aboagye | 14 |
Emannuel Kamara | 162 | Inv. XI Andre Henning | 12 |
Inv. XI Buntu Ndlela | 143 | Beorge Greywoode | 11 |
Altaf Panjwani | 138 | Joseph Wright | 10 |
Abdul Patel | 126 | Motsielo Nonyane | 10 |