ICC World Cricket League Division Seven 2013

The ICC World Cricket League Division Seven 2013 was the third edition of this one-day cricket competition and took place between April 6 and 13, 2013 in Botswana . The competition was part of the ICC World Cricket League 2012-18 . In the final, Vanuatu beat Nigeria with 6 wickets.

Attendees

A total of six teams took part in the tournament. The two relegated members of the ICC World Cricket League Division Six 2011 qualified :

Fiji

Nigeria

From the tournament of the seventh division of the World Cricket League in 2011 :

Botswana

Germany

At the tournament of the eighth division of the World Cricket League in 2012 :

Ghana

Vanuatu

format

In a group stage, each team played against each other. The winner of a game received two points, and a tie or no result received one point. The two group best rose to the ICC World Cricket League Division Six 2013 and contested a final. The remaining four teams in 3rd to 6th place are relegated in competitions at regional level.

Stages

Gaborone Lobatse

Venues of the competition

The following stages were designated as the venues

Stadion	city	capacity
Botswana Cricket Association Oval	Gaborone	02,000
Lobatse Cricket Ground	Lobatse

Preliminary round

Division Seven	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Vanuatu	5	5	0	0	0	10	+1,918
Nigeria	5	3	2	0	0	6th	+0.722
Fiji	5	3	2	0	0	6th	+0.702
Botswana	5	2	2	1	0	5	−0.529
Ghana	5	1	4th	0	0	2	−0.593
Germany	5	0	4th	1	0	1	−2.042

April 6th scorecard	Lobatse	Ghana 128 (37.2)	-	Botswana 129-7 (39.4)
		Botswana wins with 3 wickets

April 6th scorecard	Gaborone	Nigeria 69 (18.2)	-	Fiji 70-7 (22.1)
		Fiji wins with 3 wickets

April 6th scorecard	Gaborone	Vanuatu 200 (39.3)	-	Germany 99 (27)
		Vanuatu wins with 101 runs

April 7th scorecard	Gaborone	Vanuatu 265-8 (50)	-	Botswana 242-8 (50)
		Vanuatu wins with 23 runs

April 7th scorecard	Lobatse	Fiji 232-8 (50)	-	Germany 69 (25.1)
		Fiji wins with 163 runs

April 7th scorecard	Gaborone	Ghana 254-9 (50)	-	Nigeria 256-4 (44.1)
		Nigeria wins with 6 wickets

April 9th scorecard	Gaborone	Nigeria 287-7 (50)	-	Botswana 116 (27.3)
		Nigeria wins with 171 runs

April 9th scorecard	Gaborone	Fiji 139 (43.4)	-	Vanuatu 142-4 (21.5)
		Vanuatu wins with 6 wickets

April 9th scorecard	Lobatse	Germany 185-8 (50)	-	Ghana 186-6 (32.3)
		Ghana wins with 4 wickets

April 10th scorecard	Gaborone	Botswana 211 (49.2)	-	Germany 211 (50)
		Game draw

April 10th scorecard	Gaborone	Fiji 223 (44.5)	-	Ghana 205 (46.5)
		Fiji wins with 18 runs

April 10th scorecard	Lobatse	Vanuatu 238-4 (50)	-	Nigeria 164-9 (50)
		Vanuatu wins with 74 runs

April 12th scorecard	Lobatse	Botswana 198 (47.2)	-	Fiji 176 (48.4)
		Botswana wins with 22 runs

April 12th scorecard	Gaborone	Nigeria 308-7 (50)	-	Germany 148 (28)
		Nigeria wins with 160 runs

April 12th scorecard	Gaborone	Ghana 115 (32.4)	-	Vanuatu 116-2 (22.1)
		Vanuatu wins with 8 wickets

Placement games

Play for 5th place

April 13th Scorecard	Lobatse	Ghana 141-9 (25/25)	-	Germany 133-9 (25/25)
		Ghana wins with 8 runs

3rd place match

April 13th Scorecard	Gaborone	Fiji 141 (35.4 / 46)	-	Botswana 146-7 (29.3 / 46)
		Botswana wins with 3 wickets ( D / L method )

final

April 13th Scorecard	Gaborone	Nigeria 133 (38.4 / 45)	-	Vanuatu 134-4 (32.1 / 45)
		Vanuatu wins with 6 wickets ( D / L method )

Closing table

Item	team	annotation
1	Nigeria	Promotion to ICC World Cricket League Division Six 2011
2	Vanuatu
3	Botswana	Relegation to regional competitions
4th	Fiji
5	Ghana
6th	Germany

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

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