# 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven was a cricket tournament held in May 2009 in Guernsey. The tournament was the first stage of qualification structure for the 2015 World Cup as well as part of the wider ICC World Cricket League. The two leading teams of the tournament were promoted to Division Six later the same year.

## Teams

The participating teams qualified as follows:
* Bahrain (through 2008 ACC Trophy Elite)
* Gibraltar (through 2008 ECC Division Two)
* Guernsey (through 2008 ECC Division Two)
* Japan (relegated from 2008 Global Division Five)
* Nigeria (through 2008 Africa Division Two)
* Suriname (through 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division One)

## Squads

| Bahrain | Gibraltar | Guernsey | Japan | Nigeria | Suriname |
| Yaser Sadeq (c) Imran Sajjad Zafar Zaheer Tahir Dar Qamar Saeed Naeem Amin Halal Abbasi Rizwan Baig Azeem Ul Haq Ashraf Mughal Ashraf Yaqoob Adil Hanif (wk) Vivek Subramaniam Shahzad Ahmed (wk) | Christian Rocca (c) Mark Bacarese Gary De'Ath Ian Farrell Kieron Ferrary (wk) Steve Gonzalez Ross Harkins Charlie Harrison Iain Latin Kabir Mirpuri Chris Phillips Rex Purnell Chris Watkins | Stuart Bisson Benjamin Ferbrache Jeremy Frith Tom Kimber (wk) Ross Kneller Stuart Le Prevost David Hooper* Kris Moherndl Luke Nussbaumer Matthew Oliver (wk) Blane Queripel Mark Renouf Gary Rich Lee Savident | Masaomi Kobayashi (c) Gavin Beath Razaq Cheema Tatsuro Chino (wk) Patrick Giles-Jones Takuro Hagihara Ko Irie Yuta Matsubara Naoki Miyaji Naotsune Miyaji Richard Laidler Kenji Murata Satoshi Nakano Fumihiko Uegaki | Adekunle Adegbola Wale Adeoye Saheed Akolade Olalekan Awolowo Olajide Bejide Endurance Ofem Joshua Ogunlola Akabogu Okwudili Segun Olayinka (wk) Temitope Olayinka Oluseye Olympio Ademola Onikoyi (wk) Chimezie Onwuzulike Haruna Thomas | Shazam Ramjohn (c) Carlton Baker Mohamed Bhoelan Charles Douglas Troy Dudnath Arun Gokoel Sanjay Meghoe Dion Mohabir Kishen Oemraw Sanjai Oemraw Brahma Prasad Deoraj Sewanan Vishaul Singh |
* David Hooper replaced Justin Meades after Guernsey's second match against Japan.
| Umpire | Country |
| Niels Bagh | Denmark |
| Paul Baldwin | Germany |
| Steve Bucknor | West Indies |
| Louis Fourie | Ireland |
| Trevor Magee | Ireland |
| Brian Papworth | Scotland |
| Richard Smith | Germany |

## Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bahrain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.920 | Met in the final and promoted to Global Division Six for 2009 |
| 2 | Guernsey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.260 | Met in the final and promoted to Global Division Six for 2009 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.501 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Global Division Seven for 2011 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.758 | Met in the 3rd place playoff and remained in Global Division Seven for 2011 |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.873 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010 |
| 6 | Suriname | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.166 | Met in the 5th place playoff and relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010 |

### Fixtures

* 17 May (scorecard)
| Bahrain 52/4 (13.1 overs) | v | Gibraltar |
| Imran Sajjad 25 (25) Rex Purnell 2/10 (4 overs) | | |
* No Result King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Niels Bagh and Paul Baldwin
* Rain ended play 14 overs into the 1st innings
* 17 May (scorecard)
| Japan 28/1 (7 overs) | v | Guernsey |
| Tatsuro Chino 7 (8) Blane Queripel 1/16 (3 overs) | | |
* No Result College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Trevor Magee and Brian Papworth
* Rain ended play 7 overs into the 1st innings
* 17 May
| Suriname | v | Nigeria |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif
* Match abandoned due to rain.
* 18 May (scorecard)
| Bahrain 278/5 (38 overs) | v | Suriname 117 all out (36.2 overs) |
| Imran Sajjad 106 (96) Sanjai Oemraw 2/47 (6 overs) | | Troy Dudnath 19 (29) Qamar Saeed 3/10 (6 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 161 runs College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Louis Fourie and Richard Smith
* Reduced to 38 overs per side.
* 18 May (scorecard)
| Gibraltar 227/6 (50 overs) | v | Guernsey 228/6 (49.3 overs) |
| Kyron Ferrary 90 (115) Jeremy Frith 2/23 (10 overs) | | Lee Savident 53 (75) Ross Harkins 3/42 (9.3 overs) |
* Guernsey won by 4 wickets Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Kieron Ferrary
* 18 May (scorecard)
| Japan 187/8 (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 188/8 (48.1 overs) |
| Ko Irie 55* (96) Joshua Ogunlola 1/28 (7 overs) | | Adekunle Adegbola 48 (69) Gavin Beath 3/20 (7.5 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 2 wickets King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Niels Bagh and Trevor Magee Player of the match: Adekunle Adegbola
* 19 May (scorecard)
| Bahrain 235/9 (50 overs) | v | Gibraltar 98 all out (38.1 overs) |
| Adil Hanif 92* (120) Kabir Mirpuri 3/27 (10 overs) | | Richard Buzaglo 20 (39) Qamar Saeed 3/20 (10 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 137 runs King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Niels Bagh and Paul Baldwin Player of the match: Adil Hanif
* Replay of abandoned match from 17 May
* 19 May (scorecard)
| Japan 150/8 (50 overs) | v | Guernsey 152/3 (38.3 overs) |
| Ko Irie 49 (83) Gary Rich 2/27 (9 overs) | | Jeremy Frith 56* (107) Richard Laidler 1/28 (7 overs) |
* Guernsey won by 7 wickets College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Trevor Magee and Brian Papworth Player of the match: Jeremy Frith
* Replay of abandoned match from 17 May
* 19 May (scorecard)
| Suriname 260/8 (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 165 all out (46.4 overs) |
| Troy Dudnath 92 (94) Chimezie Onwuzulike 3/17 (5 overs) | | Adekunle Adegbola 39 (40) Arun Gokoel 3/33 (7 overs) |
* Suriname won by 95 runs Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Louis Fourie Player of the match: Troy Dudnath
* Replay of abandoned match from 17 May
* 20 May (scorecard)
| Nigeria 217/8 (50 overs) | v | Gibraltar 129 all out (42.4 overs) |
| Akabogu Okwudili 70* (101) Kabir Mirpuri 6/61 (10 overs) | | Kabir Mirpuri 39 (84) Adewale Adeoye 3/19 (6 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 88 runs College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Louis Fourie and Brian Papworth
* 20 May
| Bahrain 257/9 (50 overs) | v | Guernsey 232/9 (50 overs) |
| Ashraf Yaqoob 101 (116) Jeremy Frith 4/67 (10 overs) | | Jeremy Frith 65 (96) Tahir Dar 3/45 (10 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 25 runs King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Trevor Magee Player of the match: Ashraf Yaqoob
* 20 May (scorecard)
| Suriname 66 all out (30.1 overs) | v | Japan 67/2 (20.4 overs) |
| Arun Gokoel 31 (69) Patrick Giles-Jones 7/9 (10 overs) | | Gavin Beath 20* (19) Troy Dudnath 1/16 (9 overs) |
* Japan won by 8 wickets Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Niels Bagh and Richard Smith Player of the match: Patrick Giles-Jones
* 21 May (scorecard)
| Bahrain 260 all out (49.3 overs) | v | Japan 64 all out (26 overs) |
| Qamar Saeed 75* (60) Patrick Giles-Jones 5/39 (10 overs) | | Patrick Giles-Jones 14 (49) Qamar Saeed 3/15 (6 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 196 runs Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Trevor Magee and Brian Papworth Player of the match: Qamar Saeed
* 21 May (scorecard)
| Gibraltar 218/8 (50 overs) | v | Suriname 179 all out (49.1 overs) |
| Christian Rocca 50 (74) Shazam Ramjohn 3/33 (10 overs) | | Vishaul Singh 60 (72) Iain Latin 6/23 (10 overs) |
* Gibraltar won by 39 runs King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Louis Fourie
* 21 May (scorecard)
| Nigeria 217/5 (50 overs) | v | Guernsey 218/2 (47 overs) |
| Endurance Ofem 78* (90) Jeremy Frith 1/25 (10 overs) | | Jeremy Frith 101* (128) Saheed Akolade 2/28 (10 overs) |
* Guernsey won by 8 wickets College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Richard Smith
* 23 May (scorecard)
| Bahrain 273/5 (50 overs) | v | Nigeria 97 all out (31.1 overs) |
| Ashraf Yaqoob 104* (112) Endurance Ofem 1/18 (3 overs) | | Akabogu Okwudili 23 (44) Zafar Zaheer 4/27 (10 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 176 runs Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Louis Fourie and Richard Smith Player of the match: Ashraf Yaqoob
* 23 May (scorecard)
| Japan 277/8 (50 overs) | v | Gibraltar 198 all out (48.4 overs) |
| Patrick Giles-Jones 69 (104) Kabir Mirpuri 2/40 (10 overs) | | Chris Phillips 37 (46) Takuro Hagihara 3/35 (9.4 overs) |
* Japan won by 29 runs College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Niels Bagh and Steve Bucknor
* 23 May (scorecard)
| Guernsey 315/3 (50 overs) | v | Suriname 52 all out (21.1 overs) |
| Jeremy Frith 106 (86) Vishaul Singh 1/20 (10 overs) | | Vishaul Singh 10 (15) Jeremy Frith 5/8 (4 overs) |
* Guernsey won by 263 runs King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Brian Papworth Player of the match: Jeremy Frith

## Final and Playoffs

* 24 May (scorecard)
| Guernsey 204/9 (50 overs) | v | Bahrain 207/7 (46.1 overs) |
| Benjamin Ferbrache 51 (86) Qamar Saeed 5/44 (10 overs) | | Qamar Saeed 55* (60) Gary Rich 3/39 (10 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 3 wickets King George V Sports Ground, Castel Umpires: Niels Bagh and Trevor Magee Player of the match: Qamar Saeed
* Final
* 24 May (scorecard)
| Nigeria 221/9 (50 overs) | v | Japan 153 all out (48 overs) |
| Akabogu Okwudili 68 (112) Kenji Murata 3/27 (10 overs) | | Ko Irie 39 (57) Olalekan Awolowo 4/36 (10 overs) |
* Nigeria won by 68 runs Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Louis Fourie
* 3rd Place Playoff
* 24 May (scorecard)
| Suriname 300/9 (50 overs) | v | Gibraltar 292/9 (50 overs) |
| Troy Dudnath 130 (90) Rex Purnell 2/38 (10 overs) | | Iain Latin 73 (55) Arun Gokoel 3/55 (9 overs) |
* Suriname won by 8 runs College Field, St Peter Port Umpires: Brian Papworth and Richard Smith
* 5th Place Playoff

## Final Placings

| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Bahrain | Promoted to Global Division Six for 2009 |
| 2nd | Guernsey | Promoted to Global Division Six for 2009 |
| 3rd | Nigeria | Remain in Global Division Seven for 2011 |
| 4th | Japan | Remain in Global Division Seven for 2011 |
| 5th | Suriname | Relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010 |
| 6th | Gibraltar | Relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010 |

## Statistics

| Most Runs | Most Runs | Most Wickets | Most Wickets |
| Jeremy Frith | 364 | Qamar Saeed | 14 |
| Adil Hanif | 304 | Jeremy Frith | 13 |
| Ashraf Yaqoob | 271 | Patrick Giles-Jones | 13 |