2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

International cricket tournament

2017 ICC World Cricket League Division FiveDates| 3 – 9 September 2017

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Administrator(s)| International Cricket Council
Cricket format| Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)|  South Africa
Champions|  Jersey
Participants| 8
Matches| 20
Most runs|  Damian Crowley (308)
Most wickets|  Ben Stevens (14)
David Hooper (14)

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The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Benoni, South Africa during September 2017.[1][2] It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[3][4] 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.[1]

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.[5] The top two teams in each group progressed to the semi-finals, while the other two teams competed for placings.[5] 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.[5]

Both Jersey and Vanuatu won their semi-final matches, therefore progressing to the tournament final, with both teams being promoted to Division Four.[6][7] In the final, Jersey beat Vanuatu by 120 runs to win the tournament.[8] Qatar won the third-place playoff by 3 wickets to remain in Division Five, with all the other teams being relegated.[9][n 1]

## Teams[edit]

Eight teams qualified for the tournament. Three teams qualified from previous WCL tournaments:

* Jersey (5th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
* Italy (6th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
* Guernsey (3rd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)

The remaining five teams qualified through regional competitions:

* Vanuatu (East Asia Pacific)[11]
* Cayman Islands (Americas)[12]
* Ghana (Africa)[13]
* Qatar (Asia)[14]
* Germany (Europe)[15]

## Squads[edit]

Cayman Islands[16]
Coach: Pearson Best |  Germany[5]
Coach: Steven Knox |  Ghana[5]
Coach: R. P. Sharma |  Guernsey[17]
Coach: Ashley Wright

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* 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

Italy[18]
Coach: Joe Scuderi |  Jersey[19]
Coach: Neil MacRae |  Qatar[5]

Coach: Mohtashim Rasheed

|  Vanuatu[20]
Coach: Shane Deitz

* 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[edit]

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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1  |  Italy | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1.466
2  |  Qatar | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 0.431
3  |  Guernsey | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0.048
4  |  Cayman Islands | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | −2.030

Source:[citation needed]

3 September 2017
Scorecard

Qatar
343/7 (50 overs)

Cayman Islands
250/8 (50 overs)

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Qatar won by 93 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to field.

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3 September 2017
Scorecard

Italy
277/7 (50 overs)

Guernsey
229/8 (50 overs)

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Italy won by 48 runs
Willowmoore A, Benoni

* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

4 September 2017
Scorecard

Cayman Islands
214/9 (50 overs)

Guernsey
216/4 (36.3 overs)

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Guernsey won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore B, Benoni

* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

4 September 2017
Scorecard

Qatar
209 (46.3 overs)

Italy
212/4 (41.5 overs)

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Italy won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore C, Benoni

* Italy won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

6 September 2017
Scorecard

Guernsey
231/9 (50 overs)

Qatar
234/7 (47.5 overs)

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Qatar won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

* Qatar won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

6 September 2017
Scorecard

Italy
326/6 (50 overs)

Cayman Islands
204 (42.4 overs)

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Italy won by 122 runs
Willowmoore A, Benoni

* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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1  |  Jersey | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1.473
2  |  Vanuatu | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | −0.384
3  |  Germany | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | −0.612
4  |  Ghana | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | −0.670

Source:[citation needed]

3 September 2017
Scorecard

Vanuatu
170 (48 overs)

Jersey
174/4 (34.2 overs)

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Jersey won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore B, Benoni

* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

3 September 2017
Scorecard

Ghana
158 (42 overs)

Germany
159/9 (39.5 overs)

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Germany won by 1 wicket
Willowmoore C, Benoni

* Germany won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

4 September 2017
Scorecard

Germany
248 (49.2 overs)

Jersey
251/5 (44.4 overs)

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Jersey won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

4 September 2017
Scorecard

Vanuatu
124 (47.2 overs)

Ghana
125/8 (33.5 overs)

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Ghana won by 2 wickets
Willowmoore A, Benoni

* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.

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6 September 2017
Scorecard

Jersey
226/8 (50 overs)

Ghana
118 (36.4 overs)

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Jersey won by 108 runs
Willowmoore B, Benoni

* Ghana won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

6 September 2017
Scorecard

Germany
227 (49.3 overs)

Vanuatu
228/6 (28.2 overs)

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Vanuatu won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore C, Benoni

* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

## Semi-finals[edit]

7 September 2017
Scorecard

Guernsey
213 (47.3 overs)

Ghana
190 (47.3 overs)

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Guernsey won by 23 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

* Ghana won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

7 September 2017
Scorecard

Cayman Islands
268/6 (50 overs)

Germany
271/5 (41.5 overs)

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Germany won by 5 wickets
Willowmoore A, Benoni

* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

7 September 2017
Scorecard

Italy
183 (46.4 overs)

Vanuatu
186/4 (34.5 overs)

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Vanuatu won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore B, Benoni

* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

7 September 2017
Scorecard

Qatar
152 (46.3 overs)

Jersey
155/3 (27.5 overs)

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Jersey won by 7 wickets
Willowmoore C, Benoni

* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs[edit]

### Seventh-place playoff[edit]

9 September 2017
Scorecard

Cayman Islands
136 (42.5 overs)

Ghana
140/4 (19.3 overs)

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Ghana won by 6 wickets
Willowmoore C, Benoni

* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

### Fifth-place playoff[edit]

9 September 2017
Scorecard

Guernsey
269/7 (50 overs)

Germany
273/6 (45.2 overs)

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Germany won by 4 wickets
Willowmoore B, Benoni

* Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.

### Third-place playoff[edit]

9 September 2017
Scorecard

Italy
225/7 (50 overs)

Qatar
229/7 (47.5 overs)

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Qatar won by 3 wickets
Willowmoore A, Benoni

* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final[edit]

9 September 2017
Scorecard

Jersey
255 (48 overs)

Vanuatu
135 (36.5 overs)

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Jersey won by 120 runs
Willowmoore Park, Benoni

* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

## Final standings[edit]

Pos.  | Team  | Status

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1st |  Jersey | Promoted to Division Four for 2018
2nd |  Vanuatu
3rd |  Qatar | Remained in Division Five[n 1]
4th |  Italy | Relegated to regional competitions[n 1]
5th |  Germany
6th |  Guernsey
7th |  Ghana
8th |  Cayman Islands

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c These were the original placements following the conclusion of the group. However, in October 2018, the ICC replaced WCL Divisions Three, Four and Five with the Cricket World Cup Challenge League, with Qatar and Italy being assigned to that competition.[10]

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## External links[edit]

* Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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