2008 European Under 17 Championship

1st-2nd Place
Ireland beat Scotland by 9 wickets.
Scorecard Stormont, 17 July.
Scotland 195-9 (50 overs, S Hunt 45, F Coleman 42, G Dockrell 4-26)
Ireland 197-1 (40.1 overs, S Thompson 97*, A Balbirnie 85)
3rd-4th Place
Guernsey v Netherlands - match abandoned.
Scorecard Bangor, 17 July.
Guernsey 149-6 (29 overs, T Kirk 50)
5th-6th Place
Denmark beat Jersey by 2 wickets.
Scorecard Saintfield, 17 July.
Jersey 208-5 (50 overs, S De La Haye 48, B Stevens 43)
Denmark 210-8 (48.3 overs)

Group A

               P   W  NR   L   Pts
Scotland       2   2   0   0     4
Guernsey       2   1   0   1     2
Denmark        2   0   0   2     0

Denmark lost to Scotland by 2 wickets.
Scorecard Holywood, 14 July.
Denmark 193-8 (50 overs, S Ahmed 42, W Rowan 3-37)
Scotland 194-8 (47.3 overs, S Hunt 54*, K Mahmood 3-31)
Scotland beat Guernsey by 109 runs.
Scorecard Downpatrick, 15 July.
Scotland 306 (48.4 overs F Coleman 102, O Hairs 93, M Ellis 3-37)
Guernsey 197 (45.3 overs, W Thompson 61, R Le Corre 47, J Clark 35, C Ramsay 5-38)
Guernsey beat Denmark by 71 runs.
Scorecard Belmont, 16 July.
Guernsey 232-8 (50 overs, T Ravenscroft 55)
Denmark 161 (42.3 overs, H Shah 35)

Group B

               P   W  NR   L   Pts
Ireland        2   2   0   0     4
Netherlands    2   1   0   1     2
Jersey         2   0   0   2     0

Ireland beat Netherlands by 8 wickets.
Scorecard Downpatrick, 14 July.
Netherlands 152-8 (50 overs, N Donnell 4-30)
Ireland 154-2 (29.3 overs, P Stirling 70*, A Balbirnie 51*)
Ireland beat Jersey by 6 wickets.
Scorecard Saintfield, 15 July.
Jersey 107 (42.4 overs, S Getkate 5-15)
Ireland 111-4 (28 overs)
Jersey lost to Netherlands by 7 wickets.
Scorecard Comber, 16 July.
Jersey 168-9 (50 overs, B De Figueiredo 33, T De La Haye 28, T Gruitjers 3-23)
Netherlands 169-3 (37.1 overs, D Coster 37*, T Gruitjers 37*, T Visee 37)

Reports

European Under 17 Division 1 gets the ball rolling ()

The 2008 outdoor ICC European tournament season begins with the Under 17 Division 1 title being decided in and around Belfast.

Ireland win their opening game ()

The hosts defeat The Netherlands by eight wickets at Downpatrick.

Anxious moments for Scotland in victory over Denmark ()

Scotland had a ninth wicket partnership of 32 between Sam Hunt and Willie Rowan to thank for their two-wicket win at Holywood.

Ireland reach the final ()

A comfortable six wicket victory over Jersey at Saintfield booked Ireland's place in Thursday's final.

Scotland confirmed as Group A winners ()

The Scots win comfortably, but Guernsey hold their heads high on Day Two

Comfortable victory for The Netherlands ()

The Netherlands qualified for Friday's third place play off as they overcame Jersey by seven wickets at Comber.

Guernsey down Denmark by 71 runs ()

The islanders record their first victory in the top tier of European youth cricket

Third place match falls to the weather ()

The match between Guernsey and The Netherlands had to be abandoned after 28 overs.

Ireland wins the Under-17 European title ()

The home nation defeats Scotland by nine wickets at Stormont in the tournament decider.

Third-place play-off abandoned as Denmark claim fifth ()

It's a washout at Bangor, but play is finished at Saintfield

Photographs

Squads

Denmark

Taha Ahmed (Captain)
Irtaza Hussain
Sonny Nielsen
Hamid Shah
Shuaib Hasan Rashid
Zameer Khan
Kamran Tariq Mahmood
Ali Imtiaz Ahmed
Christian Peck-Thorsted
Abdul Bahadori
Ahsen Choudhary Naim
Ihjas Saumy
Shehzad Ahmed

Martin Jensen (Coach)
Martin Prasse (Assistant Coach)

Ireland

Lee Nelson (Captain)
Jonathan Martin
Craig Averill
Stuart Poynter
Shane Getkate
Andrew Balbirnie
Paul Stirling
Eoghan Conway
George Dockrell
Graham Mcdonnell
Nick Gray
Dean Mccarter
Stuart Thompson

Ryan Eagleson (Coach)
William Semple (Manager)

Guernsey

Timothy Ravenscroft (Captain)
Adam Hindle
William Thompson
Andrew Hutchinson
Adam Martel
Thomas Kirk
Robert Le Corre
David Hooper
William Peatfield
Jonathan Clark
Matthew Renouf
Benjamin Mcvey
Max Ellis

Michael Kinder (Manager)
Jeremy Frith (Coach)

Jersey

Samuel James De La Haye (Captain)
Charles Perchard
Paul Connolly
John Borg
Benjamin De Figueiredo
James Faudemer
Benjamin Stephens
Daniel Mcaviney
Edward Kean
Aidan Mcguire
Scott Simpson
Timothy De La Haye
Steven Blackburn

Christopher Minty (Manager)
Peter Gough (Coach)

Netherlands

Dennis Coster (Captain)
Floris Kingma
Nicolaas Vieler
Tim Gruijters
Emile Van Den Burg
Jonkheer Philip Van Den Brandeler
Quirijn Gunning
Vinoo Baldewpersad Tewarie
Tobias Visee
Wajdan Alim
Rohid Shah
Matthijs Luten
Robert Van Der Harten

Tom De Grooth (Coach)
Josephus Heggelman (Manager)

Scotland

Calvin Burnett (Captain)
Anjan Luthra
William Rowan
Matthew Bremner
Oliver Hairs
Richie Lamb
Michael Leask
Patrick Sadler
Sam Hunt
Craig Ramsay
Safyaan Sharif
Freddie Coleman
Aman Bailwal

Craig Wright (Coach)
Alan Patterson (Manager)

Best Performances

Top Run Scores

#	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Runs
1	FRJ Coleman	SCO.	15-Jul-2008	Guernsey Under17	Downpatrick	102
2	S Thompson	IRE.	17-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Stormont Belfast	97*
3	OJ Hairs	SCO.	15-Jul-2008	Guernsey Under17	Downpatrick	93
4	A Balbirnie	IRE.	17-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Stormont Belfast	86
5	PR Stirling	IRE.	14-Jul-2008	Netherlands U 17	Downpatrick	70*
6	T Ravenscroft	GUE.	16-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Belmont Belfast	65
7	S Ahmed	DEN.	17-Jul-2008	Jersey Under 17	Saintfield	61*
8	W Thompson	GUE.	15-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Downpatrick	61
9	CSC Hunt	SCO.	14-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Holywood C C	54*
10	A Balbirnie	IRE.	14-Jul-2008	Netherlands U 17	Downpatrick	51*

Top Run Aggregates

#	Name		Mts	Inn	NO	Ct	50s	100s	HS	Avg	Runs
1	FRJ Coleman	SCO.	3	3	-	-	-	1	102	52.33	157
2	A Balbirnie	IRE.	3	3	2	-	2	-	86	148.00	148
3	OJ Hairs	SCO.	3	3	-	1	1	-	93	44.33	133
4	CSC Hunt	SCO.	3	3	1	2	1	-	54*	65.50	131
5	S Thompson	IRE.	3	2	1	1	1	-	97*	125.00	125
6	S Ahmed	DEN.	3	3	1	-	1	-	61*	54.50	109
7	W Thompson	GUE.	3	3	-	2	1	-	61	31.67	95
8	T Ravenscroft	GUE.	3	3	-	3	1	-	65	29.00	87
9	PR Stirling	IRE.	3	3	2	1	1	-	70*	85.00	85
10	B Stephens	JER.	3	3	-	-	-	-	43	27.67	83

Top Wicket Takers

#	Name		Mts	Overs	Maids	Runs	5I	10M	BBowl	Econ	Avg	Wkts
1	N Donnell	IRE.	3	17.4	2	65	-	-	4-30	3.68	10.83	6
2	SC Getkate	IRE.	3	25.0	5	74	1	-	5-15	2.96	14.80	5
3	G Dockrell	IRE.	2	20.0	2	56	-	-	4-26	2.80	11.20	5
4	C Ramsay	SCO.	3	24.0	2	84	1	-	5-38	3.50	16.80	5
5	T Ravenscroft	GUE.	3	15.0	-	79	-	-	4-31	5.27	15.80	5
6	TGJ Gruijters	HOL.	3	19.0	2	51	-	-	3-23	2.68	12.75	4
7	MEM Bremner	SCO.	3	24.3	1	124	-	-	2-42	5.06	31.00	4
8	WJ Rowan	SCO.	2	16.1	1	70	-	-	3-37	4.33	17.50	4
9	A McGuire	JER.	3	20.0	1	78	-	-	2-32	3.90	19.50	4
10	D Hooper	GUE.	3	13.2	-	56	-	-	3-27	4.20	14.00	4

Best Bowling in an Innings

#	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Figures
1	SC Getkate	IRE.	15-Jul-2008	Jersey Under 17	Saintfield	5-15
2	C Ramsay	SCO.	15-Jul-2008	Guernsey Under17	Downpatrick	5-38
3	G Dockrell	IRE.	17-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Stormont Belfast	4-26
4	N Donnell	IRE.	14-Jul-2008	Netherlands U 17	Downpatrick	4-30
5	T Ravenscroft	GUE.	16-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Belmont Belfast	4-31
6	TGJ Gruijters	HOL.	16-Jul-2008	Jersey Under 17	Comber	3-23
7	D Hooper	GUE.	16-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Belmont Belfast	3-27
8	KT Mahmood	DEN.	14-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Holywood C C	3-31
9	WJ Rowan	SCO.	14-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Holywood C C	3-37
10	M Ellis	GUE.	15-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Downpatrick	3-37

Partnerships by Wicket

Wkt	Runs	Name	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground
1	176	A Balbirnie	S Thompson	IRE.	17-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Stormont Belfast
2	79	T Kirk	W Thompson	GUE.	17-Jul-2008	Netherlands U 17	Upritchard Park Bangor
3	113*	PR Stirling	A Balbirnie	IRE.	14-Jul-2008	Netherlands U 17	Downpatrick
4	90*	D Coster	TGJ Gruijters	HOL.	16-Jul-2008	Jersey Under 17	Comber
5	53	T Ahmed	S Ahmed	DEN.	14-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Holywood C C
6	69	CG Burnett	CSC Hunt	SCO.	15-Jul-2008	Guernsey Under17	Downpatrick
7	59	A Martel	D Hooper	GUE.	16-Jul-2008	Denmark Under 17	Belmont Belfast
8	32	AC Naim	SH Rashid	DEN.	14-Jul-2008	Scotland Under 17	Holywood C C
9	47*	F Kingma	NES Vieler	HOL.	14-Jul-2008	Ireland Under 17	Downpatrick
10	14	J Faudemer	D McAviney	JER.	15-Jul-2008	Ireland Under 17	Saintfield

Complete Player Summary

#	Name		Mts	Inn	NO	HS	50	100	Avg	Runs	Overs	Maid	RunsA	BBowl	5I	10	Avg	Wkt	Ct	St	RO
1	S Ahmed	DEN.	3	3	1	61*	1	-	54.50	109	19.0	1	107	2-27	-	-	35.67	3	-	-	-
2	T Ahmed	DEN.	3	3	-	22	-	-	9.67	29	14.0	-	58	2-26	-	-	29.00	2	-	-	-
3	AI Ahmed	DEN.	3	3	-	19	-	-	14.67	44	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	3	-	-
4	W Alim	HOL.	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	17.0	2	106	1-37	-	-	53.00	2	-	-	-
5	C Averill	IRE.	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	5.0	1	11	1-11	-	-	11.00	1	3	-	-
6	A Bahadori	DEN.	2	1	1	0*	-	-	-	-	12.3	1	51	1-31	-	-	51.00	1	-	-	-
7	A Bailwal	SCO.	3	3	-	8	-	-	4.67	14	3.0	-	20	0-20	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
8	A Balbirnie	IRE.	3	3	2	86	2	-	148.00	148	13.0	1	42	1-27	-	-	42.00	1	-	-	-
9	S Blackburn	JER.	3	2	-	0	-	-	0.00	-	24.0	-	105	1-18	-	-	52.50	2	-	-	-
10	J Borg	JER.	3	3	-	25	-	-	13.67	41	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
11	MEM Bremner	SCO.	3	3	-	3	-	-	2.67	8	24.3	1	124	2-42	-	-	31.00	4	-	-	-
12	CG Burnett	SCO.	3	3	1	28	-	-	30.50	61	13.0	1	48	1-18	-	-	48.00	1	1	-	-
13	J Clark	GUE.	3	3	-	35	-	-	18.33	55	13.4	1	74	2-49	-	-	37.00	2	-	-	-
14	FRJ Coleman	SCO.	3	3	-	102	-	1	52.33	157	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
15	P Connolly	JER.	2	2	2	5*	-	-	-	6	4.0	-	29	1-29	-	-	29.00	1	1	-	-
16	E Conway	IRE.	1	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	4.0	1	7	0-7	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
17	D Coster	HOL.	3	2	1	37*	-	-	37.00	37	11.0	1	47	1-17	-	-	23.50	2	1	-	-
18	B de Figueiredo	JER.	3	3	-	33	-	-	21.67	65	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
19	SJ de la Haye	JER.	3	3	-	38	-	-	17.00	51	2.0	-	22	1-22	-	-	22.00	1	2	-	-
20	T de la Haye	JER.	3	3	1	28	-	-	26.50	53	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
21	G Dockrell	IRE.	2	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	20.0	2	56	4-26	-	-	11.20	5	1	-	-
22	N Donnell	IRE.	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	17.4	2	65	4-30	-	-	10.83	6	-	-	-
23	M Ellis	GUE.	2	1	1	0*	-	-	-	-	7.0	-	37	3-37	-	-	12.33	3	-	-	-
24	J Faudemer	JER.	2	1	-	3	-	-	3.00	3	12.0	2	45	1-35	-	-	45.00	1	-	-	-
25	SC Getkate	IRE.	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	25.0	5	74	5-15	1	-	14.80	5	1	-	-
26	TGJ Gruijters	HOL.	3	2	1	37*	-	-	67.00	67	19.0	2	51	3-23	-	-	12.75	4	1	-	-
27	QWM Gunning	HOL.	3	2	-	30	-	-	26.50	53	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
28	OJ Hairs	SCO.	3	3	-	93	1	-	44.33	133	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
29	A Hindle	GUE.	2	2	-	15	-	-	7.50	15	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
30	D Hooper	GUE.	3	3	-	47	-	-	19.00	57	13.2	-	56	3-27	-	-	14.00	4	-	-	-
31	CSC Hunt	SCO.	3	3	1	54*	1	-	65.50	131	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	2	-
32	I Hussain	DEN.	2	2	-	1	-	-	0.50	1	2.0	-	15	0-15	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
33	A Hutchinson	GUE.	2	1	1	0*	-	-	-	-	6.0	1	16	0-16	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
34	E Kean	JER.	2	2	-	24	-	-	13.00	26	2.0	-	12	0-12	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
35	Zameer Khan	DEN.	3	3	-	10	-	-	5.33	16	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
36	F Kingma	HOL.	3	2	1	32*	-	-	42.00	42	14.3	2	57	1-31	-	-	57.00	1	1	-	-
37	T Kirk	GUE.	3	3	-	50	1	-	19.33	58	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
38	R Lamb	SCO.	2	2	-	24	-	-	13.00	26	9.0	3	29	2-18	-	-	14.50	2	-	-	-
39	R Le Corre	GUE.	3	3	-	47	-	-	22.33	67	2.0	-	21	0-21	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
40	MA Leask	SCO.	3	3	-	15	-	-	7.33	22	24.0	-	94	0-24	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
41	MB Luten	HOL.	2	1	-	22	-	-	22.00	22	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
42	AS Luthra	SCO.	2	2	-	6	-	-	5.50	11	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
43	KT Mahmood	DEN.	1	1	-	0	-	-	0.00	-	10.0	-	31	3-31	-	-	10.33	3	1	-	-
44	A Martel	GUE.	2	2	1	17	-	-	22.00	22	6.0	-	22	1-22	-	-	22.00	1	-	-	-
45	J Martin	IRE.	1	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	4.0	-	21	0-21	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
46	D McAviney	JER.	2	2	1	12	-	-	22.00	22	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
47	D McCarter	IRE.	3	2	-	13	-	-	10.50	21	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
48	GF McDonnell	IRE.	2	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	16.0	1	63	2-23	-	-	21.00	3	1	-	-
49	A McGuire	JER.	3	3	-	20	-	-	10.67	32	20.0	1	78	2-32	-	-	19.50	4	1	-	-
50	B McVey	GUE.	3	3	1	15	-	-	13.50	27	14.0	1	48	1-18	-	-	24.00	2	-	-	-
51	AC Naim	DEN.	3	3	-	10	-	-	5.00	15	15.0	-	62	0-7	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
52	LT Nelson	IRE.	3	2	-	12	-	-	9.50	19	26.0	6	51	1-11	-	-	17.00	3	1	-	-
53	S Nielsen	DEN.	2	2	2	9*	-	-	-	16	13.0	-	60	1-42	-	-	60.00	1	-	-	-
54	W Peatfield	GUE.	2	2	1	17*	-	-	28.00	28	11.0	-	59	0-17	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
55	C Peck-Thorsted	DEN.	3	3	-	22	-	-	16.33	49	13.0	-	54	1-42	-	-	54.00	1	-	-	-
56	C Perchard	JER.	2	1	-	0	-	-	0.00	-	12.4	1	56	0-26	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
57	S Poynter	IRE.	3	1	1	23*	-	-	-	23	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	4	1	-
58	C Ramsay	SCO.	3	2	1	9	-	-	9.00	9	24.0	2	84	5-38	1	-	16.80	5	-	-	-
59	SH Rashid	DEN.	3	3	1	31*	-	-	34.50	69	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	-	-
60	T Ravenscroft	GUE.	3	3	-	65	1	-	29.00	87	15.0	-	79	4-31	-	-	15.80	5	3	-	-
61	M Renouf	GUE.	2	1	-	3	-	-	3.00	3	4.0	-	38	0-38	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
62	WJ Rowan	SCO.	2	2	1	9*	-	-	9.00	9	16.1	1	70	3-37	-	-	17.50	4	1	-	-
63	PT Sadler	SCO.	1	1	1	0*	-	-	-	-	6.0	-	33	0-33	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
64	I Saumy	DEN.	2	1	-	3	-	-	3.00	3	19.0	2	85	2-46	-	-	28.33	3	-	-	-
65	HM Shah	DEN.	3	3	-	39	-	-	25.00	75	30.0	3	78	1-18	-	-	39.00	2	1	-	-
66	R Shah	HOL.	2	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	2.0	-	4	2-4	-	-	2.00	2	-	-	-
67	S Sharif	SCO.	2	2	-	10	-	-	7.50	15	16.0	2	73	2-42	-	-	36.50	2	-	-	-
68	S Simpson	JER.	2	1	1	0*	-	-	-	-	6.1	-	43	0-18	-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
69	B Stephens	JER.	3	3	-	43	-	-	27.67	83	30.0	7	77	2-24	-	-	19.25	4	-	-	-
70	PR Stirling	IRE.	3	3	2	70*	1	-	85.00	85	10.0	1	41	0-41	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
71	VAB Tewarie	HOL.	3	1	-	0	-	-	0.00	-	18.0	2	87	1-32	-	-	87.00	1	2	-	-
72	S Thompson	IRE.	3	2	1	97*	1	-	125.00	125	2.0	1	1	0-1	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
73	W Thompson	GUE.	3	3	-	61	1	-	31.67	95	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	2	2	-
74	P vanden Brandeler	HOL.	3	1	-	1	-	-	1.00	1	19.0	3	65	2-17	-	-	32.50	2	1	-	-
75	E van den Burg	HOL.	2	1	-	0	-	-	0.00	-	6.0	2	19	2-19	-	-	9.50	2	1	-	-
76	R van der Harten	HOL.	1	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	-	-	-
77	NES Vieler	HOL.	2	1	1	15*	-	-	-	15	2.0	-	16	0-16	-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-
78	TP Visee	HOL.	3	2	-	37	-	-	18.50	37	0.0	-	-		-	-	0.00	-	1	-	-