2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship Division One
The 2015 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 14–20 February 2015.
Dates | 14 – 20 February 2015 |
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Administrator(s) | African Cricket Association |
Cricket format | 50-over |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | Tanzania |
Champions | Namibia (5th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Paramveer Singh |
Most runs | Zane Green (271) |
Most wickets | Snehil Gajparia (13) |
Namibia won the tournament (its fifth overall, and third consecutive) on points from Uganda, thus qualifying directly for the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. As runner-up, Uganda qualified for the 2015 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier, along with runners-up at other regional tournaments, with the winner of the World Cup Qualifier securing the final place at the World Cup. Two African under-19 sides, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are ICC full members, and thus qualify directly for the World Cup.
The tournament was the sixth edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, and the first to be held in Tanzania. It was originally scheduled to be played in Namibia in December 2014, but was postponed and then relocated by the African Cricket Association, only a month before the tournament's scheduled start. Matches at the tournament were televised live on Azam TV, an East African satellite provider.