The 2014 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed the final part of the qualification process for the 2015 World Cup. The top two teams qualified for the World Cup, joining Ireland and for the first time Afghanistan, both of whom had already qualified through the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship and maintained their ODI status. The World Cup Qualifier was the final event of the 2009–14 World Cricket League. Scotland was originally scheduled to host the tournament in July and August 2013. It was staged in New Zealand, from 13 January to 1 February 2014 after Scotland relinquished the right to host it.
The tournament saw Scotland, who won the final against the UAE, qualifying for their 3rd World Cup and retaining their ODI status/ As runners-up, the UAE also qualified for the World Cup, their second time at the event, and gained ODI status. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea gained ODI status for the first time by finishing the tournament in 3rd and 4th places, respectively.
The tournament also saw leading associate countries Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada fail to qualify for the World Cup and lose their ODI status till 2018, although the Netherlands did qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 instead of Scotland.
Format According to ICC "the 10 teams were to be equally divided into two groups with the top three sides from each group progressing to the Super Six stage. The top two sides from the Super Six stage would not only reach the final but would also qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to complete the 14-team tally. Top 4 team would get ODI status where as 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th placed teams would remain or be relegated to Division 2"
Teams The tournament followed the conclusion of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The top two teams from this tournament, Ireland and Afghanistan, qualified for the 2015 World Cup, with the remaining six teams entering the World Cup Qualifier. They were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams from 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams from 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
Team Qualification 3rd in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 4th in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 5th in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 6th in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 7th in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 8th in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship 3rd in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, UAE 4th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, UAE 1st in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Bermuda 2nd in 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Bermuda
Venues Christchurch Lincoln Mount MaunganuiHagley OvalBert Sutcliffe OvalBay OvalCapacity: 20,000Capacity: N/ACapacity: 10,000New PlymouthRangioraQueenstownPukekura ParkRangiora Recreation GroundQueenstown Events CentreCapacity: N/ACapacity: N/ACapacity: 19,000
Match officials Officiating the tournament were three match referees and in all during the tournament, there were 14 umpires who would officiate, including Marais Erasmus of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining 13 representatives were from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.
Umpires Ahsan Raza Billy Bowden Johan Cloete Marais Erasmus Chris Gaffaney Shaun George Michael Gough Vineet Kulkarni Mick Martell Enamul Haque Peter Nero Tim Robinson Joel Wilson Ruchira Palliyaguru
Match referees Jeff Crowe Roshan Mahanama Dev Govindjee
Players Jimmy Hansra (c) Harvir Baidwan Trevin Bastiampillai Khurram Chohan Parth Desai Nikhil Dutta Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Nitish Kumar Usman Limbada Cecil Pervez Raza-ur-Rehman Junaid Siddiqui Zeeshan Siddiqi Hamza TariqJamie Atkinson (c) Tanwir Afzal Irfan Ahmed Nadeem Ahmed Haseeb Amjad Waqas Barkat Mark Chapman Mark Ferguson Babar Hayat Aizaz Khan Nizakat Khan Courtney Kruger Ankur Sharma Mark WrightParas Khadka (c) Pradeep Airee Prithu Baskota Binod Bhandari Mahesh Chhetri Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Avinash Karn Subash Khakurel Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Sagar Pun Basanta Regmi Sharad VesawkarKyle Coetzer (c) Richie Berrington Freddie Coleman Matthew Cross Gordon Drummond Gordon Goudie Majid Haq Moneeb Iqbal Michael Leask Matt Machan Calum MacLeod Preston Mommsen Safyaan Sharif Robert Taylor Iain WardlawKhurram Khan (c) Amjad Ali Shaiman Anwar Nasir Aziz Salman Faris Manjula Guruge Amjad Javed Rohan Mustafa Muhammad Naveed Swapnil Patil Ahmed Raza Kamran Shahzad Vikrant Shetty Shadeep Silva Chirag SuriRakep Patel (c) Ragheb Aga Duncan Allan Irfan Karim Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nehemiah Odhiambo Nelson Odhiambo Thomas Odoyo Lameck Onyango Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Steve Tikolo Hiren VaraiyaSarel Burger (c) Stephan Baard Jason Davidson Gerhard Erasmus Shalako Groenewald Louis Klazinga Jaen Kotze Xander Pitchers Bernard Scholtz Nicolaas Scholtz JJ Smit Gerrie Snyman Christi Viljoen Louis van der Westhuizen Craig WilliamsPeter Borren (c) Wesley Barresi Mudassar Bukhari Daan van Bunge Atse Buurman Ben Cooper Tim Gruijters Vivian Kingma Ahsan Malik Paul van Meekeren Stephan Myburgh Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Michael Swart Eric SzwarczynskiChris Amini (c) Charles Amini Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Raymond Haoda Geraint Jones Chris Kent Vani Vagi Morea Kila Pala Pipi Raho Lega Siaka Tony Ura Assad Vala Norman Vanua Jack VareDavis Arinaitwe (c) Brian Masaba Deusdedit Muhumuza Roger Mukasa Phillimon Selowa Benjamin Musoke Abram Mutyagaba Frank Nsubuga Patrick Ochan Faruk Ochimi Richard Okia Raymond Otim Hamza Almuzahim Lawrence Sematimba Charles Waiswa
Warm-up matches
10 non ODI warmup games were played before the tournament started.
Group stage
Group A
Points table
Fixtures / Results
Group B
Points table
Fixtures / Results
Playoffs
Super Six
Points table Results of matches between qualified teams were carried over from the group stage.
Fixtures / Results
Final
Final standings Position Team Status 1st Qualified for the 2015 World Cup and gained ODI status until 2018. 2nd 3rd Gained ODI status until 2018. 4th 5th Does not have ODI status until 2018 and remain in Division Two. 6th 7th 8th 9th Does not have ODI status until 2018 and relegated to Division Three. 10th
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s Khurram Khan 8 8 581 72.62 138 1 4 Preston Mommsen 8 8 520 86.66 139* 2 2 Calum MacLeod 8 8 401 57.12 175 2 – Swapnil Patil 8 8 364 52.00 99* – 2 Irfan Ahmed 7 7 363 72.60 100* 1 3 Wesley Barresi 6 6 318 79.50 137* 1 2 Eric Szwarczynski 4 4 317 158.50 129* 1 3
Most wickets Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BB 4W Econ Haseeb Amjad 7 63 20 15.40 4/33 2 4.88 Louis Klazinga 7 50.4 18 14.88 5/36 3 5.28 Manjula Guruge 8 65 16 18.31 4/39 1 4.50 Iain Wardlaw 8 70.1 16 23.37 3/32 – 5.33 Christi Viljoen 7 53.5 14 19.00 4/33 1 4.94 Khurram Chohan 6 47.5 14 20.64 5/68 2 6.04 Safyaan Sharif 8 72.2 14 23.92 4/55 1 4.63
See also ICC World Cricket League 2015 World Cup
References Notes
Sources World Cricket League structure Scotland wash hands of WCQ tournament
External links Official website Tournament website on ESPN Cricinfo