2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship

2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
Administrator(s)	African Cricket Association
Cricket format	50-over
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, then finals series
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	Namibia (2nd title)
Participants	8
Matches	16
Most runs	Sean Silver (311)
Most wickets	Charles Waiswa (14)
	← 2005 (with EAP) 2009 →

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.

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 and :

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
	5th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
	6th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
Nigeria	8th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship
	Qualified
	Qualified

Preparation[]

Group stage[]

Pool A[]

	Qualified for the semi-finals.

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
Kenya	3	3	0	6	+1.042
Namibia	3	2	1	4	+1.422
	3	1	2	2	–0.583
	3	0	3	0	–1.788

Source: CricketArchive

Pool B[]

	Qualified for the semi-finals.

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
Uganda	3	2	1	6	+2.516
	3	2	1	4	+1.358
	3	2	1	2	+1.223
Nigeria	3	0	3	0	–4.533

Source: CricketArchive

Finals[]

7th-place playoff[]

30 August
Scorecard

Nigeria 168/8 (50 overs)	v	169/3 (21.4 overs)
42 (127) 3/29 (10 overs) 3/29 (10 overs)		Seif Abdul 54* (45) 2/30 (3 overs)

Tanzania under-19s won by 7 wickets.
Willowmoore Park (C Field), Benoni
Umpires: and

Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

5th-place playoff[]

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

30 May
Scorecard

205 (40.4 overs)	v	208/7 (46 overs)
James Vifah 47 (39) 3/23 (6.4 overs)		50* (57) Peter Ananya 5/28 (10 overs)

Zambia Under-19s won by three wickets
Willowmoore Park (A Field), Benoni
Umpires: and

Zambia won the toss and elected to bowl.

3rd-place playoff[]

30 August
Scorecard

212/8 (50 overs)	v	Uganda 214/5 (41.1 overs)
Karabo Modise 71* (65) Charles Waiswa 4/30 (10 overs)		56 (70) 1/23 (3 overs)

Uganda under-19s won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park (B Field), Benoni
Umpires: (Ken) and Jeff Luck (Nam)

Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

Final[]

Two semi-finals were held, in which Kenya defeated 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) 3/55 (10 overs)		Samarth Patel 92 (119) 5/35 (8.2 overs)

Namibia under-19s won by 39 runs.
Willowmoore Park (Main Oval), Benoni
Umpires: and

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.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Sean Silver	Namibia	311	5	103.66	118*	2	1
Raymond van Schoor	Namibia	226	5	56.50	101*	1	1
		197	5	39.40	109	1	0
Samarth Patel	Kenya	189	5	37.80	92	0	1
		174	5	34.80	74	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
Charles Waiswa	Uganda	48.4	14	8.21	20.85	2.36	6/3
		48.5	12	11.50	24.41	2.82	3/14
	Namibia	26.2	11	11.18	15.45	4.34	5/35
		40.1	10	12.70	24.10	3.16	5/16
Ashley van Rooi	Namibia	43.3	10	19.70	26.10	4.52	4/43

Source: CricketArchive

References[]

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

[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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