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.
| Dates | 17 January – 24 January 2015 |
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| Administrator | ICC |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoffs |
| Host | Namibia |
| Champions | Netherlands |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 18 |
| Player of the series | Paras Khadka |
| Most runs | Stephan Baard (249) |
| Most wickets | Ahsan Malik (17) |
| Official website | ICC World Cricket League |
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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.
| Denotes relegated teams | |
| Denotes promoted teams |
| Team | Last outcome |
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| Kenya | 5th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand |
| Namibia | 6th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand |
| Netherlands | 7th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand |
| Canada | 8th in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, New Zealand |
| Nepal | 1st in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Malaysia |
| Uganda | 2nd in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Malaysia |
Squads
| Canada | Kenya | Namibia | Nepal | Netherlands | Uganda |
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Fixtures
All times are Namibia Standard Time (UTC+02:00) at NST
Round robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Namibia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.025 | Met in the final and qualified for the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship, Qualified for the 2015-17 ICC Intercontinental Cup |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.642 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.388 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and qualified for the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship |
| 4 | Kenya | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.197 | |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.317 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to 2017 Division Three |
| 6 | Uganda | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.599 |
Source:
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
17 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Netherlands 251/7 (50 overs) | v | Canada 184 (46 overs) |
Wesley Barresi 83* (61) Parth Desai 3/57 (10 overs) | Hamza Tariq 61 (55) Vivian Kingma 4/32 (10 overs) |
Netherlands won by 67 runs United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Wesley Barresi (Ned) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Navneet Dhaliwal, Satsimranjit Dhindsa and Srimantha Wijeratne (all Canada) made their List A debuts.
17 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Kenya 191/8 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 194/5 (39.2 overs) |
Nelson Odhiambo 54 (76) Sarel Burger 3/40 (10 overs) | Stephan Baard 97 (96) Nelson Odhiambo 3/34 (10 overs) |
Namibia won by 5 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire) Player of the match: Stephan Baard (Nam) |
- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Narendra Patel (Kenya) made his List A debut.
17 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Uganda 146 (49.5 overs) | v | Nepal 144 (50 overs) |
Brian Masaba 43 (70) Paras Khadka 3/14 (9 overs) | Gyanendra Malla 34 (66) Henry Ssenyondo 3/21 (10 overs) |
Uganda won by 2 runs Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Davis Karashani (Uga) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Naresh Budhayer, Karan KC and Subash Khakurel (all Nepal) made their List A debuts.
18 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Canada 257/6 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 211 (48 overs) |
Navneet Dhaliwal 93 (109) Nelson Odhiambo 4/46 (7 overs) | Collins Obuya 78 (111) Parth Desai 4/45 (8 overs) |
Canada won by 46 runs Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Can) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
18 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Uganda 188/9 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 189/6 (46.2 overs) |
Phillemon Mukobe 46 (59) Bjorn Kotze 3/34 (9 overs) | Gerhard Erasmus 62 (91) Henry Ssenyondo 2/30 (10 overs) |
Namibia won by 4 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
18 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Netherlands 158 (49.5 overs) | v | Nepal 159/8 (49.3 overs) |
Michael Rippon 53 (117) Basanta Regmi 2/22 (10 overs) | Binod Bhandari 35 (30) Ahsan Malik 2/25 (8.3 overs) |
Nepal won by 2 wickets United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Michael Rippon (Ned) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
20 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Canada 114 (49.2 overs) | v | Nepal 115/3 (23.1 overs) |
Satsimranjit Dhindsa 25* (37) Karan KC 5/26 (10 overs) | Paras Khadka 77 (78) Satsimranjit Dhindsa 2/29 (7 overs) |
Nepal won by 7 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
20 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Uganda 129 (43.2 overs) | v | Kenya 130/5 (33.1 overs) |
Arthur Kyobe 24 (38) Shem Ngoche 4/17 (10 overs) | Alex Obanda 32 (45) Frank Nsubuga 2/23 (6 overs) |
Kenya won by 5 wickets United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Shem Ngoche (Ken) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
20 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Namibia 314/9 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 126 (28.1 overs) |
Gerhard Erasmus 91 (83) Ahsan Malik 3/49 (10 overs) | Michael Rippon 23 (33) Louis Klazinga 3/19 (4 overs) |
Namibia won by 188 runs Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
21 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Canada 293/6 (50 overs) | v | Uganda 182 (42 overs) |
Nitish Kumar 104 (106) Roger Mukasa 2/57 (9 overs) | Phillimon Selowa 70 (78) Cecil Pervez 4/23 (7 overs) |
Canada won by 111 runs Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Nitish Kumar (Can) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
21 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Kenya 212/9 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 217/5 (30.5 overs) |
Narendra Patel 48 (60) Ahsan Malik 3/27 (10 overs) | Stephan Myburgh 95 (64) James Ngoche 4/52 (10 overs) |
Netherlands won by 5 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Stephan Myburgh (Ned) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Rahil Ahmed, Jeroen Brand and Matthijs van Schelven (all Netherlands) made their List A debuts.
21 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Namibia 142 (49.1 overs) | v | Nepal 146/7 (37.5 overs) |
Raymond van Schoor 28 (80) Karan KC 3/12 (6.1 overs) | Paras Khadka 64 (56) Gerrie Snyman 3/23 (7 overs) |
Nepal won by 3 wickets United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Aarif Sheikh (Nepal) made his List A debut.
23 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Nepal 194 (49.5 overs) | v | Kenya 195/5 (35.0 overs) |
Gyanendra Malla 91* (116) Elijah Otieno 3/47 (10 overs) | Irfan Karim 75 (94 overs) Karan KC 1/34 (6 overs) |
Kenya won by 5 wickets Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire) Player of the match: Irfan Karim (Ken) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
23 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Canada 224 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 225/2 (40.3 overs) |
Srimantha Wijeratne 52 (83) Craig Williams 6/37 (10 overs) | Gerrie Snyman 83 (74) Nikhil Dutta 1/39 (10 overs) |
Namibia won by 8 wickets United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Craig Williams (Nam) |
- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
23 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Uganda 79 (23.4 overs) | v | Netherlands 80/3 (6.3 overs) |
Brian Masaba 17 (27) Ahsan Malik 5/7 (6.4 overs) | Peter Borren 29 (16) Jonathan Ssebanja 2/42 (3 overs) |
Netherlands won by 7 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Ahsan Malik (Ned) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
5th place playoff
24 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Canada 140/6 (46 overs) | v | Uganda 144/2 (25.2 overs) |
Hamza Tariq 32 (48) Henry Ssenyondo 3/21 (10 overs) | Phillimon Selowa 48* (57) Jimmy Hansra 1/19 (6.2 overs) |
Uganda won by 8 wickets United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Henry Ssenyondo (Uga) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Umar Nawaz (Can) and Hamu Kayondo (Uga) made their List A debuts.
3rd place playoff
24 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Kenya 208/9 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 193 (47 overs) |
Nelson Odhiambo 48 (76) Sompal Kami 3/41 (10 overs) | Binod Bhandari 73 (83) Elijah Otieno 4/45 (10 overs) |
Kenya won by 15 runs Wanderers Affies Park, Windhoek Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Narendra Patel (Ken) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhuvan Karki (Nep) made his List A debut.
Final
24 January 09:30 Scorecard |
Namibia 212 (49.2 overs) | v | Netherlands 213/2 (41.0 overs) |
Craig Williams 54 (56) Michael Rippon 5/37 (10 overs) | Peter Borren 60* (76) Bernard Scholtz 1/30 (6 overs) |
Netherlands won by 8 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Ian Ramage (Sco) Player of the match: Michael Rippon (Ned) |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) of the tournament were:
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| Stephen Baard | Namibia | 249 | 6 | 41.50 | 87.36 | 97 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 241 | 6 | 48.20 | 70.46 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| Gyanendra Malla | Nepal | 236 | 6 | 59.00 | 62.26 | 91* | 0 | 1 |
| Stephan Myburgh | Netherlands | 235 | 6 | 39.16 | 93.25 | 95 | 0 | 2 |
| Gerrie Snyman | Namibia | 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 |
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| Ahsan Malik | Netherlands | 49.3 | 17 | 6 | 10.17 | 17.4 | 3.49 | 5/7 |
| Michael Rippon | Netherlands | 49 | 14 | 6 | 15.57 | 21.0 | 4.44 | 5/37 |
| Craig Williams | Namibia | 44.5 | 13 | 6 | 14.92 | 20.6 | 4.92 | 6/37 |
| Nelson Odhiambo | Kenya | 38 | 11 | 6 | 17.00 | 20.7 | 4.92 | 4/46 |
| Sompal Kami | Nepal | 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 |
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| 1st | Netherlands | Qualified for the 2015-17 ICC Intercontinental Cup and the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship |
| 2nd | Namibia | |
| 3rd | Kenya | Qualified for the 2015-17 ICC World Cricket League Championship |
| 4th | Nepal | |
| 5th | Uganda | Relegated to Division Three for 2017 |
| 6th | Canada |
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