2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s)  Botswana
Champions  Kuwait
Participants 6
Matches played 18
Man of the Series Mohammad Murad (Kuw)
Most runs Faisal Rana (Bot)
Most wickets Rana-Javed Iqbal (Ger)
Official website ICC World Cricket League

The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament took place from 1 to 8 May 2011.[1] It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Botswana hosted the event.[2]

Teams

The teams that took part in the tournament was in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six and the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight.

Team Last outcome
 Botswana Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six after finishing 5th
 Norway Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six after finishing 6th
 Nigeria Still from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven after finishing 3rd
 Japan Still from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven after finishing 4th
 Kuwait Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight after finishing 1st
 Germany Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight after finishing 2nd

Squads

 Botswana  Germany  Japan  Kuwait  Norway  Nigeria
  • Asif Khan (C)
  • Rana-Javed Iqbal
  • Rajeev Vohra
  • Ehsaan Latif
  • Farooq Ahmed
  • Srinivas Satyanarayana (Wk)
  • Milan Fernando
  • Kashif Halder
  • Rishi Pillai
  • Shakeel Hassan
  • Tarun Rawat
  • André Leslie
  • Ashwin Prakash
  • Khalid Butt
  • Hisham Mirza (C)
  • Saud Qamar
  • Azmatullah Nazeer
  • Abdullah Akhunzada
  • Mohammad Murad
  • Mohammad Akhudzada (Wk)
  • Haroon Shahid
  • Saad Khalid
  • Mohammed Naseer
  • Irfan Bhatti
  • Sibtain Raza (Wk)
  • Jagath Rosantha (Wk)
  • Midhun Pakalapati
  • Abid Mushtaq
  • Damien Shortis (C)
  • Iram Dawood
  • Iftikhar Suhail (Wk)
  • Sheraz Khalid
  • Babar Shahzad
  • Usman Saeed
  • Ehtsam Ul Haq (Wk)
  • Shahid Ahmed
  • Muhammad Butt
  • Shahid Mahmood
  • Waseem Gill
  • Adeel Ibrar
  • Gulfam Butt
  • Umran Shahzad
  • Endurance Ofem (C)
  • Adenkule Adegbola
  • Ademola Onikoyi (Wk)
  • Saheed Akolade
  • Olalekan Awolowo
  • Olajide Bejide
  • Joshua Ogunlola
  • Akabogu Okwudili
  • Segun Olayinka (Wk)
  • Temitope Olayinka
  • Oluseye Olympio
  • Femi Oduyebo
  • Ramit Gill
  • Sean Philips

Fixtures

Group stage

Points Table

Team P W L T NR Points NRR Status
 Nigeria 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.558 Met in the final and promoted to Division Six for 2011
 Kuwait 5 3 1 0 1 7 +1.466
 Germany 5 3 2 0 0 6 +0.357 Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Seven for 2013
 Botswana 5 3 2 0 0 6 -0.438
 Norway 5 1 4 0 0 2 –0.190 Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Eight for 2012
 Japan 5 0 4 0 1 1 –1.588

Matches

1 May
Scorecard
Botswana 
119 (40.3 overs)
v
 Kuwait
120/7 (18.4 overs)
James Moses 34 (54)
Mohammad Murad 3/30 (7.3 overs)
Hisham Mirza 51* (51)
Aslam Chand 3/36 (6 overs)
Kuwait won by 3 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Hisham Mirza (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain reduced both innings to 45 overs.
1 May
Scorecard
Japan 
146 (49.3 overs)
v
 Germany
147/1 (30.4 overs)
Patrick James Giles 56* (116)
Rana-Javed Iqbal 6/25 (10 overs)
Andre Leslie 49* (86)
Munir Ahmed 1/21 (4 overs)
Germany won by 9 wickets
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Patrick Mukumbi (Bot)
Player of the match: Rana-Javed Iqbal (Ger)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat
1 May
Scorecard
Norway 
166 (42 overs)
v
 Nigeria
168/5 (38.2 overs)
Shahid Ahmed 37 (55)
Endurance Ofem 3/12 (3 overs)
Ademola Onikoyi 40 (32)
Umran Shahzad 2/18 (8 overs)
Nigeria won by 5 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Ramit Gill (Ngr)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to field
  • Rain reduced both innings to 43 overs.
2 May
Scorecard
Japan 
84 (31.4 overs)
v
 Botswana
86/2 (29.5 overs)
Munir Ahmed 22 (39)
Karobo Modise 4/9 (4.4 overs)
Faisal Rana 26 (44)
Munir Ahmed 1/13 (8 overs)
Botswana won by 8 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken)
Player of the match: Karabo Modise (Bot)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to field
2 May
Scorecard
Germany 
166/9 (50 overs)
v
 Nigeria
168/8 (44.4 overs)
Milan Fernando 82 (130)
Endurance Ofem 2/24 (10 overs)
Sean Philips 71* (100)
Rana-Javed Iqbal 3/32 (8.4 overs)
Nigeria won by 2 wickets
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Sean Philips (Ngr)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to field
2 May
Scorecard
Norway 
246/7 (50 overs)
v
 Kuwait
249/3 (44.2 overs)
Muhammad Butt 72* (102)
Mohammad Murad 6/39 (10 overs)
Sibtain Raza 77* (88)
Iram Dawood 2/45 (7 overs)
Kuwait won by 7 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Patrick Mukumbi (Bot)
Player of the match: Mohammad Murad (Kuw)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat
4 May
Scorecard
Germany 
229/8 (47 overs)
v
 Botswana
230/8 (45.1 overs)
Farooq Ahmed 69 (99)
Omar Ali 3/43 (10 overs)
Karabo Modise 65 (70)
Rana-Javed Iqbal 2/25 (10 overs)
Botswana won by 2 wickets
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Omar Ali (Bot)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to field
4 May
Scorecard
Nigeria 
153 (49.4 overs)
v
 Kuwait
156/1 (25 overs)
Sean Philips 75 (125)
Saad Khalid 5/24 (6.4 overs)
Irfan Bhatti 83* (76)
Joshua Ogunlola 1/34 (5 overs)
Kuwait won by 9 wickets
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Saad Khalid (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
4 May
Scorecard
Norway 
244/9 (50 overs)
v
 Japan
191 (48.3 overs)
Muhammad Butt 98 (126)
Patrick Giles-Jones 4/48 (10 overs)
Ko Irie 56* (97)
Muhammad Butt 4/41 (10 overs)
Norway won by 53 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Wynand Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Muhammad Butt (Nor)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field
5 May
Scorecard
Norway 
272/8 (50 overs)
v
 Botswana
277/2 (46.4 overs)
Damien Shortis 91 (129)
Akrum Chand 2/20 (3 overs)
Faisal Rana 158* (143)
Babar Shahzad 1/40 (10 overs)
Botswana won by 8 wickets
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken)
Player of the match: Faisal Rana (Bot)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
5 May
Scorecard
Germany 
188 (48 overs)
v
 Kuwait
177 (48.5 overs)
Milan Fernando 59 (106)
Hisham Mirza 2/26 (5 overs)
Sibtain Raza 56 (76)
Rana-Javed Iqbal 5/25 (10 overs)
Germany won by 11 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Steven Douglas (Ber)
Player of the match: Rana-Javed Iqbal (Ger)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
5 May
Scorecard
Nigeria 
220/9 (50 overs)
v
 Japan
130 (38.5 overs)
Segun Olayinka 51 (72)
Raheel Kano 4/52 (10 overs)
Munir Ahmed 38 (60)
Sean Philips 3/25 (8.5 overs)
Nigeria won by 90 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Wynand Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Segun Olayinka (Ngr)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field
7 May
Scorecard
Botswana 
123 (37.2 overs)
v
 Nigeria
120/2 (25 overs)
Akrum Chand 28 (55)
Sean Phillips 3/10 (6.2 overs)
Segun Olayinka 53* (72)
Segolame Ramatu 1/7 (2 overs)
Nigeria won by 8 wickets (D/L)
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Segun Olayinka (Ngr)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
Scorecard
Germany 
184 (46.4 overs)
v
 Norway
122 (25.4 overs)
Srinivas Satyanarayana 52 (47)
Waseen Gill 3/29 (8.4 overs)
Shahid Ahmed 26 (35)
Ehsan Latif 4/26 (5.4 overs)
Germany won by 18 runs (D/L)
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Wynand Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Ehsan Latif (Ger)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and David Odhiambo (Ken)

Playoffs

5th place playoff

8 May
Scorecard
Norway 
225 (48 overs)
v
 Japan
169/9 (50 overs)
Gulfam Butt 49 (68)
Takuro Hagihara 3/35 (8 overs)
Patrick Giles-Jones 68* (69)
Shahid Ahmed 3/27 (8 overs)
Norway won by 56 runs
Lobatse Cricket Ground
Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken)
Player of the match: Patrick Giles-Jones (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd place playoff

8 May
Scorecard
Germany 
269/5 (50 overs)
v
 Botswana
244 (48.2 overs)
Asif Khan 100 (101)
James Moses 2/63 (10 overs)
Noor Ahmad 74 (101)
Rajeev Vohra 3/48 (8.2 overs)
Germany won by 25 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone
Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and David Odhiambo
Player of the match: Asif Khan (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

8 May
Scorecard
Kuwait 
219/9 (50 overs)
v
 Nigeria
147 (36.5 overs)
Irfan Bhatti 60 (77)
Olajide Bejide 4/20 (6 overs)
Ramit Gill 45 (67)
Mohammad Murad 4/20 (8.5 overs)
Kuwait won by 72 runs
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone
Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Wynand Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Mohammad Murad (Kuw)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
Faisal Rana  Botswana 230 6 46.00 89.84 158* 1 0
Sean Philips  Nigeria 229 5 76.33 71.11 75 0 2
Asif Khan  Germany 220 5 55.00 72.36 100 1 1
Muhammad Butt  Norway 219 6 43.80 73.48 98 0 2
Irfan Bhatti  Kuwait 207 5 51.75 85.89 83* 0 3

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Rana-Javed Iqbal  Germany 18 6 9.77 17.8 3.27 6/25
Mohammad Murad  Kuwait 15 5 10.26 17.7 3.47 6/39
Saad Khalid  Kuwait 11 5 11.63 18.9 3.69 5/24
Omar Ali  Botswana 10 5 18.80 20.8 5.42 3/42
Ehsan Latif  Germany 9 5 16.88 24.8 4.07 4/26

Final Placings

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:

Pos Team Status
1st  Kuwait Promoted to Division Six for 2011
2nd  Nigeria
3rd  Germany Remain in Division Seven for 2013
4th  Botswana
5th  Norway Relegated to Division Eight for 2012
6th  Japan

References

  1. ↑ http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdetails.php?newsId=10982_1280806260
  2. ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/462601.html?CMP=chrome