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OFFICIAL GUIDE<br />
Division 7, Botswana 2013<br />
6-13 April<br />
BOTSWANA PLAYS HOST TO PEPSI ICC<br />
WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION 7<br />
The Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 7 (WCL Division 7) takes place in Botswana from 6-13 April 2013.<br />
This will be the second time that Botswana <strong>host</strong>s<br />
a Pepsi ICC World Cricket League event, after it<br />
staged the previous Division 7 in May 2011.<br />
Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Nigeria, Vanuatu and <strong>host</strong><br />
Botswana will all be competing for the chance<br />
<strong>to</strong> lift the WCL Division 7 trophy. The winner and<br />
runner up from this event will join Kuwait, Jersey,<br />
Argentina and Bahrain for WCL Division 6, which<br />
will be staged in Jersey from 21 <strong>to</strong> 28 July 2013.<br />
Pepsi ICC WCL Division 7 will be played on three<br />
grounds: BCA NO. 1 and BCA No. 2 in the capital<br />
Gaborone, and Lobatse, located in the southeastern<br />
city of Lobatse.<br />
This <strong>division</strong>al event is part of the Pepsi ICC<br />
Development Programme, which provides<br />
regular playing opportunities for similar<br />
standard Associate and Affiliate Members in an<br />
international, 50-over competition structure.<br />
It provides valuable nation versus nation<br />
experience <strong>to</strong> the competing teams, while also<br />
helping the teams improve the standard of<br />
competitive <strong>cricket</strong> on the field of play.<br />
More information on the Pepsi ICC Development<br />
Programme and the WCL structure can be found<br />
at: www.<strong>icc</strong>-<strong>cricket</strong>.com.<br />
Vanuatu celebrates a wicket during the Pepsi ICC EAP Division 1 Championship 2013<br />
Ghana’s Kofi Bagabina bowls during a WCL Division 8 match against Vanuatu match against Vanuatu<br />
Faisal Rana Rasheed of Botswana in action
Division 7 Botswana 2013<br />
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TEAM PROFILES<br />
Botswana<br />
Botswana became an Associate Member of the<br />
ICC in 2005, and, after finishing second in the<br />
Pepsi ICC Africa World Cricket League in 2006,<br />
and then winning the event two years later, the<br />
side made its debut on the international stage.<br />
However, Botswana was relegated from WCL<br />
Division 5 in 2008 and WCL Division 6 a year<br />
later. The side successfully <strong>host</strong>ed WCL Division<br />
7 in 2011, where it finished fourth <strong>to</strong> retain<br />
its position in Division 7. Winning three of its<br />
matches, the side missed out on promotion<br />
based on net run rate. The highlight of the<br />
<strong>to</strong>urnament was Botswana’s chase of 278<br />
against Norway for the loss of two wickets. A<br />
commanding 158 not out by opener Faisal Rana<br />
in this match contributed <strong>to</strong> the right hander<br />
being the highest scorer of the <strong>to</strong>urnament.<br />
The team has shown some strong<br />
performances recently, finishing <strong>to</strong>p of the<br />
table at Pepsi ICC Africa Division 2 in Oc<strong>to</strong>ber<br />
2012, losing only one match. Botswana then<br />
went on <strong>to</strong> finish fourth at the recent Division<br />
1 event, including vic<strong>to</strong>ry over Tanzania in a<br />
super-over.<br />
Fiji<br />
In 1965, Fiji, along with Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was<br />
previously known) and USA became the first<br />
Associate Members of the ICC. Fiji played in the<br />
inaugural WCL Division 3 event in 2007, where<br />
it finished fifth <strong>to</strong> be relegated <strong>to</strong> Division 4,<br />
and the side has been relegated down the<br />
WCL ladder ever since. In its most recent WCL<br />
appearance, Fiji finished fifth in WCL Division 6<br />
in 2011, notching up one win <strong>to</strong> be relegated <strong>to</strong><br />
WCL Division 7. Left-hander Joe Rika scored 185<br />
runs in the <strong>to</strong>urnament <strong>to</strong> finish as the sixth<br />
highest run-getter.<br />
The tide seems <strong>to</strong> be turning, however, for the<br />
small island nation. Fiji recently competed in<br />
the 2013 Pepsi ICC EAP Division 1 Championship,<br />
where it finished third in the seven-team<br />
competition, winning four of its matches. Ten<br />
members of the squad are returning for WCL<br />
Division 7, and the experienced squad includes<br />
veteran pace bowler Jone Seuvou, who is<br />
returning <strong>to</strong> the team after five years.<br />
Fiji has established a strong development base,<br />
and its Under 19 side finished fourth in EAP<br />
Division 1 in 2011, while the Under 17 side was<br />
runner-up in the Under 17 event in 2012.<br />
Germany<br />
The only side from Europe in this event, Germany<br />
debuted in the WCL programme in November<br />
2010, where it finished second in Division 8,<br />
defeating Zambia, Bahamas and Gibraltar <strong>to</strong> be<br />
elevated <strong>to</strong> Division 7 in 2011. Germany missed<br />
out on promotion from the event on net run rate,<br />
but robust performances from Asif Khan, Milan<br />
Fernando, Rana Javed Iqbal and Ehsan Latif bode<br />
well for the side.<br />
Germany finished tenth in the European<br />
Division 1 Championship in July 2011, and, in<br />
2012, it conducted <strong>to</strong>urs of Austria and Denmark,<br />
recording results of 1-1 with both higher-ranked<br />
opponents. Strong individual performances<br />
from opening batsman André Leslie and off spin<br />
bowler Shakeel Hassan helped the team <strong>to</strong><br />
its vic<strong>to</strong>ries.<br />
Currently ranked 13th in Europe, Germany held<br />
a training camp in Düsseldorf in February, and<br />
the side includes five players who will be making<br />
their debuts in international competition.<br />
Germany is establishing a strong youth<br />
development programme, holding Under 15 and<br />
Under 19 <strong>to</strong>urnaments in 2012, and looking <strong>to</strong><br />
introduce street <strong>cricket</strong> in 2013 with support<br />
from ICC Europe.<br />
PLAYER<br />
PLAYER<br />
TO WATCH PLAYER<br />
TO WATCH<br />
TO WATCH<br />
Karabo Modise<br />
Karabo Modise is a product of Botswana’s<br />
development program, and caught the<br />
attention of the <strong>cricket</strong>ing fraternity for his<br />
powerful stroke play. The 23 year-old has<br />
been involved in the Senior Men’s team for<br />
four years, and has already been called upon<br />
<strong>to</strong> captain the side.<br />
Joe Rika<br />
Captain Joe Rika is the High Performance<br />
Manager at Cricket Fiji. Known for being a<br />
very composed batsman, Rika progressed<br />
all the way through Fiji’s junior participation<br />
programme, and will be joined in Botswana by<br />
his brother, Colin. Rika has represented the East<br />
Asia-Pacific Region at the Australian Country<br />
Cricket Championships, and captained his side<br />
at the recent ICC EAP Championship.<br />
Rana Javed Iqbal<br />
Vice-captain Rana Javed Iqbal finished<br />
the 2011 Division 7 event as the leading<br />
wicket-taker in the <strong>to</strong>urnament, capturing<br />
18 wickets in six matches. The veteran fast<br />
bowler <strong>to</strong>ok 6-25 <strong>to</strong> dismiss Japan at that<br />
event, and shows no sign of slowing down<br />
in Botswana.
OFFICIAL GUIDE<br />
Division 7, Botswana 2013<br />
Ghana<br />
Ghana became an Affiliate Member of the ICC in<br />
2002, and competed internationally for the first<br />
time in 2006, finishing third in ICC Africa Division<br />
3. In 2011, the side successfully <strong>host</strong>ed the same<br />
event, winning the <strong>to</strong>urnament on home soil <strong>to</strong><br />
progress <strong>to</strong> Division 2 a few months later.<br />
The side showed off its all-round capabilities in<br />
Division 2, held in South Africa in 2011, winning<br />
five of its matches <strong>to</strong> finish second and progress<br />
<strong>to</strong> the Division 1 event. Four players won player<br />
of the match awards during the <strong>to</strong>urnament,<br />
with Obed Harvey winning three. Promoted <strong>to</strong><br />
Division 1, the side beat fourth-placed Nigeria in<br />
its only win of the <strong>to</strong>urnament <strong>to</strong> be relegated <strong>to</strong><br />
Division 2 in 2012. However, good performances<br />
from Francis Bakiweyem, Peter Ananya, Obed<br />
Harvey and Vincent Ateak helped the team seal<br />
qualification from Africa Division 1 <strong>to</strong> its inaugural<br />
WCL event, Division 8, in Samoa in 2012.<br />
Ghana finished runner-up in the eight-team<br />
event after losing <strong>to</strong> Vanuatu in the final by<br />
39 runs. An early bowling onslaught from<br />
Isaac Aboagye, who captured 4-39, helped the<br />
side <strong>to</strong> claim promotion <strong>to</strong> this year’s WCL<br />
Division 7 event.<br />
Nigeria<br />
Nigeria is reappearing in WCL Division 7<br />
after finishing runner-up in the 2011 event,<br />
also held in Botswana. The side displayed<br />
a well-rounded team effort, with Joshua<br />
Ogunlola the second-highest run scorer of the<br />
<strong>to</strong>urnament and one of the leading wickettakers.<br />
The side lost only one match, and was<br />
promoted <strong>to</strong> WCL Division 6 four months later.<br />
Nigeria did not fare <strong>to</strong>o well in the higher<br />
<strong>division</strong>, and, despite defeating Fiji in the<br />
fifth-place play-off by 102 runs, the two sides<br />
were relegated <strong>to</strong> WCL Division 7.<br />
In May 2011, Nigeria won ICC Africa Division<br />
2 <strong>to</strong> advance <strong>to</strong> Division 1, where the side lost<br />
the third-place play-off <strong>to</strong> Kenya and narrowly<br />
missed out on winning a spot in the ICC World<br />
Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 in the UAE.<br />
Nigeria has recently held two training camps<br />
<strong>to</strong> prepare for the Pepsi ICC Africa Division 1<br />
Championship, which was held in Uganda in<br />
March 2013. The side finished fifth, with allrounder<br />
Kunle Adegbla anchoring the team.<br />
Nigeria is currently ranked fifth in Africa and<br />
37th in the global one-day rankings.<br />
Vanuatu<br />
In 2009, Vanuatu won the ICC East-Asia Pacific<br />
Division 2 Trophy, beating Samoa <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>p spot<br />
and thus qualifying for WCL Division 8 in Kuwait<br />
in 2010. The small Pacific nation finished second in<br />
its group with two wins, and third overall, <strong>to</strong> retain<br />
its place in Division 8. Vanuatu went on <strong>to</strong> win a<br />
bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games in New<br />
Caledonia and finished runner-up <strong>to</strong> PNG at the<br />
Pepsi ICC East Asia-Pacific Division 1 Championship.<br />
The side showed off its all-round skills <strong>to</strong><br />
win Division 8 in 2012, beating regional rival<br />
Samoa as well as fellow WCL Division 7 team<br />
Ghana in the process. Patrick Matautaava was<br />
the highest wicket-taker of the <strong>to</strong>urnament,<br />
bagging 14 from five matches, while Nalin<br />
Nipiko and Trevor Langa were instrumental<br />
with the bat.<br />
In February 2013, the side finished runner-up<br />
at the Pepsi ICC EAP Division 1 Championship.<br />
Vanuatu won five of its matches in the seventeam<br />
competition, before losing a hard fought<br />
final against PNG by 38 runs. Twenty-six year<br />
old Andrew Mansale was the third highest<br />
run-getter of the <strong>to</strong>urnament, after being the<br />
leading run scorer in WCL Division 8.<br />
PLAYER<br />
TO WATCH<br />
PLAYER<br />
TO WATCH<br />
PLAYER<br />
TO WATCH<br />
Samson Awiah<br />
Right-handed opening batsman Samson Awiah<br />
has emerged as a leading batsman, well known<br />
for his concentration and decision making.<br />
Awiah was awarded four man of the match<br />
award and adjudged the Best Batsman of the<br />
recent domestic T20 <strong>league</strong>. Awiah was the<br />
backbone for Ghana in WCL Division 8 in Samoa,<br />
making 50 runs in the final group match <strong>to</strong> see<br />
his team through <strong>to</strong> the semi-finals.<br />
Endurance Ofem<br />
Endurance Ofem is a <strong>to</strong>p order batsman<br />
who has worked his way through Nigeria’s<br />
junior development programme. The 30<br />
year-old has been an aggressive run-getter<br />
for Nigeria at a number of international<br />
events, and captained the side for a number<br />
of years. Ofem didn’t perform as well as he<br />
may have expected at the recent Pepsi ICC<br />
Africa Region Division 1 Twenty20, and will be<br />
looking <strong>to</strong> recapture his form in Botswana.<br />
Andrew Mansale<br />
Andrew Mansale became the youngest<br />
Vanuatu captain at the age of 20, and is widely<br />
regarded as the greatest player Vanuatu has<br />
produced. Known for his technically sound<br />
batting, Mansale is also a handy off-spin<br />
bowler. Mansale is a product of the Vanuatu<br />
development programme, and is one of three<br />
Vanuatu players selected in the 2013 ICC EAP<br />
Regional Team <strong>to</strong> compete in the Australian<br />
Country Cricket Championships.
Division 7 Botswana 2013<br />
OFFICIAL GUIDE<br />
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Division 7, Botswana 2013<br />
WELCOME MESSAGES<br />
Alan Isaac<br />
Welcome <strong>to</strong> the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League<br />
Division 7 in Botswana. Since the Pepsi ICC<br />
Development Programme began in 1997, much work<br />
has been done <strong>to</strong> spread the game of <strong>cricket</strong> across<br />
the globe, and that effort and financial investment<br />
is bearing fruit. As our great sport continues <strong>to</strong> grow<br />
even stronger around the <strong>world</strong>, the ICC now has 106<br />
Members, 96 of whom are Associates and Affiliates,<br />
spread across five regions. As the overall standard of <strong>cricket</strong> continues <strong>to</strong><br />
improve outside of the 10 Full Members, there is now a clear pathway for<br />
every team <strong>to</strong> continue <strong>to</strong> develop its <strong>cricket</strong>ing skills and talents.<br />
The WCL is an important competition that provides all of our Members<br />
with the opportunity <strong>to</strong> compete with the very <strong>to</strong>p teams in the Associate<br />
and Affiliate <strong>world</strong>. This <strong>plays</strong> an important role in improving the standard<br />
of competitive <strong>cricket</strong> on the field of play amongst Associate and Affiliate<br />
Members. The event also complements the ICC’s ongoing work <strong>to</strong> improve<br />
all facets of the development of the game, including facilities, coaching,<br />
governance, education and domestic competitions.<br />
I would like <strong>to</strong> thank the Botswana Cricket Association for its hard work<br />
in helping <strong>to</strong> stage this event, the media who help <strong>to</strong> promote Associate<br />
and Affiliate <strong>cricket</strong>, and also <strong>to</strong> our excellent sponsor, Pepsi, for the<br />
ongoing support in the development of <strong>cricket</strong> <strong>world</strong>-wide.<br />
Finally, I urge the match officials and all the players of Germany, Nigeria,<br />
Fiji, Vanuatu, Ghana and our excellent <strong>host</strong> Botswana <strong>to</strong> enjoy the<br />
experience of representing their country, <strong>to</strong> play the game in the best<br />
spirit, and may the best team win.<br />
Ebrahim A Bhamjee<br />
Dumelang and Greetings!<br />
I am deeply honoured and privileged <strong>to</strong> be in a<br />
position <strong>to</strong> once again extend a hearty welcome, on<br />
behalf of my Board and my fellow citizens, <strong>to</strong> the ICC<br />
officials, the Match Referee, umpires and the teams, <strong>to</strong><br />
the Pepsi ICC WCL Division 7. I am personally humbled<br />
by the fact that Botswana has been given the<br />
opportunity <strong>to</strong> <strong>host</strong> this event twice consecutively, making it his<strong>to</strong>ric yet<br />
again! It would also be remiss of me <strong>to</strong> not acknowledge and thank the<br />
ICC and ACA for making this possible.<br />
To our new <strong>cricket</strong>ing rivals, Ghana, Fiji and Vanuatu, and old <strong>cricket</strong>ing<br />
foes, Nigeria and Germany, we look forward <strong>to</strong> a week of highly<br />
competitive <strong>cricket</strong>, but, more importantly, the establishment and renewal<br />
of friendship for the future.<br />
Botswana is a country of unity in diversity and has a culture of warmth<br />
and belonging which I hope will be experienced and enjoyed by all of<br />
you. My team and I shall endeavour <strong>to</strong> make your stay in our country as<br />
pleasantly memorable as possible, both on and off the playing field.<br />
My sincere appreciation goes <strong>to</strong> our President and Patron, HE Lt. Gen, S K<br />
I Khama, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Botswana National Sports<br />
Council, all our sponsors, well-wishers, administra<strong>to</strong>rs and officials,<br />
volunteers, ground staff and last but not the least, the media.<br />
May the spirit of the game and true sportsmanship prevail...<br />
Pula!<br />
Alan Isaac<br />
ICC President<br />
Ebrahim A Bhamjee<br />
Botswana Cricket Chairman<br />
PEPSI ICC WCL DIVISION 7 MATCH SCHEDULE<br />
DAY DATE bca No. 1 bca No. 2 Lobatse<br />
Fri 05 April<br />
Team Practices<br />
1 Sat 06 April Nigeria v Fiji Vanuatu v Germany Botswana v Ghana<br />
2 Sun 07 April Ghana v Nigeria Botswana v Vanuatu Fiji v Germany<br />
3 Mon 08 April Rest/Reserve Day<br />
4 Tue 09 April Fiji v Vanuatu Botswana v Nigeria Germany v Ghana<br />
5 Wed 10 April Botswana v Germany Ghana v Fiji Nigeria v Vanuatu<br />
6 Thu 11 April Rest/Reserve Day<br />
7 Fri 12 April Vanuatu v Ghana Germany v Nigeria Botswana v Fiji<br />
8 Sat 13 April Final 3rd v 4th Play Off 5th v 6th Play Off<br />
* Note: all matches will start at 09:30am (local time)<br />
WORLD CRICKET LEAGUE OFFICIAL GUIDE<br />
ICC CONTACTS<br />
Event Operations: Edward Fitzgibbon<br />
Tel: +(971) 506 401 220<br />
Email: edward.fitzgibbon@<strong>icc</strong>-<strong>cricket</strong>.com<br />
Media Manager: Bridget Rive<br />
Tel: +(971) 506 401 223<br />
Email: bridget.rive@<strong>icc</strong>-<strong>cricket</strong>.com<br />
CREDITS<br />
Pho<strong>to</strong>s courtesy of: ICC/Ian Jacobs, ICC/Peter Lim, ICC/Anna Sierpinska, and ICC/Shane Wenzlick<br />
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