The 2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship was a

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tournament held in Benoni,

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, from 27 to 31 March 2015. All matches were played at the Willowmoore Park complex.

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won the tournament (its first) on

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from

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, with both teams progressing to the

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in Ireland and Scotland. Two other African sides,

and

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, are ICC full members, and thus qualify directly for the World Twenty20. Namibian Gerrie Snyman and Kenyan James Ngoche led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively, and Ngoche was Player of the Tournament. The 2015 event was the third edition of the ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship's Division One, instituted prior to the

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. It was held in South Africa for the first time, with the two previous editions held in Uganda. Six teams participated, each playing each other once in a round-robin. Five of the teams were associate members of the ICC, with

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the only affiliate member at the tournament.

Points table

:Won – 2 points :Lost – 0 points :Tie or No Result – 1 point

Fixtures

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Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by

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Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by

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Final standing

WCL Division Six qualifier

Along with the Twenty20 tournament, two teams, Botswana and Ghana, played each other in a one-off 50-overs match for a qualification spot in the

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References

{{International cricket in 2014-15 Africa Division One International cricket competitions in 2014–15 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division One International cricket competitions in South Africa