# 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2010 in Nepal. It formed part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket. The tournament was won by Nepal who defeated the United States by 5 wickets in the final.

## Teams

Key :
| † | Denotes relegated teams |
| † | Denotes unmoved teams |
| † | Denotes promoted teams |
| Team | Last outcome |
| Fiji | 5th in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Tanzania |
| Jersey | 6th in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Tanzania |
| Nepal | 3rd in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Jersey |
| United States | 4th in 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, Jersey |
| Singapore | 1st in 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Singapore |
| Bahrain | 2nd in 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Singapore |

## Squads

| Bahrain | Fiji | Jersey | Nepal | Singapore | United States |
| Yaser Sadeq (Captain) Abdul Majeed Adil Hanif Ashraf Mughal Ashraf Yaqoob Azeem ul Haq Fahad Sadeq Halal Abbasi Imran Sajjad Numan Yousuf Qamar Saeed Rizwan Baig Shahzad Ahmed (Wk) Tahir Dar Zafar Zaheer | Josefa Rika (Captain) Greg Browne Joji Bulabalavu Iniasi Cakacaka Josefa Dabea Maciu Gauna (Wk) Tikovanualevu Kida Sakaraia Lomani Sekove Ravoka Peni Rika Tavo Sorovakatini (Wk) Tukana Tavo Taniela Waqaituinayau Viliame Yabaki | Ryan Driver (Captain) Iain Crocker Samuel de la Haye Andrew Dewhurst Sam Dewhurst Jonny Gough Peter Gough Matt Hague Thomas le Lievre Bobby Minty (Wk) Dean Morrison Alex Noel Charles Perchard Ben Stevens | Paras Khadka (C) Mehboob Alam Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Dipendra Chaudhary Mahesh Chhetri (Wk) Binod Das Shakti Gauchan Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Basanta Regmi Sanjam Regmi Sharad Vesawkar Rahul Vishwakarma | Monish Arora (Captain) Mulewa Dharmichand Riaz Hussien Jackie Munoj-Kumar Buddhika Mendis Mirzan Faizal Mohamed Shoib Narender Reddy Anish Param Pramodh Raja Chandrasekar Rvenkadaramani (Wk) Saad Janjua Chetan Suryawanshi Rohan Tripathi Arun Vijayan | Steve Massiah (Captain) Timroy Allen Orlando Baker Lennox Cush Kevin Darlington Sudesh Dhaniram Glen Hall Imran Awan Rashard Marshall Sushil Nadkarni Aditya Thyagarajan Usman Shuja Saurabh Verma Carl Wright (Wk) Clayton Lambert (Coach) |

## Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.371 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Four for 2010 |
| 2 | Nepal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.351 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Four for 2010 |
| 3 | Singapore | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.347 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Five for 2012 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.549 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Five for 2012 |
| 5 | Jersey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.579 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Six for 2011 |
| 6 | Fiji | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.022 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Six for 2011 |

## Fixtures

* 20 February Scorecard
| Singapore 224/8 (50 overs) | v | Bahrain 98 all out (33.3 overs) |
| Chetan Suryawanshi 54 (63) Adil Hanif 3/40 (5 overs) | | Adil Hanif 26 (59) Anish Param 3/7 (3 overs) |
* Singapore won by 126 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Farid Malik & Buddhi Pradhan
* 20 February Scorecard
| Jersey 174 all out (44.5 overs) | v | Nepal 176/4 (38 overs) |
| Dean Morrison 62 (112) Shakti Gauchan 2/12 (3.5 overs) | | Paras Khadka 69 (66) Ryan Driver 2/24 (10 overs) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Ashwani Rana & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nepal)
* 20 February Scorecard
| United States 353/8 (50 overs) | v | Fiji 68 all out (28.2 overs) |
| Steve Massiah 74 (80) Josefa Dabea 4/84 (8 overs) | | Josefa Dabea 13* (60) Kevin Darlington 3/9 (6 overs) |
* United States won by 285 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Batumalai Ramani & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Steve Massiah (USA)
* 21 February Scorecard
| Fiji 122 all out (36.2 overs) | v | Jersey 123/1 (20.3 overs) |
| Iniasi Cakacaka 25 (29) Ben Stevens 2/11 (8 overs) | | Matt Hague 52* (59) Iniasi Cakacaka 1/47 (8 overs) |
* Jersey won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sarika Prasad & Batumalai Ramani Player of the match: Matt Hague (Jersey)
* 21 February Scorecard
| United States 273/6 (50 overs) | v | Bahrain 254 all out (48.4 overs) |
| Lennox Cush 91 (90) Zafar Zaheer 3/48 (10 overs) | | Imran Sajjad 75 (77) Timroy Allen 2/30 (6 overs) |
* United States won by 19 runs Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Neil Harrison & Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Lennox Cush (USA)
* 21 February Scorecard
| Nepal 180/9 (50 overs) | v | Singapore 164 all out (47.5 overs) |
| Basanta Regmi 54 (61) Mulewa Dharmichand 3/34 (8 overs) | | Anish Param 41 (79) Sanjam Regmi 4/28 (8.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 16 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Ashwani Rana & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Basanta Regmi (Nepal)
* 23 February (Scorecard)
| United States 253/6 (50 overs) | v | Jersey 187/9 (50 overs) |
| Aditya Thyagarajan 83 (82) Ryan Driver 3/25 (10 overs) | | Samuel de la Haye 36 (32) Lennox Cush 4/37 (10 overs) |
* United States won by 66 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Batumalai Ramani Player of the match: Carl Wright (USA)
* 23 February (Scorecard)
| Bahrain 114 all out (42.5 overs) | v | Nepal 115/2 (22.5 overs) |
| Shahzad Ahmed 27 (33) Basanta Regmi 4/11 (8.5 overs) | | Paras Khadka 71 (74) Adil Hanif 1/9 (3 overs) |
* Nepal won by 8 wickets Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Sarika Prasad & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nepal)
* Match reduced to 47 overs per side
* 23 February (Scorecard)
| Fiji 194 all out (48.5 overs) | v | Singapore 198/8 (47.4 overs) |
| Josefa Rika 32 (47) Pramodh Raja 4/26 (10 overs) | | Monish Arora 94 (133) Sakaraia Lomani 3/33 (10 overs) |
* Singapore won by 2 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Farid Malik & Neil Harrison Player of the match: Monish Arora (Singapore)
* 24 February (Scorecard)
| Nepal 267/7 (50 overs) | v | Fiji 74 all out (26.4 overs) |
| Sharad Vesawkar 105 (134) Tukana Tavo 3/45 (10 overs) | | Maciu Gauna 13 (25) Basanta Regmi 4/11 (5.4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 193 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Neil Harrison & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Sharad Vesawkar (Nepal)
* 24 February (Scorecard)
| Bahrain 264/7 (50 overs) | v | Jersey 237 all out (46.5 overs) |
| Qamar Saeed 50 (57) Alex Noel 2/22 (6 overs) | | Ryan Driver 80 (131) Qamar Saeed 6/33 (9.5 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 27 runs Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Farid Malik & Ashwani Rana Player of the match: Qamar Saeed (Bahrain)
* 24 February (Scorecard)
| Singapore 245/9 (50 overs) | v | United States 146 all out (37.5 overs) |
| Narender Reddy 51 (72) Kevin Darlington 4/65 (10 overs) | | Steve Massiah 50 (98) Jackie Manoj-Kumar 4/23 (8 overs) |
* Singapore won by 99 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Narender Reddy (Singapore)
* 26 February (Scorecard)
| Nepal 162/9 (50 overs) | v | United States 159/5 (33.3 overs) |
| Gyanendra Malla 52 (81) Kevin Darlington 3/23 (10 overs) | | Sushil Nadkarni 57* (59) Mehboob Alam 1/12 (2 overs) |
* United States by 5 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SIN) & Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
* 4 overs lost in the USA innings due to crowd trouble at 150/5 off 32 overs. Revised target of 157 off 46 overs.
* 26 February (Scorecard)
| Jersey 192 all out (48.1 overs) | v | Singapore 195/3 (26 overs) |
| Matt Hague 52 (97) Buddhika Mendis 3/18 (5 overs) | | Buddhika Mendis 85* (77) Ben Stevens 3/57 (9 overs) |
* Singapore by 7 wickets Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Neil Harrison (JAP) & Batumalai Ramani (MAL) Player of the match: Buddhika Mendis
* 26 February (Scorecard)
| Fiji 181 all out (39.3 overs) | v | Bahrain 276/9 (50 overs) |
| Tahir Dar 54 (30) Taniela Waqaituinayau 4/74 (10 overs) | | Sakaraia Lomani 40 (34) Tahir Dar 4/19 (8.3 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 95 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Farid Malik (UAE) & Ashwani Rana (Thailand) Player of the match: Tahir Dar (Bahrain)

## Play-offs

* 27 February (Scorecard)
| Fiji 258/7 (50 overs) | v | Jersey 260/5 (49.1 overs) |
| Iniasi Cakacaka 78 (81) Ryan Driver 4/58 (10 overs) | | Ryan Driver 78 (104) Viliame Yabaki 2/40 (8.1 overs) |
* Jersey won by 5 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Batumalai Ramani Player of the match: Ryan Driver (Jersey)
* 5th Place Playoff
* 27 February (Scorecard)
| Singapore 126 all out (43 overs) | v | Bahrain 127/7 (35.1 overs) |
| Monish Arora 29 (59) Tahir Dar 4/29 (7 overs) | | Imran Sajjad 34 (40) Mirzan Faizal 2/23 (5 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 3 wickets Birendra Sainik Maha Vidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Farid Malik & Ashwani Rana Player of the match: Tahir Dar (Bahrain)
* 3rd Place Playoff
* 27 February (Scorecard)
| United States 172 all out (47.2 overs) | v | Nepal 175/5 (46.4 overs) |
| Steve Massiah 55 (114) Rahul Vishwakarma 7/15 (8.2 overs) | | Anil Mandal 37 (66) Lennox Cush 2/27 (10 overs) |
* Nepal won by 5 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Sarika Prasad & Tyron Wijewardene Player of the match: Rahul Vishwakarma (Nepal)
* Final

## Statistics

| Most runs | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| Steve Massiah | 289 | Kevin Darlington | 14 |
| Dean Morrison | 251 | Qamar Saeed | 13 |
| Paras Khadka | 250 | Rahul Vishwakarma | 12 |
| Monish Arora | 233 | Basanta Regmi | 12 |
| Ryan Driver | 232 | Lennox Cush | 12 |

## Post-tournament

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
* Nepal & United States: Promoted to 2010 Division Four
* Bahrain& Singapore: Remain in 2012 Division Five
* Jersey & Fiji: Relegated to 2011 Division Six
The match between the US and Nepal on 26 February was under investigation by the ICC for the crowd trouble and the calculations of the net-run rate which denied Singapore promotion to Division 4. On 9 May, the ICC released a report, which upheld the umpires decisions during the match and retained the outcome of the tournament.

## TV coverage

The tournament was covered live on Nepal Television's second channel NTV2 or NTV Metro. This was the first time that any World Cricket League tournament was being broadcast live on TV. Only the games at Tribhuvan University ground were broadcast live.