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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2014 ICC Africa Division Three
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| fromdate = 22
| todate = 25 March 2015
| administrator = [[ICC Africa]]
| cricket format = [[Twenty20 cricket|20-over]]
| tournament format = Double [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]]
| host = {{flag|South Africa}}
| champions = {{cr|SWZ}}
| count =
| participants = 4
| matches = 12
| player of the series =
| most runs = {{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Idrees Patel]] (209)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|RWA}} [[Eric Hirwa]]<br/>{{flagicon|RWA}} [[Nazeer Mohammed]] (12)
| previous_year = [[2012 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three|2012]]
| next_year =
}}
The '''2014 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three''' was an international [[Twenty20|20-over]] [[cricket]] tournament held in [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]], [[South Africa]], from 22 to 25 March 2014. All matches were played at the [[Willowmoore Park]] complex.
The tournament, part of the qualification process for the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20|2016 World Twenty20]], was contested by four [[List of International Cricket Council members|affiliate members]] of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC), down from eight at the previous edition [[2012 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three|in 2012]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/17/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Africa_Region_Division_Three_Twenty20_2012.html ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three Twenty20 2012] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.</ref> [[Gambia national cricket team|The Gambia]] and [[Rwanda national cricket team|Rwanda]], ranked third and fourth at the previous tournament, were joined by [[Swaziland national cricket team|Swaziland]] and [[Sierra Leone national cricket team|Sierra Leone]], the bottom-ranked teams at the [[2012 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two|2012 Division Two]] event.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Africa_Region_Division_Two_Twenty20_2012-13.html ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two Twenty20 2012/13] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.</ref> The four teams played each other twice over a period of four days, for twelve matches overall. Swaziland and Sierra Leone finished equal on points, but Swaziland won the title through their [[net run rate]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/23/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Africa_Region_Division_Three_Twenty20_2013-14.html ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Three Twenty20 2013/14] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.</ref> They consequently qualified for the [[2014 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two|2014 Division Two]] tournament, played later in the year at the same venue.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/24/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Africa_Region_Division_Two_Twenty20_2014-15.html ICC World Cricket League Africa Region Division Two Twenty20 2014/15] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2016.</ref>
In February 2016, it was announced that the ICC had determined that the [[Swaziland Cricket Association]] had fielded five ineligible players in the tournament, all of Asian descent. This resulted in the Swazi national team being disqualified from a future tournament.<ref>Bernard Turay (5 February 2016). [http://awoko.org/2016/02/05/sierra-leone-sports-we-are-now-promoted-to-icc-division-two-cricket-ceo/ "Sierra Leone Sports: 'We are now promoted to ICC Division Two' – Cricket CEO"] – ''Awoko''. Retrieved 1 March 2016.</ref>
== Points table ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background: #ccffcc;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|Teams that qualified for [[2014 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two|2014 Africa Division Two]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width=200| Team
!width=20| {{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20| {{Tooltip|W|Won – 3 points}}
!width=20| {{Tooltip|L|Lost – 0 points}}
!width=20| {{Tooltip|A|Abandoned – 1 point}}
!width=20| {{Tooltip|NR|No result – 1 point}}
!width=20| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
!width=45| {{Tooltip|NRR|Net run rate}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align="left" |{{cr|Swaziland}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || +1.413
|-
| align="left" |{{cr|Sierra Leone}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || +0.729
|-
|align="left" |{{cr|Rwanda}} || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || +0.496
|-
| align="left" |{{cr|Gambia}} || 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || –2.935
|-
| align="right" colspan="8" | <small>Source: [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/23/ICC_World_Cricket_League_Africa_Region_Division_Three_Twenty20_2013-14.html CricketArchive]</small>
|}
==Fixtures==
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GAM}}
| score1 = 112/8 (20 overs)
| score2 = 113/1 (16.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|RWA}}
| result = Rwanda won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689482.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SLE}}
| score1 = 136/6 (20 overs)
| score2 = 73/9 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SWZ}}
| result = Sierra Leone won by 63 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689483.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SWZ}}
| score1 = 208/3 (20 overs)
| score2 = 122 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|GAM}}
| result = Swaziland won by 86 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689480.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RWA}}
| score1 = 102/8 (20 overs)
| score2 = 106/4 (18 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SLE}}
| result = Sierra Leone won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689481.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GAM}}
| score1 = 99/9 (20 overs)
| score2 = 100/3 (17.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SLE}}
| result = Sierra Leone won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689486.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SWZ}}
| score1 = 137/6 (20 overs)
| score2 = 140/4 (17.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|RWA}}
| result = Rwanda won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689487.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GAM}}
| score1 = 63 (14.4 overs)
| score2 = 67/1 (7.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|RWA}}
| result = Rwanda won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689484.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SWZ}}
| score1 = 139/4 (20 overs)
| score2 = 126/8 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SLE}}
| result = Swaziland won by 13 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689485.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SWZ}}
| score1 = 221/3 (20 overs)
| score2 = 104/8 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|GAM}}
| result = Swaziland won by 117 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689490.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SLE}}
| score1 = 124/5 (20 overs)
| score2 = 108/7 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|RWA}}
| result = Sierra Leone won by 16 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689491.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GAM}}
| score1 = 126 (19.4 overs)
| score2 = 117/9 (20 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SLE}}
| result = Gambia won by 9 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689488.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 March
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SWZ}}
| score1 = 132/9 (20 overs)
| score2 = 98 (19.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|RWA}}
| result = Swaziland won by 34 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/689/689489.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Willowmoore Park]], [[Benoni, Gauteng|Benoni]]
}}
==Statistics==
===Most runs===
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Player !! Team !! Runs !! Inns !! Avg !! Highest !! 100s !! 50s
|-
| [[Idrees Patel]] || {{cr|SWZ}} || '''209''' || 6 || 34.83 || 113 || 1 || 1
|-
| [[Estian Sauerman]] || {{cr|SWZ}} || '''166''' || 6 || 41.50 || 101 || 1 || 0
|-
| [[Haris Rashid]] || {{cr|SWZ}} || '''163''' || 6 || 81.50 || 67* || 0 || 1
|-
| [[Lansana Lamin]] || {{cr|SLE}} || '''144''' || 6 || 48.00 || 55* || 0 || 1
|-
| [[Jacob Mansaray]] || {{cr|SLE}} || '''137''' || 6 || 34.25 || 42 || 0 || 0
|}
Source: [https://www.crichq.com/#competitions/3260/draws/7216/leaderboards/batting CricHQ]
===Most wickets===
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by [[bowling average]].
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player !! Team !! Overs !! Wkts !! Ave !! SR !! Econ !! BBI
|-
| [[Eric Hirwa]] || {{cr|RWA}} || 23.1 || '''12''' || 9.67 || 11.58 || 5.01 || 4/22
|-
| [[Nazeer Mohammed]] || {{cr|RWA}} || 24.0 || '''12''' || 10.08 || 12.00 || 5.04 || 4/33
|-
| [[Aziz Patel]] || {{cr|SWZ}} || 23.0 || '''11''' || 12.00 || 12.55 || 5.74 || 4/28
|-
| [[Edward Marrah]] || {{cr|SLE}} || 21.4 || '''10''' || 10.60 || 13.00 || 4.89 || 2/4
|-
| [[Abass Gbla]] || {{cr|SLE}} || 24.0 || '''10''' || 11.10 || 14.40 || 4.63 || 4/20
|-
|}
Source: [https://www.crichq.com/#competitions/3260/draws/7216/leaderboards/bowling CricHQ]
== References ==
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{{International cricket in 2013–14}}
[[Category:2016 World Twenty20|Africa Twenty20 Division Three 2014]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2013–14]]
[[Category:2014 in South African cricket|ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in South Africa]]
[[Category:March 2014 sports events in Africa|ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Three]]