The 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, for the 2016 World Twenty20, was held from 6 to 26 July 2015. The tournament was hosted by both Ireland and Scotland. 51 matches were played among 14 nations, down from 72 matches among 16 nations in the previous edition. The tournament formed part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series, with the top six teams going forward to the qualifying round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
Matches where both teams had T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 International match. The teams in this tournament with this status were Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea. Matches which featured one or two teams without T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 match.
Scotland were the first team to qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament by finishing top of Group B. Co-hosts Ireland joined them by finishing top of Group A. Joining the two group winners through the qualifier matches were the Netherlands, Afghanistan Hong Kong, and Oman. It was the first time that Oman qualified for a major ICC event and with their win over Namibia, they gained T20I status. The UAE and Nepal who made their debut in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 did not qualify, however the UAE did play in the 2016 Asia Cup which for the first time was played in a Twenty20 format.
Scotland and the Netherlands shared the trophy after the final was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. The Netherlands were the only associate nation to advance past the group stage in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
Teams Team Qualification tournament Standing Region 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Tournament co-host Winner Europe 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Runner-up Asia 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Third Asia 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Fourth Asia 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Fifth Europe 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Sixth Asia Tournament co-host Europe 2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship Winner Africa 2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship Runner-up Africa 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One Winner Americas 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One Runner-up Americas 2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup Winner Asia 2014 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship Winner East Asia Pacific 2015 ICC Europe Division One Winner Europe
Format From the 14 teams, the top 6 qualifiers will progress to the first (qualifying) round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, where they will meet the ninth and tenth-ranked full members (Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) in the ICC T20I Championship table as on 30 April 2014. The teams for the two groups along with the fixtures were announced on 14 May.
Squads Asghar Stanikzai (c) Javed Ahmadi Aftab Alam Mirwais Ashraf Sharafuddin Ashraf Hameed Hassan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Mohammad Shahzad Samiullah Shinwari Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran Rizwan Cheema (c) Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Hamza Tariq Jimmy Hansra Junaid Siddiqui Shaheed Keshvani Khurram Chohan Nitish Kumar Hiral Patel Cecil Pervez Saad Bin Zafar Srimantha Wijeratne Tanwir Afzal (c) Mark Chapman (vc) Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Anshuman Rath Babar Hayat Ehsan Nawaz Haseeb Amjad Irfan Ahmed James Atkinson Kinchit Shah Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan Waqas Barkat Waqas Khan Giacomo Lamplough William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie Alex Cusack George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Andrew McBrine Graeme McCarter John Mooney Niall O'Brien Kevin O'Brien Stuart Poynter Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young Peter Gough (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Corne Bodenstein Paul Connolly Edward Farley Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Ben Kynman Tom Minty Charles Perchard Rhys Palmer Callum Rabet Ben Stevens Nat Watkins Rakep Patel (c) Gurdeep Singh Narendra Kalyan Irfan Karim Karan Kaul Lucas Ndandason James Ngoche Shem Ngoche Collins Obuya Eugene Ochieng Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Emmanuel Bundi Nicolaas Scholtz (c) Stephan Baard Sarel Burger Christopher Coombe Jason Davidson Michau du Preez Gerhard Erasmus Zhivago Groenewald Louis Klazinga JP Kotze Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Christiaan Snyman Gerrie Snyman Raymond van Schoor Craig Williams Paras Khadka (c) Gyanendra Malla (vc) Pradeep Airee Binod Bhandari Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Karan KC Subash Khakurel Siddhant Lohani Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Rajesh Pulami Sagar Pun Basanta Regmi Sharad Vesawkar Peter Borren (c) Wesley Barresi (vc) Rahil Ahmed Mudassar Bukhari Ben Cooper Ahsan Malik Vivian Kingma Stephan Myburgh Max O'Dowd Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Michael Swart Timm van der Gugten Paul van Meekeren Roelof van der Merwe Thijs van Schelven Sultan Ahmed (c) Aamir Kaleem Aamer Ali Munis Ansari Jatinder Singh Khawar Ali Ajay Lalcheta Mehran Khan Mohammad Nadeem Arun Poulose Rajesh Ranpura Sufyan Mehmood Vaibhav Wategaonkar Yousuf Mahmood Zeeshan Maqsood Zeeshan Siddiqui Jack Vare (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Vani Morea Loa Nou Kila Pala Pipi Raho John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Assad Vala Norman Vanua Preston Mommsen (c) Richie Berrington Kyle Coetzer Freddie Coleman Matthew Cross Josh Davey Con de Lange Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Gavin Main George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Robert Taylor Craig Wallace Mark Watt Mohammad Tauqir (c) Abdul Shakoor Ahmed Raza Amjad Ali Amjad Javed Faizan Asif Fayyaz Ahmed Manjula Guruge Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Shahzad Nasir Aziz Swapnil Patil Saqib Ali Shaiman Anwar Umair Ali Muhammad Ghous (c) Alex Amsterdam Fahad Babar Adil Bhatti Akeem Dodson Karan Ganesh Naseer Jamali Japen Patel Mrunal Patel Timil Patel Hammad Shahid Jasdeep Singh Nicholas Standford Timothy Surujbally Steven Taylor Shiva Vashishat
Scotland's Kyle Coetzer was not originally included in the 15-man squad, but was added on 10 June after Freddie Coleman withdrew due to personal circumstances. America's Steven Taylor withdrew from the squad on 22 June after securing a contract with Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He was replaced by Timothy Surujbally. On 2 July Hong Kong's Waqas Barkat was replaced by Giacomo Lamplough after Barkat was ruled out due to visa issues. Canada's Nikhil Dutta chose to stay with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CPL and was replaced by Hiral Patel. South African born Roelof van der Merwe obtained a Dutch passport a month before the tournament started and was selected over Vivian Kingma. Namibia's Zhivago Groenewald was replaced by Michau du Preez. Oman's Khawar Ali returned home for personal reasons midway through the tournament, and was replaced by Arun Poulose in their squad.(14 July 2015). "Event technical committee approves replacement in Oman's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2015. However, Ali returned for the 5th place play-off match against Afghanistan, and in turn made his T20I debut.
Dutch bowler Ahsan Malik was reported for bowling with an illegal action following the Netherlands win over Scotland on 11 July. He was not allowed to take any further part in the tournament, until an independent assessment has taken place. Kenyan bowler James Ngoche was also suspended for bowling with an illegal action. This was following Kenya's match with Oman on 11 July. Along with Malik, Ngoche undertook an independent assessment. Hong Kong spin bowler Nizakat Khan was suspended for bowling with an illegal action, following Hong Kong's match against Nepal on 15 July. He too underwent an independent assessment. On 23 July Namibia's Jason Davidson was suspended for using an illegal action in their match against the Netherlands. He also underwent an assessment on his bowling.
Venues
Venue City CountryThe term country, in this instance is used to mean the governing body that administers the sport of cricket in that location and is a member of the International Cricket Council. The Irish cricket team, which is administered by Cricket Ireland, represents the whole of the island of Ireland, which includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Both Stormont and Bready Cricket Club Ground, while geographically located in Northern Ireland, fall under the auspices of Cricket Ireland. In addition, while Scotland is not its own country as it is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Scotland does have its own team, which is administered by Cricket Scotland. Capacity MatchesStormontBelfastIrelandBready Cricket Club GroundMagheramasonIrelandMalahide Cricket Club GroundDublinIreland Clontarf Cricket Club GroundDublinIreland Grange Cricket Club GroundEdinburghScotlandMyreside Cricket GroundEdinburghScotlandNew WilliamfieldStirlingScotlandGoldenacreEdinburghScotland
Warm-up matches
Fixtures Group A
Advanced to 2016 World Twenty20 and Semifinal 2. Advanced to Playoffs.
Group B
Advanced to 2016 World Twenty20 and Semifinal 1. Advanced to Playoffs.
Playoffs Bracket
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Qualifier 3
Qualifier 4
Semifinal 1
5th Place Playoff
Semifinal 2
3rd Place Playoff
Final
Final standings Position Team 1st 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo