2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

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2008 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 South Africa.svg  South Africa
ChampionsFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Participants6
Matches15
Most runs Flag of Mozambique.svg Khuram Javid 276
Most wickets Flag of Ghana.svg Isaac Aboagye 13
2006
2010

The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament in Benoni, South Africa, taking place between 4 August and 9 October 2008. It gave six 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

Botswana, the top team, was promoted to Division 1 and the 2009 Global Division 6 while Nigeria qualified for the 2009 Global Division 7.

Teams

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

Squads

Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Taroesh Trivedi

Shahzaib Khan
Abdul Patel
Sabir Elyas
Gaolape Mokokwe
James Moses
Manan Barot
Karabo Modise
Denzil Sequeira
Tshepo Mhozya
Mosa Gaolekwe
Omar Ali

Obed Abgomadzie

Matthew Bawa
Lawrence Ateak
Isaac Aboagye
Peter Ananya
Abdul-Karim Sumaila
Mark Bawa
James Vifah
Simon Ateak
Julius Mensah
Bhupinder Brar
Francis Dake
Eric Apedo
Prajul Pillai

Khuram Javid
Kaleem Shah
Imran Ismail
Iftikhar Ahmed
Chandra Puspussen
Aasif Koliya
Imtiyaz Lili
Qurban Ali
Giovanni Florentino
Mohammad Shahzad
Shoaib Younis
Musa Kazim

Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Kunle Adegbola

Endurance Ofem
Olajide Bejide
Temitope Olayinka
Wale Adeoye
Chimezie Onwuzulike
Dolapo Gafar
Joshua Ogunlola
Akabogu Okwudili
Uthe Ogbimi
Segun Olayinka
Olalekan Awololo
Oluseye Olympio
Thomas Haruna

Wayan Sparham

Stephen Uys
Alexander Nicholas
Idris Patel
Mohamed Hansrod
Abdul Patel
U Gani Patel
Joseph Wright
Jason Wade
Haris Rashid
Ernestes Uys
Marius Uys
Shahzad Mahmood
Saifullah Habib

Majid Sarodi
Sarfuddin Bangaliwala
Ashraf Lulat
Andrew Toms
Sharif Yousuf
Imran Patel
Sarfraz Patel
Godfrey Kandela
Sameer Bagus
Isaac Mwaba
Shahid Mohamed
Sabir Havaliwala
Mohmed Mitha
Gheesa
Liuwa Liuwa

Group stage

Points Table

Group Table
TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 550002.36510
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 541000.7648
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 532000.4486
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 523000.2414
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 51400−1.3772
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 50500−2.2310
    Team wins and gets promoted to Division 1

Fixtures


4 October 2008
scorecard
Swaziland  Flag of Eswatini.svg
69 (27.1 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
75/0 (9.1 overs)
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 7) 17
Mohamed Hansrod 11 (19)
James Moses 4/14 (8 overs)
Shahzaib Khan 37* (23)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 10 wickets
Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni
Umpires: G Nkosi (RSA) and D Simelane (RSA)
Player of the match: James Moses

4 October 2008
scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
186 (46.4 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
161 (43 overs)
Khuram Javid 72 (109)
Lawrence Ateak 2/7 (3.4 overs)
Lawrence Ateak 31 (51)
Imtiyaz Lili 2/15 (6 overs)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique won by 25 runs
Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni
Umpires: Kutub Gulamabbas (Kenya) and Philip Trenwith (RSA)
  • Mozambique innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Mozambique innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
  • Ghana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

4 October 2008
scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
212/8 (49 overs)
v
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
181 (45.2 overs)
Olajide Bejide 50* (40)
Sabir Havaliwala 2/7 (3.4 overs)
Sharif Yousuf 41 (54)
Endurance Ofem 3/19 (9.2 overs)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria won by 31 runs
Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni
Umpires: Wynard Louw (Namibia) and Jannie Bedford (RSA)
  • Match reduced to 49 overs per side.
  • Zambia innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Zambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

5 October 2008
scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
223 (46.4 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
69 (26.1 overs)
Shahzaib Khan 63 (40)
Isaac Aboagye 4/42 (10 overs)
Matthew Bawa 20 (23)
Karabo Modise 3/9 (6.1 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 154 runs
Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni
Umpires: Philip Trenwith (RSA) and Jannie Bedford (RSA)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan
  • Ghana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance

5 October 2008
scorecard
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
232 (49.3 overs)
v
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
228/8 (50 overs)
Andrew Toms 64 (112)
Kaleem Shah 3/42 (10 overs)
Chandra Puspussen 3/42 (10 overs)
Khuram Javid 72 (115)
Sabir Havaliwala 2/36 (10 overs)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia won by 4 runs
Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni
Umpires: G Nkosi (RSA) and Wynard Louw (Namibia)
  • Zambia innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Zambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Mozambique innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Mozambique innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

5 October 2008
scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
234/7 (49 overs)
v
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
132 (44.2 overs)
Endurance Ofem 100 (121)
U Gani Patel 2/33 (9 overs)
Mohamed Hansrod 33 (82)
Oluseye Olympio 4/23 (10 overs)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria won by 102 runs
Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni
Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) and Kutub Gulamabbas (Kenya)
  • Match reduced to 49 overs per side.
  • Nigeria innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Nigeria innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

6 October 2008
scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
205/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
206/5 (44.5 overs)
Temitope Olayinka 48* (53)
Taroesh Trivedi 2/11 (10 overs)
Shahzaib Khan 43 (28)
Endurance Ofem 2/34 (8 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni
Umpires: D Simelane (RSA) and Jannie Bedford (RSA)
  • Botswana innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.

6 October 2008
scorecard
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
142 (36.2 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
40 (11.2 overs)
Imran Patel 32 (61)
Bhupinder Brar 4/16 (8.2 overs)
Extras (lb 7, w 13, nb 1) 21
Mark Bawa 7* (13)
Sharif Yousuf 6/11 (5.2 overs)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia won by 102 runs
Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni
Umpires: Kutum Gulumabbas (KEN) and Wynard Louw (NAM)
  • Zambia innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Ghana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

6 October 2008
scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
243/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
144 (40 overs)
Khuram Javid 68 (103)
U Gani Patel 4/47 (10 overs)
Alexander Nicholas 41 (77)
Chandra Puspussen 3/9 (4 overs)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique won by 102 runs
Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni
Umpires: G Nkosi (RSA) and Philip Trenwith (RSA)
Player of the match: Khuram Javid
  • Mozambique innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

8 October 2008
scorecard
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
131 (27.5 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
134/6 (23 overs)
Sarfraz Patel 39 (46)
Mosa Gaolekwe 4/22 (5.5 overs)
Shahzaib Khan 52 (50)
Mohmed Mitha 4/33 (7 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni
Umpires: G Nkosi (RSA) and Kutub Gulamabbas (KEN)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan
  • Zambia innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Botswana innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.

8 October 2008
scorecard
Swaziland  Flag of Eswatini.svg
209/9 (46 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
210/5 (44.5 overs)
Abdul Patel 40 (48)
Obed Abgomadzie 2/20 (8 overs)
Obed Abgomadzie 89 (104)
U Gani Patel 2/26 (9.5 overs)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni
Umpires: Jannie Bedford (RSA) and D Simelane (RSA)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan
  • Match reduced to 46 overs per side.
  • Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Ghana innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Ghana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

8 October 2008
scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
105 (40.3 overs)
v
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
91 (26.1 overs)
Extras (b 2, w 21) 23
Dolapo Gafar 19 (34)
Mohammad Shahzad 4/26 (10 overs)
Khuram Javid 25 (39)
Joshua Ogunlola 5/15 (8 overs)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria won by 14 runs
Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni
Umpires: Wynard Louw (NAM) and Philip Trenwith (RSA)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan

9 October 2008
scorecard
Mozambique  Flag of Mozambique.svg
174 (44.5 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
175/4 (37 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 46 (80)
Tshepo Mhozya 5/32 (8 overs)
Abdul Patel 71* (96)
Aasif Koliya 2/33 (9 overs)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni
Umpires: Wynard Louw (NAM) and Kutub Gulamabbas (KEN)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan
  • Mozambique innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Mozambique innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Botswana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

9 October 2008
scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
241/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
171/7 (47 overs)
Endurance Ofem 53 (64)
Isaac Aboagye 2/32 (10 overs)
Lawrence Ateak 43 (53)
Endurance Ofem 3/31 (9 overs)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria won by 70 runs
Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni
Umpires: D Simelane (RSA) and Philip Trenwith (RSA)
Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan
  • Ghana were fined 3 overs for a slow over rate.
  • Nigeria innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Nigeria innings: bowlers' overs bowled do not balance.
  • Ghana innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Ghana innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

9 October 2008
scorecard
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg
251/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
122 (35.2 overs)
Majid Sarodi 85* (99)
Haris Rashid 2/58 (10 overs)
Ernestes Uys 34 (69)
Mohmed Mitha 4/58 (9.2 overs)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia won by 129 runs
Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni
Umpires: Jannie Bedford (RSA) and G Nkosi (RSA)
  • Zambia innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Zambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
  • Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance.

Statistics

Most RunsMost Wickets
Flag of Mozambique.svg Khuram Javid276 Flag of Ghana.svg Isaac Aboagye13
Flag of Nigeria.svg Endurance Ofem209 Flag of Botswana.svg Mosa Gaolekwe10
Flag of Botswana.svg Shahzaib Khan208 Flag of Mozambique.svg Chandra Puspussen10
Flag of Nigeria.svg Kunle Adegbola181 Flag of Zambia.svg Sharif Yousuf10
Flag of Nigeria.svg Olajide Bejide147 Flag of Zambia.svg Sabir Havaliwala10


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