2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
The 2014 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2015 World Cup. The top two teams qualified for the World Cup, joining Ireland and for the first time Afghanistan, both of whom already qualified through the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship and maintained their ODI status.[1] The World Cup Qualifier was the final event of the 2009–14 World Cricket League. It was staged in New Zealand, from 13 January to 1 February 2014 after Scotland relinquished the right to host it. Scotland was originally scheduled to host the tournament in July and August 2013.[2]
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| Dates | 13 January – 1 February 2014 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International List A cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  New Zealand |
| Champions |  Scotland (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  United Arab Emirates |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Player of the series | Preston Mommsen |
| Most runs | Khurram Khan (581) |
| Most wickets |  Haseeb Amjad (20) |
| Official website | www.icc-cricket.com |
The tournament saw Scotland, who won the final against the UAE, qualifying for their 3rd World Cup and retaining their ODI status, and runners up the UAE qualifying for their second world cup and gaining ODI status. Despite not qualifying for the World Cup, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea gained ODI status for the first time by finishing the tournament in 3rd and 4th places respectively.
The tournament also saw leading associate countries Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada fail to qualify for the World Cup and lose their ODI status till 2018, although the Netherlands did qualify for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 instead of Scotland.
Format
According to ICC "the 10 teams were to be equally divided into two groups with the top three sides from each group progressing to the Super Six stage. The top two sides from the Super Six stage would not only reach the final but would also qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 to complete the 14-team tally.[3] Top 4 team would get ODI status where as 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th placed teams would remain or be relegated to Division 2"[4]
Teams
The tournament followed the conclusion of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The top two teams from this tournament, Ireland and Afghanistan, qualified for the 2015 World Cup, with the remaining six teams entering the World Cup Qualifier. They were joined by the third and fourth-placed teams from 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams from 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three.[5]
Venues
| Christchurch | Lincoln | Mount Maunganui | |
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| Hagley Oval | Bert Sutcliffe Oval | Bay Oval | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: N/A | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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| New Plymouth | Rangiora | Queenstown | |
| Pukekura Park | Rangiora Recreation Ground | Queenstown Events Centre | |
| Capacity: N/A | Capacity: N/A | Capacity: 19,000 | |
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Match officials
Officiating the tournament were three match referees and in all during the tournament, there were 14 umpires who would officiate, including Marais Erasmus of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining 13 representatives were from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.[6]
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Players
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Hong Kong |
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Scotland |
United Arab Emirates |
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 Kenya |  Namibia |  Netherlands |  Papua New Guinea |  Uganda |
Warm-up matches
10 non ODI warmup games were played before the tournament started.
Group stage
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Scotland |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.663 | Advanced to the Super Six stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.069 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.848 | |
| 4 | Canada |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −2.066 | Qualified for the 7th and 9th place playoffs and automatically relegated |
| 5 | Nepal |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.567 |
Fixtures / Results
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match reduced to 28 overs per side.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Papua New Guinea |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.095 | Advanced to the Super Six stage |
| 2 | Namibia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.574 | |
| 3 | Kenya |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.401 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.370 | Qualified for the 7th and 9th place playoffs and automatically relegated |
| 5 | Uganda |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.259 |
Fixtures / Results
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play after 29 overs in Canada's innings. Their par score was 60 runs.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
Super Six
Points table
Results of matches between qualified teams were carried over from the group stage.[8]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.737 | Qualified for the Final, 2015 World Cup and gained ODI status until 2018 |
| 2 | Scotland |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.495 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.568 | Gained ODI status until 2018 |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.495 | |
| 5 | Kenya |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −0.201 | Does not have ODI status until 2018 |
| 6 | Namibia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.035 |
Fixtures / Results
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play after 45.2 overs in Kenya's innings. Their par score was 213 runs.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play at 12.1 overs in Namibia's innings and the reserve day was used to complete the match.
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
Final standings
| Position | Team | Status |
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| 1st | Scotland |
Qualified for the 2015 World Cup and gained ODI status until 2018.[4] |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | |
| 3rd | Hong Kong |
Gained ODI status until 2018.[4][9] |
| 4th | Papua New Guinea | |
| 5th | Kenya |
Does not have ODI status until 2018 and remain in Division Two. |
| 6th | Namibia | |
| 7th | Netherlands | |
| 8th | Canada | |
| 9th | Nepal |
Does not have ODI status until 2018 and relegated to Division Three. |
| 10th | Uganda |
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| Khurram Khan | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 8 | 581 | 72.62 | 138 | 1 | 4 |
| Preston Mommsen | Scotland | 8 | 8 | 520 | 86.66 | 139* | 2 | 2 |
| Calum MacLeod | Scotland | 8 | 8 | 401 | 57.12 | 175 | 2 | – |
| Swapnil Patil | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 8 | 364 | 52.00 | 99* | – | 2 |
| Irfan Ahmed | Hong Kong | 7 | 7 | 363 | 72.60 | 100* | 1 | 3 |
| Wesley Barresi | Netherlands | 6 | 6 | 318 | 79.50 | 137* | 1 | 2 |
| Eric Szwarczynski | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 317 | 158.50 | 129* | 1 | 3 |
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BB | 4W | Econ |
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| Haseeb Amjad | Hong Kong | 7 | 63 | 20 | 15.40 | 4/33 | 2 | 4.88 |
| Louis Klazinga | Namibia | 7 | 50.4 | 18 | 14.88 | 5/36 | 3 | 5.28 |
| Manjula Guruge | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 65 | 16 | 18.31 | 4/39 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Iain Wardlaw | Scotland | 8 | 70.1 | 16 | 23.37 | 3/32 | – | 5.33 |
| Christi Viljoen | Namibia | 7 | 53.5 | 14 | 19.00 | 4/33 | 1 | 4.94 |
| Khurram Chohan | Canada | 6 | 47.5 | 14 | 20.64 | 5/68 | 2 | 6.04 |
| Safyaan Sharif | Scotland | 8 | 72.2 | 14 | 23.92 | 4/55 | 1 | 4.63 |
See also
References
- Notes
- "Associates included in 2015 World Cup".
- "Pepsi ICC World Cricket League - Structure for 2009 - 2013" (PDF). CricketEurope. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- "Overview". ICC official site. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- "Scotland and UAE battle lock horns in final of ICC CWCQ 2014". International Cricket Council. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- "ICC spells out 2015 WC qualification plan". ESPNcricinfo. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- "Match officials". Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- "ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 2013/14 / Points table". Cricinfo. ESPN.
- Cricinfo (23 January 2014). "Kenya leapfrog into Super Six stage". ESPN. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- "Netherlands, Kenya and Canada lose ODI status".
- Sources
- World Cricket League structure
- Scotland wash hands of WCQ tournament Archived 22 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine