2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship

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2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship
Administrator(s)ICC Africa and
ICC East Asia-Pacific
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, then finals series
Host(s) South Africa
Champions Namibia (1st title)
Participants8
Matches20
Most runsTanzania Benson Mwita (223)
Most wicketsKenya (11)
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The 2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 21–26 August 2005, during the 2005 international season. All matches were held at the Willowmoore Park complex in Benoni, Gauteng.

Namibia won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Tanzanian batsman Benson Mwita led the competition in runs scored, while Kenya's took the most wickets. Ugandan all-rounder Ronald Ssemanda was Player of the Final.

The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), with eight teams (six African and two EAP) participating, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament had been held in 2003, for the 2004 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.

Teams and qualification[]

Teams were unchanged from the 2003 tournament in Namibia:

Team Region
 Fiji 8th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Kenya 3rd place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Namibia 4th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Nigeria 6th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Papua New Guinea Champion of 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
  7th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
 Uganda Runner-up in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
  5th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship

Preparation[]

Group stage[]

Pool A[]

     Qualified for the semi-finals.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.194
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.851
  3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.020
 Nigeria 3 0 3 0 0 0 –3.155

Pool B[]

     Qualified for the semi-finals.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Uganda 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.192
 Namibia 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.016
  3 1 2 0 0 2 +0.573
 Fiji 3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.570

Finals[]

7th-place playoff[]

26 August
Scorecard
Nigeria 
46 (19.5 overs)
v
 Fiji
47/2 (10.4 overs)
11 (43)
4/16 (6.5 overs)
Josefa Rika 15* (14)
1/13 (2 overs)
Fiji under-19s won by eight wickets
Willowmoore Park (C Field), Benoni
Umpires: (PNG) and Jeff Luck (Nam)
Player of the match: (Fiji)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

5th-place playoff[]

Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with defeating Fiji by four wickets and defeating by eight wickets.[1][2] The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.

26 August
Scorecard
 
136 (44 overs)
v
 
137/5 (47.3 overs)
40 (43)
Benson Mwita 3/22 (10 overs)
Shaheed Dhanani 50 (108)
2/25 (10 overs)
Tanzania under-19s won by five wickets
Willowmoore Park (A Field), Benoni
Umpires: and Subhash Modi (Ken)
Player of the match: Shaheed Dhanani (Tan)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl.

3rd-place playoff[]

26 August
Scorecard
Kenya 
232 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
228 (49 overs)
Hafeez Manji 97 (116)
4/27 (10 overs)
69 (102)
Nelson Odhiambo 3/43 (8 overs)
Kenya under-19s won by four runs
Willowmoore Park (B Field), Benoni
Umpires: Rafiq Valimahomed (Malawi) and D. Mohammed
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bowl.

Final[]

Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by two wickets and Namibia defeating Papua New Guinea by 100 runs.[3][4] The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.

26 August
Scorecard
Uganda 
139 (47.3 overs)
v
 Namibia
140/7 (43.3 overs)
Ronald Ssemanda 29
Henno Prinsloo 3/16 (8.3 overs)
Stephanus Ackermann 38 (78)
Emmanuel Isaneez 2/25 (9 overs)
Namibia under-19s won by three wickets
Willowmoore Park (Main Oval), Benoni
Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Indonesia Shahul Hameed (Indon)
Player of the match: Ronald Ssemanda (Uga)
  • Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Namibia won the Championship. Namibia and Uganda qualified for the 2006 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.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Benson Mwita   223 5 55.75 124 1 1
Dawid Botha  Namibia 186 5 37.20 66 0 1
Louis van der Westhuizen  Namibia 184 5 36.80 113 1 0
Hafeez Manji  Kenya 179 5 44.75 97 0 2
Abhik Patwa   162 5 32.40 73 0 2

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets[]

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

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
 Kenya 42.0 11 11.90 22.90 3.11 4/26
  43.2 10 9.40 26.00 2.16 4/23
Henno Prinsloo  Namibia 46.3 10 10.50 27.90 2.25 3/16
  46.3 10 10.50 27.90 2.25 4/12
Davis Arinaitwe  Uganda 35.1 10 11.30 21.10 3.21 3/29

Source: CricketArchive

References[]

  1. ^ Fiji Under-19s v Zambia Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (5th Place Play-off Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ^ Nigeria Under-19s v Tanzania Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (5th Place Play-off Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. ^ Kenya Under-19s v Uganda Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. ^ Namibia Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2005 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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