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2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship

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2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
Dates5 – 9 January 2001
Administrator(s)African Cricket Association
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Uganda
Champions Namibia (1st title)
Participants5
Matches10
Most runsTanzania Utpal Patel (171)
Most wicketsKenya Alfred Luseno (9)
Namibia Michael Durant (9)
Nigeria O. Animashaun (9)
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The 2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Uganda from 5–9 January 2001. All matches were played in the capital Kampala.

The tournament was a round-robin, with five teams playing each other once. Namibia finished first, ahead of a combined East and Central Africa side, and consequently qualified for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Tanzanian batsman Utpal Patel, playing for East and Central Africa, led the tournament in runs scored. Three players, Kenya's Alfred Luseno, Namibia's Michael Durant, and Nigeria's O. Animashaun (playing for West Africa), led the tournament in wickets taken, with nine apiece.

The tournament was the inaugural edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, which provide a direct qualification route to the Under-19 World Cup for African Cricket Association members. Two other African teams, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and thus qualify automatically. Another edition of the tournament was not held until 2007. Instead, a joint tournament was organised with ICC East Asia-Pacific teams, held on two occasions (in 2003 and 2005).

Teams and qualification

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Two combined regional teams, East and Central Africa and West Africa, participated in the championship for the first and only time, respectively organised by the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council.[1] Players from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia were eligible for East and Central Africa, while players from The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone were eligible for West Africa.[2]

  Teams at the 2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
  Teams automatically qualified for the 2002 World Cup (ICC full members)
Team Mode of qualification
East & Central Africa Qualified
 Kenya Qualified
 Namibia Qualified
 Uganda Qualified
West Africa Qualified

Preparation

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Table

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     Qualified for the World Cup.
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Namibia 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.981
East and Central Africa 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.287
 Uganda 4 2 2 0 0 4 +1.236
 Kenya 4 1 3 0 0 2 +0.295
West Africa 4 1 3 0 0 2 –2.543

Source: CricketArchive

Statistics

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Most runs

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The top five run scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Utpal Patel Tanzania East and Central Africa 171 4 42.75 66 0 1
Stephan Swanepoel  Namibia 166 4 83.00 77* 0 2
Hugo Ludik  Namibia 159 4 53.00 52 0 1
Laurence Sematimba  Uganda 154 4 38.50 135 1 0
Rajesh Varsani  Kenya 129 4 32.25 96 0 1

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

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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
Alfred Luseno  Kenya 33.0 9 9.22 22.00 2.51 4/16
Michael Durant  Namibia 36.0 9 12.88 24.00 3.22 4/23
O. Animashaun Nigeria West Africa 36.1 9 17.00 24.11 4.23 4/67
Chris Engola  Uganda 21.0 8 8.50 15.75 3.23 4/18
Dharmin Parmar Tanzania East and Central Africa 38.2 8 10.37 28.75 2.16 4/18

Source: CricketArchive

References

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  1. ^ Africa Under-19 Championship 2000/01 Table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ (17 December 2000). "Africa: Five teams to contest inaugural under 19 titles next month" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2015.