The 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament which took place from 28 April to 5 May 2013 in Bermuda. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.
Nepal were the pre-tournament favourites, but they lost against USA and Uganda in their first two matches. On the other hand, USA and Uganda made solid starts. Uganda remained unbeaten in their first four matches to comfortably secure one of the two available places in the 2014 World Cup Qualifier.
In the fifth round of the league, three teams remained in contention for the second qualifying spot, USA having won 3 out of 4 matches and Bermuda & Nepal each having won 2 out of 4. USA could guarantee progress by defeating the hosts Bermuda, but for Nepal to proceed, they had to defeat Italy by a heavy margin and also rely on a Bermuda victory over the USA. In the end, exactly that happened and Nepal went through to the 2014 World Cup Qualifier over USA and hosts Bermuda on net run rate.
Teams The six teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, the 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three and the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.
+Key Denotes relegated teams Denotes unmoved teams Denotes promoted teams Team Last outcome 5th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, UAE 6th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two, UAE 3rd in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Hong Kong 4th in 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, Hong Kong 1st in 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Malaysia 2nd in 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Malaysia
Squads Steven Outerbridge (C) Jason Anderson Lionel Cann Jekon Edness Treadwell Gibbons David Hemp Malachi Jones Greg Maybury Tre Manders Delray Rawlins Jacobi Robinson Curt Stovell Rodney Trott Janeiro TuckerAlessandro Bonora (C) Damian Crowley Gayashan Munasinghe Luis di Giglio Dilan Fernando Fida Hussain Dinidu Marage Damian Fernando Andy Northcote Hayden Patrizi Vince Pennazza Peter Petricola Michael Raso Carl SandriParas Khadka (C) Pradeep Airee Prithu Baskota Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Shakti Gauchan Subash Khakurel(Wk) Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Basanta Regmi Sanjam Regmi Chandra Sawad Sharad Vesawkar Rahul VishwakarmaVaibhav Wategaonkar (C) Sultan Ahmed Qais Al Said Syed Amir Ali Munis Ansari Ghazanfar Iqbal Syed Aamir Kaleem Ajay Lalcheta Sufyan Mahmood Hemal Mehta Nileshkumar Parmar Rajesh Ranpura Zeeshan Siddiqui Jatinder SinghDavis Arinaitwe(C) Benjamin Musoke Roger Mukasa Laurence Sematimba Frank Nsubuga Brian Masaba Arthur Kyobe Charles Waiswa Michael Ndiko Deusdedit Muhumuza Henry Senyondo Arthur Ziraba Jonathan Ssebanja Richard OkiaSteve Massiah (C) Danial Ahmed Timroy Allen Orlando Baker (Wk) Barrington Bartley Akeem Dodson Muhammad Ghous Elmore Hutchinson Naseer Jamali Rashard Marshall Neil McGarrell Sushil Nadkarni Japen Patel Steven Taylor
Points table
Matches
Playoffs
5th place playoff
3rd place playoff
Final
Statistics
Most runs The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table. Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s Steven Taylor 274 6 45.66 117.59 162 1 1 26 13 Peter Petricola 192 6 32.00 106.66 66 0 1 20 6 Paras Khadka 176 6 35.20 106.66 73 0 1 20 6 Orlando Baker 161 6 26.83 59.19 72 0 1 14 1 Lionel Cann 157 5 39.25 117.16 113 1 0 8 12
Most wickets The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Munis Ansari 16 6 14.81 25.3 20.6 4/72 Aamir Kaleem 13 6 11.92 25.3 25.3 4/15 Basanta Regmi 12 6 2.81 21.0 29.0 3/20 Neil McGarrell 12 5 14.58 21.2 24.5 4/44 Davis Arinaitwe 10 6 14.30 23.5 31.4 4/20
Final Placings
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
PosTeamStatus 1st Promoted to the 2014 World Cup Qualifier. 2nd 3rd Remained in Division Three for 2014 4th 5th Relegated to Division Four for 2014 6th
References
http://www.icc-cricket.com/newsdetails.php?newsId=23317_1366097760