2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
Dates	2 August – 5 August
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Knockout
Host(s)	Ireland
Champions	Ireland &  Netherlands (shared) (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches played	11
Man of the Series	Andre Botha
Most runs	Ryan Watson (100)
Most wickets	Dewald Nel (9)
Official website	2008 Qualifier Official Website
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The 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was the inaugural tournament of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and was played between 2 August and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The top three^[1] will play in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The six competing teams were: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Scotland.

The competition was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. After the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland.

Group stage

Group A

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Ireland	2	2	0	0	0	+0.205	4
Scotland	2	1	1	0	0	+0.313	2
Bermuda	2	0	2	0	0	−0.610	0

2 August Scorecard	Scotland  117 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 118/6 (19.5 overs)	Ireland won by 4 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Andre Botha (Ire)
	Neil McCallum 27 (25) Alex Cusack 4/21 (4 overs)		Andree Botha 38 (34) Glenn Rogers 2/15 (3.5 overs)

3 August Scorecard	Bermuda  99/7 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 100/2 (17.4 overs)	Scotland won by 8 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Dewald Nel (Sco)
	Steven Outerbridge 37* (35) Dewald Nel 3/12 (4 overs)		Colin Smith 46* (42) George O'Brien 2/11 (4 overs)

3 August Scorecard	Ireland  43/7 (9 overs)	v	Bermuda 41/8 (9 overs)	Ireland won by 4 runs (D/L) Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Peter Connell (Ire)
	Gary Wilson 7 (12) Irving Romaine 2/2 (1 over)		Steven Outerbridge 8 (6) Peter Connell 3/8 (2 overs)
Match reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.

Group B

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Netherlands	2	1	1	0	0	+0.351	2
Kenya	2	1	1	0	0	−0.126	2
Canada	2	1	1	0	0	−0.185	2

2 August Scorecard	Netherlands  153/5 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 134/9 (20 overs)	Netherlands won by 19 runs Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: RN ten Doeschate (Net)
	Ryan ten Doeschate 56 (45) Hiren Varaiya 2/24 (4 overs)		Steve Tikolo 37 (33) Edgar Schiferli 3/23 (4 overs)

2 August Scorecard	Netherlands  97 (18.4 overs)	v	Canada 98/6 (19.3 overs)	Canada won by 4 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Harvir Baidwan (Can)
	Peter Borren 37 (38) Harvir Baidwan 4/19 (4 overs)		Sunil Dhaniram 26 (21) Peter Borren 2/19 (4 overs)

3 August Scorecard	Canada  91 (19.4 overs)	v	Kenya 92/6 (17.5 overs)	Kenya won by 4 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Kennedy Otieno (Ken)
	Sanjayan Thuraisingam 15 (18) Peter Ongondo 2/18 (3 overs)		Kennedy Otieno 40 (42) Harvir Baidwan 2/12 (2 overs)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

4 August Scorecard	Kenya  67 (17.2 overs)	v	Ireland 72/6 (19.1 overs)	Ireland won by 4 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Andre Botha (Ire)
	Steve Tikolo 13 (26) Andre Botha 3/20 (4 overs)		Andre Botha 22 (34) Ragheb Aga 2/12 (4 overs)

4 August Scorecard	Scotland  107/8 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 110/5 (18 overs)	Netherlands won by 5 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Stormont, Belfast Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Paul Baldwin (Ger) Player of the match: Ryan ten Doeschate (Ned)
	Kyle Coetzer 40 (44) Ryan ten Doeschate 3/23 (4 overs)		Eric Szwarczynski 30 (39) Richie Berrington 2/22 (4 overs)

Finals

4 August Scorecard	Kenya  106/9 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 107/1 (18.1 overs)	Scotland won by 9 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Ryan Watson (Sco)
	Ragheb Aga 28 (25) Dewald Nel 3/10 (4 overs)		Ryan Watson 54 (61) Tony Suji 1/21 (3 overs)
3rd Place Playoff

5 August Scorecard	Bermuda  70 (20 overs)	v	Canada 71/2 (10.3 overs)	Canada won by 8 wickets Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Niels Bagh (Den) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Steve Welsh (Can)
	Oliver Pitcher 15 (27) Steve Welsh 2/6 (3 overs)		Geoff Barnett 31* (34) Stefan Kelly 2/21 (2 overs)
5th Place Playoff

5 August Scorecard	Ireland	v	Netherlands	Match abandoned with a toss Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, Belfast Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Ger) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Match abandoned due to rain. Ireland and the Netherlands share the trophy.

References

External links

• Tournament overview from Cricinfo
• Tournament overview from CricketArchive
• Tournament overview from CricketEurope