2008 European A Championship

              P   W  NR   L   Pts      NRR
Ireland       3   2   0   1     4    +0.92
Scotland      3   2   0   1     4    +0.44 
Netherlands   3   2   0   1     4    +0.32 
Denmark       3   0   0   3     0    -1.80

Scotland beat Denmark by 10 wickets.
Scorecard Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 26 August.
Denmark 91 (40 overs)
Scotland 92-0 (30.1 overs)
Ireland beat Netherlands by 9 wickets.
Scorecard Amstelveen, 26 August.
Netherlands 192-9 (50 overs)
Ireland 193-1 (45.5 overs)
Ireland beat Denmark by 126 runs.
Scorecard Amstelveen, 27 August.
Ireland 293-3 (50 overs) Denmark 167 (49.4 overs)
Netherlands beat Scotland by 11 runs.
Scorecard Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 27 August.
Netherlands 188-7 (50 overs) Scotland 177-8 (50 overs)
Scotland beat Ireland by 8 runs.
Scorecard Amstelveen, 28 August.
Scotland 178-9 (50 overs)
Ireland 170-7 (50 overs)
Netherlands beat Denmrk by 57 runs.
Scorecard Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam, 28 August.
Netherlands 185-9 (50 overs)
Denmark 128 (45.4 overs)

Reports

The Netherlands prove too strong for Denmark ()

Despite a stuttering effort with the bat, the hosts won in Rotterdam on Thursday - but were just pipped for second in the tournament.

Ireland lose battle but win war ()

Ireland lose to Scotland by 8 runs, but win Championships on net run rate.

Dutch attack chokes off the Scottish challenge ()

A fine performance in the field enabled The Netherlands to defend a modest total and beat Scotland by 11 runs.

Mooney and Fourie combine to defeat Denmark ()

A 4th wicket partnership of 212 between John Mooney and Thinus Fourie help Ireland beat Denmark by 126 runs.

Ireland's batsmen overcome fighting Dutch ()

The margin of nine wickets was comprehensive enough, but Ireland had to work hard for their victory in Amstelveen.

Scotland defeat Denmark by 10 wickets ()

Steve Knox and Ryan Flannigan share unbroken stand of 92 to lead Scotland to 10 wicket win over Denmark.

Debut for A Team tournament ()

The first ICC European A tournament takes place in The Netherlands, featuring Ireland, Scotland, Denmark and the host country.

Photographs

Squads

Denmark

David Borchersen
Rohit Mahendra Kanaiya
Martin Pedersen
Mickey Lund
Max Overgaard
Rizwan Tariq Mahmood
Lars Fleming Boldt
Omar Hayat
Bashir Shah
Jacob Larsen
Finn Kleissl
Melad Navabi
Taha Ahmed
Sanjay Rocky Chawla

Peter Klokker (Coach)
Ole Roland (Manager)

Ireland

Ryan Haire
Marthinus Fourie
Neil Gill
John Mooney
Kenneth Carroll
James Hall
Andrew Balbirnie
David Kennedy
James Shannon
Fintan McAllister
Allen Coulter
Christopher Dougherty
Regan West

Raymond Daly (Manager)
Narasimha Rao (Coach)

Netherlands

Peter Borren
Bob Entrop
Jeroen Brand
Ruud Nijman
Somesh Kohli
Graeme Davey
Mark Jonkman
Steven De Bruin
Maurits Jonkman
Lesley Stokkers
Muhammed Bakas
Muhammad Kashif
Geert Maarten Mol

Roland Lefebvre (Coach)
Peter Drinnen (Assistant Coach)

Scotland

Simon Smith
MAtthew Parker
Steven Knox
Zeeshan Bashir
Majid Haq
Sean Weeraratna
Gregor Maiden
Richard Berrington
Ryan Flannigan
Omer Hussain
Scott Redhead
Moneeb Iqbal
Qasim Sheikh

Andrew Tennant (Coach)

Best Performances

Highest Scores

#	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Runs
1	JF Mooney	Ireland	27 August	Denmark	Amstelveen	115*
2	MJ Fourie	Ireland	27 August	Denmark	Amstelveen	88*
3	KED Carroll	Ireland	26 August	Netherlands	Amstelveen	81*
4	PW Borren	Netherlands	26 August	Ireland	Amstelveen	69*
5	MM Iqbal	Scotland	28 August	Ireland	Amstelveen	55*
6	D Kennedy	Ireland	26 August	Netherlands	Amstelveen	51*
7	ST de Bruin	Netherlands	26 August	Ireland	Amstelveen	50
8	RF Flannigan	Scotland	27 August	Netherlands	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	50
9	RF Flannigan	Scotland	26 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	48*
10	R Bakas	Netherlands	27 August	Scotland	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	48

Top Run Aggregates

#	Name	Club	Mts	Inn	NO	Ct	St	50s	100s	HS	Avg	Runs
1	JF Mooney	Ireland	3	2	1	4	-	-	1	115*	143.00	143
2	KED Carroll	Ireland	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	81*	111.00	111
3	RF Flannigan	Scotland	3	3	1	-	-	1	-	50	54.50	109
4	MJ Fourie	Ireland	3	2	1	1	-	1	-	88*	106.00	106
5	PW Borren	Netherlands	3	3	1	3	-	1	-	69*	51.00	102
6	JD Hall	Ireland	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	48	42.00	84
7	ST de Bruin	Netherlands	3	3	-	-	-	1	-	50	27.00	81
8	D Kennedy	Ireland	3	2	1	3	-	1	-	51*	77.00	77
9	R Bakas	Netherlands	3	3	-	1	-	-	-	48	24.00	72
10	MM Iqbal	Scotland	3	2	1	-	-	1	-	55*	70.00	70

Top Wicket Takers

#	Name	Club	Mts	Overs	Maids	Runs	Wd	NB	5I	10M	BBowl	Econ	Avg	Wkts
1	JF Mooney	Ireland	3	27.0	3	98	2	-	-	-	3-19	3.63	14.00	7
2	MM Iqbal	Scotland	3	25.0	2	85	4	-	-	-	3-16	3.40	14.17	6
3	A Balbirnie	Ireland	3	29.0	4	90	6	-	-	-	3-28	3.10	15.00	6
4	R Nijman	Netherlands	2	18.0	3	34	5	-	-	-	3-14	1.89	6.80	5
5	SP Redhead	Scotland	2	17.0	3	54	9	-	-	-	2-23	3.18	13.50	4
6	GMC Mol	Netherlands	3	10.4	-	41	5	-	-	-	2-8	3.84	13.67	3
7	N Gill	Ireland	2	20.0	5	43	2	-	-	-	2-26	2.15	14.33	3
8	A Coulter	Ireland	2	20.0	3	68	11	-	-	-	2-49	3.40	22.67	3
9	D Borchersen	Denmark	3	23.0	4	93	3	1	-	-	3-26	4.04	31.00	3
10	RM Kanaiya	Denmark	3	20.0	-	94	10	1	-	-	2-33	4.70	31.33	3

Best Bowling in an Innings

#	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Figures
1	R Nijman	Netherlands	28 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	3-14
2	MM Iqbal	Scotland	26 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	3-16
3	JF Mooney	Ireland	28 August	Scotland	Amstelveen	3-19
4	D Borchersen	Denmark	28 August	Netherlands	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	3-26
5	A Balbirnie	Ireland	26 August	Netherlands	Amstelveen	3-28
6	GMC Mol	Netherlands	28 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	2-8
7	R Nijman	Netherlands	27 August	Scotland	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	2-20
8	GC Holmes	Scotland	26 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	2-21
9	MBS Jonkman	Netherlands	28 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	2-22
10	SP Redhead	Scotland	26 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam	2-23

Partnerships by Wicket

Wkt	Runs	Name	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground
1	92*	ST Knox	RF Flannigan	Scotland	26 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
2	119*	KED Carroll	D Kennedy	Ireland	26 August	Netherlands	Amstelveen
3	51	ST de Bruin	PW Borren	Netherlands	26 August	Ireland	Amstelveen
4	212*	JF Mooney	MJ Fourie	Ireland	27 August	Denmark	Amstelveen
5	56	GC Holmes	RF Flannigan	Scotland	27 August	Netherlands	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
6	25	RF Flannigan	RM Haq	Scotland	27 August	Netherlands	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
7	58	GMC Mol	GW Davey	Netherlands	28 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
8	39*	J Brand	GW Davey	Netherlands	27 August	Scotland	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
9	25	B Shah	M Navabi	Denmark	27 August	Ireland	Amstelveen
10	24*	MBS Jonkman	SK Kohli	Netherlands	28 August	Denmark	Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam

Complete Player Summary

#	Name		Mts	Inn	NO	HS	50	100	4s	6s	Avg	Runs	Overs	Maid	RunsA	BBowl	5I	10	Avg	Wkt	Ct	St	RO
1	T Ahmed	Denmark	1	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	7.00	7	2.0	-	11	0-11	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
2	SJ Allema	Netherlands	3	3	-	43	-	-	4	1	17.67	53	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
3	R Bakas	Netherlands	3	3	-	48	-	-	6	-	24.00	72	0.5	-	4	0-4	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
4	A Balbirnie	Ireland	3	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	2.00	2	29.0	4	90	3-28	-	-	15.00	6	-	-	-
5	Z Bashir	Scotland	1	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.0	1	26	2-26	-	-	13.00	2	-	-	-
6	RD Berrington	Scotland	3	2	-	30	-	-	3	-	17.00	34	18.0	1	62	1-11	-	-	31.00	2	1	-	-
7	LF Boldt	Denmark	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	4.00	4	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
8	D Borchersen	Denmark	3	3	-	16	-	-	3	1	9.33	28	23.0	4	93	3-26	-	-	31.00	3	1	-	-
9	PW Borren	Netherlands	3	3	1	69*	1	-	7	-	51.00	102	17.0	1	71	1-32	-	-	35.50	2	3	-	-
10	J Brand	Netherlands	3	3	1	25*	-	-	2	2	23.00	46	2.0	-	18	0-18	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
11	KED Carroll	Ireland	2	2	1	81*	1	-	8	1	111.00	111	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
12	CR Chawla	Denmark	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	4.00	4	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
13	A Coulter	Ireland	2	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.0	3	68	2-49	-	-	22.67	3	1	-	-
14	GW Davey	Netherlands	3	3	1	29	-	-	2	-	21.00	42	28.0	5	68	1-29	-	-	68.00	1	1	-	-
15	G Dockrell	Ireland	1	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.0	3	31	2-31	-	-	15.50	2	-	-	-
16	C Dougherty	Ireland	3	2	1	23	-	-	3	-	25.00	25	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
17	RF Flannigan	Scotland	3	3	1	50	1	-	5	-	54.50	109	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
18	MJ Fourie	Ireland	3	2	1	88*	1	-	7	-	106.00	106	29.0	3	118	1-33	-	-	39.33	3	1	-	-
19	N Gill	Ireland	2	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20.0	5	43	2-26	-	-	14.33	3	-	-	-
20	RS Haire	Ireland	3	2	-	16	-	-	3	-	10.00	20	5.4	-	29	1-2	-	-	29.00	1	1	-	-
21	JD Hall	Ireland	3	2	-	48	-	-	8	-	42.00	84	9.0	-	48	2-48	-	-	24.00	2	1	-	-
22	RM Haq	Scotland	3	2	1	47*	-	-	2	-	51.00	51	23.0	3	65	1-10	-	-	32.50	2	1	-	-
23	O Hayat	Denmark	3	3	-	24	-	-	8	-	18.00	54	14.0	2	72	1-45	-	-	72.00	1	-	-	-
24	GC Holmes	Scotland	2	1	-	20	-	-	2	-	20.00	20	11.0	1	38	2-21	-	-	19.00	2	-	-	-
25	RO Hussain	Scotland	3	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	1.50	3	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
26	MM Iqbal	Scotland	3	2	1	55*	1	-	2	-	70.00	70	25.0	2	85	3-16	-	-	14.17	6	-	-	-
27	MBS Jonkman	Netherlands	2	1	1	8*	-	-	-	-	-	8	15.0	3	40	2-22	-	-	20.00	2	1	-	-
28	RM Kanaiya	Denmark	3	3	-	38	-	-	4	-	20.67	62	20.0	-	94	2-33	-	-	31.33	3	-	-	-
29	M Kashif	Netherlands	3	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	2.00	4	28.0	4	122	2-32	-	-	61.00	2	3	-	-
30	D Kennedy	Ireland	3	2	1	51*	1	-	4	-	77.00	77	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	3	-	-
31	FJ Kleissl	Denmark	1	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	5.00	5	3.0	-	19	1-19	-	-	19.00	1	1	-	-
32	ST Knox	Scotland	2	2	1	35*	-	-	4	-	43.00	43	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
33	SK Kohli	Netherlands	2	2	2	11*	-	-	-	1	-	12	15.0	2	52	1-23	-	-	52.00	1	-	-	-
34	J Larsen	Denmark	3	3	-	16	-	-	3	1	12.33	37	23.0	2	84	2-30	-	-	42.00	2	2	-	-
35	M Lund	Denmark	3	3	-	5	-	-	1	-	3.33	10	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
36	RT Mahmood	Denmark	3	3	-	11	-	-	4	-	8.33	25	1.1	-	8	0-8	-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
37	FP McAllister	Ireland	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	4	1	-
38	GMC Mol	Netherlands	3	3	-	27	-	-	2	-	16.67	50	10.4	-	41	2-8	-	-	13.67	3	-	-	-
39	JF Mooney	Ireland	3	2	1	115*	-	1	13	-	143.00	143	27.0	3	98	3-19	-	-	14.00	7	4	-	-
40	M Navabi	Denmark	3	3	3	22*	-	-	1	-	-	24	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
41	R Nijman	Netherlands	2	2	-	15	-	-	1	-	7.50	15	18.0	3	34	3-14	-	-	6.80	5	-	-	-
42	M Overgaard	Denmark	3	3	-	6	-	-	1	-	5.33	16	8.0	-	44	0-20	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
43	MA Parker	Scotland	2	2	1	9	-	-	-	-	14.00	14	9.0	1	41	0-15	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
44	MNL Pedersen	Denmark	2	2	-	11	-	-	1	-	6.50	13	9.0	1	30	0-13	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
45	SP Redhead	Scotland	2	1	1	3*	-	-	-	-	-	3	17.0	3	54	2-23	-	-	13.50	4	-	-	-
46	B Shah	Denmark	3	3	-	19	-	-	4	-	11.33	34	27.0	4	92	2-27	-	-	46.00	2	-	-	-
47	JNK Shannon	Ireland	2	1	-	20	-	-	2	-	20.00	20	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
48	MQ Sheikh	Scotland	3	2	-	23	-	-	2	-	14.50	29	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
49	SJS Smith	Scotland	3	2	-	17	-	-	-	-	9.50	19	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	6	1	-
50	LW Stokkers	Netherlands	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	3.00	3	7.0	1	27	0-27	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
51	SD Weeraratna	Scotland	3	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	2.00	4	27.0	3	67	1-10	-	-	33.50	2	-	-	-
52	ST de Bruin	Netherlands	3	3	-	50	1	-	4	-	27.00	81	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
53	DCL van Everdingen	Netherlands	2	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	3.50	7	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-