The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two was a cricket tournament in Benoni, South Africa, taking place between 4 August and 9 October 2008. It gave six 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.
Botswana, the top team, was promoted to Division 1 and the 2009 Global Division 6 while Nigeria qualified for the 2009 Global Division 7.
Teams
There were six teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:
Squads Taroesh Trivedi Shahzaib Khan Abdul Patel Sabir Elyas Gaolape Mokokwe James Moses Manan Barot Karabo Modise Denzil Sequeira Tshepo Mhozya Mosa Gaolekwe Omar AliObed Abgomadzie Matthew Bawa Lawrence Ateak Isaac Aboagye Peter Ananya Abdul-Karim Sumaila Mark Bawa James Vifah Simon Ateak Julius Mensah Bhupinder Brar Francis Dake Eric Apedo Prajul PillaiKhuram Javid Kaleem Shah Imran Ismail Iftikhar Ahmed Chandra Puspussen Aasif Koliya Imtiyaz Lili Qurban Ali Giovanni Florentino Mohammad Shahzad Shoaib Younis Musa Kazim
Kunle Adegbola Endurance Ofem Olajide Bejide Temitope Olayinka Wale Adeoye Chimezie Onwuzulike Dolapo Gafar Joshua Ogunlola Akabogu Okwudili Uthe Ogbimi Segun Olayinka Olalekan Awololo Oluseye Olympio Thomas HarunaWayan Sparham Stephen Uys Alexander Nicholas Idris Patel Mohamed Hansrod Abdul Patel U Gani Patel Joseph Wright Jason Wade Haris Rashid Ernestes Uys Marius Uys Shahzad Mahmood Saifullah HabibMajid Sarodi Sarfuddin Bangaliwala Ashraf Lulat Andrew Toms Sharif Yousuf Imran Patel Sarfraz Patel Godfrey Kandela Sameer Bagus Isaac Mwaba Shahid Mohamed Sabir Havaliwala Mohmed Mitha Gheesa Liuwa Liuwa
Group stage Points Table Group Table Team P W L T NR NRR Points 5 5 0 0 0 2.365 10 5 4 1 0 0 0.764 8 5 3 2 0 0 0.448 6 5 2 3 0 0 0.241 4 5 1 4 0 0 −1.377 2 5 0 5 0 0 −2.231 0
Team wins and gets promoted to Division 1
Fixtures
Statistics
Most Runs Most Wickets Khuram Javid 276 Isaac Aboagye 13 Endurance Ofem 209 Mosa Gaolekwe 10 Shahzaib Khan 208 Chandra Puspussen 10 Kunle Adegbola 181 Sharif Yousuf 10 Olajide Bejide 147 Sabir Havaliwala 10
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