The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played from 9–13 February 2010[1] in the United Arab Emirates and a part of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier series. The top two teams progressed to play in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, the international championship of Twenty20 cricket.
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| Dates | 9 February – 13 February |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 and Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group Stage, Super Four, Final |
| Host(s) |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  Afghanistan (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 17 |
| Player of the series |  Alex Cusack |
| Most runs | Niall O'Brien (188) |
| Most wickets | Mohammad Nabi (13) |
| Official website | Cricinfo tournament page |
The eight competing teams were: Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, Scotland, UAE and the USA.[2]
The groups were devised by virtue of seedings from the previous ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, which was won jointly by Ireland and the Netherlands and, for the teams not participating in that event (Afghanistan, UAE and USA) on latest one-day rankings.
The tournament winners go into Group C of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 along with South Africa and India while the runners up will join West Indies and England in Group D.[3] The tournament was won by Afghanistan who defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final. This was the first major tournament Afghanistan qualified for, while leading associates the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify this time.
Squads
editGroup stage
editGroup A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Afghanistan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.933 |
| 2 | Ireland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.700 |
| 3 |  United States
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.684 |
| 4 |  Scotland
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.958 |
9 February
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sushil Nadkarni, Carl Wright, Timroy Allen, Steve Massiah, Sudesh Dhaniram, Orlando Baker, Saurabh Verma, Usman Shuja, Rashard Marshall and Kevin Darlington (USA) all made their T20 debuts.
10 February
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aditya Thyagarajan (USA) made his T20 debut.
11 February
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Imran Awan (USA) made his T20 debut.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.174 |
| 2 |  Netherlands
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.116 |
| 3 |  Kenya
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.309 |
| 4 |  Canada
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.611 |
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Super Four
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Ireland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.233 |
| 2 | Afghanistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.100 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.244 |
| 4 | Netherlands
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.105 |
Final
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Both finalists qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 – Afghanistan for Group C and Ireland for Group D.
Statistics
edit| Most runs | Most wickets | ||
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| Niall O'Brien |
188 | Mohammad Nabi |
13 |
| Noor Ali |
182 | Hameed Hasan |
12 |
| Alex Cusack |
166 | Trent Johnston |
10 |
| Saqib Ali |
161 | Peter Connell |
10 |
| William Porterfield |
146 | Shadeep Silva |
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References
edit- ^ "Important dates for Associate cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- ^ "UAE to host expanded World Twenty20 Qualifiers". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier". ICC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ "Fixture list". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.