# 2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship

The 2003 ICC Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Namibia from 4–9 October 2003, during the 2003–04 international season. All matches were held in the capital Windhoek.
Papua New Guinea won the tournament by defeating Uganda in the final, with both teams qualifying for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. Kenyan batsman Malhar Patel led the competition in runs scored, while Papua New Guinea's William Harry and Uganda's Patrick Ochan took the most wickets.
The tournament was jointly organised by the African Cricket Association (ACA) and ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), the first time such an arrangement had occurred. Eight teams (six African and two EAP) participated, divided into two pools for the group stages. Another joint tournament was held in 2005, for the 2006 World Cup, but separate qualifying tournaments have been held since then – the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships and the EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy.

## Teams and qualification

Both the African and the East Asia-Pacific regional governing bodies hosted qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. The 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship featured five teams, two of which (East and Central Africa and West Africa) were put up by regional bodies disbanded in 2003 (the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council). The 2001 EAP Under-19 Trophy featured three teams, one of which (Hong Kong) was a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), and consequently not generally a participant in EAP tournaments.
| Team | Region |
| Fiji | 3rd place in 2001 East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship |
| Kenya | 4th place in 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship |
| Namibia | Champion of 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship |
| Nigeria | 5th place in 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship (as part of West Africa) |
| Papua New Guinea | Champion of 2001 East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship |
| Tanzania | Runner-up in 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship (as part of East and Central Africa) |
| Uganda | 3rd place in 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship |
| Zambia | Runner-up in 2001 Africa Under-19 Championship (as part of East and Central Africa) |

## 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 | +21.487 |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –2.687 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –23.917 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –7.538 |

### Pool B

* Qualified for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Kenya | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +7.575 |
| Namibia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.797 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –4.174 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.911 |

## Finals
### 7th-place playoff

* 30 May Scorecard
| Fiji 136 (38.1 overs) | v | Tanzania 137/5 (39.1 overs) |
| Lepani Waqavesi 63 Khalil Rehmtullah 4/30 (7 overs) | | Hamisi Abdallah 40 Jone Batiwibulu 3/28 (10 overs) |
* Tanzania under-19s won by five wickets. Police Sports Club Ground, Windhoek

### 5th-place playoff

Two semi-finals were held for the 5th-place playoff, with Nigeria defeating Fiji by 61 runs and Zambia defeating Tanzania by five wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 7th-place playoff.
* 9 October Scorecard
| Nigeria 199/8 | v | Zambia 200/4 |
| Augustine Areghan 44 | | Isaac Mwamba 84 |
* Zambia won by six wickets Windhoek

### 3rd-place playoff

* 9 October Scorecard
| Namibia 224/6 | v | Kenya 225/3 |
| Dirk Grobler 64 | | Kalpesh Patel 86 |
* Kenya under-19s won by seven wickets Windhoek

### Final

Two semi-finals were held, with Uganda defeating Kenya by four wickets and Papua New Guinea defeating Namibia by four wickets. The losing teams played each other in the 3rd-place playoff.
* 9 October Scorecard
| Papua New Guinea 9/193 | v | Uganda 140 all out |
| Chris Amini 52 Patrick Ochan 3/39 | | Emmanuel Isaneez 56 William Harry 3/31 |
* PNG under-19s won by 53 runs. Windhoek
* Papua New Guinea won the Championship. Papua New Guinea and Uganda qualified for the 2004 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 |
| Malhar Patel | Kenya | 250 | 4 | 62.50 | 87 | 0 | 3 |
| Emmanuel Isaneez | Uganda | 197 | 4 | 65.66 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Hafeez Manji | Kenya | 195 | 3 | 195.00 | 127 | 1 | 0 |
| Mahuru Dai | PNG | 193 | 2 | n/a | 142* | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Mwamba | Zambia | 191 | 4 | 47.75 | 84 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Information for some games is unavailable, and some statistics are consequently incomplete for some players (marked *):
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| William Harry | PNG | * | 12 | 4.66 | * | * | 5/11 |
| Patrick Ochan | Uganda | * | 12 | 9.91 | * | * | 3/19 |
| Madaliso Mvula | Zambia | 10.0 | 10 | 7.70 | 20.00 | 2.60 | 4/17 |
| Rajesh Bhudia | Kenya | 10.0 | 7 | 4.85 | 30.00 | 2.40 | 5/10 |
| S. B. Takoviti | Fiji | 20.0 | 7 | 9.14 | 17.14 | 3.20 | 6/25 |
Source: CricketArchive