# 2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship

The 2005 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in South Africa from 21–26 August 2005, during the 2005 international season. All matches were held at the Willowmoore Park complex in Benoni, Gauteng.
Namibia won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Tanzanian batsman Benson Mwita led the competition in runs scored, while Kenya's Rohit Vekaria took the most wickets. Ugandan all-rounder Ronald Ssemanda was Player of the Final.
The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), with eight teams (six African and two EAP) participating, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament had been held in 2003, for the 2004 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.

## Teams and qualification

Teams were unchanged from the 2003 tournament in Namibia:
| Team | Region |
| Fiji | 8th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Kenya | 3rd place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Namibia | 4th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Nigeria | 6th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Papua New Guinea | Champion of 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Tanzania | 7th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Uganda | Runner-up in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |
| Zambia | 5th place in 2003 ICC Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship |

## Group stage
### Pool A

* Qualified for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.194 |
| Kenya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.851 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.020 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.155 |

### Pool B

* Qualified for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Uganda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.192 |
| Namibia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.016 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.573 |
| Fiji | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.570 |

## Finals
### 7th-place playoff

* 26 August Scorecard
| Nigeria 46 (19.5 overs) | v | Fiji 47/2 (10.4 overs) |
| A. Lekan 11 (43) J. Waisale 4/16 (6.5 overs) | | Josefa Rika 15* (14) O. Ajao 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Fiji under-19s won by eight wickets Willowmoore Park (C Field), Benoni Umpires: Clive Elly (PNG) and Jeff Luck (Nam) Player of the match: J. Waisale (Fiji)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th-place playoff

Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with Zambia defeating Fiji by four wickets and Tanzania defeating Nigeria by eight wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.
* 26 August Scorecard
| Zambia 136 (44 overs) | v | Tanzania 137/5 (47.3 overs) |
| Sarfraz Patel 40 (43) Benson Mwita 3/22 (10 overs) | | Shaheed Dhanani 50 (108) Godfrey Kandela 2/25 (10 overs) |
* Tanzania under-19s won by five wickets Willowmoore Park (A Field), Benoni Umpires: R. Girish and Subhash Modi (Ken) Player of the match: Shaheed Dhanani (Tan)
* Tanzania won the toss and elected to bowl.

### 3rd-place playoff

* 26 August Scorecard
| Kenya 232 (50 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 228 (49 overs) |
| Hafeez Manji 97 (116) Jack Ebani 4/27 (10 overs) | | Emmanuel Karo 69 (102) Nelson Odhiambo 3/43 (8 overs) |
* Kenya under-19s won by four runs Willowmoore Park (B Field), Benoni Umpires: Rafiq Valimahomed (Malawi) and D. Mohammed
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bowl.

### Final

Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by two wickets and Namibia defeating Papua New Guinea by 100 runs. The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.
* 26 August Scorecard
| Uganda 139 (47.3 overs) | v | Namibia 140/7 (43.3 overs) |
| Ronald Ssemanda 29 Henno Prinsloo 3/16 (8.3 overs) | | Stephanus Ackermann 38 (78) Emmanuel Isaneez 2/25 (9 overs) |
* Namibia under-19s won by three wickets Willowmoore Park (Main Oval), Benoni Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Shahul Hameed (Indon) Player of the match: Ronald Ssemanda (Uga)
* Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Namibia won the Championship. Namibia and Uganda qualified for the 2006 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 |
| Benson Mwita | Tanzania | 223 | 5 | 55.75 | 124 | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Botha | Namibia | 186 | 5 | 37.20 | 66 | 0 | 1 |
| Louis van der Westhuizen | Namibia | 184 | 5 | 36.80 | 113 | 1 | 0 |
| Hafeez Manji | Kenya | 179 | 5 | 44.75 | 97 | 0 | 2 |
| Abhik Patwa | Tanzania | 162 | 5 | 32.40 | 73 | 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 |
| Rohit Vekaria | Kenya | 42.0 | 11 | 11.90 | 22.90 | 3.11 | 4/26 |
| Godfrey Kandela | Zambia | 43.2 | 10 | 9.40 | 26.00 | 2.16 | 4/23 |
| Henno Prinsloo | Namibia | 46.3 | 10 | 10.50 | 27.90 | 2.25 | 3/16 |
| Sarfraz Patel | Zambia | 46.3 | 10 | 10.50 | 27.90 | 2.25 | 4/12 |
| Davis Arinaitwe | Uganda | 35.1 | 10 | 11.30 | 21.10 | 3.21 | 3/29 |
Source: CricketArchive