2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One

Summary

The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One was a One Day International cricket tournament played from 29 January 2007 to 7 February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. Division One, which is the successor to the now defunct ICC 6 Nations Challenge, is the highest tier of the World Cricket League, and is effectively the second level of cricket below the 10 Test-playing nations. This tournament served as an important warm-up for the 2007 Cricket World Cup that took place in the West Indies in March 2007.[1] The tournament featured the six Associate members in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, who qualified for the Cricket World Cup as hosts and through the 2005 ICC Trophy.[2]

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One
Dates29 January – 7 February 2007
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Kenya
Champions Kenya
Runners-up Scotland
Participants6
Matches16
Player of the seriesCanada Ashish Bagai
2010

Games were played at Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Ruaraka Sports Club and Jaffery Sports Club, all located in Nairobi.

Points table edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts NRR
1   Kenya 5 4 1 8 1.355
2   Scotland 5 4 1 8 0.354
3   Netherlands 5 3 2 6 0.120
4   Canada 5 2 3 4 −0.849
5   Ireland 5 1 4 2 −0.061
6   Bermuda 5 1 4 2 −1.310
Source: [3]

Scotland and Kenya qualified for the final which was won by Kenya. Both qualified for the 2007 Twenty20 Cricket World Championship to be held in South Africa in September.[4]

Group stage edit

1st Match

29 January 2007
Scorecard
Bermuda  
133 (39.3 overs)
v
  Kenya
137/0 (18.1 overs)
DA Minors 52 (76)
PJC Ongondo 3/23 (8)
DO Obuya 74* (59)
DCC Borden 0/11 (2)
  Kenya won by 10 wickets
Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: N Shah (BAN) and TH Wijewardene (SRI).
Player of the match: DO Obuya (KEN)

2nd Match

30 January 2007
Scorecard
Canada  
200 (44 overs)
v
  Netherlands
201/2 (35 overs)
A Bagai 74 (117)
RN ten Doeschate 4/31 (7)
B Zuiderent 77* (103)
H Osinde 2/64 (10)
  Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and MS Hameed (IDN).
Player of the match: B Zuiderent (NED)

3rd Match

30 January 2007
Scorecard
Ireland  
280/7 (50 overs)
v
  Scotland
284/7 (50 overs)
JP Bray 116 (136)
PJC Hoffmann 3/44 (10)
NFI McCallum 100 (92)
AC Botha 3/46 (10)
  Scotland won by 3 wickets
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: R Dill (BER) and DB Hair (AUS).
Player of the match: NFI McCallum (SCO)

4th Match

31 January 2007
Scorecard
Bermuda  
275/8 (50 overs)
v
  Ireland
276/6 (48.4 overs)
CJ Smith 52 (47)
AC Botha 3/74 (10)
WTS Porterfield 112 (142)
RDM Leverock 2/34 (10)
  Ireland won by 4 wickets
Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: SR Modi (KEN) and N Shah (BAN).
Player of the match: WTS Porterfield (IRL)

5th Match

31 January 2007
Scorecard
Scotland  
276/4 (50 overs)
v
  Canada
269/9 (50 overs)
DF Watts 70 (106)
U Bhatti 1/32 (10)
A Bagai 137* (172)
CM Wright 3/46 (10)
  Scotland won by 7 runs
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and R Dill (BER).
Player of the match: A Bagai (CAN)

6th Match

31 January 2007
Scorecard
Netherlands  
131 (46.2 overs)
v
  Kenya
133/3 (32.1 overs)
DLS van Bunge 29 (59)
TM Odoyo 3/29 (8)
MA Ouma 47 (69)
TBM de Leede 2/28 (7.1)
  Kenya won by 7 wickets
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: MS Hameed (IDN) and TH Wijewardene (SRI).
Player of the match: MA Ouma (KEN)

7th Match

2 February 2007
Scorecard
Canada  
162/8 (21 overs)
v
  Bermuda
106 (15.5 overs)
JM Davison 69* (49)
MO Jones 2/25 (5)
LOB Cann 41 (19)
S Dhaniram 4/10 (2.5)
  Canada won by 56 runs (DL)
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: DB Hair (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SRI).
Player of the match: JM Davison (CAN)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth–Lewis revised target to win: 163 runs in 21 overs for Bermuda.

8th Match

2 February 2007
Scorecard
Ireland  
284/4 (50 overs)
v
  Kenya
286/9 (49 overs)
KJ O'Brien 142 (125)
PJC Ongondo 2/33 (8)
N Odhiambo 66 (83)
WK McCallan 4/36 (10)
  Kenya won by 1 wicket
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and MS Hameed (IDN).
Player of the match: TM Odoyo (KEN)

9th Match

2 February 2007
Scorecard
Scotland  
207/8 (37 overs)
v
  Netherlands
205 (36.5 overs)
DF Watts 58 (68)
WF Stelling 2/41 (8)
WF Stelling 45 (51)
PJC Hoffmann 3/33 (6.5)
  Scotland won by 2 runs (DL)
Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: R Dill (BER) and N Shah (BAN).
Player of the match: PJC Hoffmann (SCO)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth–Lewis revised target to win: 208 runs in 37 overs for the Netherlands.

10th Match

4 February 2007
Scorecard
Bermuda  
194 (46.3 overs)
v
  Netherlands
198/2 (43.1 overs)
DL Hemp 58 (98)
M Kashif 3/42 (10)
RN ten Doeschate 109* (125)
KAD Hurdle 1/41 (10)
  Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: MS Hameed (IDN) and TH Wijewardene (SRI).
Player of the match: RN ten Doeschate (NED)
  • Josclyn Pitcher (Ber) made his ODI debut.

11th Match

4 February 2007
Scorecard
Ireland  
308/7 (50 overs)
v
  Canada
312/4 (49.4 overs)
EJG Morgan 115 (106)
U Bhatti 2/35 (10)
A Bagai 122 (132)
KJ O'Brien 1/34 (7)
  Canada won by 6 wickets
Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: R Dill (BER) and N Shah (BAN).
Player of the match: A Bagai (CAN)

12th Match

4 February 2007
Scorecard
Scotland  
254/8 (50 overs)
v
  Kenya
177 (46 overs)
RM Haq 71 (108)
SO Tikolo 3/46 (10)
TM Odoyo 53 (76)
RM Haq 3/26 (9)
  Scotland won by 77 runs
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and DB Hair (AUS).
Player of the match: RM Haq (SCO)

13th Match

5 February 2007
Scorecard
Scotland  
268/9 (50 overs)
v
  Bermuda
269/5 (49 overs)
GM Hamilton 79 (86)
SKW Kelly 3/47 (10)
IH Romaine 85* (86)
CM Wright 2/38 (9)
  Bermuda won by 5 wickets
Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: N Shah (BAN) and MS Hameed (IDN).
Player of the match: IH Romaine (BER)

14th Match

5 February 2007
Scorecard
Kenya  
250/9 (50 overs)
v
  Canada
92 (14.5 overs)
T Mishra 62 (77)
H Osinde 4/33 (10)
GR Codrington 24 (20)
PJC Ongondo 5/51 (7)
  Kenya won by 158 runs
Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: R Dill (BER) and TH Wijewardene (SRI).
Player of the match: TM Odoyo (KEN)

15th Match

5 February 2007
Scorecard
Netherlands  
260/7 (46 overs)
v
  Ireland
254/8 (46 overs)
DJ Reekers 104 (82)
AC Botha 2/49 (9)
EJG Morgan 94 (91)
RN ten Doeschate 4/56 (10)
  Netherlands won by 6 runs (DL)
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and SR Modi (KEN).
Player of the match: DJ Reekers (NED)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth–Lewis revised target to win: 261 runs in 46 overs for Ireland.

Final edit

7 February 2007
Scorecard
Scotland  
155 (47 overs)
v
  Kenya
158/2 (37.5 overs)
CM Wright 30 (45)
L Onyango 3/43 (10)
DO Obuya 93 (116)
RT Lyons 1/44 (8)
  Kenya won by 8 wickets
Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya
Umpires: GA Baxter (NZL) and DB Hair (AUS).
Player of the match: DO Obuya (KEN)

Statistics edit

Most Runs[5] Most Wickets[6]
Name Number Name Number
A Bagai (CAN) 345 PJC Ongondo (KEN) 15
WTS Porterfield (IRL) 332 RN ten Doeschate (NED) 13
DO Obuya (KEN) 271 AC Botha (IRL) 13

Player of the Tournament was A Bagai[7] for his 345 runs, and his performance as wicket-keeper for Canada: 4 catches and 1 stumping.[8]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2007 World Cricket League Division 1". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Explained" (PDF). World League Guide. International Cricket Council. 30 January 2007. p. 2. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ ICC World Cricket League - Points Table, Points table from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007
  4. ^ A long way from home "... place among the big boys in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa this September ..." from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007
  5. ^ ICC World Cricket League - Batting Averages, Statistics (batting) from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007
  6. ^ ICC World Cricket League - Bowling Averages, Statistics (bowling) from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007
  7. ^ Player of the Tournament Announcement "Bagai named player of the tournament", from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007
  8. ^ Fielding statistics from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007

External links edit

  • Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo
  • World Cricket League structure