# 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place between 22 and 29 January 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League. Hong Kong hosted the event and also ran out winners.

## Teams

The teams that took part in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier, the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three and the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.
| Team | Last outcome |
| Oman | Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier after finishing 11th |
| Denmark | Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier after finishing 12th |
| Papua New Guinea | Still from 2009 World Cricket League Division Three after finishing 3rd |
| Hong Kong | Still from 2009 World Cricket League Division Three after finishing 4th |
| United States | Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four after finishing 1st |
| Italy | Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four after finishing 2nd |

## Squads

| Denmark | Hong Kong | Italy | Oman | Papua New Guinea | United States |
| Michael Pedersen (C) Aftab Ahmed Rizwan Mahmood Basit Raja Martin Pedersen Jacob Larsen Bashir Shah Troels Thøgersen Bobby Chawla Yasir Iqbal Frederik Klokker Carsten Pedersen David Borchersen Naveed Mugfal | Najeeb Amar (C) Nadeem Ahmed Irfan Ahmed Waqas Barkat Tabarak Dar Khalid Butt Asif Khan Courtney Kruger Roy Lamsam Mark Chapman Nizakat Mohammad Moner Muhammad Adil Mehmood Mohammad Aizaz Khan | Alessandro Bonora (C) Roshendra Abewickrama Din Alaud Damian Crowley (Wk) Dilan Fernando Gayashan Munasinghe Thushara Kurukulasuriya Damian Fernando Andrew Northcote Hayden Patrizi (Wk) Peter Petricola Michael Raso Hemantha Jayasena Vince Pennazza | Hemal Mehta (C) Qais Al-Said Sufyan Mehmood Sultan Ahmed Hemin Desai Vaibhav Wategaonkar Jatinder Singh Rajesh Ranpura Deep Trivedi Awal Khan Aamer Ali Adnan Ilyas Zeeshan Siddiqui Khalid Rasheed | Rarua Dikana(C) Chris Amini Assadollah Vala Kila Pala Loa Nou Pipi Raho Mahuru Dai Raymond Haoda Chris Kent Jack Vare-Kevera Tony Ura Kapena Arua Hitolo Areni Jason Kila | Steve Massiah (C) Sushil Nadkarni Aditya Thyagarajan Carl Wright (Wk) Kevin Darlington Usman Shuja Lennox Cush Muhammad Ghous Orlando Baker Rashard Marshall Ritesh Kadu Durale Forrest Asif Mehmood Khan Ryan Corns |

## Fixtures
### Group stage
#### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.114 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Two for 2011 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.833 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Two for 2011 |
| 3 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.077 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Three for 2013 |
| 4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.004 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Three for 2013 |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.661 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Four for 2012 |
| 6 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.503 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Four for 2012 |

#### Matches

* 22 January Scorecard
| Denmark 227 (50 overs) | v | Italy 228/3 (44.3 overs) |
| Rizwan Mahmood 50 (77) Damian Fernando 3/40 (10 overs) | | Damian Crowley 53* (55) Martin Pedersen 1/41 (10 overs) |
* Italy won by 7 wickets Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop (HK) and Neil Harrison (Jap) Player of the match: Peter Petricola (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 January Scorecard
| Hong Kong 256/9 (50 overs) | v | United States 257/3 (48.2 overs) |
| Roy Lamsam 83 (122) Kevin Darlington 2/40 (10 overs) | | Steve Massiah 97* (121) Nizakat Khan 1/21 (4 overs) |
* United States of America won by 7 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Upul Kaluhetti (Tha) Player of the match: Steve Massiah (USA)
* United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 January Scorecard
| Papua New Guinea 248/9 (50 overs) | v | Oman 209 (47.1 overs) |
| Kila Pala 77 (77) Hemin Desai 4/50 (10 overs) | | Hemal Mehta 123* (148) Hitolo Areni 3/32 (9 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 39 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Shahul Hameed (Ina) Player of the match: Hitolo Areni (PNG)
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 January Scorecard
| Denmark 193/6 (50 overs) | v | United States 163 (39.5 overs) |
| Michael Pedersen 78* (123) Asif Khan 2/31 (10 overs) | | Carl Wright 43 (51) Bobby Chawla 4/32 (9.5overs) |
* Denmark won by 30 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Kevin Bishop (HK) and Vinay Kumar (Nep) Player of the match: Michael Pedersen (Den)
* United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 January Scorecard
| Hong Kong 266 (50 overs) | v | Oman 267/7 (49 overs) |
| Hussain Butt 81 (99) Khalid Rasheed 3/37 (9 overs) | | Sultan Ahmed 70* Irfan Ahmed 3/74 (10 overs) |
* Oman won by 3 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sri Ganesh (Sin) and Shahul Hameed (Ina) Player of the match: Sultan Ahmed (Oma)
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 January Scorecard
| Papua New Guinea 204 (48.4 overs) | v | Italy 172 (43.2 overs) |
| Jason Kila 46 (68) Peter Petricola 4/38 (8.4 overs) | | Hemantha Jayasena 30 (50) Rarva Dikana 3/24 (7 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 32 runs Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Neil Harrison (Jap) Player of the match: Rarva Dikana (PNG)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 January Scorecard
| Denmark 102 (36 overs) | v | Hong Kong 105/3 (24.4 overs) |
| Michael Pedersen 34 (60) Irfan Ahmed 4/23 (8 overs) | | Courtney Kruger 40* (61) Jacob Larsen 2/34 (8 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 7 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Shahul Hameed (Ina) Player of the match: Irfan Ahmed (HK)
* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 January Scorecard
| Italy 240/8 (50 overs) | v | Oman 244/9 (48.5 overs) |
| Alessandro Bonora 124* (130) Hemal Mehta 3/41 (10 overs) | | Awal Khan 81 (92) Gayashan Munasinghe 3/21 (8.4 overs) |
* Oman won by 1 wicket Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop (HK) and Upul Kaluhetti (Tha) Player of the match: Awal Khan (Oma)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 January Scorecard
| United States 44 (20.2 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 45/3 (6 overs) |
| Steve Massiah 18 (17) Rarva Dikana 4/1 (4.2 overs) | | Christopher Kent 18* (10) Howard Johnson 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 7 wickets Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Sri Ganesh (Sin) and Vinay Kumar (Nep) Player of the match: Rarva Dikana (PNG)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 January Scorecard
| Denmark 112 (41.3 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 115/1 (22.3 overs) |
| Aftab Ahmed 39* (44) Christopher Kent 2/10 (2.3 overs) | | Tony Ura 64* (65) Aftab Ahmed 1/32 (8 overs) |
* Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Vinay Kumar (Nep) Player of the match: Chris Ameni (PNG)
* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 January Scorecard
| Hong Kong 236/9 (49.4 overs) | v | Italy 235 (50 overs) |
| Waqas Barkat 55* (90) Gayashan Munasinghe 4/60 (9.4 overs) | | Peter Petricola 104* (139) Nadeem Ahmed 2/47 (10 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 1 wicket Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Neil Harrison (Jap) and Upul Kaluhetti (Tha) Player of the match: Peter Petricola (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 January Scorecard
| Oman 122 (37.4 overs) | v | United States 123/8 (34 overs) |
| Sultan Ahmed 30 (51) Asif Khan 3/11 (5.4 overs) | | Usman Shuja 43* (72) Rajesh Ranpura 4/40 (10 overs) |
* United States of America won by 2 wickets Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Kevin Bishop (HK) and Sri Ganesh (Sin) Player of the match: Usman Shuja (USA)
* United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 January Scorecard
| Denmark 181 (47.2 overs) | v | Oman 182/6 (37.4 overs) |
| Carsten Pedersen 53 (94) Khalid Rasheed 3/17 (10 overs) | | Vaibhav Wategaonkar 54* (57) Jacob Larsen 4/59 (10 overs) |
* Oman won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Neil Harrison (Jap) and Shahul Hameed (Ina) Player of the match: Hemin Desai (Oma)
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 January Scorecard
| Hong Kong 221 (47.2 overs) | v | Papua New Guinea 128 (47.2 overs) |
| Hussain Butt 68 (102) Hitolo Areni 3/29 (9 overs) | | Kila Pala 22 (18) Nadeem Ahmed 3/36 (10 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 93 runs Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Sri Ganesh (Sin) Player of the match: Hussain Butt (HK)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 January Scorecard
| Italy 225/6 (47.0 overs) | v | United States 222/8 (50.0 overs) |
| Peter Petricola 69* (118) Kevin Darlington 3/51 (10 overs) | | Steve Massiah 52 (68) Peter Petricola 4/38 (8 overs) |
* Italy won by 4 wickets Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Upul Kaluhetti (Tha) Player of the match: Peter Petricola (Ita)
* Italy won the toss and elected to field.

### Playoffs
#### 5th place playoff

* 29 January Scorecard
| United States 156 (43 overs) | v | Denmark 240/6 (50 overs) |
| Durale Forrest 28 (58) Raja Javed 3/25 (7 overs) | | Frederik Klokker 101* (138) Lennox Cush 2/34 (10 overs) |
* Denmark won by 84 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Umpires: Kevin Bishop (HK) and Vinay Kumar (Nep) Player of the match: Frederik Klokker (Den)
* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.

#### 3rd place playoff

* 29 January Scorecard
| Oman 255/2 (41 overs) | v | Italy 251/7 (50 overs) |
| Adnan Ilyas 120* (105) Dilan Fernando 1/21 (7 overs) | | Alessandro Bonora 81 (102) Rajesh Ranpura 3/41 (9 overs) |
* Oman won by 8 wickets Hong Kong Cricket Club Umpires: Neil Harrison (Jap) and Upul Kaluhetti (Tha) Player of the match: Adnan Ilyas (Oma)
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Final

* 29 January Scorecard
| Papua New Guinea 202/9 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 207/6 (47.1 overs) |
| Chris Amini 60 (91) Najeeb Amar 3/32 (9 overs) | | Mark Chapman 70* (81) Rarva Dikana 3/40 (9.1 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club Umpires: Sri Ganesh (Sin) and Shahul Hameed (Ina) Player of the match: Mark Chapman (HK)
* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Alessandro Bonora | Italy | 286 | 6 | 57.20 | 75.06 | 124* | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7 |
| Vaibhav Wategaonkar | Oman | 252 | 6 | 63.00 | 72.20 | 87* | 0 | 3 | 30 | 4 |
| Peter Petricola | Italy | 226 | 5 | 113.00 | 65.50 | 104* | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Hussain Butt | Hong Kong | 211 | 6 | 35.16 | 65.73 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Frederik Klokker | Denmark | 202 | 6 | 40.40 | 64.53 | 101* | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |

### Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
| Rarva Dikana | Papua New Guinea | 16 | 6 | 10.43 | 17.8 | 3.50 | 4/1 |
| Rajesh Ranpura | Oman | 14 | 6 | 17.00 | 23.2 | 4.38 | 4/40 |
| Gayashan Munasinghe | Italy | 13 | 6 | 20.00 | 26.0 | 4.60 | 4/60 |
| Hitolo Areni | Papua New Guinea | 12 | 6 | 14.33 | 24.5 | 3.51 | 3/29 |
| Peter Petricola | Italy | 11 | 5 | 15.36 | 25.4 | 3.62 | 4/38 |

## Final placings

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Hong Kong | Promoted to Division Two for 2011 |
| 2nd | Papua New Guinea | Promoted to Division Two for 2011 |
| 3rd | Oman | Remained in Division Three for 2013 |
| 4th | Italy | Remained in Division Three for 2013 |
| 5th | Denmark | Relegated to Division Four for 2012 |
| 6th | United States | Relegated to Division Four for 2012 |