The 2015 ICC Europe Division One was a cricket tournament held in Jersey from 9–13 May 2015. The tournament was organised by ICC Europe, and featured the top six associate members in that region – Denmark, France, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, and Norway. Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland had already qualified for the World Twenty20 Qualifier, while England qualify for the World Twenty20 automatically.
The host, Jersey, won the tournament on net run rate from Denmark, its first title. The leading runscorer at the tournament was Danish batsman Freddie Klokker, while the leading wicket taker was Italian bowler Carl Sandri. By winning the tournament, Jersey qualified for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. The top six teams at that tournament, where matches will have full Twenty20 status, will qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India.
Squads Squads for the tournament were announced on 27 April 2015.(27 April 2015). "Europe’s battle for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier place takes place in Jersey" – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 April 2015. Michael Pedersen (c) Saif Ahmad Aftab Ahmed Mads Henriksen Yasir Iqbal Zahmeer Khan Frederik Klokker Amjad Khan Kamran Mahmood Basit Raja Hamid Shah Syed Shah Zishan Shah Anique Uddin Arun Ayyavooraju (c) Zika Ali Waseem Bhatti Chetan Chauhan Rameez Ehsan Arslan Khan Usman Khan Thomas Liddiard Shahid Malik Robin Murphy Hamza Niaz Williamdeep Singh Kismatullah Surate Atif Zahir Jamie Nussbaumer (c) Alex Bushell Josh Butler Isaac Damarell Max Ellis Ben Ferbrache David Hooper Thomas Kimber Jordon Martel Jason Martin Oliver Newey Oliver Nightingale Tim Ravenscroft Matthew Stokes Damian Crowley (c) Roshendra Abeywickrama Damian Fernando Dilan Fernando Luis di Giglio Tharindu Fernando Fida Hussain Dinidu Marage Andrew Northcote Joy Perera Peter Petricola Michael Raso Carl Sandri Rizwan Tanweer Peter Gough (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Cornelis Bodenstein Edward Farley Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Ben Kynman Thomas Minty Charles Perchard Rhys Palmer Benjamin Rive Ben Stevens Nathaniel Watkins Sufyan Saleem (c) Shahid Ahmad Sheheryar Akbar Shahbaz Butt Damon Crawford Safir Hayat Suhail Iftikhar Ansar Iqbal Shehraz Khalid Mofassar Saeed Ali Tafseer Pratheesh Thangavadivel Ehtsham-ul-Haq Shahzad Umran
Preparation Jersey's preparation for the tournament consisted of three twenty-over fixtures against Dutch teams, all played at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen in late April. They defeated a Netherlands A side by 62 runs, and then played matches against the two Dutch sides in the North Sea Pro Series, defeating the Hurricanes by 68 runs and losing to the Seafarers by seven wickets.Ingrid van der Elst (29 April 2015). "Uitslagen duels met Jersey" – KNCB (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2015. Similarly, France's preparation included twenty-over fixtures against the Hurricanes and the Seafarers, both played on 2 May at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht. They defeated the Hurricanes by 14 runs, and lost to the Seafarers in a super over, necessitated after an initial tie.CricketEurope Netherlands: Latest Scores – CricketEurope. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
Denmark, coached by former Irish international Jeremy Bray, played several fixtures in Ireland in mid-April.(12 April 2015). "Lightning name squads for Danish clashes" – Cricket Europe. Retrieved 3 May 2015. They lost to the Irish under-19 side by seven wickets and lost both games against Leinster Lightning, but did win a fixture against The Hills Cricket Club by seven runs.(18 April 2015). "Big wins for Ireland U19 & Leinster Lighting against Denmark" – Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 May 2015. Guernsey, coached by former South African international Nic Pothas, attended a training camp at the County Ground, Hove, and subsequently played fixtures against a Sussex County Cricket Club academy team and a Sussex Cricket League representative team."Butler and Bushell named in Euro squad" – Guernsey Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
Points table
Matches
Statistics
Most runs The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R Highest 100s 50s Frederik Klokker 204 4 51.00 128.30 82 0 2 Peter Petricola 182 5 36.40 134.81 70 0 2 Thomas Kimber 167 5 33.40 122.79 87 0 2 Jonty Jenner 160 5 32.00 177.78 81 0 1 Damian Crowley 153 5 38.25 98.08 54* 0 1 Source: CricHQ
Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI Carl Sandri 20.0 12 9.92 10.00 5.95 3/28 Nat Watkins 18.0 10 10.00 10.80 5.56 4/18 Bashir Shah 20.0 9 12.89 13.33 5.80 3/22 David Hooper 17.0 8 13.25 12.75 6.24 2/16 Safir Hayat 16.0 8 18.88 12.00 9.44 3/30 Source: CricHQ
Final standings PositionTeamStatus 1 Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2 3 4 5 6
ICC Europe World Cricket League Division Six Qualifier
Along with the Twenty20 tournament, two teams, France and Norway played each other in one-off 50-over match for a qualification spot in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six.
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo