2014 ICC Europe Division Two
# 2014 ICC Europe Division Two

The 2014 ICC Europe Division Two was an international 20-over cricket tournament hosted in Essex, England, from 23 to 26 June 2014. The first round of matches were held at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, while all other games were split between Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea, and the Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay.

The tournament was contested by six teams, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, and Norway. The teams played each other once in a round-robin, with Norway finishing undefeated from their five matches to gain promotion to the 2015 ICC Europe Division One tournament. Belgium were the runner-up, while Germany were winless. Two Norwegian players, Ehtsham Ul-Haq and Safir Hayat, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

## Squads

| Austria | Belgium | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Amir Naeem (c) Munir Ahmed Kasthuri Arachchige Imran Asif Imran Goraya Satish Kaul Shadran Khan Benji Loader Aamir Malik Babar Nadeem Tiran Perera Armaan Randhawa Nandeep Soggi Mohammad Zalmai | Brighton Watambwa (c) Reyhan Faiz Jamie Farmiloe Soheel Hussain Syed Jamil Faisal Khaliq Shaival Mehta Fahim Muhammad Shahid Muhammad Simon Newport Abdul Rehman Waqas Shafiq Sheraz Sheikh | Rishi Pillai (c) Adeeb Asgher Khalid Butt Imran Chaudhry Wasantha De Silva Shakeel Hassan Javed Iqbal Bilal Jafar Khaled Khan André Leslie Hamid Mahmood Zadran Nasrullah Harmanjot Singh Satyanarayana Srinivas |
| Gibraltar | Isle of Man | Norway |
| Iain Latin (c) Mark Bacarese Scott Chipolina Ian Clark Richard Colyer David Coram Ian Farrell Julian Freyone Kieron Ferrary Marc Gouws Matthew Hunter Vikram Khatwani Balaji Pai Kayron Stagno | Philip Littlejohns (c) Christopher Hawke Gregory Hawke Sam Kebbell Adam Killey Daniel Kniveton Luke Lacey Gareth Morris Adam McAuley Alexander Stokoe Max Stokoe Arnie van den Berg Oliver Webster Mathys Wessels | Zaheer Ashiq (c) Prithvi Bhart Shahbaz Butt Damon Crawford Safir Hayat Suhail Iftikhar Ansar Iqbal Shehraz Khalid Fazil Mir Babar Shahzad Sufyan Saleem Wasim Tahir Ehtsham Ul-Haq Shahzad Umran |

## Points table

* Qualified for 2015 Division One

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.938 |
| Belgium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.655 |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.600 |
| Gibraltar | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.330 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.273 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.735 |

Source: CricketArchive

## Matches

* 23 June Scorecard

| Gibraltar 148/7 (20 overs) | v | Belgium 154/7 (19.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Belgium won by 3 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
* 23 June Scorecard

| Germany 109/8 (20 overs) | v | Austria 110/9 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Austria won by 1 wicket County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
* 23 June Scorecard

| Isle of Man 116 (19 overs) | v | Belgium 117/4 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Norway won by 6 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
* 24 June Scorecard

| Gibraltar 104 (19.2 overs) | v | Austria 105/4 (17.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Austria won by 6 wickets Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
* 24 June Scorecard

| Belgium 127 (19.4 overs) | v | Norway 129/2 (18.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Norway won by 8 wickets Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 24 June Scorecard

| Isle of Man 132/5 (20 overs) | v | Germany 120 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Isle of Man won by 12 runs Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 24 June Scorecard

| Austria 101/9 (20 overs) | v | Norway 103/3 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Norway won by 7 wickets Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 24 June Scorecard

| Belgium 186/4 (20 overs) | v | Isle of Man 140/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Belgium won by 46 runs Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 24 June Scorecard

| Germany 133/6 (20 overs) | v | Gibraltar 134/4 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Gibraltar won by 6 wickets Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
* 26 June Scorecard

| Isle of Man 80 (17.3 overs) | v | Austria 81/0 (10.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Austria won by 10 wickets Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
* 26 June Scorecard

| Belgium 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Germany 122 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Belgium won by 4 runs Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 26 June Scorecard

| Gibraltar 113/9 (20 overs) | v | Norway 116/1 (15.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Norway won by 9 wickets Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 26 June Scorecard

| Austria 122/8 (20 overs) | v | Belgium 124/5 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Belgium won by 6 wickets Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea
* 26 June Scorecard

| Germany 110 (19.4 overs) | v | Norway 111/2 (14.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Norway won by 8 wickets Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
* 26 June Scorecard

| Isle of Man 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Gibraltar 139/3 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |

* Gibraltar won by 7 wickets Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay

## Statistics

### Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ehtsham Ul-Haq | Norway | 170 | 5 | 85.00 | 95.50 | 54* | 0 | 2 |
| Kayron Stagno | Gibraltar | 165 | 5 | 55.00 | 125.95 | 74* | 0 | 1 |
| Shahbaz Butt | Norway | 154 | 5 | 77.00 | 90.05 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Bacarese | Gibraltar | 146 | 5 | 29.20 | 99.31 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Syed Jamil | Belgium | 125 | 4 | 31.25 | 96.89 | 55 | 0 | 1 |

Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Safir Hayat | Norway | 15.4 | 10 | 11.10 | 9.40 | 7.08 | 4/13 |
| Luke Lacey | Isle of Man | 15.2 | 9 | 13.00 | 10.22 | 7.63 | 6/34 |
| Shahzad Umran | Norway | 19.0 | 8 | 9.62 | 14.25 | 4.05 | 2/11 |
| Munir Ahmed | Austria | 18.0 | 8 | 10.50 | 13.50 | 4.66 | 3/7 |
| Hamid Mahmood | Germany | 18.1 | 8 | 12.50 | 13.62 | 5.50 | 3/21 |

Source: CricketArchive

