The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 24 to 31 January 2009. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Afghanistan won the tournament, with Uganda coming in second. Both teams qualified for the 2011 World Cup qualification tournament. Afghanistan and Uganda each won four matches and lost one, as did Papua New Guinea; the rankings tie was broken by net run rate.
Papua New Guinea were the first to reach four wins, as Afghanistan and Uganda both had their fifth matches abandoned due to rain and had to replay them the next day. The rain also resulted in the cancellation of the finals round ranking matches (which would not affect promotion or relegation in any case), and the group round result table was the final standings.
Teams
The six teams for the tournament had been decided according to the results of Division Two and Division Three in 2007, and Division Four in 2008, and were as follows:
(5th from 2007 Division Two) (6th from 2007 Division Two) (3rd from 2007 Division Three) (4th from 2007 Division Three) (1st from 2008 Division Four) (2nd from 2008 Division Four)
The top two teams from this tournament qualified to play in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier in South Africa.
Squads
Nowroz Mangal (c) Ahmed Shah Asadullah Khan Asghar Afghan Hameed Hasan Hasti Gul Karim Sadiq (wk) Khaliq Dad Mirwais Naziri Mohammad Nabi Raees Ahmadzai Samiullah Shenwari Shafiqullah ShafiqEsteban MacDermott (c) Alejandro Ferguson (wk) Hamish Barton Agustin Casime Pablo Ferguson Donald Forrester Diego Lord David Mauro Esteban Nino Lucas Paterlini Matias Paterlini Pablo Ryan Gary Savage Martin SiriPearson Best (c) Kevon Bazil Kevin Bazil Ryan Bovell Kervin Ebanks Steve Gordon Ainsley Hall (wk) Keneil Irving Saheed Mohamed Alessandro Morris Ricardo Roach Ramon Sealy Kenute TullochTabarak Dar (c) James Atkinson (wk) Manoj Cheruparambil Hussain Butt Ilyas Gull Irfan Ahmed Courtney Kruger Roy Lamsam Munir Dar Nadeem Ahmed Najeeb Amar Skhawat Ali Zain AbbasRarua Dikana (c) John Ovia (vc) Assad Vala Daniel Alu Chris Amini Ipi Morea (wk) Jacob Mado Jamie Brazier John Haoda Kila Pala Loa Nou Mahuru Dai Vani Vagi Morea Willie Gavera Peter MoideDavis Arinaitwe Akbar Baig Kenneth Kamyuka Junior Kwebiha Arthur Kyobe Roger Mukasa Benjamin Musoke Emmanuel Nakaana Frank Nsubuga Joel Olwenyi Danniel Ruyange Ronald Ssemanda Charles Waiswa
Group stage
Points table
Matches Cricinfo, retrieved 20 December 2008
Final and Playoffs The playoff matches were cancelled after the abandonment of fifth-round group matches led to replays on the day the playoff matches were scheduled.
See also
ICC World Cricket League
References
World Cricket League structure