2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships

2010 ICC Under-19 Africa Championships

Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council, African Cricket Association
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Namibia
Participants	13

The 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships or 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers were two cricket events organised by the African Cricket Association. The championships were played over two divisions and provided African U-19 teams with the chance to qualify for the 2012 U-19 World Cup. The second division was held from 26–30 July in Big Bend, Swaziland^[1] and the first division from 29 August-5 September in Windhoek, Namibia.^[2]

Division Two

This was only the second playing of Division Two and it followed the same round-robin format as the previous year. The venue and dates were confirmed in May to be at Big Bend, a small village in the Lowveld region of Swaziland, from 26–30 July. All matches were played on three fields at and around the Ubombo Country Club.^[1] The winners would be promoted to the Division One Tournament.^[3]

Teams

The following five teams took part in the tournament:^[4]

Relegated from 2009 Division One:

•  Nigeria

Remaining from 2009 Division Two:

•  Gambia
•  Mozambique
•  Rwanda
•  Swaziland

Ghana, who took part the year before, were originally included in the line up, but did not end up participating.^[5]

Matches

26 July 2010 scorecard

Gambia  112 all out (41.3 overs)	v	Nigeria 115/0 (12.5 overs)
Ismalia Tamba 11 (26) James Chukwu 28/3 (10 overs)		Aderin Olomide 54* (39) Gabriel Njie 16/0 (4 overs)

Nigeria won by 10 wickets U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and AW Louw (Nam)

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to field

26 July 2010 scorecard

Mozambique  53 all out (24 overs)	v	Swaziland 54/6 (16.3 overs)
Sadraque Mangachaia 14 (17) Timothy Boycott 15/4 (7 overs)		Alex Dladla 9* (11) Saeed Ahmad 23/4 (8.3 overs)

Swaziland won by 4 wickets Umbombo Country Club, Big Bend Umpires: LK Bhudia (Ind) and R D'Mello (Ind)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat

27 July 2010 scorecard

Rwanda  138 all out (50 overs)	v	Nigeria 140/2 (21 overs)
Evode Muthuyimana 36 (71) Anyia Benjamin 22/3 (10 overs)		Aderin Olomide 66* (70) Eugene Haragirimana 11/1 (2 overs)

Nigeria won by 8 wickets Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend Umpires: AW Louw (Nam) and K Serfontein

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat

27 July 2010 scorecard

Mozambique  192/8 (45 overs)	v	Gambia 194/5 (30.3 overs)
Brighton Muthisse 52 (97) Andre Jarju 35/3 (8.4 overs)		Abdoulie Johnson 47 (48) Belardo Mbede 44/2 (8 overs)

Gambia won by 5 wickets Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and R D'Mello (Ind)

• Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat
• Match reduced to 45 overs per side

28 July 2010 scorecard

Nigeria  269/7 (50 overs)	v	Mozambique 23 all out (17.5 overs)
James Chukwu 102* (80) Atishay Gupta 68/2 (10 overs)		Antonio Maposse 4 (30) Anyia Benjamin 12/5 (8 overs)

Nigeria won by 246 runs U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and K Serfontein

• Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat

28 July 2010 scorecard

Swaziland  92 all out (24.2 overs)	v	Rwanda 93/5 (21.2 overs)
Henk Nel 13 (12) Joseph Tuyishimire 14/3 (5 overs)		Derrick Bayingana 22* (19) Patel Jilani 31/3 (7 overs)

Rwanda won by 5 wickets Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend

• Swaziland won the toss and elected to bat

29 July 2010 result

Nigeria	v	Swaziland

Nigeria won by 149 runs Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend

29 July 2010 result

Gambia	v	Rwanda

Rwanda won by 8 wickets U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend

30 July 2010 scorecard

Swaziland  197 all out (45.5 overs)	v	Gambia
Mikhail Pheiffer 77 (91) John Elvis 32/3 (6 overs)

Swaziland won by 98 runs Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend

• Gambia won the toss and elected to field

30 July 2010 scorecard

Rwanda  170 all out (41.1 overs)	v	Mozambique 83 all out (28.1 overs)
Evode Muthuyimana 49 (91) Saeed Ahmad 26/5 (10 overs)		Sadraque Mangachaia 22 (40) Desire Sebahire 26/4 (10 overs)

Rwanda won by 87 runs Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: LK Bhudia (Ind) and K Serfontein

• Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat

Note: Full scorecards are not available for all matches

Points Table

^[6]

Pos.	Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Result
1	Nigeria	4	4	0	0	0	8	+3.201	Promoted to 2010 Division One[7]
2	Rwanda	4	3	1	0	0	6	+1.135
3	Swaziland	4	2	2	0	0	4	-0.229
4	Gambia	4	1	3	0	0	2	-1.793
5	Mozambique	4	0	4	0	0	0	-2.847

Division One

Teams

Eight African affiliate nations are participating in this competition and these are:^[8]

•  Botswana
•  Kenya
•  Namibia
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone
•  Tanzania
•  Uganda
•  Zambia

Matches

Each team will play every other team in a round-robin format. Final placings will be decided by wins and then run rate.^[9] Points are allocated: 2-Win, 1-Tie/No Result, 0-Loss.

The top two teams will progress to the U19 CWC Global Qualifiers

Live Scores

Live scores are available through the WebCricket^[10] service provided by Cobitech.^[11]

Live scores are available for mobile phones through the WebCricket.mobi site.^[11]

Points Table

Pos.	Team	Points	Games	Wins	Ties	Losses
1	Sierra Leone	2	1	1	0	0
-	Uganda	2	1	1	0	0
-	Namibia	2	1	1	0	0
-	Kenya	2	1	1	0	0
5	Zambia	0	1	0	0	1
-	Tanzania	0	1	0	0	1
-	Botswana	0	1	0	0	1
-	Nigeria	0	1	0	0	1

References