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2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three

Administrator(s)	African Cricket Association
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
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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

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:

Squads

Gambia	Ghana	Lesotho	Malawi
Zaccheus Akila Moses Bahoum Peter Campbell Aniru Conteh Bakary Darboe Mbye Dumbuya George Greywoode Prince Johnson Musa Sillah Johnny Gomez Alfred Crookes Nicolas Cherry Muhammad Camara Wilfred Riley	Abdul-Karim Sumaila Isaac Aboagye Peter Ananya Bhupinder Brar Mark Bawa James Vifah Julius Mensah Lawrence Ateak Simon Ateak Francis Dake J Eyiah Rufus Ntiamoah	Atanase Mohapi Malebanye Nkoko Irshad Patel Rizuan Mulla Faizal Hanslod Osler Mohale Sameer Patel Tsepo Muso Motsielo Nonyane K Tau Thabiso Mohape S Abdulla David Lechesa Sajid Patel	Karamutallah Chaudry Faraz Junejo Muzakkir Khan Altaf Panjwani Jayendrasinh Kumar Seraz Zaveri Rupesh Patel Henry Njoka Alidi Bwanali MS Chinoy Aubrey Msosa Obert Msosa Kalpesh Patel

Rwanda	Sierra Leone	South African Invitation XI	Swaziland
Emmanuel Byiringiro Eric Dusabemungu Eric Dusingizimana Andre Kayitera Dennis Mukama Evode Mutuyimana Samal Subhasis Srinath Vardineni Mehboob Jasat Mohamed Jasat Julius Mbaraga Hamza Nkuutu	Gabriel Anthony Julius Brewah Mustapha Kallon Abubakarr Kamara Emmanuel Kamara Lansana Lamin Jacob Mansaray Mohamed Mansaray Luseni Senesie Ben Slater George Kpundeh Ibrahim Sesay Mohamed Kamara	Malusi Dlamini Buntu Ndlela Phalini Kubeka Clayton Ceronio Andre Henning M Mahlangu Ruan du Plessis T Steynburg S Tshabalala Bongani Rafedile E Badana Nelson Rubela M Coetzee D Mahoa Welsh Mavumengwana B Radebe	Joseph Wright Abdul Patel Marius Uys Stephen Uys Mangaliso Mhlabane Haris Rashid Syed Shahzad Ernestes Uys Sohail Khan Alexander Nicholas Adrisbhai Patel A Haji Mohamed Hansrod M Khan Stephen Nodder

Group stage

Points Table

Pool 1 Team P W L T NR NRR Points  Sierra Leone 3 3 0 0 0 +2.216 6  Rwanda 3 2 1 0 0 +0.249 4  Lesotho 3 1 2 0 0 −1.313 2  Malawi 3 0 3 0 0 −1.088 0

Pool 2 Team P W L T NR NRR Points South African Invitation XI† 3 3 0 0 0 +2.398 6  Ghana 3 2 1 0 0 +0.556 4  Swaziland 3 1 2 0 0 −0.451 2  Gambia 3 0 3 0 0 −2.360 0

†Tournament rules did not allow them to participate in the semifinals, and their place was taken by Eswatini (third in Pool 2).

Group stage

Swaziland  197/9 (50 overs)	v	Ghana 199/3 (34.2 overs)
Adrisbhai Patel 90 (135) Bhupinder Brar 2/27 (5 overs)		James Vifah 109 (87) Mangaliso Mhlabane 1/27 (5 overs)

Ghana won by 7 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Unknown Player of the match: James Vifah

Sierra Leone  201/6 (50 overs)	v	Lesotho 122/7 (34 overs)
Abu Kamara 61 (79) Motsielo Nonyane 3/43 (8 overs)		Faizal Hanslod 41* (44) Abu Kamara 4/14 (10 overs)

Sierra Leone won by 38 runs (D/L) Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molefe (RSA) Player of the match: Abu Kamara

• Rain stopped play during Lesotho's innings. Revised target is set at 161 runs off 34 overs.

Malawi  199/8 (50 overs)	v	Rwanda 111/3 (30 overs)
Seraz Zaveri 48* (45) Muzakkir Khan 48 (114) Srinath Vardineni 3/58 (10 overs)		Srinath Vardineni 29* (43) Jayendrasinh Kumar 2/18 (7 overs)

Rwanda won by 10 (D/L) Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Srinath Vardineni

• 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.

South African Invitational XI 198 (46.2 overs)	v	Gambia 72 (24.3 overs)
Buntu Ndlela 58 (79) George Greywoode 4/39 (10 overs)		Johnny Gomez 16 (21) Buntu Ndlela 4/3 (6 overs)

Gambia  72 (30.3 overs)	v	Ghana 74/5 (18 overs)
Alfred Crookes 21 (50 overs) Isaac Aboagye 5/24 (10 overs)		Lawrence Ateak 21 (28) Moses Bahoum 4/36 (9 overs)

Ghana won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molofo (RSA) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye

• Ghana innings: bowlers' wickets do not balance

Malawi  206 (48.3 overs)	v	Lesotho 161/6 (31 overs)
Jayendarsinh Kumar 45 (57) Faizal Hanslod 2/25 (8 overs)		Irshad Patel 58 (50 overs) Altaf Panjwani 3/27 (9 overs)

Lesotho won by 4 wickets (D/L) Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Rafiw Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Irshad Patel

• 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.

Sierra Leone  182/5 (50 overs)	v	Rwanda 76/8 (23.2 overs)
Abu Kamara 48 (80) Srinath Vardineni 2/20 (10 overs)		Samal Subashish 40 (68) Mustapha Kallon 4/23 (7 overs)

Sierra Leone won by 74 runs (D/L) Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Juan Bedford (RSA) & Rockie D'Mello (KEN) Player of the match: Abu Kamara

• Rain stopped play in Rwanda's innings. Rwanda set a revised target of 151 runs from 23.2 overs.

South African Invitational XI 207 (44.3 overs)	v	Swaziland 106/8 (23 overs)
T Steynburg 67 (92) Joseph Wright 3/16 (7.3 overs)		Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 41) 49 Abdul Patel 31* (57) Unknown 3/15 (4 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.

Swaziland  226 (47.2 overs)	v	Gambia 135 (43.1 overs)
M Khan 32 (43) Mbye Dumbuya 3/36 (7.2 overs)		Moses Bahoum 39 (?) Ernestes Uys 3/35 (10 overs)

Swaziland by 91 runs Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Juan Bedford (RSA) & Rockie D'Mello (KEN) Player of the match: Ernenstes Uys

• 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

Lesotho  94 (28.5 overs)	v	Rwanda 97/8 (25.5 overs)
Rizuan Mulla 27 (39) Mehboob Jasat 6/10 (3.5 overs)		Samal Subashish 26 (31) Irshad Patel 3/23 (10 overs)

Rwanda won by 2 wickets Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Mehboob Jasat

• Lesotho innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance

Malawi  82 (29.4 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 88/4 (25.1 overs)
Extras (lb 2, w 26) 28 Altaf Panjwani 27* (62) Gabriel Anthony 5/20 (7.4 overs)		Emmanuel Kamara 36* (67) Rupesh Patel 1/13 (5.1 overs)

Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Gabriel Anthony

South African Invitational XI 209/5 (50 overs)	v	Ghana 110 (40.5 overs)
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

Malawi  226/9 (50 overs)	v	Gambia 141 (43.2 overs)
Faraz Junejo 59 (83) George Greywoode 4/52 (10 overs)		Moses Bahoum 38 (63) Altaf Panjwani 4/18 (10 overs)

Malawi won by 85 runs Willowmoore Park M Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutubb abbas (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Altaf Panjwani

• 5th place playoff semifinal

Lesotho  121 (39 overs)	v	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

Lesotho  105 (36.2 overs)	v	Malawi 109/2 (23.3 overs)
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)

Malawi won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park A Field, Benoni Umpires: David Odhiambo (KEN) & Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Faraz Junejp

• 5th place playoff

Gambia  132 (31.4 overs)	v	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

Rwanda  23 (11.1 overs)	v	Ghana 24/2 (6.4 overs)
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)

Ghana won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park C Field, Benoni Umpires: Subhash Modi (KEN) & T Molefe (RSA) Player of the match: Isaac Aboagye

• Semifinal

Sierra Leone  116 (37.2 overs)	v	Swaziland 117/6 (30 overs)
Emmanuel Kamara 28 (47) Joseph Wright 5/17 (10 overs)		Joseph Wright 48 (77) Lansana Lamin 4/19 (6 overs)

Swaziland won by 4 wickets Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: A Gawe (RSA) & David Odhiambo (KEN) Player of the match: Joseph Wright

• 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

Rwanda  114 (44.4 overs)	v	Sierra Leone 115/2 (31.3 overs)
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)

Sierra Leone won by 8 wickets Willowmoore Park B Field, Benoni Umpires: Kutub Abbas (KEN) & Juan Bedford (RSA) Player of the match: Ibrahim Sesay

• 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

Swaziland  195 (45.4 overs)	v	Ghana 199/5 (41.4 overs)
Abdul Patel 51 (59) James Vifah 3/30 (3.4 overs)		Francis Dake 73 (117) Stephen Uys 1/17 (4 overs)

Ghana won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Rockie D'Mello & Subhash Modi (both KEN) Player of the match: Francis Dake

• Final

Statistics

Most Runs		Most Wickets
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

• International cricket competitions in 2008
• World Cricket League Africa Region
• International cricket competitions in South Africa