2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier

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Template:Infobox cricket tournament The 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, for the 2016 World Twenty20, was held from 6 to 26 July 2015.^[1]^[2] The tournament was hosted by both Ireland and Scotland. 51 matches were played among 14 nations, down from 72 matches among 16 nations in the previous edition.^[3] The tournament formed part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series, with the top six teams going forward to the qualifying round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.^[4]

Matches where both teams had T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 International match. The teams in this tournament with this status were Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea. Matches which featured one or two teams without T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 match.

Scotland were the first team to qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament by finishing top of Group B.^[5] Co-hosts Ireland joined them by finishing top of Group A.^[6] Joining the two group winners through the qualifier matches were the Netherlands,^[7] Afghanistan^[8] Hong Kong,^[9] and Oman.^[10] It was the first time that Oman qualified for a major ICC event and with their win over Namibia, they gained T20I status.^[10] The UAE and Nepal who made their debut in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 did not qualify, however the UAE did play in the 2016 Asia Cup which for the first time was played in a Twenty20 format.

Scotland and the Netherlands shared the trophy after the final was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.^[11]^[12] The Netherlands were the only associate nation to advance past the group stage in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Teams

Team	Qualification tournament	Standing	Region
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Tournament co-host	Winner	Europe
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Runner-up	Asia
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Third	Asia
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Fourth	Asia
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Fifth	Europe
Template:Cr	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Sixth	Asia
Template:Cr	Tournament co-host		Europe
Template:Cr	2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship	Winner	Africa
Template:Cr	2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship	Runner-up	Africa
Template:Cr	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One	Winner	Americas
Template:Cr	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One	Runner-up	Americas
Template:Cr	2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup	Winner	Asia
Template:Cr	2014 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship	Winner	East Asia Pacific
Template:Cr	2015 ICC Europe Division One	Winner	Europe

Format

From the 14 teams, the top 6 qualifiers will progress to the first (qualifying) round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, where they will meet the ninth and tenth-ranked full members (Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) in the ICC T20I Championship table as on 30 April 2014.^[4] The teams for the two groups along with the fixtures were announced on 14 May.^[13]^[14]

Squads

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Asghar Stanikzai (c) Javed Ahmadi Aftab Alam Mirwais Ashraf Sharafuddin Ashraf Hameed Hassan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Mohammad Shahzad Samiullah Shinwari Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran	Rizwan Cheema (c) Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa ~~Nikhil Dutta~~ Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Hamza Tariq Jimmy Hansra Junaid Siddiqui Shaheed Keshvani Khurram Chohan Nitish Kumar Hiral Patel Cecil Pervez Saad Bin Zafar Srimantha Wijeratne	Tanwir Afzal (c) Mark Chapman (vc) Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Anshuman Rath Babar Hayat Ehsan Nawaz Haseeb Amjad Irfan Ahmed James Atkinson Kinchit Shah Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan ~~Waqas Barkat~~ Waqas Khan Giacomo Lamplough	William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie Alex Cusack George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Andrew McBrine Graeme McCarter John Mooney Niall O'Brien Kevin O'Brien Stuart Poynter Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young	Peter Gough (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Corne Bodenstein Paul Connolly Edward Farley Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Ben Kynman Tom Minty Charles Perchard Rhys Palmer Callum Rabet Ben Stevens Nat Watkins
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Rakep Patel (c) Gurdeep Singh Narendra Kalyan Irfan Karim Karan Kaul Lucas Ndandason James Ngoche Shem Ngoche Collins Obuya Eugene Ochieng Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Emmanuel Bundi	Nicolaas Scholtz (c) Stephan Baard Sarel Burger Christopher Coombe Jason Davidson Michau du Preez Gerhard Erasmus ~~Zhivago Groenewald~~ Louis Klazinga JP Kotze Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Christiaan Snyman Gerrie Snyman Raymond van Schoor Craig Williams	Paras Khadka (c) Gyanendra Malla (vc) Pradeep Airee Binod Bhandari Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Karan KC Subash Khakurel Siddhant Lohani Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Rajesh Pulami Sagar Pun Basanta Regmi Sharad Vesawkar	Peter Borren (c) Wesley Barresi (vc) Rahil Ahmed Mudassar Bukhari Ben Cooper Ahsan Malik ~~Vivian Kingma~~ Stephan Myburgh Max O'Dowd Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Michael Swart Timm van der Gugten Paul van Meekeren Roelof van der Merwe Thijs van Schelven	Sultan Ahmed (c) Aamir Kaleem Aamer Ali Munis Ansari Jatinder Singh ~~Khawar Ali~~ Ajay Lalcheta Mehran Khan Mohammad Nadeem Arun Poulose Rajesh Ranpura Sufyan Mehmood Vaibhav Wategaonkar Yousuf Mahmood Zeeshan Maqsood Zeeshan Siddiqui
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Jack Vare (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Vani Morea Loa Nou Kila Pala Pipi Raho John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Assad Vala Norman Vanua	Preston Mommsen (c) Richie Berrington Kyle Coetzer ~~Freddie Coleman~~ Matthew Cross Josh Davey Con de Lange Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Gavin Main George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Robert Taylor Craig Wallace Mark Watt	Mohammad Tauqir (c) Abdul Shakoor Ahmed Raza Amjad Ali Amjad Javed Faizan Asif Fayyaz Ahmed Manjula Guruge Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Shahzad Nasir Aziz Swapnil Patil Saqib Ali Shaiman Anwar Umair Ali	Muhammad Ghous (c) Alex Amsterdam Fahad Babar Adil Bhatti Akeem Dodson Karan Ganesh Naseer Jamali Japen Patel Mrunal Patel Timil Patel Hammad Shahid Jasdeep Singh Nicholas Standford Timothy Surujbally ~~Steven Taylor~~ Shiva Vashishat

Scotland's Kyle Coetzer was not originally included in the 15-man squad, but was added on 10 June after Freddie Coleman withdrew due to personal circumstances.^[29] America's Steven Taylor withdrew from the squad on 22 June after securing a contract with Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).^[30] He was replaced by Timothy Surujbally.^[31] On 2 July Hong Kong's Waqas Barkat was replaced by Giacomo Lamplough after Barkat was ruled out due to visa issues.^[32] Canada's Nikhil Dutta chose to stay with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CPL and was replaced by Hiral Patel.^[33] South African born Roelof van der Merwe obtained a Dutch passport a month before the tournament started^[34] and was selected over Vivian Kingma.^[33] Namibia's Zhivago Groenewald was replaced by Michau du Preez.^[33] Oman's Khawar Ali returned home for personal reasons midway through the tournament, and was replaced by Arun Poulose in their squad.^[35] However, Ali returned for the 5th place play-off match against Afghanistan, and in turn made his T20I debut.^[36]

Dutch bowler Ahsan Malik was reported for bowling with an illegal action following the Netherlands win over Scotland on 11 July.^[37] He was not allowed to take any further part in the tournament, until an independent assessment has taken place.^[37] Kenyan bowler James Ngoche was also suspended for bowling with an illegal action.^[38] This was following Kenya's match with Oman on 11 July. Along with Malik, Ngoche undertook an independent assessment.^[38] Hong Kong spin bowler Nizakat Khan was suspended for bowling with an illegal action, following Hong Kong's match against Nepal on 15 July. He too underwent an independent assessment.^[39] On 23 July Namibia's Jason Davidson was suspended for using an illegal action in their match against the Netherlands. He also underwent an assessment on his bowling.^[40]

Venues

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Venue	City	Country^{[B 1]}	Capacity	Matches
Stormont	Belfast	Ireland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Bready Cricket Club Ground	Magheramason	Ireland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Malahide Cricket Club Ground	Dublin	Ireland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	Dublin	Ireland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Grange Cricket Club Ground	Edinburgh	Scotland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Myreside Cricket Ground	Edinburgh	Scotland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
New Williamfield	Stirling	Scotland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort
Goldenacre	Edinburgh	Scotland	Template:Sort	Template:Sort

Warm-up matches

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Fixtures

Group A

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Group B

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Playoffs

Final standings

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Template:Color box Qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Notes

↑ Outcomes from ICC Board and Committee Meetings. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
↑ 2015 World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
↑ 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. ICC Development (International) Limited. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Format of T20 World Cup 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
↑ Scotland book World T20 spot with 23-run win. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
↑ All-round Stirling seals Ireland's World T20 spot. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
↑ Netherlands through after four-wicket win(21 July 2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
↑ Mangal, bowlers put Afghanistan in World T20(23 July 2015). Retrieved 23 July 2015.
↑ Chapman's heist puts HK in World T20(21 July 2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Oman secure World T20 spot with memorable win(23 July 2015). Retrieved 23 July 2015.
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Scholtz
↑ World Twenty20 Qualifier: Scots – Dutch final rained off. BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ Scotland meet UAE in World T20 Qualifier opener. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
↑ Afghanistan Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Canada Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Afzal to lead Hong Kong in World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
↑ Tyrone Kane given first Ireland call-up for World T20 qualifiers. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
↑ Minnows Jersey set for Twenty20 qualifying challenge. BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
↑ Kenya Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Namibia to begin World T20 qualifier against Ireland. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
↑ Khadka to lead Nepal in World T20 qualifiers. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
↑ ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Netherlands Squad. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
↑ Oman Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Papua New Guinea Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Coetzer upset at Scotland omission. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
↑ United Arab Emirates Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ USA make four changes for World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
↑ Coetzer added to Scotland World T20 qualifier squad. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
↑ Taylor withdraws from USA squad for World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
↑ Surujbally replaces Steven Taylor in USA squad. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
↑ Teenage Lamplough to replace Barkat in Hong Kong squad(2 July 2015). Retrieved 2 July 2015.
↑ ^33.0 ^33.1 ^33.2 Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL(3 July 2015). Retrieved 3 July 2015.
↑ Van der Merwe switches to Netherlands. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
↑ (14 July 2015). "Event technical committee approves replacement in Oman's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 Template:Webarchive – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 5th place play-off: Afghanistan v Oman at Dublin, Jul 25, 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ ^37.0 ^37.1 Ahsan Malik reported for illegal bowling action. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
↑ ^38.0 ^38.1 Ngoche suspended for illegal action. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ Hong Kong's Nizakat Khan suspended for illegal action. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
↑ Namibia's Davidson suspended from bowling. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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[1] Outcomes from ICC Board and Committee Meetings. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

[2] 2015 World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[3] 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. ICC Development (International) Limited. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[cricinfo-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Format of T20 World Cup 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[ScotQual-5] Scotland book World T20 spot with 23-run win. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

[IreQual-6] All-round Stirling seals Ireland's World T20 spot. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[NedQual-7] Netherlands through after four-wicket win(21 July 2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[AfgQual-8] Mangal, bowlers put Afghanistan in World T20(23 July 2015). Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[HKQual-9] Chapman's heist puts HK in World T20(21 July 2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[OmanQual-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Oman secure World T20 spot with memorable win(23 July 2015). Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[Scholtz-11] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Scholtz

[Shared-12] World Twenty20 Qualifier: Scots – Dutch final rained off. BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[Groups-13] Scotland meet UAE in World T20 Qualifier opener. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[Fixtures-14] ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[AfgSquad-15] Afghanistan Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[CanSquad-16] Canada Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[HKSquad-17] Afzal to lead Hong Kong in World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[IreSquad-18] Tyrone Kane given first Ireland call-up for World T20 qualifiers. BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[JerseySquad-19] Minnows Jersey set for Twenty20 qualifying challenge. BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[KenSquad-20] Kenya Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[NamSquad-21] Namibia to begin World T20 qualifier against Ireland. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[NepSquad-22] Khadka to lead Nepal in World T20 qualifiers. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

[NedSquad-23] ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Netherlands Squad. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

[OmanSquad-24] Oman Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[PNGSquad-25] Papua New Guinea Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[ScoSquad-26] Coetzer upset at Scotland omission. Retrieved 8 June 2015.

[UAESquad-27] United Arab Emirates Squad. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[USASquad-28] USA make four changes for World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[Coetzer-29] Coetzer added to Scotland World T20 qualifier squad. Retrieved 10 June 2015.

[STaylor-30] Taylor withdraws from USA squad for World T20 Qualifier. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[Surujbally-31] Surujbally replaces Steven Taylor in USA squad. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

[Lamplough-32] Teenage Lamplough to replace Barkat in Hong Kong squad(2 July 2015). Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[3changes-33] 33.0 ^33.1 ^33.2 Canada pick Hiral Patel after Dutta opts for CPL(3 July 2015). Retrieved 3 July 2015.

[passport-34] Van der Merwe switches to Netherlands. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[35] (14 July 2015). "Event technical committee approves replacement in Oman's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 Template:Webarchive – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[KhawarT20I-36] ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 5th place play-off: Afghanistan v Oman at Dublin, Jul 25, 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[Malik-37] 37.0 ^37.1 Ahsan Malik reported for illegal bowling action. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[Ngoche-38] 38.0 ^38.1 Ngoche suspended for illegal action. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[Nizakat-39] Hong Kong's Nizakat Khan suspended for illegal action. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

[Davidson-40] Namibia's Davidson suspended from bowling. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier

Teams

Format

Squads

Venues

Warm-up matches

Fixtures

Group A

Group B

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 3

Qualifier 4

Semifinal 1

5th Place Playoff

Semifinal 2

3rd Place Playoff

Final

Final standings

Notes

References

External links