2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two

Administrator(s)	African Cricket Association
Cricket format	50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)	round robin
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	Botswana
Participants	6
Matches	15
Most runs	Khuram Javid 276
Most wickets	Isaac Aboagye 13
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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.

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:

Botswana   Ghana   Mozambique

Nigeria   Swaziland   Zambia

Squads

Botswana	Ghana	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

Nigeria	Swaziland	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
Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Botswana	5	5	0	0	0	2.365	10
Nigeria	5	4	1	0	0	0.764	8
Zambia	5	3	2	0	0	0.448	6
Mozambique	5	2	3	0	0	0.241	4
Ghana	5	1	4	0	0	−1.377	2
Swaziland	5	0	5	0	0	−2.231	0

Team wins and gets promoted to Division 1

Fixtures

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4 October 2008 scorecard

Swaziland   69 (27.1 overs)	v	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)

Botswana won by 10 wickets Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: G Nkosi (RSA) and D Simelane (RSA) Player of the match: James Moses

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4 October 2008 scorecard

Mozambique   186 (46.4 overs)	v	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)

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.

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4 October 2008 scorecard

Nigeria   212/8 (49 overs)	v	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)

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.

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5 October 2008 scorecard

Botswana   223 (46.4 overs)	v	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)

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

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5 October 2008 scorecard

Zambia   232 (49.3 overs)	v	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)

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.

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5 October 2008 scorecard

Nigeria   234/7 (49 overs)	v	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)

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.

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6 October 2008 scorecard

Nigeria   205/9 (50 overs)	v	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)

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.

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6 October 2008 scorecard

Zambia   142 (36.2 overs)	v	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)

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.

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6 October 2008 scorecard

Mozambique   243/7 (50 overs)	v	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)

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.

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8 October 2008 scorecard

Zambia   131 (27.5 overs)	v	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)

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.

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8 October 2008 scorecard

Swaziland   209/9 (46 overs)	v	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)

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.

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8 October 2008 scorecard

Nigeria   105 (40.3 overs)	v	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)

Nigeria won by 14 runs Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: Wynard Louw (NAM) and Philip Trenwith (RSA) Player of the match: Shahzaib Khan

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9 October 2008 scorecard

Mozambique   174 (44.5 overs)	v	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)

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.

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9 October 2008 scorecard

Nigeria   241/6 (50 overs)	v	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)

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.

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9 October 2008 scorecard

Zambia   251/5 (50 overs)	v	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)

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.

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Statistics

Most Runs		Most Wickets
Khuram Javid	276	Isaac Aboagye	13
Endurance Ofem	209	Mosa Gaolekwe	10
Shahzaib Khan	208	Chandra Puspussen	10
Kunle Adegbola	181	Sharif Yousuf	10
Olajide Bejide	147	Sabir Havaliwala	10