The 2007 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 25 to 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 was 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:
Team Mode of qualification Champion of 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship Runner-up in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship 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 8th place in 2005 Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship Qualified Qualified
Preparation
Group stage Pool A Qualified for the semi-finals. Team 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.042 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.422 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.583 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.788 Source: CricketArchive
Pool B Qualified for the semi-finals. Team 3 2 1 0 0 6 +2.516 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.358 3 2 1 0 0 2 +1.223 3 0 3 0 0 0 –4.533 Source: CricketArchive
Finals 7th-place playoff
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.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. The two losing teams played each other in the seventh-place playoff.
3rd-place playoff
Final Two semi-finals were held, in which Kenya defeated Botswana by four wickets and Namibia defeated Uganda by nine wickets.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. The two losing teams played each other in the third-place playoff.
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 311 5 103.66 118* 2 1 Raymond van Schoor 226 5 56.50 101* 1 1 Kafuma Banda 197 5 39.40 109 1 0 Samarth Patel 189 5 37.80 92 0 1 Sarfuddin Bangaliwala 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 48.4 14 8.21 20.85 2.36 6/3 Sabir Haveliwala 48.5 12 11.50 24.41 2.82 3/14 Elandre Oosthuizen 26.2 11 11.18 15.45 4.34 5/35 Karthik Rajeswaran 40.1 10 12.70 24.10 3.16 5/16 Ashley van Rooi 43.3 10 19.70 26.10 4.52 4/43 Source: CricketArchive
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