2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

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2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two
Administrator(s) African Cricket Association
Cricket format50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)round robin
Host(s)Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
ChampionsFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Participants5
Matches10
Most runs Flag of Botswana.svg Noor Ahmad 194
Most wickets Flag of Tanzania.svg Athumani Kakonzi 13
2008

The 2006 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament in Tanzania, taking place between 23 April and 27 August 2006. It gave five 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.

Contents

The top team, Tanzania, was promoted to Division 1.

Teams

There were 5 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:

Pool 1

Pool 2

Squads

Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Akhlaq Raja

Aslam Chand
Danish Shirazi
Feroz Essack
G Mosa Gaolekwe
Karan Kapoor
Tshepo Mhozya
John Mokokwe
James WM Moses
Noor Ahmad
Omar Ali
Abdul Razak Mosa Patel
Denzil Kenan Sequeira

Aasif Koliya

Jawaid Abbas
Amin Mohamad
Elisio Chitsonzo
Irfan Jamal
Kaleem Shah
Imtiyaz Shafikbhai Lili
Mohammad Shahzad
Muhammad Panjwani
Zainulabidin Gulam Patel
Chandra SC Puspussen
Qurban Ali
Shoaib Younis

Adekunle P Adegbola

Yemi Adegbola
Makanjuola Akinyemi
Adelayo Atoloye
Olajide J Bejide
Thomas Ezeh
Oluwadolapo Gafar
Thomas Haruna
Roland Ilube
Seun Odeku
Endurance Ofem
Joshua O Ogunlola
Tayo Okusanya
Ademola A Onikoyi

Hamisi Abdallah

Hasnain Muhsin Damji
Hussein Muhamed
Athumani Kakonzi
Hatim Kudrati
Benson Mwita
Kazim Nasser
Kassim Nassoro
Abhik Ramesh Patwa
Khalil Zulfiqar Rehmtullah
Shaheed Dhanani

Kafuma Banda

Godfrey Kandela
Rueben Kosita
Saidi Malama
Shahid Mohamed
Madaliso Mvula
Isaac Mwaba
Imran Suleman Patel
Javid Patel
Shahid Patel
Sarfraz A Patel
Hussain Patel Mohammed
Sharif Tangy

Group stage

Points Table

Pool 1
TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 44000+3.1148
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 43100-0.0436
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 42200-0.1454
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 41300-1.1272
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 40400-1.2610
    Team gets promoted to Division 1

Group stage


23 August 2006
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
192 (46.4 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
165 (43.4 overs)
Noor Ahmad 102* (112)
Roland Ilube 3/14 (2.4 overs)
Seun Odeku 37 (78)
Aslam Chand 3/27 (6.4 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 27 runs
University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & Kutub Gulamabbas (both KEN)
Player of the match: Noor Ahmad

23 August 2006
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
260/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
110 (34 overs)
Athumani Kakonzi 108* (119)
Zainulabidin Patel 2/48 (10 overs)
Jawaid Abbas 30 (43)
Kassim Nassoro 3/10 (5 overs)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania won by 150 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Narendra Dave & David Odhiambo (both KEN)
Player of the match: Athumani Kakonzi

24 August 2006
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
99 (34.2 overs)
v
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
65 (25 overs)
Tshepo Mhozya 27 (89)
Godfrey Kandela 5/20 (6.2 overs)
Extras (1 lb, 3 nb, 12 w) 16
Imran Patel 13 (43)
Karan Kapoor 5/2 (8 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 34 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Narendra Dave & Rockie D'Mello (both KEN)
Player of the match: Karan Kapoor

24 August 2006
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
182/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
71 (33.2 overs)
Abhik Patwa 34 (62)
Tayo Okusanya 4/40 (10 overs)
Adekunle Adegbola 20 (41)
Benson Mwita 4/23 (10 overs)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania won by 111 runs
University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Kutub Gulamabbas & David Odhiambo (both KEN)
Player of the match: Unknown

25 August 2006
Scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
168 (48.5 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
169/2 (39.2 overs)
Extras (2 b, 7 lb, 11 nb, 26 w) 46
Irfan Jamal 35* (98)
Akhlaq Raja 3/23 (10 overs)
Abdul Patel 3/24 (10 overs)
Noor Ahmad 75* (165)
James Moses 74* (167)
Imtiyaz Lili 1/28 (10 overs)
Aasif Koliya 1/23 (8.2 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana by 8 wickets
University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Narendra Dave & David Odhiambo (both KEN)
Player of the match: Abdul Patel

25 August 2006
Scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
156 (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
158/7 (40 overs)
Adekunle Adegbola 55 (96)
Saidi Malama 3/26 (10 overs)
Extras (4 b, 1 nb, 35 w) 40
Sarfraz Patel 35 (42)
Thomas Haruna 2/23 (5 overs)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia won by 3 wickets
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & Kutub Gulamabbas (both KEN)
Player of the match: Saidi Malama

26 August 2006
Scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
156 (45.5 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
80 (30.5 overs)
Qurban Ali 37 (47)
Joshua Ogunlola3/34 (7.5 overs)
Adelayo Atoloye 21 (32)
Aasif Koliya 4/25 (10 overs)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique won by 76 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & David Odhiambo (both KEN)
Player of the match: Aasif Koliya

26 August 2006
Scorecard
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
58 (24.2 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
59/1 (8.4 overs)
Sharif Tangy 16 (21)
Benson Mwita 4/10 (6.2 overs)
Shaheed Dhanani 20* (21)
Athumani Kakonzi 29* (30)
Imran Patel 1/26 (4 overs)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania won by 9 wickets
University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Narendra Dave & Kutub Gulamabbas (both KEN)
Player of the match: Benson Mwita

27 August 2006
Scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
193 (46.1 overs)
v
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
112 (27.1 overs)
Kaleem Shah 70 (114)
Saidi Malama 4/30 (8.1 overs)
Extras (6 b, 1 lb, 16 w) 23
Sharif Tangy 21 (13)
Aasif Koliya 5/35 (10 overs)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique won by 81 runs
University of Dar-es-Salaam Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & Kutuub Gulamabbas (both KEN)
Player of the match: Aasif Koliya

27 August 2006
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
97 (31.4 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
99/2 (16.3 overs)
James Moses 29 (66)
Athumani Kakonzi 5/23 (9.4 overs)
Athumani Kakonzi 42* (56)
Feroz Essack 2/33 (4.3 overs)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania won by 8 wickets
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar-es-Salaam
Umpires: Narendra Dave & David Odhiambo (both KEN)
Player of the match: Athumani Kakonzi

Statistics

Most RunsMost Wickets
Flag of Botswana.svg Noor Ahmad194 Flag of Tanzania.svg Athumani Kakonzi13
Flag of Tanzania.svg Athumani Kakonzi179 Flag of Tanzania.svg Benson Mwita12
Flag of Tanzania.svg Abhik Patwa116 Flag of Zambia.svg Saidi Malama10
Flag of Mozambique.svg Kaleem Shah112 Flag of Mozambique.svg Aasif Koliya10
Flag of Botswana.svg Abdul Patel89 Flag of Nigeria.svg Joshua Ogunlola8


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