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2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

Dates	6 July 2015 (2015-07-06) – 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International, Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, Playoffs
Host(s)	Ireland  Scotland
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)  Scotland (1st title) (shared)
Participants	14
Matches	51
Player of the series	Bernard Scholtz
Most runs	Stephan Baard (309)
Most wickets	John Mooney (14) Bernard Scholtz (14) Alasdair Evans (14)
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The 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, for the 2016 World Twenty20, was held from 6 to 26 July 2015. The tournament was hosted by both Ireland and Scotland. 51 matches were played among 14 nations, down from 72 matches among 16 nations previously. The tournament formed part of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series, with the top six teams going forward to the qualifying round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Matches where both teams had T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 International match. The teams in this tournament with this status were Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Nepal and Papua New Guinea. Matches which featured one or two teams without T20I status were recorded as a Twenty20 match.

Scotland were the first team to qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament by finishing top of Group B. Co-hosts Ireland joined them by finishing top of Group A. Joining the two group winners through the qualifier matches were the Netherlands, Afghanistan Hong Kong, and Oman. It was the first time that Oman qualified for a major ICC event and with their win over Namibia, they gained T20I status. The UAE and Nepal who made their debut in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 did not qualify, however the UAE did play in the 2016 Asia Cup which for the first time was played in a Twenty20 format.

Scotland and the Netherlands shared the trophy after the final was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. The Netherlands were the only associate nation to advance past the group stage in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Teams

Team	Qualification tournament	Standing	Region
Ireland	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier Tournament co-host	Winner	Europe
Afghanistan	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Runner-up	Asia
Nepal	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Third	Asia
UAE	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Fourth	Asia
Netherlands	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Fifth	Europe
Hong Kong	2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier	Sixth	Asia
Scotland	Tournament co-host		Europe
Namibia	2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship	Winner	Africa
Kenya	2015 ICC Africa Twenty20 Championship	Runner-up	Africa
Canada	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One	Winner	Americas
USA	2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One	Runner-up	Americas
Oman	2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup	Winner	Asia
PNG	2014 ICC East Asia-Pacific Men's Championship	Winner	East Asia Pacific
Jersey	2015 ICC Europe Division One	Winner	Europe

Format

From the 14 teams, the top 6 qualifiers will progress to the first (qualifying) round of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, where they will meet the ninth and tenth-ranked full members (Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) in the ICC T20I Championship table as on 30 April 2014. The teams for the two groups along with the fixtures were announced on 14 May.

Squads

Afghanistan	Canada	Hong Kong	Ireland	Jersey
Asghar Stanikzai (c) Javed Ahmadi Aftab Alam Mirwais Ashraf Sharafuddin Ashraf Hameed Hassan Nawroz Mangal Mohammad Nabi Gulbadin Naib Shafiqullah Mohammad Shahzad Samiullah Shinwari Dawlat Zadran Najibullah Zadran Shapoor Zadran	Rizwan Cheema (c) Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Hamza Tariq Jimmy Hansra Junaid Siddiqui Shaheed Keshvani Khurram Chohan Nitish Kumar Hiral Patel Cecil Pervez Saad Bin Zafar Srimantha Wijeratne	Tanwir Afzal (c) Mark Chapman (vc) Aizaz Khan Anas Khan Anshuman Rath Babar Hayat Ehsan Nawaz Haseeb Amjad Irfan Ahmed James Atkinson Kinchit Shah Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan Waqas Barkat Waqas Khan Giacomo Lamplough	William Porterfield (c) Andrew Balbirnie Alex Cusack George Dockrell Tyrone Kane Andrew McBrine Graeme McCarter John Mooney Niall O'Brien Kevin O'Brien Stuart Poynter Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Craig Young	Peter Gough (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Corne Bodenstein Paul Connolly Edward Farley Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Ben Kynman Tom Minty Charles Perchard Rhys Palmer Callum Rabet Ben Stevens Nat Watkins
Kenya	Namibia	Nepal	Netherlands	Oman
Rakep Patel (c) Gurdeep Singh Narendra Kalyan Irfan Karim Karan Kaul Lucas Ndandason James Ngoche Shem Ngoche Collins Obuya Eugene Ochieng Nelson Odhiambo Nehemiah Odhiambo Elijah Otieno Morris Ouma Emmanuel Bundi	Nicolaas Scholtz (c) Stephan Baard Sarel Burger Christopher Coombe Jason Davidson Michau du Preez Gerhard Erasmus Zhivago Groenewald Louis Klazinga JP Kotze Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Christiaan Snyman Gerrie Snyman Raymond van Schoor Craig Williams	Paras Khadka (c) Gyanendra Malla (vc) Pradeep Airee Binod Bhandari Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Karan KC Subash Khakurel Siddhant Lohani Anil Mandal Jitendra Mukhiya Rajesh Pulami Sagar Pun Basanta Regmi Sharad Vesawkar	Peter Borren (c) Wesley Barresi (vc) Rahil Ahmed Mudassar Bukhari Ben Cooper Ahsan Malik Vivian Kingma Stephan Myburgh Max O'Dowd Michael Rippon Pieter Seelaar Michael Swart Timm van der Gugten Paul van Meekeren Roelof van der Merwe Thijs van Schelven	Sultan Ahmed (c) Aamir Kaleem Aamer Ali Munis Ansari Jatinder Singh Khawar Ali Ajay Lalcheta Mehran Khan Mohammad Nadeem Arun Poulose Rajesh Ranpura Sufyan Mehmood Vaibhav Wategaonkar Yousuf Mahmood Zeeshan Maqsood Zeeshan Siddiqui
Papua New Guinea	Scotland	United Arab Emirates	United States
Jack Vare (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Vani Morea Loa Nou Kila Pala Pipi Raho John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Assad Vala Norman Vanua	Preston Mommsen (c) Richie Berrington Kyle Coetzer Freddie Coleman Matthew Cross Josh Davey Con de Lange Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Gavin Main George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Robert Taylor Craig Wallace Mark Watt	Mohammad Tauqir (c) Abdul Shakoor Ahmed Raza Amjad Ali Amjad Javed Faizan Asif Fayyaz Ahmed Manjula Guruge Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Shahzad Nasir Aziz Swapnil Patil Saqib Ali Shaiman Anwar Umair Ali	Muhammad Ghous (c) Alex Amsterdam Fahad Babar Adil Bhatti Akeem Dodson Karan Ganesh Naseer Jamali Japen Patel Mrunal Patel Timil Patel Hammad Shahid Jasdeep Singh Nicholas Standford Timothy Surujbally Steven Taylor Shiva Vashishat

Scotland's Kyle Coetzer was not originally included in the 15-man squad, but was added on 10 June after Freddie Coleman withdrew due to personal circumstances. America's Steven Taylor withdrew from the squad on 22 June after securing a contract with Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He was replaced by Timothy Surujbally. On 2 July Hong Kong's Waqas Barkat was replaced by Giacomo Lamplough after Barkat was ruled out due to visa issues. Canada's Nikhil Dutta chose to stay with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CPL and was replaced by Hiral Patel. South African born Roelof van der Merwe obtained a Dutch passport a month before the tournament started and was selected over Vivian Kingma. Namibia's Zhivago Groenewald was replaced by Michau du Preez. Oman's Khawar Ali returned home for personal reasons midway through the tournament, and was replaced by Arun Poulose in their squad. However, Ali returned for the 5th place play-off match against Afghanistan, and in turn made his T20I debut.

Dutch bowler Ahsan Malik was reported for bowling with an illegal action following the Netherlands win over Scotland on 11 July. He was not allowed to take any further part in the tournament, until an independent assessment has taken place. Kenyan bowler James Ngoche was also suspended for bowling with an illegal action. This was following Kenya's match with Oman on 11 July. Along with Malik, Ngoche undertook an independent assessment. Hong Kong spin bowler Nizakat Khan was suspended for bowling with an illegal action, following Hong Kong's match against Nepal on 15 July. He too underwent an independent assessment. On 23 July Namibia's Jason Davidson was suspended for using an illegal action in their match against the Netherlands. He also underwent an assessment on his bowling.

Venues

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Warm-up matches

Oman  115/4 (16.3 overs)	v	Nepal 6/0 (0.3 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 44 (31) Gyanendra Malla 1/8 (1.3 overs)		Subash Khakurel 5* (2)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya  141/8 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 45/2 (5 overs)
Shem Ngoche 24 (19) Mahuru Dai 2/23 (3 overs)		Lega Siaka 18 (13) Shem Ngoche 1/8 (1 over)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

Namibia  127/8 (19.3 overs)	v	Scotland 130/4 (16.2 overs)
Raymond van Schoor 42 (34) Gavin Main 2/9 (2 overs)		Richie Berrington 61 (35) Louis Klazinga 2/23 (2.2 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

Hong Kong  113/9 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 104 (19.2 overs)
Babar Hayat 42 (35) Ahsan Malik 3/24 (4 overs)		Peter Borren 22 (27) Anas Khan 3/11 (4 overs)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

Ireland	v	United Arab Emirates

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

North West Warriors 119/9 (15 overs)	v	United States 120/5 (15 overs)
Oraine Williams 47 (35) Timil Patel 4/19 (3 overs)		Shiva Vashishat 30 (35) Ross Allen 2/19 (3 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 15 overs per side.

Canada  146 (20 overs)	v	Western Districts Cricket Union 147/2 (18.3 overs)
Nitish Kumar 68 (38) Sudesh Fernando 4/25 (3 overs)		Bradley Williams 53* (38) Junaid Siddiqui 1/16 (4 overs)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

Jersey  46 (10.2 overs)	v	Afghanistan 47/2 (7.3 overs)
Peter Gough 12 (12) Mohammad Nabi 3/10 (2 overs)		Nawroz Mangal 16* (18) Anthony Kay 1/12 (2 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.

Nepal    85/7 (18 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 81/2 (14 overs)
Sharad Vesawkar 38* (37) Manjula Guruge 3/12 (4 overs)		Faizan Asif 24 (21) Jitendra Mukhiya 1/5 (2 overs)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

North West Warriors	v	Papua New Guinea

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Scotland  199/5 (20 overs)	v	Jersey 93/9 (15 overs)
George Munsey 75 (44) Cornelis Bodenstein 1/8 (1 over)		Cornelis Bodenstein 22 (15) Safyaan Sharif 3/20 (3 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

Western Districts Cricket Union	v	Netherlands

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Oman  91 (18.5 overs)	v	Ireland
Vaibhav Wategaonkar 26 (31) Alex Cusack 3/20 (3.5 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya	v	United States

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Canada  149/3 (13 overs)	v	Namibia 75 (11.4 overs)
Rizwan Cheema 98 (36) Jason Davidson 1/28 (3 overs)		Gerrie Snyman 11 (10) Saad Bin Zafar 4/16 (3 overs)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

Afghanistan	v	Hong Kong

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Fixtures

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Ireland	6	4	2	0	0	8	1.356
2	Hong Kong	6	3	2	0	1	7	0.614
3	Namibia	6	3	2	0	1	7	0.314
4	Papua New Guinea	6	3	2	0	1	7	0.113
5	United States	6	3	3	0	0	6	−0.321
6	Jersey	6	2	4	0	0	4	−0.523
7	Nepal	6	1	4	0	1	3	−1.499

  Advanced to 2016 World Twenty20 and Semifinal 2.
  Advanced to Playoffs.

Namibia  124/8 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 128/3 (17.2 overs)
JJ Smit 21 (16) John Mooney 3/33 (4 overs)		William Porterfield 56* (44) Sarel Burger 1/13 (3 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

United States  121 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 122/4 (19.4 overs)
Akeem Dodson 39 (33) Shakti Gauchan 3/16 (4 overs)		Gyanendra Malla 52 (43) Jasdeep Singh 2/23 (4 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shiva Vashishat, Hammad Shahid, Jasdeep Singh, Mrunal Patel and Timil Patel (all USA) made their T20 debuts.

Hong Kong  153/6 (20 overs)	v	Jersey 154/1 (17.2 overs)
Anshuman Rath 43 (44) Ben Stevens 2/22 (3 overs)		Peter Gough 81* (60) Irfan Ahmed 1/26 (4 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
• Match start delayed due to rain.
• Corey Bisson, Corne Bodenstein, Edward Farley, Peter Gough, Jonty Jenner, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Ben Kynman, Rhys Palmer, Charles Perchard, Ben Stevens, Nat Watkins (all Jer) and Anshuman Rath (HK) all made their T20 debuts.
• This was Jersey's first appearance in an ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament and their debut win.

Namibia  61/1 (7.4 overs)	v	Nepal
Stephan Baard 39* (26) Paras Khadka 1/8 (2 overs)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Match was interrupted by rain after 7.0 overs of the 1st innings. (Nam: 54/1); then reduced to 17 overs per side. The game was started, but the match was abandoned after 7.4 overs of play.

Ireland  146/6 (20 overs)	v	United States 100 (16.3 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 44 (34) Timil Patel 3/13 (4 overs)		Nicholas Standford 19 (18) John Mooney 2/17 (3 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
• Alex Amsterdam and Nicholas Standford (both USA) made their T20 debuts.

Papua New Guinea  145/9 (20 overs)	v	Jersey 121 (19.4 overs)
Assad Vala 29 (27) Anthony Hawkins-Kay 3/24 (4 overs) Ben Stevens 3/24 (4 overs)		Jonty Jenner 44 (29) Norman Vanua 3/19 (4 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
• Start delayed due a wet outfield.
• Lega Siaka and Chad Soper (both PNG) made their T20 debuts.

United States  113/8 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 116/3 (12.5 overs)
Akeem Dodson 49 (41) Bernard Scholtz 2/13 (4 overs)		Gerrie Snyman 62 (35) Timil Patel 2/36 (3.5 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Start delayed due to a wet outfield.
• Naseer Jamali and Timothy Surujbally (both USA) made their T20 debuts.

Hong Kong	v	Papua New Guinea

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Nepal    53 (14.3 overs)	v	Ireland 54/2 (8 overs)
Sagar Pun 20 (18) Kevin O'Brien 3/8 (4 overs)		Paul Stirling 29 (21) Sompal Kami 2/28 (3 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• This is Nepal's lowest total in a T20 match.

Ireland  123/9 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 124/8 (18.5 overs)
William Porterfield 57* (58) Willie Gavera 3/17 (4 overs)		Assad Vala 32 (32) Tyrone Kane 3/19 (3 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Charles Amini, Mahuru Dai, Willie Gavera, Loa Nou, Kila Pala, John Reva, Lega Siaka, Tony Ura, Assad Vala, Norman Vanua and Jack Vare (all PNG) made their T20I debuts.
• This defeat for Ireland ended a streak of 21 consecutive wins in ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier matches.

Jersey  87 (17.3 overs)	v	United States 88/5 (15.4 overs)
Anthony Hawkins-Kay 18 (17) Charles Perchard 18 (17) Naseer Jamali 3/12 (4 overs)		Akeem Dodson 31 (31) Nathaniel Watkins 3/15 (3.4 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
• Naseer Jamali (USA) made his T20 debut.

Nepal    109 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 110/5 (19.1 overs)
Sharad Vesawkar 27 (24) Haseeb Amjad 4/16 (4 overs)		Nizakat Khan 25 (18) Basanta Regmi 4/16 (4 overs)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
• Anshuman Rath (HK) made his T20I debut.

Nepal    93 (19.4 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 99/2 (14.1 overs)
Pradeep Airee 29 (28) Assad Vala 2/7 (2.4 overs)		Assad Vala 34* (44) Sompal Kami 1/14 (3 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Papua New Guinea advanced to the playoffs with this win.

Jersey  161/4 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 164/1 (16.3 overs)
Jonty Jenner 90* (52) Bernard Scholtz 2/21 (4 overs)		Gerrie Snyman 82 (43) Anthony Hawkins-Kay 1/25 (3 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Hong Kong  129/8 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 124/8 (20 overs)
Mark Chapman 30 (24) Kevin O'Brien 3/32 (4 overs)		Paul Stirling 34 (40) Irfan Ahmed 3/11 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

Nepal    105/8 (20 overs)	v	Jersey 107/3 (16.1 overs)
Siddhant Lohani 27 (16) Nathaniel Watkins 3/20 (4 overs)		Jonty Jenner 30 (26) Paras Khadka 1/6 (2 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
• Siddhant Lohani (Nep) made his T20 debut.

Namibia  181/5 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 132 (19.2 overs)
Stephan Baard 87 (54) Willie Gavera 2/33 (4 overs)		Tony Ura 34 (21) Bernard Scholtz 4/11 (4 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

Hong Kong  125/9 (20 overs)	v	United States 128/3 (18.1 overs)
James Atkinson 34 (23) Japen Patel 3/28 (3 overs)		Alex Amsterdam 43* (39) Tanwir Afzal 1/20 (4 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.
• Giacomo Lamplough (HK) made his T20 debut.

Jersey  122 (19.5 overs)	v	Ireland 123/3 (16.4 overs)
Peter Gough 42 (44) Paul Stirling 3/16 (4 overs)		Paul Stirling 55 (38) Ben Stevens 2/20 (3 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• John Mooney (Ire) took a hat-trick.

United States  147/6 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 129/9 (20 overs)
Nicholas Standford 40* (17) Charles Amini 2/20 (2 overs)		Sese Bau 26 (31) Muhammad Ghous 2/27 (4 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Sese Bau (PNG) made his T20 debut.

Hong Kong  197/8 (20 overs)	v	Namibia 114 (15.1 overs)
Irfan Ahmed 98 (55) Gerrie Snyman 4/30 (4 overs)		Sarel Burger 28 (26) Nadeem Ahmed 5/12 (3.1 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Scotland	6	4	2	0	0	8	1.205
2	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	0	8	1.151
3	Afghanistan	6	3	1	0	2	8	0.690
4	Oman	6	3	2	0	1	7	0.374
5	Kenya	6	3	2	0	1	7	−0.645
6	United Arab Emirates	6	1	4	0	1	3	−1.688
7	Canada	6	0	5	0	1	1	−1.295

  Advanced to 2016 World Twenty20 and Semifinal 1.
  Advanced to Playoffs.

United Arab Emirates  109 (18.1 overs)	v	Scotland 110/1 (10 overs)
Mohammad Naveed 19* (17) Michael Leask 3/20 (4 overs)		George Munsey 62*(36) Mohammad Naveed 1/26 (4 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field
• Mohammad Shahzad, Umair Ali, Abdul Shakoor, Mohammad Tauqir and Mohammad Naveed (all UAE) made their T20I debuts.

Afghanistan  162/7 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 130 (19.4 overs)
Samiullah Shinwari 44 (42) Ahsan Malik 3/36 (4 overs)		Ben Cooper 36 (23) Sharafuddin Ashraf 3/27 (4 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Sharafuddin Ashraf (Afg) made his T20I debut.

Canada  143/5 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 146/3 (18.3 overs)
Ruvindu Gunasekera 51 (38) Nelson Odhiambo 2/22 (4 overs)		Irfan Karim 74* (54) Jeremy Gordon 2/23 (3.3 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Start was delayed by rain.
• Navneet Dhaliwal and Satsimranjit Dhindsa (Can) and Narendra Kalyan (Ken) made their T20 debuts.

United Arab Emirates  164/6 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 168/2 (17.2 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 43 (28) Mirwais Ashraf 2/21 (4 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 74 (37) Umair Ali 1/13 (2 overs)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

Netherlands  191/6 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 159 (19.5 overs)
Wesley Barresi 75 (40) Alasdair Evans 5/24 (4 overs)		Preston Mommsen 68* (44) Mudassar Bukhari 3/22 (2.5 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

Kenya  143/7 (20 overs)	v	Oman 136/7 (20 overs)
Collins Obuya 50 (37) Rajesh Ranpura 2/17 (4 overs)		Jatinder Singh 31 (34) Shem Ngoche 3/25 (4 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Munis Ansari, Khawar Ali, Mehran Khan and Zeeshan Maqsood (all Oman) made their T20 debuts.

United Arab Emirates  119/7 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 125/3 (17.1 overs)
Swapnil Patil 34 (33) Roelof van der Merwe 2/10 (4 overs)		Ben Cooper 50* (38) Mohammad Naveed 1/10 (2 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Fayyaz Ahmed and Nasir Aziz (both UAE) made their T20I debuts.

Canada  133/3 (13 overs)	v	Oman 135/3 (11.2 overs)
Nitish Kumar 52 (25) Aamir Kaleem 1/6 (1 over)		Zeeshan Maqsood 86* (41) Nitish Kumar 1/12 (1 over)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 13 overs per side.
• Mohammad Nadeem (Oman) made his T20 debut.

Afghanistan  210/5 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 173 (19.2 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 75 (36) Michael Leask 2/24 (4 overs)		Preston Mommsen 44 (20) Mohammad Nabi 3/25 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Afghanistan's total of 210 runs is their highest in T20 cricket.

Afghanistan	v	Kenya

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Netherlands  135 (19.4 overs)	v	Oman 138/4 (19 overs)
Stephan Myburgh 41 (43) Munis Ansari 4/15 (4 overs)		Jatinder Singh 65* (56) Michael Rippon 1/19 (3 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Canada  132/9 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 136/5 (19.1 overs)
Hiral Patel 45 (27) Rohan Mustafa 2/15 (4 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 56 (53) Cecil Pervez 2/32 (4 overs)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
• Srimantha Wijeratne (Can) made his T20 debut.

Kenya  141/5 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 142/3 (14.5 overs)
Irfan Karim 46 (26) Michael Leask 2/12 (3 overs)		Matthew Cross 45* (34) Elijah Otieno 1/24 (2.5 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

Oman  144/7 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 104 (17.5 overs)
Jatinder Singh 40 (48) Mohammad Nabi 3/28 (4 overs)		Mohammad Shahzad 28 (19) Zeeshan Maqsood 4/23 (2.5 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

Kenya  147/5 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 105 (17.2 overs)
Rakep Patel 50 (27) Umair Ali 2/24 (4 overs)		Shaiman Anwar 25 (13) Narendra Kalyan 4/16 (4 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Eugene Ochieng (Ken) made his T20 debut.

Canada  135/8 (20 overs)	v	Scotland 139/2 (14.4 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 34 (37) Josh Davey 3/36 (4 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 51* (41) Satsimranjit Dhindsa 2/27 (3 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

Canada  172/8 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 174/4 (17.3 overs)
Ruvindu Gunasekera 51 (44) Michael Swart 2/24 (4 overs)		Stephan Myburgh 67 (30) Cecil Pervez 2/26 (2.3 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Match delayed by a wet outfield.

United Arab Emirates	v	Oman

• No toss.
• Match delayed by a wet outfield.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Scotland  173/5 (20 overs)	v	Oman 150/7 (20 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 63 (38) Zeeshan Maqsood 3/29 (4 overs)		Aamir Kaleem 59 (47) Safyaan Sharif 3/27 (4 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Afghanistan	v	Canada

• No toss.
• Match delayed by a wet outfield.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.

Kenya  97 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 98/6 (8.3 overs)
Collins Obuya 33 (44) Timm van der Gugten 3/13 (4 overs)		Ben Cooper 59 (24) Shem Ngoche 3/19 (2.3 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifiers

Semi-finals†

Final

B1

Scotland

117/5

A2

Hong Kong

162/5

A2

Hong Kong

116

B3

Afghanistan

161/7

B1

Scotland

abd.

B2

Netherlands

abd.

A1

Ireland

128

A3

Namibia

135/6

B2

Netherlands

129/5

B2

Netherlands

137/6

3rd place play-off

A2

Hong Kong

abd.

A1

Ireland

abd.

	Qualifiers					5th place play-off†
	A4	Papua New Guinea	127/6
	B3	Afghanistan	128/4
						B3	Afghanistan	130/5
						B4	Oman	127/9
	B4	Oman	150/5
	A3	Namibia	148/9

• * Team entered by losing in the playoff qualifiers.
• Teams qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 upon reaching this stage.

Qualifier 1

Afghanistan  161/7 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 162/5 (20 overs)
Nawroz Mangal 53 (36) Haseeb Amjad 3/28 (4 overs)		James Atkinson 47 (47) Shapoor Zadran 2/31 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Winner qualifies for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and play Semifinal 1 and loser will play in Qualifier 3.

Qualifier 2

Namibia  135/6 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 137/6 (19.2 overs)
Craig Williams 43 (32) Timm van der Gugten 2/22 (4 overs)		Stephan Myburgh 31 (18) Bernard Scholtz 3/15 (4 overs)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Winner qualifies for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and play Semifinal 2 and loser will play in Qualifier 4.

Qualifier 3

Papua New Guinea  127/6 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 128/4 (18.2 overs)
Charles Amini 37* (37) Shapoor Zadran 2/9 (4 overs)		Nawroz Mangal 65* (56) Norman Vanua 2/19 (3.2 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
• Winner qualifies for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and play 5th Place Playoff.
• Vani Morea and Chad Soper (both PNG) made their T20I debuts.

Qualifier 4

Namibia  148/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 150/5 (19 overs)
Stephan Baard 62 (52) Munis Ansari 3/23 (4 overs)		Zeeshan Siddiqui 51* (32) Gerrie Snyman 1/23 (3 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Winner qualifies for 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and play 5th Place Playoff.
• Aamer Ali (Oman) made his T20 debut.

Semifinal 1

Hong Kong  116 (19.4 overs)	v	Scotland 117/5 (12.2 overs)
Aizaz Khan 31 (21) Alasdair Evans 3/17 (4 overs) Robert Taylor 3/17 (4 overs)		Matthew Cross 39 (15) Irfan Ahmed 2/26 (3 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Winner qualifies for Final and loser will play in 3rd Place Playoff.

5th Place Playoff

Oman  127/9 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 130/5 (18.5 overs)
Khawar Ali 21 (26) Dawlat Zadran 2/21 (4 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 44 (34) Rajesh Ranpura 2/17 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• After securing a top-six finish with their win over Namibia in the qualifiers, this became Oman's first T20I match.
• Aamir Kaleem, Aamer Ali, Munis Ansari, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mehran Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Rajesh Ranpura, Sultan Ahmed, Zeeshan Maqsood and Zeeshan Siddiqui (all Oman) made their T20I debuts.

Semifinal 2

Ireland  128 (19.5 overs)	v	Netherlands 129/5 (18.1 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 33 (18) Mudassar Bukhari 4/28 (4 overs)		Ben Cooper 43 (40) Kevin O'Brien 3/26 (4 overs)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Winner qualifies for Final and loser will play in 3rd Place Playoff.

3rd Place Playoff

Hong Kong	v	Ireland

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
• With no play possible, Ireland finished in third place due to finishing top of their group.

Final

Scotland	v	Netherlands

• No toss.
• Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
• With the match being abandoned, the Netherlands and Scotland shared the trophy.

Final standings

Position	Team
1st	Scotland
	Netherlands
3rd	Ireland
4th	Hong Kong
5th	Afghanistan
6th	Oman
7th	Namibia
8th	Papua New Guinea
9th	Kenya
10th	United States
11th	Jersey
12th	Nepal
13th	United Arab Emirates
14th	Canada

 1st to 6th  Qualified for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 and 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.

Notes

1. The term country, in this instance is used to mean the governing body that administers the sport of cricket in that location and is a member of the International Cricket Council. The Irish cricket team, which is administered by Cricket Ireland, represents the whole of the island of Ireland, which includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Both Stormont and Bready Cricket Club Ground, while geographically located in Northern Ireland, fall under the auspices of Cricket Ireland. In addition, while Scotland is not its own country as it is a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Scotland does have its own team, which is administered by Cricket Scotland.
2. This figure includes all the qualifiers, both semi-finals, the 3rd place playoff, and the final.
3. This figure includes 5th place playoff.

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