2015 Africa Twenty20 Division One

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2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship
Dates27 – 31 March 2015
Administrator(s) ICC Africa
Cricket format 20-over
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ChampionsFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia (1st title)
Participants6
Matches15
Player of the series Flag of Kenya.svg James Ngoche
Most runs Flag of Namibia.svg Gerrie Snyman (138)
Most wickets Flag of Kenya.svg James Ngoche (11)
2013

The 2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Benoni, South Africa, from 27 to 31 March 2015. All matches were played at the Willowmoore Park complex.

Contents

Namibia won the tournament (its first) on net run rate from Kenya, with both teams progressing to the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. Two other African sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualify directly for the World Twenty20. Namibian Gerrie Snyman and Kenyan James Ngoche led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively, and Ngoche was Player of the Tournament.

The 2015 event was the third edition of the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship's Division One, instituted prior to the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier. It was held in South Africa for the first time, with the two previous editions held in Uganda. Six teams participated, each playing each other once in a round-robin. Five of the teams were associate members of the ICC, with Ghana the only affiliate member at the tournament. [1]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 5410082.182
2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 5410081.663
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 5320060.612
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 532006−1.450
5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 514002−1.259
6Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 505000−1.774
Source: CricHQ
Won – 2 points
Lost – 0 points
Tie or No Result – 1 point

Fixtures

27 March
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
103/7 (20.0)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
106/4 (14.2)
Kenya won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

27 March
Scorecard
Tanzania  Flag of Tanzania.svg
128/7 (20.0)
v
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
129/2 (14.4)
Uganda won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

27 March
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
157/4 (20.0)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
67/6 (20.0)
Namibia won by 90 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

28 March
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
88 (19.2)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
149/5 (20.0)
Namibia won by 61 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

28 March
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
102/5 (17.1)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
100/8 (20.0)
Ghana won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

28 March
Scorecard
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg
81 (17)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
82/2 (14.4)
Kenya won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

29 March
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
142/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
100/9 (20 overs)
Namibia won by 42 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

29 March
Scorecard
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg
115 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
57 (16.4 overs)
Uganda won by 58 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

29 March
Scorecard
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
131/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
53 (15.1 overs)
Kenya won by 78 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

30 March
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
144/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
147/8 (19.4 overs)
Uganda won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

30 March
Scorecard
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg
77/2 (13.5 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
73/7 (20 overs)
Kenya won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

30 March
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
117/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
118/6 (19.2 overs)
Ghana won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

31 March
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
166/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
136/8 (20 overs)
Namibia won by 30 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

31 March
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
74/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
69 (12.5 overs)
Ghana won by 5 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

31 March
Scorecard
Botswana  Flag of Botswana.svg
108/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
73 (17.3 overs)
Botswana won by 35 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Gerrie Snyman Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 138527.605901
Irfan Karim Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 136534.004000
Collins Obuya Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 125541.674700
Raymond van Schoor Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 98349.006801
Abhik PatwaFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 96519.207301

Source: CricHQ

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
James Ngoche Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 18.0117.369.824.505/11
Henry Ssenyondo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 14.495.789.783.554/10
Kofi Bagabena Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 17.0910.3311.335.473/19
Reginald Nehonde Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 19.0814.5014.256.113/25
Louis Klazinga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 12.078.0010.294.673/23

Source: CricHQ

Final standing

PositionTeamStatus
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
6Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania

WCL Division Six qualifier

Along with the Twenty20 tournament, two teams, Botswana and Ghana, played each other in a one-off 50-overs match for a qualification spot in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament, at present the lowest WCL division. [2]


2 April 2015
Scorecard
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
143 (46.1 overs)
v
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
147/2 (31.4 overs)
Botswana won by 8 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.

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  2. "World Cricket League: Guernsey miss out on hosting 2015 event". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2015.