2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six explained

2015 World Cricket League Division Six
Fromdate:7
Todate:13 September 2015
Administrator:International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket Format:50-over
Tournament Format:Round-robin, playoffs
Participants:8
Matches:18
Player Of The Series: Gavin Singh
Most Runs: Matthew Stokes (241)
Most Wickets: Muneshwar Patandin (17)
Previous Year:2013
Previous Tournament:2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six

The 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a limited-overs international cricket tournament that took place in England from 7 to 13 September 2015. The majority of matches were played at grounds in Essex, although two matches took place in Bishop's Stortford, in the neighbouring county of Hertfordshire.[1]

Three bids were received for the event, with Essex being named the host in February 2015, after defeating bids from Guernsey and Vanuatu.[2] [3] Eight teams participated in the tournament, which formed part of the 2012–18 World Cricket League and the qualification process for the 2019 World Cup. Three teams (the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, and Vanuatu) qualified based on their positions in earlier WCL tournaments, while the other five (Botswana, Fiji, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and Suriname) qualified after winning regional qualifiers.[4]

Saudi Arabia failed to arrive for the tournament after they were unable to secure visas for their team.[5] [6] As a result the ICC decided to cancel all of their matches in the tournament, with Group B being reduced to three teams, Cayman Islands, Vanuatu and Norway.[7]

The competition's final was played at the County Ground in Chelmsford, with Suriname defeating Guernsey by six wickets. Both teams were promoted to the 2016 Division Five tournament. However, in March 2016, Suriname withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players.[8] [9] Vanuatu, who finished third overall, were named as their replacement.[10]

Background

Qualification

Teams that qualified from previous WCL tournaments are:

Further five teams qualified through regional competitions.

Preparation

Vanuatu prepared for the tournament by playing against teams in Australia and the Netherlands. In Australia, they played against the Penrith District Cricket Club, a team in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition, while in the Netherlands they played a three-game series against the Dutch national A-team (Netherlands A).[11] They also played Botswana in a friendly at Bentley Cricket Club in Brentwood, Essex. Their previous major tournament was the Pacific Games cricket tournament in July 2015, which they won. Fiji did not field a side at the Pacific Games in favour of focusing on its WCL campaign,[12] and played a series of warm-up games against English club sides.[13]

Squads

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  • Shoaib Ali (c)
  • Abdul Waheed
  • Arslan Mushtaq
  • Ibrar-ul-Haq
  • Imran Azam
  • Kamran Hadi
  • Kashif Riaz
  • Mazhar Abbasi
  • Mohsin Rajput
  • Muhammad Afzal
  • Nadeem Javed
  • Sajid Saeed
  • Shahbaz Rasheed
  • Waqas Ausaf
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Group stages

Group A

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3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.553
3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.041
3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.224
3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.340

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Group B

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2 2 0 0 0 4 +0.667
2 1 1 0 0 2 –0.140
2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.598
0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Crossover matches

5th-place semi-finals

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Main semi-finals

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Playoffs

Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
241 5 60.25 135* 1 0
222 4 55.50 95 0 2
210 5 52.50 129* 1 0
207 4 51.75 71 0 2
189 5 63.00 64 0 3
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

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

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
45.3 17 11.29 16.0 4.21 5/18
46.0 13 12.00 21.2 3.39 5/42
37.4 10 15.30 22.6 4.06 5/48
41.2 9 20.33 27.5 4.42 3/35
29.0 8 15.12 21.7 4.17 2/14

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Final standings

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1 Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
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3
4
5
6
7
8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Tanya Whitton (2015). "ICC World Cricket League"Hertfordshire Cricket. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. Brent Pilnick (18 February 2015). "World Cricket League: Guernsey miss out on hosting 2015 event" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. Web site: Essex to host ICC World Cricket League Division Six 2015 . 31 March 2015 . Guernsey Press.
  4. James Colasanti (2 July 2015). "Essex prepares to welcome eight nations for ICC tournament" - Essex Cricket. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. Web site: Guernsey, Vanuatu and Suriname win on the opening day of ICC World Cricket League Division 6 in Essex . ICC . 8 September 2015 . 8 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927000413/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/news/89693/guernsey-vanuatu-and-suriname-win-on-the-opening-day-of-icc-world-cricket-league-division-6-in-essex . 27 September 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: ICC World Cricket League: 'Even the Norwegians find it cold'. BBC Sport . 9 September 2015 . 14 September 2015.
  7. Web site: Rasu's big hitting takes Vanuatu to victory on day two of the ICC World Cricket League Division 6 in Essex . ICC . 8 September 2015 . 8 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927130107/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/89709/rasus-big-hitting-takes-vanuatu-to-victory-on-day-two-of-the-icc-world-cricket-league-division-6-in-essex . 27 September 2015 . dead .
  8. Web site: Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5 . 4 March 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  9. Web site: World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey . 4 March 2016 . BBC Sport.
  10. Web site: Suriname withdrawal was sparked by Vanuatu appeal . 4 March 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  11. (20 August 2015). "Vanuatu in buoyant mood ahead of World Cricket League tournament" – ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  12. News: 13 February 2015 . Shalveen Chand . Men's cricket team pulls out of Pacific Games meet . . 21 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150708094644/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=294942 . 8 July 2015 .
  13. (20 August 2015). "Fiji ready for the task of climbing the world cricket ladder" – ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  14. Deepak Madangarli (19 August 2015). BCA Activities Update – Botswana Cricket Association. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. (24 August 2015). "Squads and fixture schedule announced for ICC WCL Division 6" – ICC. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  16. Brent Pilnick (7 August 2015). "World Cricket League: Guernsey name squad for Division Six" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  17. (13 August 2015). Cricket Fiji – Facebook. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  18. (22 August 2015). "Vanuatu Cricket finalise Squad for WCL Division Six"Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 24 August 2015.