2012 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two

The 2012 ICC European Twenty20 Championship Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 3–8 September 2012.[1] It forms part of the European Cricket Championship. Greece hosted the event.

2012 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Greece
Champions Isle of Man (1st title)
Participants12
Matches42
Player of the seriesCyprus Muhammad Mohsin
Most runsSpain Tariq Ali (476)
Most wicketsCyprus Muhammad Mohsin (14)
Official websiteICC European Championship
2011
2014

Teams edit

Teams that qualified are as follows:

Group A edit

Group B edit

Squads edit

  Croatia   Cyprus   Estonia   Finland
  • Tim Heath (C)
  • Sivalingam Arunachalam
  • Timothy Filer
  • Vineeth Govind
  • Murali Obili
  • Moshiur Rahman
  • Remo Raud
  • Nand Lal Riar
  • Sasha Ruut
  • Mart Tammoja
  • Mario Tammoja
  • Michael Tiffin
  • Marko Vaik (wk)
  • Peter van Buuren
  Greece   Isle of Man   Israel   Luxembourg
  Malta   Portugal   Spain   Sweden

Fixtures edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team P W L T NR Points NRR
  Israel 5 5 0 0 0 10 +1.120
  Spain 5 4 1 0 0 8 +3.520
  Portugal 5 3 2 0 0 6 –0.550
  Estonia 5 2 3 0 0 4 –0.320
  Malta 5 1 4 0 0 2 –1.780
  Luxembourg 5 0 5 0 0 0 –1.980
3 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Spain  
207/6 (20 overs)
v
  Luxembourg
137/7 (20 overs)
James Morgan 100 (53)
Richard Neale 3/24 (4 overs)
Joost Mees 40 (30)
Farhat Mahmood 3/26 (4 overs)
Spain won by 70 runs
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and David Kenworthy (IOM)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.

3 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Malta  
124/7 (20 overs)
v
  Portugal
128/2 (17.3 overs)
Nowell Khosla 48 (39)
Jose Pais 4/15 (4 overs)
Tariq Aziz 55* (56)
Justin Brooke 1/21 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 8 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to bat.

3 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Estonia  
115/8 (20 overs)
v
  Portugal
120/5 (19.3 overs)
Murali Obili 25 (26)
Muhammad Mirza 4/21 (4 overs)
Jose Pais 35 (26)
Moshiur Rahman 3/21 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 5 wickets
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Kenworthy (IOM) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.

3 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Luxembourg  
88/9 (20 overs)
v
  Israel
90/6 (16.5 overs)
Taral Desai 36 (37)
Gerrit Grundling 2/3 (4 overs)
Yaniv Razpurker 19* (30)
Madhu Ramachandran 2/18 (4 overs)
Israel won by 4 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Tim Jensen (Den)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.

4 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Spain  
218/6 (20 overs)
v
  Estonia
93/9 (20 overs)
Tariq Ali 150* (66)
Sivalingam Arunachalam 3/31 (4 overs)
Tim Heath 40 (22)
Sajad Ali 3/17 (4 overs)
Spain won by 125 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Keith Smith (Ire) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Estonia won the toss and elected to field.

4 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Israel  
133/8 (20 overs)
v
  Malta
92/9 (20 overs)
Gabriel Schachat 28 (34)
Nowell Khosla 2/14 (4 overs)
Frankie Spiteri 43 (45)
Steven Shein 3/21 (4 overs)
Israel won by 41 runs
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and David Murphy (Sco)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to field.

4 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Luxembourg  
151/8 (20 overs)
v
  Malta
151/3 (17.5 overs)
Timothy Barker 55 (45)
Derek Ali 2/23 (2 overs)
Andrew Naudi 66* (27)
Taral Desai 1/35 (4 overs)
Malta won by 7 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and Kamran Sadiq (Nor)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.

4 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Spain  
151/8 (20 overs)
v
  Portugal
151/3 (17.5 overs)
Tariq Ali 148 (55)
Intesab Medhi 2/23 (2 overs)
Bilal Safdar 82 (37)
Talat Nadeem 3/24 (4 overs)
Spain won by 75 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Keith Smith (Ire) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Estonia  
167/5 (20 overs)
v
  Luxembourg
108/9 (20 overs)
Tim Heath 52* (33)
Taral Desai 3/20 (4 overs)
Richard Neale 37 (34)
Tim Heath 3/12 (3 overs)
Estonia won by 59 runs
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Kenworthy (IOM) and Kamran Sadiq (Nor)
  • Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Israel  
118/5 (20 overs)
v
  Portugal
101/5 (20 overs)
Eshkol Solomon 40 (29)
Zafar Ali 2/22 (3 overs)
Tariq Aziz 45 (30)
Josh Evans 3/24 (3 overs)
Israel won by 17 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Murphy (Sco) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Portugal won the toss and elected to field.

5 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Estonia  
184/3 (20 overs)
v
  Malta
128 (18.4 overs)
Nand Lal Riar 71 (46)
Michael Caruana 1/9 (2 overs)
Estonia won by 56 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and David Murphy (Sco)
  • Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Spain  
142/6 (20 overs)
v
  Israel
143/4 (18.5 overs)
James Morgan 37 (43)
Kapila Perere 2/24 (4 overs)
Herschel Gutman 43 (43)
Armaghan Khan 2/21 (4 overs)
Israel won by 6 wickets
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and David Kenworthy (IOM)
  • Israel won the toss and elected to field.

6 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Portugal  
165/5 (20 overs)
v
  Luxembourg
119/4 (15 overs)
Tariq Aziz 85* (65)
Christopher Evans 2/21 (4 overs)
Joost Mees 40 (33)
Nadeem Nazar 2/27 (3 overs)
Portugal won by 11 runs (D/L)
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain stopped play after 1.4 overs in Luxembourg's innings, revising the target to 131 runs from 15 overs via the Duckworth–Lewis method.

6 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Malta  
119 (19.2 overs)
v
  Spain
121/0 (11.2 overs)
Andrew Naudi 29 (23)
Mark Spencer 3/10 (3.2 overs)
Tariq Ali 58* (34)
Spain won by 10 wickets
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Kamran Sadiq (Nor) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to bat.

6 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Estonia  
154/3 (20 overs)
v
  Israel
155/5 (18.2 overs)
Nand Lal Riar 59 (34)
Eshkol Solomon 1/7 (3 overs)
Eshkol Solomon 85* (52)
Nand Lal Riar 2/20 (3 overs)
Israel won by 5 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Kenworthy (IOM) and Charlie McElwee (Ire)
  • Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B edit

Team P W L T NR Points NRR
  Sweden 5 4 1 0 0 8 +0.760
  Isle of Man 5 3 2 0 0 6 +1.140
  Greece 5 3 2 0 0 6 –0.050
  Finland 5 3 2 0 0 6 –0.250
  Cyprus 5 2 3 0 0 4 +0.040
  Croatia 5 0 5 0 0 0 –1.420
3 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Isle of Man  
166/3 (20 overs)
v
  Cyprus
147/8 (18.2 overs)
Gareth Morris 43 (37)
Gurbhej Singh 1/15 (4 overs)
Syed Hussain 51 (27)
Alex Stokoe 3/33 (3 overs)
Isle of Man won by 19 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Charlie McElwee (Ire) and Kamran Sadiq (Nor)
  • Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.

3 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Croatia  
95/6 (20 overs)
v
  Finland
96/3 (17.3 overs)
Craig Sinovich 36* (45)
Amrik Bhatia 3/13 (3 overs)
Zahidullah Kamal 55* (54)
Michael Grzinic 2/11 (4 overs)
Finland won by 7 wickets
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and David Kenworthy (IOM)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.

3 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Isle of Man  
136/6 (20 overs)
v
  Sweden
137/5 (18.1 overs)
Max Stokoe 27 (43)
Azam Khalil 3/21 (4 overs)
Christopher Tebbutt 57 (45)
Garreth Roome 2/25 (4 overs)
Sweden won by 5 wickets
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Murphy (Sco) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.

4 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Croatia  
100/5 (20 overs)
v
  Cyprus
101/2 (15 overs)
Craig Sinovich 43 (48)
Muhammad Mohsin 3/25 (4 overs)
Syed Hussain 32 (22)
Paul Musin 1/21 (4 overs)
Cyprus won by 8 wickets
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.

4 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Greece  
114/4 (20 overs)
v
  Sweden
115/9 (19.2 overs)
Nic Pothas 42* (41)
Aman Momand 2/15 (4 overs)
Sweden won by 1 wicket
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and Brian Papworth (Sco)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.

4 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Finland  
128/9 (20 overs)
v
  Cyprus
120/2 (20 overs)
Michael Shaw 39 (47)
Dineja Agathocleous 4/23 (4 overs)
Muhammad Mohsin 65* (55)
Tariq Sarfraz 1/11 (4 overs)
Sweden won by 1 wicket
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Kenworthy (IOM) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.

4 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Isle of Man  
185/3 (20 overs)
v
  Greece
83 (17.2 overs)
Gareth Morris 66 (44)
Spyridon Goustis 2/34 (4 overs)
Mehmood Ahmed 20 (20)
Arnie van den Berg 3/18 (4 overs)
Isle of Man won by 102 runs
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and Charlie McElwee (Ire)
  • Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Croatia  
86/7 (20 overs)
v
  Isle of Man
87/4 (16.5 overs)
Michael Grzinic 34 (46)
Arnie van den Berg 3/13 (4 overs)
Philip Littlejohns 43* (44)
Michael Grzinic 2/16 (4 overs)
Isle of Man won by 6 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Charlie McElwee (Ire) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Finland  
136 (19.5 overs)
v
  Sweden
137/4 (17.3 overs)
Ekhpelwak Kuchey 73 (46)
Khalid Ahmad 5/21 (3.5 overs)
Shahid Mustafa 66* (57)
Tariq Sarfraz 3/19 (4 overs)
Sweden won by 6 wickets
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Brian Papworth (Sco)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.

5 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Sweden  
125 (18.2 overs)
v
  Cyprus
137/4 (17.3 overs)
Christopher Tebbutt 31 (33)
Niroshan Pelawattha 3/22 (2.2 overs)
Muhammad Mohsin 49 (39)
Khalid Ahmad 2/20 (2.4 overs)
Cyprus won by 7 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Charlie McElwee (Ire) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.

5 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Croatia  
129/5 (19.5 overs)
v
  Greece
130/0 (17.4 overs)
John Vujnovich 50 (59)
Mehmood Ahmed 2/28 (4 overs)
Greece won by 10 wickets
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Brian Papworth (Sco)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.

6 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Isle of Man  
82 (19.2 overs)
v
  Finland
84/4 (17 overs)
Garreth Roome 21 (10)
Madhu Bhandari 4/12 (4 overs)
Bilal Khan 35* (20)
Arnie van den Berg 2/14 (4 overs)
Finland won by 6 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and David Murphy (Sco)
  • Finland won the toss and elected to field.

6 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Cyprus  
138/7 (20 overs)
v
  Greece
139/3 (15.4 overs)
Muhammad Mohsin 55 (40)
Mehmood Ahmed 3/39 (4 overs)
Aslam Mohammad 60 (24)
Gurbhej Singh 2/26 (4 overs)
Greece won by 7 wickets
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.

6 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Greece  
211/8 (20 overs)
v
  Finland
158/9 (20 overs)
Aslam Mohammad 80 (40)
Bilal Khan 2/24 (4 overs)
Greece won by 53 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Brian Papworth (Sco) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Finland won the toss and elected to field.

6 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Croatia  
63 (17.2 overs)
v
  Sweden
66/2 (11.1 overs)
John Vujnovich 12 (22)
Khalid Ahmad 2/12 (4 overs)
Sadat Sidiqi 40* (28)
Josip Jukic 1/11 (2 overs)
Greece won by 53 runs
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs edit

Semi-final edit

7 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Spain  
190/6 (20 overs)
v
  Sweden
191/9 (20 overs)
Tariq Ali 35 (23)
Aman Momand 2/24 (4 overs)
Christopher Tebbutt 59 (35)
Mark Spencer 4/30 (3 overs)
Sweden won by 1 wicket
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Kenworthy (IOM) and Brian Papworth (Sco)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-final edit

7 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Isle of Man  
136/7 (20 overs)
v
  Israel
97 (18.3 overs)
Gareth Morris 53 (48)
Josh Evans 3/9 (4 overs)
Josh Evans 34 (35)
Mark Williams 3/13 (4 overs)
Isle of Man won by 39 runs
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and Charlie McElwee (Ire)
  • Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.

9th-place play-off semi-final edit

7 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Malta  
127/8 (20 overs)
v
  Croatia
128/6 (19.2 overs)
Nowell Khosla 43 (39)
Michael Grzinic 3/18 (4 overs)
Michael Grzinic 42 (36)
Michael Caruana 2/17 (4 overs)
Croatia won by 4 wickets
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to field.

9th-place play-off semi-final edit

7 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Luxembourg  
142/8 (20 overs)
v
  Cyprus
115/9 (20 overs)
Timothy Barker 39 (31)
Muhammad Mohsin 3/31 (4 overs)
Nimal Durayalage 29 (17)
Christopher Evans 2/15 (4 overs)
Luxembourg won by 27 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Heath Kearns (Jer)
  • Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.

5th-place play-off semi-final edit

7 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Estonia  
113/7 (20 overs)
v
  Greece
114/3 (18.2 overs)
Andreas Koutsoufis 27* (32)
Moshiur Rahman 1/10 (3 overs)
Greece won by 7 wickets
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: David Murphy (Sco) and Kamran Sadiq (Nor)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to field.

5th-place play-off semi-final edit

7 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Portugal  
120 (19.4 overs)
v
  Finland
121/6 (19.3 overs)
Rizwan Khaliq 30 (31)
Tariq Sarfraz 3/9 (4 overs)
Jonathan Scamans 39 (44)
Intesab Medhi 2/22 (4 overs)
Finland won by 4 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Paul Simpson (Ire) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.

11th-place play-off edit

8 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Malta  
96 (18.1 overs)
v
  Cyprus
97/0 (11.2 overs)
Nowell Khosla 26 (28)
Dineja Agathocleous 5/12 (4 overs)
Cyprus won by 10 wickets
Marina Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Ashraf Din (Ned) and Paul Simpson (Ire)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to bat.

9th-place play-off edit

8 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Luxembourg  
136 (20 overs)
v
  Croatia
116/6 (20 overs)
Taral Desai 52 (25)
Paul Musin 3/31 (3 overs)
Michael Grzinic 49 (43)
Richard Neale 2/21 (4 overs)
Luxembourg won by 20 runs
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Kamran Sadiq (Nor) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Croatia won the toss and elected to field.

7th-place play-off edit

8 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Portugal  
164/8 (20 overs)
v
  Estonia
133/8 (20 overs)
Khalil Izaz 49 (26)
Vineeth Govind 3/17 (4 overs)
Moshiur Rahman 47 (28)
Khalil Izaz 2/20 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 31 runs
Ropa Valley No 2 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Kamran Sadiq (Nor) and Raymond Waskar (Isr)
  • Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.

5th-place play-off edit

8 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Greece  
169/6 (20 overs)
v
  Finland
123/3 (20 overs)
Nic Pothas 68 (40)
Madhu Bhandari 2/21 (3 overs)
Jonathan Scamans 37* (30)
Mehmood Ahmed 1/12 (4 overs)
Greece won by 46 runs
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Tim Jensen (Den) and Keith Smith (Ire)
  • Greece won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd-place play-off edit

8 September
10:30 AM
Scorecard
Spain  
258/8 (20 overs)
v
  Israel
168/4 (20 overs)
Tariq Ali 58 (18)
Shailesh Bangera 3/32 (3 overs)
Shailesh Bangera 64* (43)
Talat Nadeem 2/27 (4 overs)
Spain won by 90 runs
Maessonghi Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Heath Kearns (Jer) and David Kenworthy (IOM)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

Final edit

8 September
3:30 PM
Scorecard
Sweden  
122/7 (20 overs)
v
  Isle of Man
124/2 (14.5 overs)
Sunny Sharma 24 (23)
Mark Williams 3/23 (4 overs)
Gareth Morris 71 (41)
Azam Khalil 2/21 (3.5 overs)
Isle of Man won by 8 wickets
Ropa Valley No 1 Ground, Corfu
Umpires: Charlie McElwee (Ire) and Brian Papworth (Sco)
  • Isle of Man won the toss and elected to field.
  • Isle of Man won the 2012 ICC European T20 Championship Division Two and qualified for 2013 Europe Division One as a result of this match.

Statistics edit

Most Runs edit

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

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
Tariq Ali   Spain 476 7 95.20 214.41 150* 2 2
Muhammad Mohsin   Cyprus 305 7 76.25 129.23 65* 0 3
Gareth Morris   Isle of Man 275 7 39.28 127.90 71 0 3
Tariq Aziz   Portugal 242 7 48.40 113.08 85* 0 2
Aslam Mohammad   Greece 237 6 47.40 146.29 80 0 2

Most Wickets edit

The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Muhammad Mohsin   Cyprus 14 7 11.42 9.9 6.90 4/16
Dimitrios Triantafillidis   Greece 12 7 12.25 13.5 5.44 4/29
Azam Khalil   Sweden 12 7 14.50 11.9 7.30 3/21
Arnie van den Berg   Isle of Man 11 6 9.00 12.5 4.30 3/13
Tariq Sarfraz   Finland 11 5 11.90 14.7 4.85 3/9

Final Placings edit

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:

Pos Team Promotion/relegation
1st   Isle of Man Promoted to 2013 Europe Division One
2nd   Sweden
3rd   Spain Remain in 2014 Europe Division Two
4th   Israel
5th   Greece
6th   Finland
7th   Portugal
8th   Estonia
9th   Luxembourg
10th   Croatia
11th   Cyprus
12th   Malta Relegated to 2014 Europe Division Three

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ICC European Division 2 Championship 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-12-29.