2012 European Division 2

Scorecard Final: Isle of Man beat Sweden by 8 wickets, 8 September.
Scorecard 3rd-4th Place: Spain beat Israel by 90 runs, 8 September.
Scorecard 5th-6th Place: Finland lost to Hellas by 46 runs, 8 September.
Scorecard 7th-8th Place: Estonia lost to Portugal by 31 runs, 8 September.
Scorecard 9th-10th Place: Luxembourg beat Croatia by 20 runs, 8 September.
Scorecard 11th-12th Place: Cyprus beat Malta by 10 wickets, 8 September.
Scorecard 1st-4th Semi-Final: Israel lost to Isle of Man by 39 runs, 7 September.
Scorecard 1st-4th Semi-Final: Spain lost to Sweden by 1 wicket, 7 September.
Scorecard 5th-8th Semi-Final: Portugal lost to Finland by 4 wickets, 7 September.
Scorecard 5th-8th Semi-Final: Estonia lost to Hellas by 7 wickets, 7 September.
Scorecard 9th-12th Semi-Final: Luxembourg beat Cyprus by 27 runs, 7 September.
Scorecard 9th-12th Semi-Final: Croatia beat Malta by 4 wickets, 7 September.

Group A

                            P    W    T    L  Pts     NRR
Israel                      5    5    0    0   10     1.12
Spain                       5    4    0    1    8     3.52
Portugal                    5    3    0    2    6    -0.55
Estonia                     5    2    0    3    4    -0.32
Malta                       5    1    0    4    2    -1.78
Luxembourg                  5    0    0    5    0    -1.98

Scorecard Spain (2) beat Malta (0) by 10 wickets, 6 September.
Scorecard Portugal (2) beat Luxembourg (0) by 11 runs (DL), 6 September.
Scorecard Israel (2) beat Estonia (0) by 5 wickets, 6 September.
Scorecard Estonia (2) beat Luxembourg (0) by 59 runs, 5 September.
Scorecard Israel (2) beat Portugal (0) by 17 runs, 5 September.
Scorecard Spain (0) lost to Israel (2) by 6 wickets, 5 September.
Scorecard Estonia (2) beat Malta (0) by 56 runs, 5 September.
Scorecard Israel (2) beat Malta (0) by 41 runs, 4 September.
Scorecard Spain (2) beat Estonia (0) by 125 runs, 4 September.
Scorecard Luxembourg (0) lost to Malta (2) by 7 wickets, 4 September.
Scorecard Spain (2) beat Portugal (0) by 75 runs, 4 September.
Scorecard Portugal (2) beat Malta (0) by 8 wickets, 3 September.
Scorecard Luxembourg (0) lost to Spain (2) by 70 runs, 3 September.
Scorecard Israel (2) beat Luxembourg (0) by 4 wickets, 3 September.
Scorecard Portugal (2) beat Estonia (0) by 5 wickets, 3 September.

Group B

                            P    W    T   NR    L  Pts     NRR
Sweden                      5    4    0    0    1    8     0.76
Isle of Man                 5    3    0    0    2    6     1.14
Hellas                      5    3    0    0    2    6    -0.05
Finland                     5    3    0    0    2    6    -0.25
Cyprus                      5    2    0    0    3    4     0.04
Croatia                     5    0    0    0    5    0    -1.42

Scorecard Finland (2) beat Isle of Man (0) by 6 wickets, 6 September.
Scorecard Hellas (2) beat Cyprus (0) by 7 wickets, 6 September.
Scorecard Croatia (0) lost to Sweden (2) by 8 wickets, 6 September.
Scorecard Finland (0) lost to Hellas (2) by 53 runs, 6 September.
Scorecard Croatia (0) lost to Isle of Man (2) by 6 wickets, 5 September.
Scorecard Sweden (0) lost to Cyprus (2) by 7 wickets, 5 September.
Scorecard Croatia (0) lost to Hellas (2) by 10 wickets, 5 September.
Scorecard Finland (0) lost to Sweden (2) by 6 wickets, 5 September.
Scorecard Croatia (0) lost to Cyprus (2) by 8 wickets, 4 September.
Scorecard Hellas (0) lost to Sweden (2) by 1 wicket, 4 September.
Scorecard Isle of Man (2) beat Hellas (0) by 102 runs, 4 September.
Scorecard Croatia (0) lost to Finland (2) by 7 wickets, 4 September.
Scorecard Cyprus (0) lost to Finland (2) by 8 runs, 4 September.
Scorecard Isle of Man (0) lost to Sweden (2) by 5 wickets, 3 September.
Scorecard Isle of Man (2) beat Cyprus (0) by 19 runs, 3 September.

Reports

Group A Preview ()

Of the six teams in Group A, only four played in the equivalent tournament in Belgium last season, Israel having been relegated from Division 1 and Estonia having won the Division 3 event in Tallinn earlier this year.

Group B Preview ()

Heading the list of six teams in Group B is Croatia, relegated from Division 1 last year and certain to mount a strong challenge to regain their place.

Century by Spain's Morgan the highlight of opening morning ()

Spain, Portugal and the Isle of Man post victories on the first morning in Corfu, with Spanish wicketkeeper James Morgan hitting exactly 100 against Luxembourg.

Sweden and Israel open with victories as Portugal win again ()

A brilliant innings by Chris Tebbutt sees Sweden home against the Isle of Man, while Luxembourg and Estonia go down fighting against Israel and Portugal.

Hellas lose a thriller, but Tariq Ali's 150 steals the show ()

A sensational unbeaten 150 by Spanish opener Tariq Ali was the outstanding individual performance of Tuesday morning, but elsewhere Hellas went down to Sweden in a last-over thriller.

Tariq pulverises Portugal to complete an astonishing day ()

The Spanish opener just missed out on a second 150, but his aggregate for the day of 298 runs is unlikely to be surpassed for a very long time.

Israel, Sweden and the Isle of Man all win again ()

Wins for Israel, Sweden and the Isle of Man on Wednesday morning continue these sides' progress towards the semi-finals, while Estonia claim their first points of the tournament.

Israel go top of Group A, but in Group B Sweden falter ()

Israel retain their unbeaten record with a victory over Spain, while Cyprus throw Group B open by beating Sweden.

Finland stay in the hunt with victory over the Isle of Man ()

Spain make sure of a semi-final spot on Thursday morning, but the Group B battle remains open after Finland beat the Isle of Man by six wickets.

Hellas's victory is in vain as Sweden and Isle of Man go through ()

Hosts Hellas beat Finland in their final group game, but see Isle of Man pip them for the semi-finals on net run rate.

Sweden beat Spain in a last-ball thriller to join the Manx in the final ()

Sweden successfully chase a Spanish total of 190 to win by one wicket off the final ball of their semi-final, while the Isle of Man beat Israel to move into the final.

Croatia and Luxembourg post their first wins and stay in Division 2 ()

But Cyprus and Malta will meet on Saturday to determine which side is relegated to Division 3.

Spain claim third spot as Malta are relegated ()

Spain beat Israel on Saturday morning to take third place in the tournament, while Cyprus defeat Malta by ten wickets to consign them to Division 3.

The Isle of Man claims the Division 2 title ()

A fine opening stand between Max Stokoe and Gareth Morris sees the Manxmen to an eight-wicket victory over Sweden, clinching the Division 2 championship.

Tournament Review ()

A quite superb tournament, brilliantly handled by the hosts, with all 42 matches played in a wonderful spirit which showcased the depth and quality of European cricket.

Squads

Croatia

John Vujnovich
Jasen Butkovic
Nikola Davidovic
Istok Dordevic
Jeffrey Grzinic
Michael Grzinic
Josip Jukic
Pero Kastelan
Peter Mackelworth
Paul Musin
Ivan Pazanin
Vivek Sharma
Craig Sinovich
Damir Svilicic

Paul Musin (Manager)
Neha Puntambekar (Assistant Manager)

Cyprus

Michalis Kyriacou
Dhanuka Agathocleous
Dineja Agathocleous
Ian Comina
Nimal Durayalage
Syed Hussain
Stelios Michaelides
Andrew Mulkern
Muhammad Tahir Mohsin
Georgios Papaonisiforou
Niroshan Pelawattha
Gurbhej Singh
Ravi Suhasaria
Malik Tariq

Rudolph Crasto (Manager)
Graeme Rickman (Coach)

Estonia

Timothy Heath
Vineeth Govind
Sivalingam Arunachalam
Timothy Filer
Murali Obili
Moshiur Rahman
Remo Raud
Nand Lal Riar
Sasha Ruut
Mart Tammoja
Mario Tammoja
Michael Tiffin
Marko Vaik
Karel Peter Van Buuren

Ryan Heywood (Coach)
Daniel Renwick (Manager)

Finland

Amrik Bhatia
Madhu Bhandari
Shakil Pervage Bin Islam
Zahidullah Kamal
Ekhpelwak Kuchey
Bilal Khan
Karimullah Malekzaei
Obaidullah Sadiqui
Jonathan Scamans
Christopher Shaw
Michael Shaw
Roholah Sadiqui
Muhammad Tariq Sarfraz
Tatu Vehvilainen

Yasir Abdul-Quadir (Coach)
Simon Dannapfel (Manager)

Hellas

Nikolaos Pothas
Mehmood Ahmed
Stamatios Giourgas
Spyridon Goustis
Andreas Koutsoufis
Anastasios Manousis
Aslam Mohammad
Christos Molinaris
Othonas Konstadinos Nikitas
Spyridon Nikokavouras
Zois Ntemsias
Alexandros Souvlakis
Dimitrios Triantafillidis
Ioannis Vasilas

Stylianos Goustis (Manager)
Iosif Misfout (Coach)

Isle of Man

Gareth Dawson
Gregory Hawke
Daniel Hawke
Daniel Kniveton
Richard Kniveton
Philip Littlejohns
Gareth Morris
Russell Miller
Garreth Roome
Alex Stokoe
Max Stokoe
Arne Van Den Berg
Oliver Webster
Mark Williams

Andrew Parkin Coates (Coach)
Mark Young (Physio)

Israel

Herschel Gutman
Raymond Aston
Shailesh Bangera
Josh Evans
Gerrit Grundling
Danny Hotz
Daniel Hyman
Yefeth Nagavkar
Kapila Perere
Yaniv Razporker
Gabriel Schachat
Steven Shein
Eshkol Solomon
Shifron Waskar

Joseph Tal (Manager)
Roland Lefebvre (Coach)

Luxembourg

Tony Whiteman
James Barker
Timothy Barker
Wayne Codd
Graham Cope
William Cope
Taral Desai
Christopher Evans
Nishith Gandhi
Piran Merkl
Joost Mees
Richard Neale
Anand Pattabiraman
Madhu Ramachandran

Stephen Evans (Manager)
Ben Embleton (Coach)

Malta

Andrew Naudi
George Joseph Agius
Derek Ali
Samuel Aquilina
Justin Brooke
David Borg
John Callus
Michael Caruana
Aasish Dhandapani
John Grima
Nowell Khosla
Ronnie Sacco
Mark George Sacco
Frankie Spiteri

Sarfraz Ali (Manager)
David Carlisle (Coach)

Portugal

Akbar Saiyad
Zafar Ali
Tariq Aziz
Paulo Buccimazza
Syed Bukhari
Nadeem Butt
Khalid Izaz
Rizwan Khaliq
Lakhbir Kensrey
Intesab Medhi
Muhammad Mirza
Nadeem Nazar
Jose Ricardo Pais
Bilal Safdar

Nicholas Green (Manager/Coach)

Spain

Mark Spencer
Nisar Ahmed
Sajad Ali
Tariq Ali Awan
Gary Crompton
Mohib Hussain
Tanveer Iqbal
Armaghan Khan
Farhat Mahmood
James Morgan
Christian Munoz-Mills
Talat Nadeem Ali
Luis Pedro Venus Valiente
Mohammad Yasin

Bobby Denning (Coach)
George Wambeek (Manager)

Sweden

Muhammad Yasir Ikram
Naveed Anjum
Serge Conein
Mohammad Ashik Imtiaz
Manuj Jadvest
Azam Khalil
Aman Momand
Shahid Mustafa
Sunny Sharma
Sandeep Sharma
Sadat Sidiqi
Christopher Tebbutt
Abdul Jalali Wakil
Khalid Ahmad Zahid

Fakhruzzaman Chowdhry (Manager)
Faisal Azeem (Coach)

Best Performances

Highest Scores

	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Runs
1	Tariq Ali Awan	SPA	04-Sep-2012	Estonia	Messonghi	150*
2	Tariq Ali Awan	SPA	04-Sep-2012	Portugal	Messonghi	148
3	JH Morgan	SPA	03-Sep-2012	Luxembourg	Ropa Valley 2	100
4	Tariq Aziz	PRT	06-Sep-2012	Luxembourg	Marina Ground	85*
5	E Solomon	ISR	06-Sep-2012	Estonia	Ropa Valley 1	85*
6	Bilal Safdar	PRT	04-Sep-2012	Spain	Messonghi	82
7	Aslam Mohammad	HEL	06-Sep-2012	Finland	Messonghi	80
8	Ekhpelwak Kuchey	FIN	05-Sep-2012	Sweden	Ropa Valley 2	73
9	A Manousis	HEL	05-Sep-2012	Croatia	Ropa Valley 2	71*
10	NL Riar	EST	05-Sep-2012	Malta	Messonghi	71
11	GB Morris	IOM	08-Sep-2012	Sweden	Marina Ground	71

Top Run Aggregates

	Name		Mts	Inn	NO	Ct	St	50s	100s	HS	Avg	Runs
1	Tariq Ali Awan	SPA	7	7	2	2	-	2	2	150*	95.20	476
2	Muhammad Mohsin	CYP	7	7	3	7	-	3	-	65*	76.25	305
3	GB Morris	IOM	7	7	-	1	-	3	-	71	39.29	275
4	Tariq Aziz	PRT	7	7	2	3	-	2	-	85*	48.40	242
5	Aslam Mohammad	HEL	7	6	1	3	-	2	-	80	47.40	237
6	T Filer	EST	6	6	2	1	-	1	-	68*	53.00	212
7	Armaghan Khan	SPA	7	7	1	1	-	1	-	51*	34.50	207
8	N Pothas	HEL	7	6	3	3	1	1	-	68	65.00	195
9	NL Riar	EST	7	7	-	3	-	2	-	71	27.29	191
10	N Khosla	MLT	7	7	-	2	-	-	-	48	26.29	184
11	M Grzinic	CRT	7	7	-	2	-	-	-	49	26.29	184
12	Ekhpelwak Kuchey	FIN	7	7	-	3	-	2	-	73	26.00	182
13	Rizwan Khaliq	PRT	7	7	2	6	2	-	-	42*	33.80	169

Top Strike Rates (100 Runs, 5 Innings)

#	Name		Mts	Inn	NO	Runs	Balls	S/Rate
1	Tariq Ali Awan	SPA	7	7	2	476	222	214.41
2	TJ Heath	EST	7	7	1	133	85	156.47
3	Aslam Mohammad	HEL	7	6	1	237	162	146.30
4	N Pothas	HEL	7	6	3	195	137	142.34
5	AM Naudi	MLT	7	7	1	124	90	137.78
6	T Filer	EST	6	6	2	212	158	134.18
7	Armaghan Khan	SPA	7	7	1	207	156	132.69
8	E Solomon	ISR	6	6	1	139	105	132.38
9	JH Morgan	SPA	6	5	-	156	119	131.09
10	NL Riar	EST	7	7	-	191	147	129.93
11	Muhammad Mohsin	CYP	7	7	3	305	236	129.24
12	Syed Hussain	CYP	7	6	-	152	118	128.81
13	GB Morris	IOM	7	7	-	275	215	127.91

Top Wicket Takers

	Name		Mts	Overs	Maids	Runs	Wd	NB	5I	10M	BBowl	Econ	Avg	Wkts
1	Muhammad Mohsin	CYP	7	23.1	-	160	8	1	-	-	4-16	6.91	11.43	14
2	Azam Khalil	SWE	7	23.5	1	174	4	1	-	-	3-21	7.30	14.50	12
3	D Triantafillidis	HEL	7	27.0	1	147	7	2	-	-	4-29	5.44	12.25	12
4	Tariq Sarfraz	FIN	7	27.0	-	131	7	1	-	-	3-9	4.85	11.91	11
5	Mehmood Ahmed	HEL	7	27.0	-	157	3	1	-	-	3-29	5.81	14.27	11
6	A van den Berg	IOM	6	23.0	1	99	9	-	-	-	3-13	4.30	9.00	11
7	Talat Nadeem	SPA	7	26.5	-	162	8	-	-	-	3-24	6.04	14.73	11
8	M Grzinic	CRT	7	28.0	2	112	8	-	-	-	3-18	4.00	11.20	10
9	RM Neale	LUX	6	22.0	-	156	13	1	-	-	3-24	7.09	15.60	10
10	S Arunachalam	EST	7	23.3	2	149	9	1	-	-	3-31	6.34	16.56	9
11	DJ Agathocleous	CYP	7	13.4	-	80	8	-	1	-	5-12	5.85	8.89	9
12	M Bhandari	FIN	6	18.0	-	135	11	-	-	-	4-12	7.50	15.00	9
13	Sajad Ali	SPA	7	27.0	-	215	4	1	-	-	3-17	7.96	23.89	9
14	Khalid Ahmad	SWE	6	21.3	1	133	18	-	1	-	5-21	6.19	14.78	9

Best Bowling in an Innings

	Name		Date	Opposition	Ground	Figures
1	DJ Agathocleous	CYP	08-Sep-2012	Malta	Marina Ground	5-12
2	Khalid Ahmad	SWE	05-Sep-2012	Finland	Ropa Valley 2	5-21
3	M Bhandari	FIN	06-Sep-2012	Isle of Man	Ropa Valley 1	4-12
4	JR Pais	PRT	03-Sep-2012	Malta	Ropa Valley 1	4-15
5	Muhammad Mohsin	CYP	08-Sep-2012	Malta	Marina Ground	4-16
6	Muhammad Mirza	PRT	03-Sep-2012	Estonia	Ropa Valley 2	4-21
7	DJ Agathocleous	CYP	04-Sep-2012	Finland	Marina Ground	4-23
8	D Triantafillidis	HEL	06-Sep-2012	Finland	Messonghi	4-29
9	MR Spencer	SPA	07-Sep-2012	Sweden	Marina Ground	4-30
10	J Evans	ISR	07-Sep-2012	Isle of Man	Marina Ground	3-9
11	Tariq Sarfraz	FIN	07-Sep-2012	Portugal	Ropa Valley 1	3-9
12	MR Spencer	SPA	06-Sep-2012	Malta	Ropa Valley 2	3-10

Top Economy Rates (6 wickets, 15 overs)

#	Name		Mts	Overs	Maids	Runs	Wkt's	BBowl	Econ
1	M Grzinic	CRT	7	28.0	2	112	10	3-18	4.00
2	A van den Berg	IOM	6	23.0	1	99	11	3-13	4.30
3	DJ Hawke	IOM	7	26.0	3	117	6	1-9	4.50
4	Tariq Sarfraz	FIN	7	27.0	-	131	11	3-9	4.85
5	MJL Stokoe	IOM	7	23.4	-	119	7	3-16	5.03
6	D Triantafillidis	HEL	7	27.0	1	147	12	4-29	5.44
7	Bilal Khan	FIN	7	25.3	-	139	8	2-18	5.45
8	CW Evans	LUX	7	24.5	1	141	7	2-15	5.68
9	Mehmood Ahmed	HEL	7	27.0	-	157	11	3-29	5.81

Highest Partnerships

	Name	Name	Wk		Date	Opposition	Ground	Runs
1	Tariq Ali Awan	C Munoz-Mills	3	SPA	04-Sep-2012	Portugal	Messonghi	135
2	Aslam Mohammad	A Manousis	1	HEL	05-Sep-2012	Croatia	Ropa Valley 2	130*
3	Armaghan Khan	Tariq Ali Awan	1	SPA	06-Sep-2012	Malta	Ropa Valley 2	121*
4	Bilal Safdar	Rizwan Khaliq	5	PRT	04-Sep-2012	Spain	Messonghi	117
5	A Souvlakis	Aslam Mohammad	2	HEL	06-Sep-2012	Finland	Messonghi	116
6	GB Morris	MJL Stokoe	1	IOM	04-Sep-2012	Hellas	Ropa Valley 2	111
7	MJL Stokoe	GB Morris	1	IOM	08-Sep-2012	Sweden	Marina Ground	104
8	Armaghan Khan	Tariq Ali Awan	1	SPA	04-Sep-2012	Estonia	Messonghi	100
9	Tariq Aziz	Rizwan Khaliq	3	PRT	03-Sep-2012	Malta	Ropa Valley 1	98*
10	M Kyriacou	Muhammad Mohsin	1	CYP	08-Sep-2012	Malta	Marina Ground	97*
11	Syed Hussain	Muhammad Mohsin	2	CYP	04-Sep-2012	Finland	Marina Ground	96
12	C Munoz-Mills	JH Morgan	3	SPA	03-Sep-2012	Luxembourg	Ropa Valley 2	95
13	GB Morris	MJL Stokoe	1	IOM	03-Sep-2012	Cyprus	Messonghi	94
14	Azam Khalil	Shahid Mustafa	3	SWE	05-Sep-2012	Finland	Ropa Valley 2	94

Top Wicket Keeping

#	Name		Mts	Byes	Catch	Stump	Total
1	M Vaik	EST	7	17	9	-	9
2	Rizwan Khaliq	PRT	7	6	6	2	8
3	MW Shaw	FIN	5	13	6	1	7
4	Sadat Sidiqi	SWE	6	7	2	3	5
5	JH Morgan	SPA	6	5	5	-	5
6	GP Cope	LUX	4	5	3	1	4
7	SG Bangera	ISR	6	6	3	-	3

Top Catches by Fielders

#	Name		Mts	Catches
1	OJH Webster	IOM	7	8
2	Muhammad Mohsin	CYP	7	7
3	Sajad Ali	SPA	7	6
4	Yasir Ikram	SWE	7	5
5	M Kyriacou	CYP	7	4
6	N Durayalage	CYP	7	4
7	S Michaelides	CYP	6	4
8	NJ Pelawattha	CYP	7	4
9	Obaidullah Sadiqui	FIN	7	4
10	T Desai	LUX	7	4
11	TA Whiteman	LUX	7	4
12	Muhammad Mirza	PRT	6	4
13	Farhat Mahmood	SPA	6	4
14	CD Tebbutt	SWE	7	4
15	DC Hotz	ISR	6	4
16	K Perere	ISR	6	4
17	Z Ntemsias	HEL	7	4