The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament which took place on 15–22 September 2012 in Samoa. It formed part of the World Cricket League and 2019 Cricket World Cup qualifying.ICC announce Pepsi World Cricket League Division 8 host ICC Official Website. Retrieved 29 January 2012
Teams The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven and regional tournaments.
Teams that qualified automatically were:
(5th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven) (6th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven) (3rd in 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight)
The remaining five teams were determined by the ICC Development Committee based on the most recent regional results and other factors.
Europe's qualifier was determined in a four-team tournament held in June in La Manga, Spain, between Austria, Belgium, France and Gibraltar.
Groups and squads Group A Peter Ananya (C) Isaac Aboagye Moses Anafie Kind-David Ankrah Lawrence Ateak Vincent Ateak Samson Awiah Kofi Bagabena Francis Bakiweyem Mark Bawa (wk) Matthew Bawa Obed Harvey Julius Mensah (wk) James VifahMuhammad Butt (C) Babar Shahzad (vc) Waheed Aamir Shahid Ahmed Waqas Ahmed Tafseer Ali Waseem Gill Ehtsam ul Haq (wk) Safir Hayat Shahid Mahmood Usman Sahi (wk) Ali Saleem Zeeshan Siddiqui Wasim TahirBenjamin Mailata (C) Geoff Clarke (vc) (wk) Tiafala Alatasi Daniel Burgess Sean Cotter Loutala Fuinaomo Taitoe Kaisala (wk) Winston Mariner Faasao Mulivai Pritchard Pritchard Murphy Su'a Naa Vaasili Sipiliano Tua Ian West Andrew Mansale (C) Jonathon Dunn (vc) Michael Avok Jelany Chilia Aby John Worford Kalworai Trevor Langa (wk) Patrick Matautaava Lenica Natapei Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Damian Smith Kenny Tari Niko Unavalu
Group B ICC World Cricket League Division Eight Samoa- BCCB has confirmed squad for Samoa Bhutan Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2012 Andre Wagener (C) Jamie Farmiloe Aamir Iqbal Faisal Khaliq Mahesh Krishnamoorthy Shaival Mehta Shahid Muhammad Simon Newport Ali Raza (wk) Abdul Rehman Waqas Shafiq Nirvam Shah Sunny Sheikh Eddie WrightJigme Singye (C) Tshering Dorji (vc) (wk) Manoj Adhikari (wk) Dampo Dorji Nima Gurung Sanjeevan Gurung Bikash Luitel Suprit Pradhan Dilip Subba Kumar Subba Sonam Tobgay Barun Wakhley Phuntsho Wangdi Lobzang YontenTatsuro Chino (C) (wk) Takuro Hagihara Hanif Khan Muhammad Masaomi Kobayashi Daniel Mee Naoki Miyaji Naotsune Miyaji Satoshi Nakano Kazuyuki Ogawa Tomoki Ota Alexander Patmore Jarrad Shearer Makoto Taniyama Fumihiko UegakiShazam Ramjohn (C) Carlton Baker Mohindra Boodram Yuvraj Dayal Charles Douglas Troy Dudnath Arun Gokoel Troy Haley Kemraj Hardat (wk) Raief Hasrat Radjeev Jagroep Terbhawan Ranjit Vishwar Shaw Vishaul Singh
Fixtures
Group stage
Group A TeamPWLTNRPointsNRRStatus 3 3 0 0 0 6 +0.781 Advanced to the semifinals 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.495 3 1 2 0 0 2 -0.063 Parachuted to the Playoffs and automatically relegated to regional competitions 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.202
Matches
Group B TeamPWLTNRPointsNRRStatus 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.007 Advanced to the semifinals 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.339 3 1 2 0 0 2 -1.951 Parachuted to the Playoffs and automatically relegated to regional competitions 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.335
Matches
Play-offs
Plate
5th place semifinals
7th Place Playoff
5th Place Playoff
Semifinals and Final
Semifinals
3rd Place Playoff
Final
Statistics
Most runs The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table. Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s Alexander Patmore 237 5 47.40 66.20 101 1 1 Nalin Nipiko 213 5 53.25 77.17 59 0 2 Benjamin Mailata 200 5 50.00 86.58 79* 0 2 Mohindra Boodram 189 5 47.25 73.82 103* 1 0 Samson Awiah 147 5 29.40 57.19 50 0 1
Most wickets The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table. Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Patrick Matautaava 14 5 8.71 18.5 2.82 6/10 Faisal Khaliq 11 4 7.18 17.7 2.43 5/20 Abdul Rehman 11 5 12.09 19.0 3.80 3/32 Kofi Bagabena 11 5 12.81 19.6 3.91 4/38 Lobzang Yonten 10 5 11.70 21.0 3.34 4/27
Final Placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
PosTeamStatus 1st Promoted to Division Seven for 2013 2nd 3rd Relegated to regional competitions 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
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