2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three
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| 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.
Teams
[edit]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:
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Pool 1 |
Pool 2 |
Squads
[edit] Gambia
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Ghana
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 Lesotho
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 Malawi
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Zaccheus Akila |
Abdul-Karim Sumaila |
Atanase Mohapi |
Karamutallah Chaudry |
 Rwanda
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 Sierra Leone
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South African Invitation XI |  Swaziland
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Emmanuel Byiringiro |
Gabriel Anthony |
Malusi Dlamini |
Joseph Wright |
Group stage
[edit]Points Table
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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).
Group stage
[edit] 13 April 2008
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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
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Abu Kamara 61 (79)
Motsielo Nonyane 3/43 (8 overs) |
Faizal Hanslod 41* (44)
Abu Kamara 4/14 (10 overs) |
- Rain stopped play during Lesotho's innings. Revised target is set at 161 runs off 34 overs.
13 April 2008
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Srinath Vardineni 29* (43)
Jayendrasinh Kumar 2/18 (7 overs) |
- Rain stopped play during Rwanda's innings. Revised target set at 102 runs off 30 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
13 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
198 (46.2 overs) |
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Buntu Ndlela 58 (79)
George Greywoode 4/39 (10 overs) |
Johnny Gomez 16 (21)
Buntu Ndlela 4/3 (6 overs) |
14 April 2008
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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) |
- Ghana innings: bowlers' wickets do not balance
14 April 2008
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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) |
- Rain stopped play in Lesotho's innings. Lesotho set a revised target of 161 runs from 31 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
14 April 2008
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Abu Kamara 48 (80)
Srinath Vardineni 2/20 (10 overs) |
Samal Subashish 40 (68)
Mustapha Kallon 4/23 (7 overs) |
- Rain stopped play in Rwanda's innings. Rwanda set a revised target of 151 runs from 23.2 overs.
14 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
207 (44.3 overs) |
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T Steynburg 67 (92)
Joseph Wright 3/16 (7.3 overs) |
- Rain stopped play in Swaziland's innings. Swaziland set a revised target of 177 runs from 23 overs.
- South African Invitation XI innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
15 April 2008
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M Khan 32 (43)
Mbye Dumbuya 3/36 (7.2 overs) |
Moses Bahoum 39 (?)
Ernestes Uys 3/35 (10 overs) |
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Gambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008
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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) |
- Lesotho innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
209/5 (50 overs) |
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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) |
5th Place Playoff
[edit] 17 April 2008
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Faraz Junejo 59 (83)
George Greywoode 4/52 (10 overs) |
Moses Bahoum 38 (63)
Altaf Panjwani 4/18 (10 overs) |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
17 April 2008
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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) |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
18 April 2008
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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) |
- 5th place playoff
18 April 2008
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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) |
- 7th place playoff
Semifinals and Finals
[edit] 17 April 2008
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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) |
- Semifinal
17 April 2008
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Emmanuel Kamara 28 (47)
Joseph Wright 5/17 (10 overs) |
Joseph Wright 48 (77)
Lansana Lamin 4/19 (6 overs) |
- Semifinal
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
18 April 2008
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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) |
- 3rd Place Playoff
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Rwanda innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Rwanda innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
18 April 2008
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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) |
- Final
Statistics
[edit]| Most Runs | Most Wickets | ||
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| James Vifah |
172 | Isaac Aboagye |
14 |
| Emannuel Kamara |
162 | Inv. XI Andre Henning | 12 |
| Inv. XI Buntu Ndlela | 143 | Beorge Greywoode |
11 |
| Altaf Panjwani |
138 | Joseph Wright |
10 |
| Abdul Patel |
126 | Motsielo Nonyane |
10 |