ICC World Cricket League Division Three 2007

The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was the first edition of this one-day cricket competition and took place between May 27 and June 2, 2007 in Australia . The competition was part of the 2007-09 ICC World Cricket League and the 2007 international cricket season . In the final, Uganda prevailed against Argentina with 91 runs. Both teams qualified for the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two .

Attendees

Eight teams took part in the tournament. Three teams qualified via the ICC Trophy 2005 :

Argentina 1 Papua New Guinea Uganda

The following teams qualified via the ICC Development Regions:

Fiji Italy Hong Kong

Cayman Islands Tanzania

¹ Argentina played in place of the United States, which was suspended by the ICC.

format

In two groups of four teams each, each team played against each other once. The winner of a game received two points, and a tie or no result received one point. The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals. The two finalists qualified for the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two . The third and fourth placed remain in Division Three and participated in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Three . The remaining four teams in places 5 to 8 were relegated to Division Four and participated in the ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2008 .

Stadion

Darwin (PP) Darwin (GO) Darwin (KO) Darwin (MO) Darwin (NO) Darwin (TVO)

Venues of the competition

The following stages were planned as the venue

Stadion	city	capacity
Gardens oval	Darwin	00200
Bald oval	Darwin	00100
Marrara oval	Darwin	12,500
Nightcliff oval	Darwin	00300
Power Park	Darwin	00100
Tracy Village Oval	Darwin	00300

Preliminary round

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Argentina	3	2	1	0	4th	+1,200
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.176
Italy	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.139
Fiji	3	0	3	0	0	-1,361

Games

May 27th scorecard	Darwin (PP)	Fiji 136 (46.4)	-	Papua New Guinea 142-9 (49.5)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 1 wicket

May 27th scorecard	Darwin (GO)	Italy 175-9 (50)	-	Argentina 174 (50)
		Italy wins with 1 run

May 28 scorecard	Darwin (GO)	Papua New Guinea 91 (40.1)	-	Argentina 92-5 (40.3)
		Argentina wins with 5 wickets

May 28 scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Italy 186-9 (50)	-	Fiji 149 (45.4)
		Italy wins with 37 runs

May 30th scorecard	Darwin (NO)	Italy 134-9 (50)	-	Papua New Guinea 135-2 (33.1)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 8 wickets

May 30th scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Fiji 44 (21.2)	-	Argentina 46-0 (5)
		Argentina wins with 10 wickets

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Uganda	3	3	0	0	6th	+1,493
Cayman Islands	3	2	1	0	4th	+1,030
Tanzania	3	1	2	0	2	-0.767
Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	0	-1,926

Games

May 27th scorecard	Darwin (KO)	Uganda 220-5 (50)	-	Hong Kong 129 (36.5)
		Uganda wins with 92 runs

May 27th scorecard	Darwin (TVO)	Tanzania 206-6 (50)	-	Cayman Islands 210-0 (45.4)
		Cayman Islands wins with 10 wickets

May 28 scorecard	Darwin (NO)	Tanzania 64 (24.1)	-	Uganda 70-6 (22.1)
		Uganda wins with 4 wickets

May 28 scorecard	Darwin (PP)	Hong Kong 67 (24.5)	-	Cayman Islands 70-2 (9.3)
		Cayman Islands wins with 8 wickets

May 30th scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Uganda 153 (48.3)	-	Cayman Islands 127 (48.2)
		Uganda wins with 26 runs

May 30th scorecard	Darwin (TVO)	Hong Kong 161 (47.2)	-	Tanzania 165-5 (46.1)
		Tanzania wins with 5 wickets

Placement games

Placement round for places 5 to 8

May 31 scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Hong Kong 195 (50)	-	Italy 146 (45)
		Hong Kong wins with 49 runs

May 31 scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Fiji 173 (48.5)	-	Tanzania 174-7 (43.4)
		Tanzania wins with 3 wickets

Game for 7th place

June 2nd scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Fiji 123 (47.4)	-	Italy 124-4 (31.2)
		Italy wins with 6 wickets

Play for 5th place

June 2nd scorecard	Darwin (MO)	Hong Kong 242-6 (50)	-	Tanzania 113 (33.1)
		Hong Kong wins with 129 runs

Placement round for places 1 to 4

May 31 scorecard	Darwin (GO)	Cayman Islands 102 (39.3)	-	Argentina 103-6 (34.2)
		Argentina wins with 4 wickets

May 31 scorecard	Darwin (TVO)	Papua New Guinea 203-6 (50)	-	Uganda 204-9 (49.2)
		Uganda wins with 1 wicket

3rd place match

June 2nd scorecard	Darwin (PP)	Papua New Guinea 263-6 (50)	-	Cayman Islands 240-9 (50)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 23 runs

final

June 2nd scorecard	Darwin (GO)	Uganda 241-8 (50)	-	Argentina 150 (46.3)
		Uganda wins with 91 runs

Closing table

Item	team	annotation
1	Uganda	Promotion to ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2007
2	Argentina
3	Papua New Guinea	Remaining in ICC World Cricket League Division Three 2009
4th	Cayman Islands
5	Hong Kong	Relegated to ICC World Cricket League Division Four in 2008
6th	Tanzania
7th	Italy
8th	Fiji

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

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