Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Champions | Botswana |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 28 |
Most runs | Abhik Patwa (271) |
Most wickets | Benson Mwita (13) |
Official website | Cricinfo |
2012 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in 2012 and formed part of qualifying for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. South Africa hosted the event, with Botswana winning it. [1]
Teams that qualified are as follows:-
Botswana | Ghana | Mozambique | Seychelles |
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Sierra Leone | Eswatini | Tanzania | Zambia |
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1 October Scorecard |
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Mohamed Kamara 28 (32) Bineesh Vadavathy 2/7 (2 overs) |
4 October Scorecard |
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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Abhik Patwa | Tanzania | 271 | 6 | 54.20 | 153.97 | 84 | 0 | 3 |
Karabo Modise | Botswana | 249 | 7 | 41.50 | 133.87 | 71 | 0 | 2 |
Obed Harvey | Ghana | 227 | 7 | 32.42 | 124.04 | 101 | 1 | 1 |
Abid Patel | Zambia | 166 | 7 | 33.20 | 112.92 | 67* | 0 | 1 |
Harikrishnan Kamalan | Seychelles | 163 | 7 | 32.60 | 114.78 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.
Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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Benson Mwita | Tanzania | 13 | 7 | 9.38 | 11.5 | 4.88 | 5/13 |
Kaushalkumar Patel | Seychelles | 12 | 7 | 15.00 | 13.7 | 6.54 | 3/32 |
Godfrey Kandela | Zambia | 11 | 7 | 11.81 | 14.1 | 5.00 | 4/12 |
Riziki Kiseto | Tanzania | 10 | 7 | 8.40 | 9.4 | 5.36 | 3/11 |
Mukesh Vadodariya | Seychelles | 10 | 7 | 10.60 | 12.6 | 5.04 | 5/16 |
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