2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six

Cricket tournament April 2019 2015 World Cricket League Division Six 7 13 September 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) 50-over Round-robin, playoffs England SUR 8 18 SUR Gavin Singh GUE Matthew Stokes (241) SUR Muneshwar Patandin (17) 2013 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.Tanya Whitton (2015). "ICC World Cricket League" – Hertfordshire Cricket. Retrieved 7 August 2015. Three bids were received for the event, with Essex being named the host in February 2015, after defeating bids from Guernsey and Vanuatu.Brent Pilnick (18 February 2015). "World Cricket League: Guernsey miss out on hosting 2015 event" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2015.http://guernseypress.com/sport/2015/02/19/essex-to-host-icc-world-cricket-league-division-six-2015/ Essex to host ICC World Cricket League Division Six 2015 31 March 2015 Guernsey Press 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.James Colasanti (2 July 2015). "Essex prepares to welcome eight nations for ICC tournament" https://web.archive.org/web/20150909221656/http://www.essexcricket.org.uk/2015/07/02/iccevent/ 9 September 2015 - Essex Cricket. Retrieved 7 August 2015. Saudi Arabia failed to arrive for the tournament after they were unable to secure visas for their team.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 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 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34197529 ICC World Cricket League: 'Even the Norwegians find it cold' BBC Sport 9 September 2015 14 September 2015 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.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 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 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.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/978237.html Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5 4 March 2016 ESPN Cricinfohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35724399 World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey 4 March 2016 BBC Sport Vanuatu, who finished third overall, were named as their replacement.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/978437.html Suriname withdrawal was sparked by Vanuatu appeal 4 March 2016 ESPN Cricinfo Background Qualification Teams that qualified from previous WCL tournaments are: Guernsey (5th in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five) Cayman Islands (6th in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Five) Vanuatu (3rd in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six) Further five teams qualified through regional competitions. Suriname (Americas) KSA (Asia) Fiji (East Asia Pacific) Botswana (Africa) NOR (Europe) 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).(20 August 2015). "Vanuatu in buoyant mood ahead of World Cricket League tournament" – ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2015. 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, 13 February 2015 Shalveen Chand Men's cricket team pulls out of Pacific Games meet The Fiji Times 21 August 2015 http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=294942 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150708094644/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=294942 8 July 2015 and played a series of warm-up games against English club sides.(20 August 2015). "Fiji ready for the task of climbing the world cricket ladder" – ABC News. Retrieved 21 August 2015. Squads BotswanaDeepak Madangarli (19 August 2015). BCA Activities Update https://web.archive.org/web/20180901221204/http://www.cricketbotswana.org/news/2015/08/19/bca-activities-update/ 1 September 2018 – Botswana Cricket Association. Retrieved 25 August 2015.Coach: Joseph Angara Cayman Islands(24 August 2015). "Squads and fixture schedule announced for ICC WCL Division 6" https://web.archive.org/web/20150909102644/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/89579/squads-and-fixture-schedule-announced-for-icc-wcl-division-6 9 September 2015 – ICC. Retrieved 26 August 2015.Coach: Pearson Best GuernseyBrent Pilnick (7 August 2015). "World Cricket League: Guernsey name squad for Division Six" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2015.Coach: Nic Pothas Fiji(13 August 2015). Cricket Fiji – Facebook. Retrieved 21 August 2015.Coach: Shane Jurgensen Karabo Motlhanka (c) Dhruv Maisura Inzimamul Master Nabil Master Karabo Modise Gaolape Mokokwe James Moses Rashaad Mosweu Reginald Nehonde Adithiya Rangaswamy Ameer Saiyed Waseem Tajbhay Thatayaone Tshose Russell Withey Chris Palmer (c) Ryan Bovell Corey Cato Darren Cato Neil Coley Sacha DeAlwis Kervin Ebanks Alessandro Morris Ian Rotsey Ramon Sealy Troy Taylor Adrian Wright Conroy Wright Omar Willis Jamie Nussbaumer (c) Lucas Barker Max Ellis Will Fazakerley Ben Ferbrache Dave Hooper Jordon Martel Jason Martin Oliver Newey Ollie Nightingale Tom Nightingale Tim Ravenscroft Matt Stokes James Wilkes-Green Josefa Rika (c) Metuisela Beitaki Sakiusa Dokosobau Imran Khan Riyad Khan Jikoi Kida Karan Kumar Kunaal Kumar Rabici Lesuma Viliame Manakitoga Sekove Ravoka Giles Smith Jone Wesele Viliame Yabaki NORCoach: Muhammad Haroon KSA Suriname Vanuatu(22 August 2015). "Vanuatu Cricket finalise Squad for WCL Division Six" – Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 24 August 2015.Coach: Shane Deitz Raza Iqbal (c) Waqas Ahmed Damon Crawford Safir Hayat Suhail Iftikhar Wasif Jalal Sheraz Khalid Jawad Mir Ibrahim Mughal Vithyeswara Sarma Amad Sheikh Rahul Shinde Zeeshan Siddiqui Prateesh Thangavadivel 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 Mohindra Boodram (c) Wasim Akram Banerd Bailey Mohan Balkaran Hemradj Basropansingh Yuvraj Dayal Sauid Drepaul Arun Gokoel Vejai Hirlal Khemraj Jaikaran Muneshwar Patandin Shazam Ramjohn Vishwar Shaw Gavin Singh Andrew Mansale (c) Callum Blake Jelany Chilia Jonathon Dunn Worford Kalworai Trevor Langa Patrick Matautaava Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Joshua Rasu Apolinaire Stephen Kenny Tari Ronald Tari Niko Unavalu Group stages Group A Team Pld Matches played W Won – 2 points L Lost – 0 points T Tied – 1 point NR No result – 1 point Pts Points NRR Net run rateGUE 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.553SUR 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.041BOT 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.224FIJ 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.340 7 September 10:30 BOT 216 (50 overs) SUR 217/5 (42.2 overs) Suriname won by 5 wickets Scorecard Kelvedon and Feering Cricket Club, Kelvedon, Essex Gavin Singh (Sur) Botswana won the toss and elected to bat. 7 September 10:30 GUE 287/7 (50 overs) FIJ 99 (37.5 overs) Guernsey won by 188 runs Scorecard Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex Oliver Newey (Gue) Fiji won the toss and elected to field. 8 September 10:30 FIJ 205 (48.4 overs) SUR 207/4 (49.4 overs) Suriname won by 6 wickets Scorecard Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex Gavin Singh (Sur) Fiji won the toss and elected to bat. 8 September 10:30 GUE 313/3 (50 overs) BOT 162 (43.3 overs) Guernsey won by 151 runs Scorecard Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex Matthew Stokes (Gue) Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat. 10 September 10:30 FIJ 211 (48.2 overs) BOT 214/8 (48.4 overs) Botswana won by 2 wickets Scorecard Coggeshall Cricket Club, Coggeshall, Essex Botswana won the toss and elected to field. 10 September 10:30 GUE 239 (50 overs) SUR 195 (47 overs) Guernsey won by 44 runs Scorecard Halstead Cricket Club, Halstead, Essex Dave Hooper (Gue) Suriname won the toss and elected to field. Group B Team Pld Matches played W Won – 2 points L Lost – 0 points T Tied – 1 point NR No result – 1 point Pts Points NRR Net run rateVAN 2 2 0 0 0 4 +0.667NOR 2 1 1 0 0 2 –0.140CAY 2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.598SAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 September 10:30 CAY 154 (48.1 overs) VAN 160/6 (40 overs) Vanuatu won by 4 wickets Scorecard Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club,Frinton-on-Sea, Essex Andrew Mansale (Van) Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat. 7 September 10:30 NOR SAU Match cancelled Scorecard Coggeshall, Essex Saudi Arabia failed to arrive in the country in time for the match. 8 September 10:30 CAY SAU Match cancelled Scorecard Kelvedon, Essex 8 September 10:30 NOR 184/8 (50 overs) VAN 188/6 (46 overs) Vanuatu won by 4 wickets Scorecard West Mersea Cricket Club,West Mersea, Essex Joshua Rasu (Van) Norway won the toss and elected to bat. 10 September 10:30 NOR 252/8 (50 overs) CAY 244/9 (50 overs) Norway won by 8 runs Scorecard Kelvedon and Feering Cricket Club, Kelvedon, Essex Raza Iqbal (Nor) Norway won the toss and elected to bat. 10 September 10:30 VAN SAU Match cancelled Scorecard Colchester, Essex Crossover matches 5th-place semi-finals 11 September 10:30 BOT KSA Match cancelled Scorecard Feering, Essex Botswana qualified for the 5th-place playoff. 11 September 10:30 FIJ 185 (47.4 overs) CAY 95 (34.5 overs) Fiji won by 90 runs Scorecard Drapers Farm Sports Club, Maldon, Essex Kunaal Kumar (Fij) Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to field. Fiji qualified for the 5th-place playoff. Main semi-finals 11 September 10:30 GUE 173 (48.4 overs) NOR 151 (49.1 overs) Guernsey won by 22 runs Scorecard Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex Dave Hooper (Gue) Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat. Guernsey qualified for the final, Norway for the 3rd-place playoff. 11 September 10:30 VAN 140 (36.4 overs) SUR 141/6 (46.3 overs) Suriname won by 4 wickets Scorecard Coggeshall Cricket Club, Coggeshall, Essex Muneshwar Patandin (Sur) Suriname won the toss and elected to field. Suriname qualified for the final, Vanuatu for the 3rd-place playoff. Playoffs 7th-place playoff 13 September 10:30 KSA CAY Match cancelled Scorecard Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire No toss Cayman Islands get 7th place as a result 5th-place playoff 13 September 10:30 FIJ 235/9 (50 overs) BOT 102 (27.3 overs) Fiji won by 133 runs Scorecard Cricket Field Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Jone Wesele (Fij) Botswana won the toss and elected to field. 3rd-place playoff 13 September 10:30 VAN 309/3 (50 overs) NOR 159/8 (36 overs) Vanuatu won by 91 runs (DLS method) Scorecard Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex Jonathon Dunn (Van) Norway won the toss and elected to field. Norway's target was 251 runs in 36 overs. Final 13 September 10:30 GUE 237 (49.5 overs) SUR 239/4 (45.1 overs) Suriname won by 6 wickets Scorecard County Ground, Chelmsford, Essex Gavin Singh (Sur) Suriname won the toss and elected to field. 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 Matthew Stokes GUE 241 5 60.25 135* 1 0 Joshua Rasu VAN 222 4 55.50 95 0 2 Oliver Newey GUE 210 5 52.50 129* 1 0 Suhail Iftikhar NOR 207 4 51.75 71 0 2 Gavin Singh SUR 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 Muneshwar Patandin SUR 45.3 17 11.29 16.0 4.21 5/18 Gavin Singh SUR 46.0 13 12.00 21.2 3.39 5/42 Raza Iqbal NOR 37.4 10 15.30 22.6 4.06 5/48 Jikoi Kida FIJ 41.2 9 20.33 27.5 4.42 3/35 Imran Khan FIJ 29.0 8 15.12 21.7 4.17 2/14 Source: ESPNcricinfo Final standings PositionTeamStatus 1 SUR Suriname withdrew from Division Five and Vanuatu was invited to replace them. Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2 GUE 3 VANInvited to Division Five 4 NOR 5 FIJ 6 BOT 7 CAY 8 KSA [c] Notes . c. ^ Saudi Arabia failed to arrive in the country in time and withdrew. References External links Series home at ESPNCricinfo 2015, 6 Category:2015 in English cricket 2015 Category:Cricket in Essex Category:Cricket in Hertfordshire Category:2010s in Hertfordshire Category:2010s in Essex