2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was a cricket tournament which took place from 3 to 10 September 2012. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.

2012 ICC WCL Division 4
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions   Nepal
Participants6
Matches18
Player of the seriesNepal Basanta Regmi
Most runsUnited States Sushil Nadkarni (238)
Most wicketsNepal Basanta Regmi (21)
Official websiteInternational Cricket Council
2010
2014

The host country for the tournament was Malaysia.[1]

Teams edit

The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three and the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five.

Key
Denotes relegated teams
Denotes unmoved teams
Denotes promoted teams
Team Last outcome
  Denmark 5th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Hong Kong
  United States 6th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Hong Kong
    Nepal 3rd in 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Italy
  Tanzania 4th in 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Italy
  Singapore 1st in 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Singapore
  Malaysia 2nd in 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Singapore

Squads edit

  Denmark[2]   Malaysia[3]     Nepal [4]   Singapore[5]   Tanzania[6]   United States[7]

Fixtures edit

Group stage edit

Points table edit

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Promotion or relegation
1     Nepal 5 5 0 0 0 10 2.251 Met in the final and promoted to Division Three for 2013
2   United States 5 3 2 0 0 6 1.240
3   Singapore 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.858 Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Four for 2014
4   Denmark 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.562
5   Malaysia 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.496 Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Five for 2014
6   Tanzania 5 0 5 0 0 0 −3.046
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

3 September
10:30
Scorecard
Denmark  
224 (50 overs)
v
  Tanzania
136/7 (50 overs)
Carsten Pedersen 48 (88)
Kassim Nassoro 4/40 (10 overs)
Nasibu Mapunda 32 (66)
Lejf Slepsager 3/24 (10 overs)
Denmark won by 88 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Sri Ganesh (Sin)
Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed (Den)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bat

3 September
10:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
111 (39.5 overs)
v
    Nepal
112/5 (24.5 overs)
Anish Param 31 (89)
Amrit Bhattarai 4/28 (9 overs)
Pradeep Airee 34* (25)
Amjad Mahboob 3/37 (7 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri)
Player of the match: Amrit Bhattarai (Nep)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat

3 September
10:30
Scorecard
United States  
289/5 (50 overs)
v
  Malaysia
219/8 (50 overs)
Sushil Nadkarni 73 (96)
Nik Arifin 1/27 (4 overs)
Suharril Fetri 60 (112)
Elmore Hutchinson 2/22 (8 overs)
United States of America won by 70 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and Ashwani Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Timroy Allen (USA)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field

4 September
10:30
Scorecard
Singapore  
230/9 (50 overs)
v
  Malaysia
91/8 (29 overs)
Christopher Janik 106 (144)
Hassan Ghulam 5/39 (10 overs)
Khizar Hayat 31* (26)
Pramodh Raja 3/13 (5 overs)
Singapore won by 112 runs (D/L)
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) and Ashwani Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Christopher Janik (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain stopped the Malaysia innings after 29 overs, thus setting a target of 204 for Malaysia in 29 overs

4 September
10:30
Scorecard
Denmark  
244/9 (50 overs)
v
  United States
86/5 (23.4 overs)
Michael Pedersen 59 (68)
Timroy Allen 5/33 (9 overs)
Steven Taylor 30 (24)
Bashir Shah 3/11 (5 overs)
Denmark won by 56 runs (D/L)
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sri Ganesh (Sin) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Michael Pedersen (Den)
  • United States of America won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Rain stopped the United States innings after 23.4 overs, thus setting the United States a target of 143 in 23.4 overs

4 September
10:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  
82 (31.4 overs)
v
    Nepal
83/2 (19.4 overs)
Issa Kikasi 33 (47)
Paras Khadka 4/24 (9 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 28* (39)
Khalil Rehemtulla 1/22 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat

6 September
10:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  
92 (29.3 overs)
v
  United States
93/3 (9 overs)
Kassim Nassoro 28 (29)
Usman Shuja 3/14 (6 overs)
Steven Taylor 46 (22)
Abhik Patwa 1/4 (1 over)
United States of America won by 7 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sri Ganesh (Sin) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Usman Shuja (USA)
  • United States of America won the toss and elected to field

6 September
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
69 (32.1 overs)
v
    Nepal
71/0 (12.2 overs)
Shafiq Sharif 22 (26)
Shakti Gauchan 3/2 (10 overs)
Anil Mandal 41* (40)
Khizar Hayat 0/10 (2.2 overs)
Nepal won by 10 wickets
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri)
Player of the match: Shakti Gauchan (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat

6 September
10:30
Scorecard
Denmark  
173 (46.3 overs)
v
  Singapore
174/6 (46.4 overs)
Shehzad Ahmed 50 (100)
Saad Janjua 2/13 (5 overs)
Munish Arora 39* (41)
Michael Pedersen 2/24 (10 overs)
Singapore won by 4 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ashwani Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Munish Arora (Sin)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bat

7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Nepal    
258/8 (50 overs)
v
  United States
226 (48.2 overs)
Subash Khakurel 115 (142)
Timroy Allen 2/69 (10 overs)
Sushil Nadkarni 84 (106)
Basanta Regmi 5/35 (10 overs)
Nepal won by 32 runs
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Ashwani Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Subash Khakurel (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat

7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  
94 (27.1 overs)
v
  Singapore
97/2 (11.2 overs)
Abhik Patwa 47 (58)
Abhiraj Singh 5/12 (8.1 overs)
Singapore won by 8 wickets
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (Sri) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Abhiraj Singh (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bowl

7 September
10:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
252 (49.5 overs)
v
  Denmark
254/7 (48.1 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 48 (70)
Bashir Shah 3/41 (4.5 overs)
Carsten Pedersen 83 (104)
Hassan Ghulam 2/36 (9 overs)
Denmark won by 3 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Wynand Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Carsten Pedersen (Den)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat

9 September
10:30
Scorecard
Nepal    
240 (50 overs)
v
  Denmark
130/9 (31 overs)
Anil Mandal 113 (134)
Bashir Shah 2/35 (6 overs)
Andreas Lambert 47 (79)
Paras Khadka 4/34 (6 overs)
Nepal win by 25 runs (D/L)
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Ranmore Martinesz (Sri)
Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain stopped the Denmark innings after 25 overs, thus setting them a target of 156 in 31 overs

9 September
10:30
Scorecard
Tanzania  
187 (49.2 overs)
v
  Malaysia
191/5 (37.1 overs)
Kassim Nassoro 47 (51)
Shahrulnizam Yusof 3/30 (10 overs)
Rakesh Madhavan 102* (104)
Khalil Rehemtulla 3/46 (10 overs)
Malaysia win by 5 wickets
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Ashwani Rana (Tha) and Sri Ganesh (Sin)
Player of the match: Rakesh Madhavan (Mas)
  • Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat

9 September
10:30
Scorecard
United States  
263 (49 overs)
v
  Singapore
129/8 (24 overs)
Steven Taylor 50 (46)
Saad Janjua 4/40 (8 overs)
Munish Arora 26 (29)
Muhammad Ghous 2/20 (6 overs)
United States of America won by 37 runs (D/L)
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Timroy Allen (USA)
  • United States of America won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain interrupted the Singapore innings after 2 overs, thus setting them a target of 186 in 27 overs, however the rain again returned after 24 overs, thus adjusting their target to 167

Playoffs edit


5th place playoff edit


10 September
Scorecard
Tanzania  
187 (49.4 overs)
v
  Malaysia
188/5 (45.5 overs)
Abhik Patwa 67 (105)
Rashid Ahad 3/33 (10 overs)
Shafiq Sharif 57* (80)
Abhik Patwa 2/35 (8 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Ashwani Rana (Tha)
Player of the match: Abhik Patwa (Tan)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field

3rd place playoff edit


10 September
Scorecard
Denmark  
83 (26 overs)
v
  Singapore
87/5 (16.2 overs)
Rizwan Mahmood 19 (41)
Chetan Suryawanshi 3/23 (7 overs)
Chetan Suryawanshi 45 (29)
Bashir Shah 5/11 (8 overs)
Singapore won by 5 wickets
Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Chetan Suryawanshi (Sin)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bat

Final edit


10 September
Scorecard
United States  
145 (48.1 ov)
v
    Nepal
147/2 (28.0 ov)
Sushil Nadkarni 39 (69)
Basanta Regmi 5/20 (9.1 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 66 (65)
Elmore Hutchinson 1/16 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and Sri Ganesh (Sin)
Player of the match: Basanta Regmi (Nep)
  • United States of America won the toss and elected to bat

Statistics edit

Most Runs edit

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
Sushil Nadkarni   United States 238 5 47.60 69.38 84 0 2
Steven Taylor   United States 216 6 36.00 104.85 62 0 2
Subash Khakurel     Nepal 208 6 52.00 64.59 115 1 0
Anil Mandal     Nepal 186 6 37.20 76.54 113 1 0
Gyanendra Malla     Nepal 178 6 44.50 83.17 66 0 1

Most Wickets edit

The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Basanta Regmi     Nepal 21 6 6.66 14.2 2.80 5/20
Bashir Shah   Denmark 13 6 11.92 22.6 3.16 5/11
Mulewa Dharmichand   Singapore 11 6 14.90 22.3 4.00 4/34
Shakti Gauchan     Nepal 10 6 9.80 28.4 2.07 3/2
Abhiraj Singh   Singapore 10 5 12.00 20.4 3.52 5/12

Final placings edit

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:

Pos. Team Status
1st     Nepal Promoted to Division Three for 2013
2nd   United States
3rd   Singapore Remained in Division Four for 2014
4th   Denmark
5th   Malaysia Relegated to Division Five for 2014
6th   Tanzania

References edit

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