# 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships

The 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 Championships or 2010 ICC Africa Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers were two cricket events organised by the African Cricket Association. The championships were played over two divisions and provided African U-19 teams with the chance to qualify for the 2012 U-19 World Cup. The second division was held from 26 to 30 July in Big Bend, Swaziland and the first division from 29 August-5 September in Windhoek, Namibia.

## Division two

This was only the second playing of Division Two and it followed the same round-robin format as the previous year. The venue and dates were confirmed in May to be at Big Bend, a small village in the Lowveld region of Swaziland, from 26 to 30 July. All matches were played on three fields at and around the Ubombo Country Club. The winners would be promoted to the Division One Tournament.

### Teams

The following five teams took part in the tournament:
Relegated from 2009 Division One:
* Nigeria
Remaining from 2009 Division Two:
* Gambia
* Mozambique
* Rwanda
* Eswatini
Ghana, who took part the year before, were originally included in the line up, but did not end up participating.

### Matches

* 26 July 2010 scorecard
| Gambia 112 all out (41.3 overs) | v | Nigeria 115/0 (12.5 overs) |
| Ismalia Tamba 11 (26) James Chukwu 28/3 (10 overs) | | Aderin Olomide 54* (39) Gabriel Njie 16/0 (4 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 10 wickets U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and AW Louw (Nam)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to field
* 26 July 2010 scorecard
| Mozambique 53 all out (24 overs) | v | Swaziland 54/6 (16.3 overs) |
| Sadraque Mangachaia 14 (17) Timothy Boycott 15/4 (7 overs) | | Alex Dladla 9* (11) Saeed Ahmad 23/4 (8.3 overs) |
* Swaziland won by 4 wickets Umbombo Country Club, Big Bend Umpires: LK Bhudia (Ind) and R D'Mello (Ind)
* Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat
* 27 July 2010 scorecard
| Rwanda 138 all out (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 140/2 (21 overs) |
| Evode Muthuyimana 36 (71) Anyia Benjamin 22/3 (10 overs) | | Aderin Olomide 66* (70) Eugene Haragirimana 11/1 (2 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 8 wickets Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend Umpires: AW Louw (Nam) and K Serfontein
* Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat
* 27 July 2010 scorecard
| Mozambique 192/8 (45 overs) | v | Gambia 194/5 (30.3 overs) |
| Brighton Muthisse 52 (97) Andre Jarju 35/3 (8.4 overs) | | Abdoulie Johnson 47 (48) Belardo Mbede 44/2 (8 overs) |
* Gambia won by 5 wickets Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and R D'Mello (Ind)
* Mozambique won the toss and elected to bat
* Match reduced to 45 overs per side
* 28 July 2010 scorecard
| Nigeria 269/7 (50 overs) | v | Mozambique 23 all out (17.5 overs) |
| James Chukwu 102* (80) Atishay Gupta 68/2 (10 overs) | | Antonio Maposse 4 (30) Anyia Benjamin 12/5 (8 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 246 runs U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: J Bedford (SA) and K Serfontein
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat
* 28 July 2010 scorecard
| Swaziland 92 all out (24.2 overs) | v | Rwanda 93/5 (21.2 overs) |
| Henk Nel 13 (12) Joseph Tuyishimire 14/3 (5 overs) | | Derrick Bayingana 22* (19) Patel Jilani 31/3 (7 overs) |
* Rwanda won by 5 wickets Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend
* Swaziland won the toss and elected to bat
* 29 July 2010 result
| Nigeria | v | Swaziland |
* Nigeria won by 149 runs Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend
* 29 July 2010 result
| Gambia | v | Rwanda |
* Rwanda won by 8 wickets U-Tech School Ground, Big Bend
* 30 July 2010 scorecard
| Swaziland 197 all out (45.5 overs) | v | Gambia |
| Mikhail Pheiffer 77 (91) John Elvis 32/3 (6 overs) | | |
* Swaziland won by 98 runs Ubombo Country Club, Big Bend
* Gambia won the toss and elected to field
* 30 July 2010 scorecard
| Rwanda 170 all out (41.1 overs) | v | Mozambique 83 all out (28.1 overs) |
| Evode Muthuyimana 49 (91) Saeed Ahmad 26/5 (10 overs) | | Sadraque Mangachaia 22 (40) Desire Sebahire 26/4 (10 overs) |
* Rwanda won by 87 runs Sisekelo High School Ground, Big Bend Umpires: LK Bhudia (Ind) and K Serfontein
* Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat
Note: Full scorecards are not available for all matches

### Points Table

| Pos. | Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Result |
| 1 | Nigeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.201 | Promoted to 2010 Division One |
| 2 | Rwanda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.135 | |
| 3 | Swaziland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.229 | |
| 4 | Gambia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.793 | |
| 5 | Mozambique | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.847 | |

## Division One
### Teams

Eight African affiliate nations are participating in this competition and these are:
* Botswana
* Kenya
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Sierra Leone
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zambia

### Matches

Each team will play every other team in a round-robin format. Final placings will be decided by wins and then run rate. Points are allocated: 2-Win, 1-Tie/No Result, 0-Loss.
The top two teams will progress to the U19 CWC Global Qualifiers
Day 1 - Uganda def Nigeria, Namibia def Botswana, Kenya def Zambia, Sierra Leone def Tanzania
Day 2 - Uganda def Tanzania, Namibia def Zambia, Nigeria def Botswana, Kenya def Sierra Leone
Day 3 - Namibia def Sierra Leone, Kenya def Tanzania, Botswana def Uganda, Zambia def Nigeria
Day 4 - Namibia def Tanzania, Uganda def Kenya, Sierra Leone def Nigeria, Botswana def Zambia
Day 5 - Namibia def Kenya, Botswana def Sierra Leone, Zambia def Uganda, Nigeria def Tanzania
Day 6 - Namibia def Uganda, Botswana def Tanzania, Kenya def Nigeria, Zambia def Sierra Leone
Day 7 - Kenya def Botswana, Namibia def Nigeria, Uganda def Sierra Leone, Zambia def Tanzania

### Live Scores

Live scores are available through the WebCricket service provided by Cobitech.
Live scores are available for mobile phones through the WebCricket.mobi site.

### Points Table

| Pos. | Team | Points | Games | Wins | Ties | Losses |
| 1 | Namibia | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kenya | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Botswana | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Zambia | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Uganda | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Nigeria | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Tanzania | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |