The 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket divisional tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and a qualification pathway for the ICC World Cup 2019.
The tournament was held in Namibia from 17 to 24 January 2015. The Netherlands won the tournament, beating the hosts Namibia by 8 wickets in the final.
Teams The six teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2014 World Cup Qualifier and the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.
+Key Denotes relegated teams Denotes promoted teams
Team Last outcome 5th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand 6th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand 7th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand 8th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand 1st in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Malaysia 2nd in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Malaysia
Squads Amarbir Hansra (C) Rizwan Cheema Parth Desai Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Ruvindu Gunasekera Nitish Kumar Usman Limbada Umer Nawaz Cecil Pervez Durand Soraine Hamza Tariq Srimantha Wijeratne Rakep Patel (C) Jadhavji Bhimji Dhiren Gondaria Gurdeep Singh Jimmy Kamande Irfan Karim James Ngoche Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Narendra Patel Nicolaas Scholtz (C) Stephen Baard Sarel Burger Merwe Erasmus Louis Klazinga Bjorn Kotze Jean-Pierre Kotze Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Christiaan Snyman Gerrie Snyman Raymond van Schoor Craig Williams Pikky Ya France Paras Khadka (C) Gyanendra Malla (vc) Binod Bhandari (wk) Amrit Bhattarai Naresh Budhayer Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Bhuwan Karki KC Karan Subash Khakurel (wk) Sagar Pun Basanta Regmi Aarif Sheikh Sharad Vesawkar Peter Borren (C) Rahil Ahmed Wesley Barresi Jeroen Brand Mudassar Bukhari Ben Cooper Vivian Kingma Ahsan Malik Stephan Myburgh Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Eric Szwarczynski Paul van Meekeren Matthijs van Schelven Frank Nsubuga (C) Davis Arinaitwe Hamu Kayondo Arthur Kyobe Brian Masaba Deusdedit Muhumuza Roger Mukasa Lepono Ndhlovu Patrick Ochan Danniel Ruyange Phillimon Selowa Laurence Sematimba Jonathan Ssebanja Henry Ssenyondo
Fixtures
All times are Namibia Standard Time (UTC+02:00) at NST
Round robin
Points table
Points system:
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match or series was determined as follows: The team with the highest number of wins If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate
In a match declared as no result, run rate is not applicable.
Won (W): 2 Lost (L): 0 No result (NR): 1 Tie (T): 1
Net run rate (NRR): Runs per over scored less runs per over conceded, adjusting team batting first to overs of team batting second in rain rule matches, adjusting to team's full allocation if all out, and ignoring no result matches.
Matches All matches are scheduled to start at 09:30 local time
Playoffs
5th place playoff
3rd place playoff
Final
Statistics Most runs The top five run scorers (total runs) of the tournament were: Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s Stephen Baard 249 6 41.50 87.36 97 0 2 Gerhard Erasmus 241 6 48.20 70.46 91 0 2 Gyanendra Malla 236 6 59.00 62.26 91* 0 1 Stephan Myburgh 235 6 39.16 93.25 95 0 2 Gerrie Snyman 206 6 34.33 78.03 83 0 2
Source: Cricinfo
Most wickets The tournament's top five wicket takers (total wickets) were: Player Team Over Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Ahsan Malik 49.3 17 6 10.17 17.4 3.49 5/7 Michael Rippon 49 14 6 15.57 21.0 4.44 5/37 Craig Williams 44.5 13 6 14.92 20.6 4.92 6/37 Nelson Odhiambo 38 11 6 17.00 20.7 4.92 4/46 Sompal Kami 52.4 11 6 19.18 28.7 4.00 3/41
Source: Cricinfo
Final placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
Pos. Team Status 1st Qualified for the 2015-17 ICC Intercontinental Cup and the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship 2nd 3rd Qualified for the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship 4th 5th Relegated to Division Three for 2017 6th
References
External links Series Home at ESPN Cricinfo