The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three was a cricket tournament in South Africa, taking place between 13 and 18 April 2008. It gave seven 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.
| Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
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| Cricket format | 50 overs per side |
| Tournament format(s) | round robin with playoffs |
| Host(s) |  South Africa |
| Champions |  Ghana |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Most runs | James Vifah 172 |
| Most wickets | Isaac Aboagye 14 |
The top two teams, Malawi and Sierra Leone was promoted to Division 2.
Teams
editThere were eight teams that played in the tournament, but Morocco withdrew due to visa problems and was replaced by a South African Invitation XI. These teams were non-test member nations of the African Cricket Association. The teams that played were:
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Pool 2 |
Squads
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Ghana
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 Lesotho
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 Malawi
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Zaccheus Akila |
Abdul-Karim Sumaila |
Atanase Mohapi |
Karamutallah Chaudry |
 Rwanda
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 Sierra Leone
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South African Invitation XI |  Swaziland
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Emmanuel Byiringiro |
Gabriel Anthony |
Malusi Dlamini |
Joseph Wright |
Group stage
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| Team qualifies for 5th place playoff semifinals |
†Tournament rules did not allow them to participate in the semifinals, and their place was taken by Eswatini (third in Pool 2).
Group stage
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Adrisbhai Patel 90 (135)
Bhupinder Brar 2/27 (5 overs) |
James Vifah 109 (87)
Mangaliso Mhlabane 1/27 (5 overs) |
13 April 2008
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Abu Kamara 61 (79)
Motsielo Nonyane 3/43 (8 overs) |
Faizal Hanslod 41* (44)
Abu Kamara 4/14 (10 overs) |
- Rain stopped play during Lesotho's innings. Revised target is set at 161 runs off 34 overs.
13 April 2008
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Srinath Vardineni 29* (43)
Jayendrasinh Kumar 2/18 (7 overs) |
- Rain stopped play during Rwanda's innings. Revised target set at 102 runs off 30 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
13 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
198 (46.2 overs) |
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Buntu Ndlela 58 (79)
George Greywoode 4/39 (10 overs) |
Johnny Gomez 16 (21)
Buntu Ndlela 4/3 (6 overs) |
14 April 2008
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Alfred Crookes 21 (50 overs)
Isaac Aboagye 5/24 (10 overs) |
Lawrence Ateak 21 (28)
Moses Bahoum 4/36 (9 overs) |
- Ghana innings: bowlers' wickets do not balance
14 April 2008
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Jayendarsinh Kumar 45 (57)
Faizal Hanslod 2/25 (8 overs) |
Irshad Patel 58 (50 overs)
Altaf Panjwani 3/27 (9 overs) |
- Rain stopped play in Lesotho's innings. Lesotho set a revised target of 161 runs from 31 overs.
- Malawi innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
14 April 2008
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Abu Kamara 48 (80)
Srinath Vardineni 2/20 (10 overs) |
Samal Subashish 40 (68)
Mustapha Kallon 4/23 (7 overs) |
- Rain stopped play in Rwanda's innings. Rwanda set a revised target of 151 runs from 23.2 overs.
14 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
207 (44.3 overs) |
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T Steynburg 67 (92)
Joseph Wright 3/16 (7.3 overs) |
- Rain stopped play in Swaziland's innings. Swaziland set a revised target of 177 runs from 23 overs.
- South African Invitation XI innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance.
15 April 2008
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M Khan 32 (43)
Mbye Dumbuya 3/36 (7.2 overs) |
Moses Bahoum 39 (?)
Ernestes Uys 3/35 (10 overs) |
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Gambia innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008
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Rizuan Mulla 27 (39)
Mehboob Jasat 6/10 (3.5 overs) |
Samal Subashish 26 (31)
Irshad Patel 3/23 (10 overs) |
- Lesotho innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
15 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
209/5 (50 overs) |
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Ruan du Plessis 75 (92)
Abdul-Karim Sumaila 2/41 (10 overs) |
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 32) 38
Bhupinder Brar 16 (43) Bongani Rafedile 3/22 (5 overs) |
5th Place Playoff
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Faraz Junejo 59 (83)
George Greywoode 4/52 (10 overs) |
Moses Bahoum 38 (63)
Altaf Panjwani 4/18 (10 overs) |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
17 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
122/3 (18.1 overs) | |
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 23) 35
Rizuan Mulla 21 (22) Andre Henning 6/20 (8 overs) |
Clayton Ceronio 35* (29)
K Tau 1/12 (2 overs) |
- 5th place playoff semifinal
18 April 2008
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Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 23, nb 1) 26
Faizal Hanslod 19 (23) Faraz Junejo 5/21 (10 overs) |
Muzakkir Khan 42 (75)
Motsielo Nonyane 2/19 (3.3 overs) |
- 5th place playoff
18 April 2008
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South African Invitational XI
133/4 (21.5 overs) | |
Extras (b 12, lb 8, w 8, nb 2) 30
George Greywoode 30 (51) T Steynburg 4/25 (7.4 overs) |
S Tshabalala 34 (42)
George Greywoode 2/20 (5 overs) |
- 7th place playoff
Semifinals and Finals
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Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9
Mehboob Jasat 6 (12) Julius Mbaraga 5 (6) Mohamed Jasat 2 (5) Eric Dusingizimana 1 (11) Isaac Aboagye 6/9 (5.1 overs) Abdul-Karim Sumaila 4/11 (6 overs) |
Extras (lb 1, w 7) 8
James Vifah 7 (11) Francis Dake 6 (12) Lawrence Ateak 3* (8) Srinath Vardineni 1/8 (3 overs) Eric Dusabemungu 1/15 (3.4 overs) |
- Semifinal
17 April 2008
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Emmanuel Kamara 28 (47)
Joseph Wright 5/17 (10 overs) |
Joseph Wright 48 (77)
Lansana Lamin 4/19 (6 overs) |
- Semifinal
- Swaziland innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Swaziland innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
18 April 2008
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Extras (lb 6, w 19, nb 1) 26
Mehboob Jasat 25 (78) Ibrahim Sesay 5/22 (10 overs) |
Emannuel Kamara 40 (53)
Mehboob Jasat 2/29 (9 overs) |
- 3rd Place Playoff
- Sierra Leone innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Rwanda innings: batsmen's runs scored do not balance
- Sierra Leone innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Rwanda innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
18 April 2008
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Abdul Patel 51 (59)
James Vifah 3/30 (3.4 overs) |
Francis Dake 73 (117)
Stephen Uys 1/17 (4 overs) |
- Final
Statistics
edit| Most Runs | Most Wickets | ||
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| James Vifah |
172 | Isaac Aboagye |
14 |
| Emannuel Kamara |
162 | Inv. XI Andre Henning | 12 |
| Inv. XI Buntu Ndlela | 143 | Beorge Greywoode |
11 |
| Altaf Panjwani |
138 | Joseph Wright |
10 |
| Abdul Patel |
126 | Motsielo Nonyane |
10 |