# 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

The 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was an international cricket tournament that took place in Benoni, South Africa during September 2017. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determines the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. 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.
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. The top two teams in each group progressed to the semi-finals, while the other two teams competed for placings. 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.
Both Jersey and Vanuatu won their semi-final matches, therefore progressing to the tournament final, with both teams being promoted to Division Four. In the final, Jersey beat Vanuatu by 120 runs to win the tournament. Qatar won the third-place playoff by 3 wickets to remain in Division Five, with all the other teams being relegated.

## Teams

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)
* Cayman Islands (Americas)
* Ghana (Africa)
* Qatar (Asia)
* Germany (Europe)

## Squads

| Cayman Islands Coach: Pearson Best | Germany Coach: Steven Knox | Ghana Coach: R. P. Sharma | Guernsey Coach: Ashley Wright |
| 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 Coach: Joe Scuderi | Jersey Coach: Neil MacRae | Qatar Coach: Mohtashim Rasheed | Vanuatu 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
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 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 |
* 3 September 2017 Scorecard
| Qatar 343/7 (50 overs) | v | Cayman Islands 250/8 (50 overs) |
* Qatar won by 93 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni
* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 September 2017 Scorecard
| Italy 277/7 (50 overs) | v | Guernsey 229/8 (50 overs) |
* 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) | v | Guernsey 216/4 (36.3 overs) |
* 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) | v | Italy 212/4 (41.5 overs) |
* 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) | v | Qatar 234/7 (47.5 overs) |
* 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) | v | Cayman Islands 204 (42.4 overs) |
* Italy won by 122 runs Willowmoore A, Benoni
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 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 |
* 3 September 2017 Scorecard
| Vanuatu 170 (48 overs) | v | Jersey 174/4 (34.2 overs) |
* Jersey won by 6 wickets Willowmoore B, Benoni
* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
* 3 September 2017 Scorecard
| Ghana 158 (42 overs) | v | Germany 159/9 (39.5 overs) |
* 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) | v | Jersey 251/5 (44.4 overs) |
* 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) | v | Ghana 125/8 (33.5 overs) |
* Ghana won by 2 wickets Willowmoore A, Benoni
* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 September 2017 Scorecard
| Jersey 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Ghana 118 (36.4 overs) |
* 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) | v | Vanuatu 228/6 (28.2 overs) |
* Vanuatu won by 4 wickets Willowmoore C, Benoni
* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

## Semi-finals

* 7 September 2017 Scorecard
| Guernsey 213 (47.3 overs) | v | Ghana 190 (47.3 overs) |
* 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) | v | Germany 271/5 (41.5 overs) |
* 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) | v | Vanuatu 186/4 (34.5 overs) |
* 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) | v | Jersey 155/3 (27.5 overs) |
* Jersey won by 7 wickets Willowmoore C, Benoni
* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

## Playoffs
### Seventh-place playoff

* 9 September 2017 Scorecard
| Cayman Islands 136 (42.5 overs) | v | Ghana 140/4 (19.3 overs) |
* Ghana won by 6 wickets Willowmoore C, Benoni
* Cayman Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

### Fifth-place playoff

* 9 September 2017 Scorecard
| Guernsey 269/7 (50 overs) | v | Germany 273/6 (45.2 overs) |
* Germany won by 4 wickets Willowmoore B, Benoni
* Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.

### Third-place playoff

* 9 September 2017 Scorecard
| Italy 225/7 (50 overs) | v | Qatar 229/7 (47.5 overs) |
* Qatar won by 3 wickets Willowmoore A, Benoni
* Italy won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 9 September 2017 Scorecard
| Jersey 255 (48 overs) | v | Vanuatu 135 (36.5 overs) |
* Jersey won by 120 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni
* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

## Final standings

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