# 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament took place from 1 to 8 May 2011. It formed part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Botswana hosted the event.

## Teams

The teams that took part in the tournament was in the tournament were decided according to the results of the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven, the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six and the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight.
| Team | Last outcome |
| Botswana | Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six after finishing 5th |
| Norway | Relegated from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six after finishing 6th |
| Nigeria | Still from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven after finishing 3rd |
| Japan | Still from 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven after finishing 4th |
| Kuwait | Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight after finishing 1st |
| Germany | Promoted from 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight after finishing 2nd |

## Squads

| Botswana | Germany | Japan | Kuwait | Norway | Nigeria |
| Akrum Chand (C) Karabo Modise Omar Ali Tshepo Mhozya Mosa Gaolekwe Segolame Ramatu Karabo Motlhanka Waseem Tajbhay Aslam Chand Denzil Sequeira (Wk) James Moses Faisal Rana Abdul Patel Noor Ahmad | Asif Khan (C) Rana-Javed Iqbal Rajeev Vohra Ehsaan Latif Farooq Ahmed Srinivas Satyanarayana (Wk) Milan Fernando Kashif Halder Rishi Pillai Shakeel Hassan Tarun Rawat André Leslie Ashwin Prakash Khalid Butt | Masaomi Kobayashi (C) Munir Ahmed Gavin Beath Tatsuro Chino (Wk) Patrick Giles-Jones Takuro Hagihara Ko Irie Prashant Kale Raheel Kano Naoki Miyaji Naotsune Miyaji Satoshi Nakano Kazuyuki Ogawa Tomoki Ota | Hisham Mirza (C) Saud Qamar Azmatullah Nazeer Abdullah Akhunzada Mohammad Murad Mohammad Akhudzada (Wk) Haroon Shahid Saad Khalid Mohammed Naseer Irfan Bhatti Sibtain Raza (Wk) Jagath Rosantha (Wk) Midhun Pakalapati Abid Mushtaq | Damien Shortis (C) Iram Dawood Iftikhar Suhail (Wk) Sheraz Khalid Babar Shahzad Usman Saeed Ehtsam Ul Haq (Wk) Shahid Ahmed Muhammad Butt Shahid Mahmood Waseem Gill Adeel Ibrar Gulfam Butt Umran Shahzad | Endurance Ofem (C) Adenkule Adegbola Ademola Onikoyi (Wk) Saheed Akolade Olalekan Awolowo Olajide Bejide Joshua Ogunlola Akabogu Okwudili Segun Olayinka (Wk) Temitope Olayinka Oluseye Olympio Femi Oduyebo Ramit Gill Sean Philips |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Nigeria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.558 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Six for 2011 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.466 | Met in the final and promoted to Division Six for 2011 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.357 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Seven for 2013 |
| 4 | Botswana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.438 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Division Seven for 2013 |
| 5 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.190 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Eight for 2012 |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1.588 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Division Eight for 2012 |

#### Matches

* 1 May Scorecard
| Botswana 119 (40.3 overs) | v | Kuwait 120/7 (18.4 overs) |
| James Moses 34 (54) Mohammad Murad 3/30 (7.3 overs) | | Hisham Mirza 51* (51) Aslam Chand 3/36 (6 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 3 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Wynand Louw (Nam) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Hisham Mirza (Kuw)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
* Rain reduced both innings to 45 overs.
* 1 May Scorecard
| Japan 146 (49.3 overs) | v | Germany 147/1 (30.4 overs) |
| Patrick James Giles 56* (116) Rana-Javed Iqbal 6/25 (10 overs) | | Andre Leslie 49* (86) Munir Ahmed 1/21 (4 overs) |
* Germany won by 9 wickets Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Patrick Mukumbi (Bot) Player of the match: Rana-Javed Iqbal (Ger)
* Japan won the toss and elected to bat
* 1 May Scorecard
| Norway 166 (42 overs) | v | Nigeria 168/5 (38.2 overs) |
| Shahid Ahmed 37 (55) Endurance Ofem 3/12 (3 overs) | | Ademola Onikoyi 40 (32) Umran Shahzad 2/18 (8 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 5 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Ramit Gill (Ngr)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to field
* Rain reduced both innings to 43 overs.
* 2 May Scorecard
| Japan 84 (31.4 overs) | v | Botswana 86/2 (29.5 overs) |
| Munir Ahmed 22 (39) Karobo Modise 4/9 (4.4 overs) | | Faisal Rana 26 (44) Munir Ahmed 1/13 (8 overs) |
* Botswana won by 8 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken) Player of the match: Karabo Modise (Bot)
* Botswana won the toss and elected to field
* 2 May Scorecard
| Germany 166/9 (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 168/8 (44.4 overs) |
| Milan Fernando 82 (130) Endurance Ofem 2/24 (10 overs) | | Sean Philips 71* (100) Rana-Javed Iqbal 3/32 (8.4 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 2 wickets Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Sean Philips (Ngr)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to field
* 2 May Scorecard
| Norway 246/7 (50 overs) | v | Kuwait 249/3 (44.2 overs) |
| Muhammad Butt 72* (102) Mohammad Murad 6/39 (10 overs) | | Sibtain Raza 77* (88) Iram Dawood 2/45 (7 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 7 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Patrick Mukumbi (Bot) Player of the match: Mohammad Murad (Kuw)
* Norway won the toss and elected to bat
* 4 May Scorecard
| Germany 229/8 (47 overs) | v | Botswana 230/8 (45.1 overs) |
| Farooq Ahmed 69 (99) Omar Ali 3/43 (10 overs) | | Karabo Modise 65 (70) Rana-Javed Iqbal 2/25 (10 overs) |
* Botswana won by 2 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Omar Ali (Bot)
* Botswana won the toss and elected to field
* 4 May Scorecard
| Nigeria 153 (49.4 overs) | v | Kuwait 156/1 (25 overs) |
| Sean Philips 75 (125) Saad Khalid 5/24 (6.4 overs) | | Irfan Bhatti 83* (76) Joshua Ogunlola 1/34 (5 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 9 wickets Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Saad Khalid (Kuw)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
* 4 May Scorecard
| Norway 244/9 (50 overs) | v | Japan 191 (48.3 overs) |
| Muhammad Butt 98 (126) Patrick Giles-Jones 4/48 (10 overs) | | Ko Irie 56* (97) Muhammad Butt 4/41 (10 overs) |
* Norway won by 53 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Player of the match: Muhammad Butt (Nor)
* Japan won the toss and elected to field
* 5 May Scorecard
| Norway 272/8 (50 overs) | v | Botswana 277/2 (46.4 overs) |
| Damien Shortis 91 (129) Akrum Chand 2/20 (3 overs) | | Faisal Rana 158* (143) Babar Shahzad 1/40 (10 overs) |
* Botswana won by 8 wickets Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Odhiambo (Ken) Player of the match: Faisal Rana (Bot)
* Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 May Scorecard
| Germany 188 (48 overs) | v | Kuwait 177 (48.5 overs) |
| Milan Fernando 59 (106) Hisham Mirza 2/26 (5 overs) | | Sibtain Raza 56 (76) Rana-Javed Iqbal 5/25 (10 overs) |
* Germany won by 11 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and Steven Douglas (Ber) Player of the match: Rana-Javed Iqbal (Ger)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to field
* 5 May Scorecard
| Nigeria 220/9 (50 overs) | v | Japan 130 (38.5 overs) |
| Segun Olayinka 51 (72) Raheel Kano 4/52 (10 overs) | | Munir Ahmed 38 (60) Sean Philips 3/25 (8.5 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 90 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Player of the match: Segun Olayinka (Ngr)
* Japan won the toss and elected to field
* 7 May Scorecard
| Botswana 123 (37.2 overs) | v | Nigeria 120/2 (25 overs) |
| Akrum Chand 28 (55) Sean Phillips 3/10 (6.2 overs) | | Segun Olayinka 53* (72) Segolame Ramatu 1/7 (2 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 8 wickets (D/L) Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Segun Olayinka (Ngr)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 May Scorecard
| Germany 184 (46.4 overs) | v | Norway 122 (25.4 overs) |
| Srinivas Satyanarayana 52 (47) Waseen Gill 3/29 (8.4 overs) | | Shahid Ahmed 26 (35) Ehsan Latif 4/26 (5.4 overs) |
* Germany won by 18 runs (D/L) Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Player of the match: Ehsan Latif (Ger)
* Norway won the toss and elected to field.
* 7 May Scorecard
| Japan | v | Kuwait |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Rockie D'Mello (Ken) and David Odhiambo (Ken)

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

* 8 May Scorecard
| Norway 225 (48 overs) | v | Japan 169/9 (50 overs) |
| Gulfam Butt 49 (68) Takuro Hagihara 3/35 (8 overs) | | Patrick Giles-Jones 68* (69) Shahid Ahmed 3/27 (8 overs) |
* Norway won by 56 runs Lobatse Cricket Ground Umpires: Lalji Bhudia (Ken) and Rockie D'Mello (Ken) Player of the match: Patrick Giles-Jones (Jpn)
* Japan won the toss and elected to field.

#### 3rd place playoff

* 8 May Scorecard
| Germany 269/5 (50 overs) | v | Botswana 244 (48.2 overs) |
| Asif Khan 100 (101) James Moses 2/63 (10 overs) | | Noor Ahmad 74 (101) Rajeev Vohra 3/48 (8.2 overs) |
* Germany won by 25 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and David Odhiambo Player of the match: Asif Khan (Ger)
* Germany won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Final

* 8 May Scorecard
| Kuwait 219/9 (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 147 (36.5 overs) |
| Irfan Bhatti 60 (77) Olajide Bejide 4/20 (6 overs) | | Ramit Gill 45 (67) Mohammad Murad 4/20 (8.5 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 72 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Steven Douglas (Ber) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Player of the match: Mohammad Murad (Kuw)
* Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Faisal Rana | Botswana | 230 | 6 | 46.00 | 89.84 | 158* | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Philips | Nigeria | 229 | 5 | 76.33 | 71.11 | 75 | 0 | 2 |
| Asif Khan | Germany | 220 | 5 | 55.00 | 72.36 | 100 | 1 | 1 |
| Muhammad Butt | Norway | 219 | 6 | 43.80 | 73.48 | 98 | 0 | 2 |
| Irfan Bhatti | Kuwait | 207 | 5 | 51.75 | 85.89 | 83* | 0 | 3 |

### Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
| Rana-Javed Iqbal | Germany | 18 | 6 | 9.77 | 17.8 | 3.27 | 6/25 |
| Mohammad Murad | Kuwait | 15 | 5 | 10.26 | 17.7 | 3.47 | 6/39 |
| Saad Khalid | Kuwait | 11 | 5 | 11.63 | 18.9 | 3.69 | 5/24 |
| Omar Ali | Botswana | 10 | 5 | 18.80 | 20.8 | 5.42 | 3/42 |
| Ehsan Latif | Germany | 9 | 5 | 16.88 | 24.8 | 4.07 | 4/26 |

## Final Placings

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Kuwait | Promoted to Division Six for 2011 |
| 2nd | Nigeria | Promoted to Division Six for 2011 |
| 3rd | Germany | Remain in Division Seven for 2013 |
| 4th | Botswana | Remain in Division Seven for 2013 |
| 5th | Norway | Relegated to Division Eight for 2012 |
| 6th | Japan | Relegated to Division Eight for 2012 |