The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Benoni, South Africa during September 2017. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Jersey and the Netherlands were interested in hosting the tournament, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded it to South Africa, due to the ease of securing visas for the teams involved.
The teams were placed into two groups of four sides. Guernsey, Cayman Islands, Italy and Qatar are in Group A, and Germany, Ghana, Jersey and Vanuatu are in Group B. The top two teams in each group progressed to the semi-finals, while the other two teams competed for placings. The top two teams qualified for the World Cricket League Division Four tournament, scheduled to take place in the middle of 2018, and five teams were relegated to regional divisions.
Both Jersey and Vanuatu won their semi-final matches, therefore progressing to the tournament final, with both teams being promoted to Division Four. In the final, Jersey beat Vanuatu by 120 runs to win the tournament. Qatar won the third-place playoff by 3 wickets to remain in Division Five, with all the other teams being relegated.
Teams Eight teams qualified for the tournament. Three teams qualified from previous WCL tournaments: (5th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four) (6th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four) (3rd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)
The remaining five teams qualified through regional competitions: (East Asia Pacific) (Americas) (Africa) (Asia) (Europe)
Squads Ramon Sealy (c) Kevin Bazil Ryan Bovell Corey Cato Darren Cato Sacha De Alwis Jalon Linton Deno McInnis Alessandro Morris Ricardo Roach Gregory Smith Troy Taylor Omar Willis Conroy Wright Rishi Pillai (c) Amith Sarma Ahmed Wardak Janpreet Singh Daniel Weston Brandon Ess Sajid Liaqat Asad Mohammad Shahil Momin Mudassar Muhammad Ehsan Latif Harmanjot Singh Rana Singh Vekatraman Ganesan Peter Ananya (c) James Vifah Isaac Aboagye Godfred Bakiweyem Julius Mensah Frank Baaleri David Ankrah Kofi Bagabena Simon Ateak Vincent Ateak Samson Awiah Obed Harvey Moses Anafie Michael Aboagye Jamie Nussbaumer (c) Matthew Breban Josh Butler Max Ellis Will Fazakerley Ben Ferbrache Ben Fitchet David Hooper Declan Martel Jason Martin Oliver Newey Tom Nightingale Luke Nussbaumer Matthew Stokes Gayashan Munasinghe (c) Alessandro Bonora Damian Crowley Madupa Fernando Rakibul Hasan Fida Hussain Crishan Kalugamage Supun Tharanga Gian-Piero Meade Joy Perera Peter Petricola Carl Sandri Charanjeet Singh Manpreet Singh Charles Perchard (c) Corey Bisson Corne Bodenstein Harrison Carlyon Jake Dunford Luke Gallichan Peter Gough Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Ben Kynman Robert McBey Elliot Miles Ben Stevens Nathaniel Watkins Inam-ul-Haq (c) Mohammed Rizlan Awais Malik Faisal Javed Iqbal Hussain Dharmang Patel Qalandar Khan Mohammed Nadeem Kamran Khan Tamoor Sajjad Zaheer Ibrahim Muhammad Tanveer Imran Ashraf Khurram Shahzad Andrew Mansale (c) Callum Blake Jelany Chilia Jonathon Dunn Worford Kalworai Trevor Langa Patrick Matautaava Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Joshua Rasu Kalo Shem Ronald Tari Jamal Vira Wesley Viraliliu
Fixtures Group A
Group B
Semi-finals
Playoffs Seventh-place playoff
Fifth-place playoff
Third-place playoff
Final
Final standings Pos. Team Status 1st Promoted to Division Four for 2018 2nd 3rd Remained in Division Five 4th Relegated to regional competitions 5th 6th 7th 8th
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo