Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
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Cricket format | 50 overs per side |
Tournament format(s) | round robin |
Host(s) | Tanzania |
Champions | Tanzania |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 10 |
Most runs | Noor Ahmad 194 |
Most wickets | Athumani Kakonzi 13 |
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.
The top team, Tanzania, was promoted to Division 1.
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 |
Botswana | Mozambique | Nigeria | Tanzania | Zambia |
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Akhlaq Raja Aslam Chand | Aasif Koliya Jawaid Abbas | Adekunle P Adegbola Yemi Adegbola | Hamisi Abdallah Hasnain Muhsin Damji | Kafuma Banda Godfrey Kandela |
Pool 1 | |||||||
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Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
Tanzania | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.114 | 8 |
Botswana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.043 | 6 |
Mozambique | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.145 | 4 |
Zambia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1.127 | 2 |
Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1.261 | 0 |
Team gets promoted to Division 1 |
23 August 2006 Scorecard |
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Noor Ahmad 102* (112) Roland Ilube 3/14 (2.4 overs) | Seun Odeku 37 (78) Aslam Chand 3/27 (6.4 overs) |
23 August 2006 Scorecard |
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Athumani Kakonzi 108* (119) Zainulabidin Patel 2/48 (10 overs) | Jawaid Abbas 30 (43) Kassim Nassoro 3/10 (5 overs) |
24 August 2006 Scorecard |
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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) |
24 August 2006 Scorecard |
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Abhik Patwa 34 (62) Tayo Okusanya 4/40 (10 overs) | Adekunle Adegbola 20 (41) Benson Mwita 4/23 (10 overs) |
25 August 2006 Scorecard |
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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) |
25 August 2006 Scorecard |
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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) |
26 August 2006 Scorecard |
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Qurban Ali 37 (47) Joshua Ogunlola3/34 (7.5 overs) | Adelayo Atoloye 21 (32) Aasif Koliya 4/25 (10 overs) |
26 August 2006 Scorecard |
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Sharif Tangy 16 (21) Benson Mwita 4/10 (6.2 overs) |
27 August 2006 Scorecard |
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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) |
27 August 2006 Scorecard |
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James Moses 29 (66) Athumani Kakonzi 5/23 (9.4 overs) | Athumani Kakonzi 42* (56) Feroz Essack 2/33 (4.3 overs) |
Most Runs | Most Wickets | ||
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Noor Ahmad | 194 | Athumani Kakonzi | 13 |
Athumani Kakonzi | 179 | Benson Mwita | 12 |
Abhik Patwa | 116 | Saidi Malama | 10 |
Kaleem Shah | 112 | Aasif Koliya | 10 |
Abdul Patel | 89 | Joshua Ogunlola | 8 |
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