2015 World Cricket League Division Six
Dates7 – 13 September 2015
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin, playoffs
Host(s) England
Champions Suriname
Participants8
Matches18
Player of the seriesSuriname Gavin Singh
Most runsGuernsey Matthew Stokes (241)
Most wicketsSuriname Muneshwar Patandin (17)
← 2013

The 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six was a limited-overs international cricket tournament that took place in England from 7 to 13 September 2015. The majority of matches were played at grounds in Essex, although two matches took place in Bishop's Stortford, in the neighbouring county of Hertfordshire.[1]

Three bids were received for the event, with Essex being named the host in February 2015, after defeating bids from Guernsey and Vanuatu.[2][3] Eight teams participated in the tournament, which formed part of the 2012–18 World Cricket League and the qualification process for the 2019 World Cup. Three teams (the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, and Vanuatu) qualified based on their positions in earlier WCL tournaments, while the other five (Botswana, Fiji, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and Suriname) qualified after winning regional qualifiers.[4]

Saudi Arabia failed to arrive for the tournament after they were unable to secure visas for their team.[5][6] As a result the ICC decided to cancel all of their matches in the tournament, with Group B being reduced to three teams, Cayman Islands, Vanuatu and Norway.[7]

The competition's final was played at the County Ground in Chelmsford, with Suriname defeating Guernsey by six wickets. Both teams were promoted to the 2016 Division Five tournament. However, in March 2016, Suriname withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players.[8][9] Vanuatu, who finished third overall, were named as their replacement.[10]

Background

Qualification

Teams that qualified from previous WCL tournaments are:

Further five teams qualified through regional competitions.

Preparation

Vanuatu prepared for the tournament by playing against teams in Australia and the Netherlands. In Australia, they played against the Penrith District Cricket Club, a team in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition, while in the Netherlands they played a three-game series against the Dutch national A-team (Netherlands A).[11] Their previous major tournament was the Pacific Games cricket tournament in July 2015, which they won. Fiji did not field a side at the Pacific Games in favour of focusing on its WCL campaign,[12] and played a series of warm-up games against English club sides.[13]

Squads

 Botswana[14]
Coach: Joseph Angara 		 Cayman Islands[15]
Coach: Pearson Best 		 Guernsey[16]
Coach: Nic Pothas 		 Fiji[17]
Coach: Shane Jurgensen
 Norway[15]
Coach: Muhammad Haroon 		 Saudi Arabia[15]  Suriname[15]  Vanuatu[18]
Coach: Shane Deitz
  • Shoaib Ali (c)
  • Abdul Waheed
  • Arslan Mushtaq
  • Ibrar-ul-Haq
  • Imran Azam
  • Kamran Hadi
  • Kashif Riaz
  • Mazhar Abbasi
  • Mohsin Rajput
  • Muhammad Afzal
  • Nadeem Javed
  • Sajid Saeed
  • Shahbaz Rasheed
  • Waqas Ausaf

Group stages

Group A

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Guernsey 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.553
 Suriname 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.041
 Botswana 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.224
 Fiji 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.340
7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Botswana 
216 (50 overs)
v
 Suriname
217/5 (42.2 overs)
Suriname won by 5 wickets
Kelvedon and Feering Cricket Club, Kelvedon, Essex
Player of the match: Gavin Singh (Sur)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Guernsey 
287/7 (50 overs)
v
 Fiji
99 (37.5 overs)
Guernsey won by 188 runs
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex
Player of the match: Oliver Newey (Gue)
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to field.
8 September
10:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
205 (48.4 overs)
v
 Suriname
207/4 (49.4 overs)
Suriname won by 6 wickets
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex
Player of the match: Gavin Singh (Sur)
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to bat.
8 September
10:30
Scorecard
Guernsey 
313/3 (50 overs)
v
 Botswana
162 (43.3 overs)
Guernsey won by 151 runs
Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Player of the match: Matthew Stokes (Gue)
  • Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.
10 September
10:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
211 (48.2 overs)
v
 Botswana
214/8 (48.4 overs)
Botswana won by 2 wickets
Coggeshall Cricket Club, Coggeshall, Essex
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
10 September
10:30
Scorecard
Guernsey 
239 (50 overs)
v
 Suriname
195 (47 overs)
Guernsey won by 44 runs
Halstead Cricket Club, Halstead, Essex
Player of the match: Dave Hooper (Gue)
  • Suriname won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Vanuatu 2 2 0 0 0 4 +0.667
 Norway 2 1 1 0 0 2 –0.140
 Cayman Islands 2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.598
 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Cayman Islands 
154 (48.1 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
160/6 (40 overs)
Vanuatu won by 4 wickets
Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club,
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Player of the match: Andrew Mansale (Van)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.
7 September
10:30
Scorecard
v
Match cancelled
Coggeshall, Essex
  • Saudi Arabia failed to arrive in the country in time for the match.[5]
8 September
10:30
Scorecard
v
Match cancelled
Kelvedon, Essex
8 September
10:30
Scorecard
Norway 
184/8 (50 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
188/6 (46 overs)
Vanuatu won by 4 wickets
West Mersea Cricket Club,
West Mersea, Essex
Player of the match: Joshua Rasu (Van)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
10 September
10:30
Scorecard
Norway 
252/8 (50 overs)
v
 Cayman Islands
244/9 (50 overs)
Norway won by 8 runs
Kelvedon and Feering Cricket Club, Kelvedon, Essex
Player of the match: Raza Iqbal (Nor)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
10 September
10:30
Scorecard
v
Match cancelled
Colchester, Essex

Crossover matches

5th-place semi-finals

11 September
10:30
Scorecard
v
Match cancelled
Feering, Essex
  • Botswana qualified for the 5th-place playoff.
11 September
10:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
185 (47.4 overs)
v
 Cayman Islands
95 (34.5 overs)
Fiji won by 90 runs
Drapers Farm Sports Club, Maldon, Essex
Player of the match: Kunaal Kumar (Fij)
  • Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Fiji qualified for the 5th-place playoff.

Main semi-finals

11 September
10:30
Scorecard
Guernsey 
173 (48.4 overs)
v
 Norway
151 (49.1 overs)
Guernsey won by 22 runs
Frinton-on-Sea Cricket Club, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
Player of the match: Dave Hooper (Gue)
  • Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Guernsey qualified for the final, Norway for the 3rd-place playoff.
11 September
10:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
140 (36.4 overs)
v
 Suriname
141/6 (46.3 overs)
Suriname won by 4 wickets
Coggeshall Cricket Club, Coggeshall, Essex
Player of the match: Muneshwar Patandin (Sur)
  • Suriname won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suriname qualified for the final, Vanuatu for the 3rd-place playoff.

Playoffs

7th-place playoff

13 September
10:30
Scorecard
v

5th-place playoff

13 September
10:30
Scorecard
Fiji 
235/9 (50 overs)
v
 Botswana
102 (27.3 overs)
Fiji won by 133 runs
Cricket Field Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Player of the match: Jone Wesele (Fij)
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to field.

3rd-place playoff

13 September
10:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
309/3 (50 overs)
v
 Norway
159/8 (36 overs)
Vanuatu won by 91 runs (DLS method)
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester, Essex
Player of the match: Jonathon Dunn (Van)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to field.
  • Norway's target was 251 runs in 36 overs.

Final

13 September
10:30
Scorecard
Guernsey 
237 (49.5 overs)
v
 Suriname
239/4 (45.1 overs)
Suriname won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford, Essex
Player of the match: Gavin Singh (Sur)
  • Suriname won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Matthew Stokes  Guernsey 241 5 60.25 135* 1 0
Joshua Rasu  Vanuatu 222 4 55.50 95 0 2
Oliver Newey  Guernsey 210 5 52.50 129* 1 0
Suhail Iftikhar  Norway 207 4 51.75 71 0 2
Gavin Singh  Suriname 189 5 63.00 64 0 3

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
Muneshwar Patandin  Suriname 45.3 17 11.29 16.0 4.21 5/18
Gavin Singh  Suriname 46.0 13 12.00 21.2 3.39 5/42
Raza Iqbal  Norway 37.4 10 15.30 22.6 4.06 5/48
Jikoi Kida  Fiji 41.2 9 20.33 27.5 4.42 3/35
Imran Khan  Fiji 29.0 8 15.12 21.7 4.17 2/14

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Final standings

Position Team Status
1  Suriname [a] Promoted to 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
2  Guernsey
3  Vanuatu[b]
4  Norway
5  Fiji
6  Botswana
7  Cayman Islands
8  Saudi Arabia

Notes

  1. ^ Suriname withdrew from Division Five and Vanuatu was invited to replace them.
  2. ^ Invited to Division Five

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