2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship

The 2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 25–30 August 2007. All matches were held at the Willowmoore Park complex in Benoni, Gauteng.

2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
Administrator(s)African Cricket Association
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, then finals series
Host(s) South Africa
Champions Namibia (2nd title)
Participants8
Matches16
Most runsNamibia Sean Silver (311)
Most wicketsUganda Charles Waiswa (14)

Namibia won the tournament by defeating Kenya in the final, qualifying for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. Two African under-19 sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualified directly for the World Cup. Namibian batsman Sean Silver and Uganda bowler Charles Waiswa led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

The tournament was the second edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, after the inaugural championship in 2001. In 2003 and 2005, a joint World Cup qualification tournament had been organised by ICC Africa and ICC East Asia-Pacific. The 2007 championships were the last at which there was only a single division – from the 2009 tournament onwards, there have been two divisions.

Teams and qualification

All six African teams at the 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship qualified for the tournament, with the places of the two ICC East Asia-Pacific teams (Fiji and Papua New Guinea) taken by Botswana and Ghana:

  Teams at the 2008 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
  Teams automatically qualified for the 2008 World Cup (ICC full members)
Team Mode of qualification
 Namibia Champion of 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Uganda Runner-up in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Kenya 3rd place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Tanzania 5th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Zambia 6th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Nigeria 8th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Botswana Qualified
 Ghana Qualified

Preparation

Group stage

Pool A
     Qualified for the semi-finals.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Kenya330006+1.042
 Namibia321004+1.422
 Zambia312002–0.583
 Ghana303000–1.788

Source: CricketArchive

Pool B
     Qualified for the semi-finals.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Uganda321006+2.516
 Botswana321004+1.358
 Tanzania321002+1.223
 Nigeria303000–4.533

Source: CricketArchive

Finals

7th-place playoff
30 August
Scorecard
Nigeria 
168/8 (50 overs)
v
 Tanzania
169/3 (21.4 overs)
Jerry Omoregbe 42 (127)
Omari Mandari 3/29 (10 overs)
Hemedi Ally 3/29 (10 overs)
Seif Abdul 54* (45)
Usman Bankole 2/30 (3 overs)
Tanzania under-19s won by 7 wickets.
Willowmoore Park (C Field), Benoni
Umpires: Godfrey Hlengani and Tshepo Molefe
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

5th-place playoff

Two "semi-finals" for the fifth-place playoff were held, in which Ghana defeated Tanzania by seven wickets and Zambia defeated Nigeria by 315 runs.[1][2] The two losing teams played each other in the seventh-place playoff.

30 May
Scorecard
Ghana 
205 (40.4 overs)
v
 Zambia
208/7 (46 overs)
James Vifah 47 (39)
Tapson Nyirongo 3/23 (6.4 overs)
Sabir Haveliwala 50* (57)
Peter Ananya 5/28 (10 overs)
Zambia Under-19s won by three wickets
Willowmoore Park (A Field), Benoni
Umpires: Olawale Adekoya and Juan Bedford
  • Zambia won the toss and elected to bowl.

3rd-place playoff
30 August
Scorecard
Botswana 
212/8 (50 overs)
v
 Uganda
214/5 (41.1 overs)
Karabo Modise 71* (65)
Charles Waiswa 4/30 (10 overs)
Andrew Ochan 56 (70)
Nadeem Tajbhay 1/23 (3 overs)
Uganda under-19s won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park (B Field), Benoni
Umpires: Kutub Gulamabbas (Ken) and Jeff Luck (Nam)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Two semi-finals were held, in which Kenya defeated Botswana by four wickets and Namibia defeated Uganda by nine wickets.[3][4] The two losing teams played each other in the third-place playoff.

30 August
Scorecard
Namibia 
257/7 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
218 (45.2 overs)
Sean Silver 73 (110)
Prasanth Srinivas 3/55 (10 overs)
Samarth Patel 92 (119)
Elandre Oosthuizen 5/35 (8.2 overs)
Namibia under-19s won by 39 runs.
Willowmoore Park (Main Oval), Benoni
Umpires: Jannie Bedford and Temba Msipha
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Namibia won the Championship, and qualified for the 2008 Under-19 World Cup.

Statistics

Most runs

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

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Sean Silver Namibia3115103.66118*21
Raymond van Schoor Namibia226556.50101*11
Kafuma Banda Zambia197539.4010910
Samarth Patel Kenya189537.809201
Sarfuddin Bangaliwala Zambia174534.807402

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

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

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Charles Waiswa Uganda48.4148.2120.852.366/3
Sabir Haveliwala Zambia48.51211.5024.412.823/14
Elandre Oosthuizen Namibia26.21111.1815.454.345/35
Karthik Rajeswaran Botswana40.11012.7024.103.165/16
Ashley van Rooi Namibia43.31019.7026.104.524/43

Source: CricketArchive

References
  1. Ghana Under-19s v Tanzania Under-19s, Africa Under-19 Championship 2007 (5th Place Play-off Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. Nigeria Under-19s v Zambia Under-19s, Africa Under-19 Championship 2007 (5th Place Play-off Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. Botswana Under-19s v Kenya Under-19s, Africa Under-19 Championship 2007 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. Namibia Under-19s v Uganda Under-19s, Africa Under-19 Championship 2007 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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