ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014

The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 was the qualifying tournament for the Cricket World Cup 2015 , which will be held from February 14th to March 29th, 2015 in Australia and New Zealand . It was also the tenth qualifying tournament for a cricket world championship. The qualifier took place in New Zealand from January 13th to February 1st, 2014. In the final, Scotland was able to prevail against the United Arab Emirates , both of whom had secured qualification by making it into the final. In addition to these two teams, Ireland and Afghanistan had previously metQualified first and second in the World Cricket League Championship for the final tournament.

Attendees

A total of 10 teams took part in the tournament. Four of them qualified as participants in the World Cricket League Championship:

Ver. Arab. Emirates Netherlands Scotland

Kenya Namibia Canada

At the 2011 World Cricket League Second Division tournament:

Papua New Guinea

Hong Kong

At the third division tournament of the World Cricket League in 2013:

Uganda

Nepal

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups of five teams each, with the first three of each group qualifying for the Super Six.

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Scotland	4th	3	1	0	6th	+1,663
Hong Kong	4th	3	1	0	6th	+1,069
Ver. Arab. Emirates	4th	3	1	0	6th	+0.848
Canada	4th	1	3	0	2	−2.066
Nepal	4th	0	4th	0	0	−1,567

Games

January 13th scorecard	Rangiora	Ver. Arab. Emirates 297-8 (50)	-	Nepal 195 (48.1)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 102 runs

January 13th scorecard	Queenstown	Hong Kong 263-7 (50)	-	Scotland 246 (48.4)
		Hong Kong wins with 17 runs

January 15 scorecard	Rangiora	Ver. Arab. Emirates 286-6 (50)	-	Canada 206-6 (50)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 80 runs

January 16 scorecard	Queenstown	Scotland 249-7 (50)	-	Nepal 159 (46.1)
		Scotland wins with 90 runs

January 17th scorecard	Queenstown	Canada 171 (48)	-	Hong Kong 173-1 (25.2)
		Hong Kong wins with 9 wickets

January 19th scorecard	Rangiora	Nepal 150 (49.3)	-	Hong Kong 154-0 (33.2)
		Hong Kong wins with 10 wickets

February 19th scorecard	Queenstown	Scotland 265-6 (28/28)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 212 (26.5 / 28)
		Scotland wins with 53 runs

January 21 scorecard	Christchurch	Canada 255-9 (41/41)	-	Nepal 243-8 (41/41)
		Canada wins with 12 runs

February 23 scorecard	Queenstown	Scotland 341-9 (50)	-	Canada 171 (39.2)
		Scotland wins with 170 runs

February 23 scorecard	Christchurch	Ver. Arab. Emirates 249 (48.1)	-	Hong Kong 227 (49.4)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 22 runs

Group B

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Papua New Guinea	4th	3	1	0	6th	+1,095
Namibia	4th	3	1	0	6th	+0.574
Kenya	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.401
Netherlands	4th	2	2	0	4th	+0.370
Uganda	4th	0	4th	0	0	−2.259

Games

January 13th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Uganda 152 (46.1)	-	Netherlands 155-3 (30.1)
		Netherlands wins with 7 wickets

January 13th scorecard	New Plymouth	Kenya 249-9 (50)	-	Papua New Guinea 250-2 (42.5)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 8 wickets

January 15 scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Namibia 253-6 (50)	-	Netherlands 162 (36.5)
		Namibia wins with 91 runs

January 16 scorecard	New Plymouth	Uganda 105 (35.5)	-	Papua New Guinea 107-1 (17)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 9 wickets

January 17th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Kenya 186-8 (50)	-	Namibia 187-8 (48.5)
		Namibia wins with 2 wickets

January 19th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Kenya 253-5 (50)	-	Uganda 206-8 (50)
		Kenya wins with 47 runs

January 19th scorecard	New Plymouth	Netherlands 323-4 (50)	-	Papua New Guinea 193 (37.2)
		Netherlands wins with 130 runs

January 21 scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Namibia 161-9 (36/36)	-	Uganda 61 (17.5 / 36)
		Namibia wins with 100 runs

January 23 scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Namibia 163 (48.4)	-	Papua New Guinea 164-2 (25)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 8 wickets

January 23 scorecard	Lincoln	Netherlands 265-6 (50)	-	Kenya 266-6 (35.4)
		Kenya wins with 4 wickets

Super Six

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Ver. Arab. Emirates	5	4th	1	0	8th	+0.737
Scotland	5	4th	1	0	8th	+0.495
Hong Kong	5	3	2	0	6th	+0.568
Papua New Guinea	5	2	3	0	4th	−0.495
Kenya	5	1	4th	0	2	−0.201
Namibia	5	1	4th	0	2	−1.035

The countries marked in green have qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. In addition to the qualified countries, the countries marked in yellow will receive ODI status for the next four years.

Games

January 26th scorecard	Rangiora	Hong Kong 254-8 (50)	-	Kenya 223-4 (45.2 / 45.2)
		Kenya wins with 10 runs ( D / L method )

January 26th scorecard	Christchurch	Ver. Arab. Emirates 280 (48.3)	-	Papua New Guinea 130 (28.3)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 150 runs

26./27. January scorecard	Lincoln	Scotland 279-9 (50)	-	Namibia 258-9 (50)
		Scotland wins with 21 runs

January 28th scorecard	Rangiora	Hong Kong 283-9 (50)	-	Namibia 207 (43.3)
		Hong Kong wins with 76 runs

January 26th scorecard	Christchurch	Ver. Arab. Emirates 246-8 (50)	-	Kenya 233 (49.3)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 13 runs

January 28th scorecard	Lincoln	Scotland 288-9 (50)	-	Papua New Guinea 236 (45.1)
		Scotland wins with 52 runs

January 30th scorecard	Rangiora	Ver. Arab. Emirates 263 (49.5)	-	Namibia 227-9 (50)
		Ver. Arab. Emirates wins with 36 runs

January 30th scorecard	Christchurch	Kenya 260 (50)	-	Scotland 261-7 (49.3)
		Scotland wins with 3 wickets

January 30th scorecard	Lincoln	Papua New Guinea 255-8 (50)	-	Hong Kong 259-7 (36.1)
		Hong Kong wins with 3 wickets

Placement games

Placement round for places 7 to 10

January 26th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Nepal 171-9 (50)	-	Netherlands 172-3 (31.5)
		Netherlands wins with 7 wickets

January 26th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Uganda 149 (49.5)	-	Canada 119-1 (29/29)
		Canada wins with 59 runs ( D / L method )

Play for 9th place

January 26th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Nepal 240 (49.4)	-	Uganda 80 (36.3)
		Nepal wins with 160 runs

Game for 7th place

January 26th scorecard	Mount Maunganui	Canada 210 (50)	-	Netherlands 212-2 (36.4)
		Netherlands wins with 8 wickets

final

February 1st scorecard	Lincoln	Scotland 285-5 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 244-9 (50)
		Scotland wins with 41 runs

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate