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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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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).
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) |
13 April 2008 Scorecard |
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Srinath Vardineni 29* (43) Jayendrasinh Kumar 2/18 (7 overs) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
14 April 2008 Scorecard |
South African Invitational XI 207 (44.3 overs) | v | |
T Steynburg 67 (92) Joseph Wright 3/16 (7.3 overs) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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