2012 European T20 Championship Division Two
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  Greece |
| Champions |  Isle of Man (1st title) |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches | 42 |
| Player of the series |  Muhammad Mohsin |
| Most runs |  Tariq Ali (476) |
| Most wickets | Muhammad Mohsin (14) |
| Official website | ICC European Championship |
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.
Teams
Teams that qualified are as follows:
Group A
Group B
Squads
 Croatia
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Cyprus
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 Estonia
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 Finland
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| Greece
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Isle of Man
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 Israel
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 Luxembourg
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 Malta
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Spain
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 Sweden
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Fixtures
Group stage
Group A
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
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| Israel |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.123 |
| Spain |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.520 |
| Portugal |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.553 |
| Estonia |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.321 |
| Malta |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.775 |
| Luxembourg |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.983 |
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James Morgan 100 (53)
Richard Neale 3/24 (4 overs) |
Joost Mees 40 (30)
Farhat Mahmood 3/26 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
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Nowell Khosla 48 (39)
Jose Pais 4/15 (4 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
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Murali Obili 25 (26)
Muhammad Mirza 4/21 (4 overs) |
Jose Pais 35 (26)
Moshiur Rahman 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Taral Desai 36 (37)
Gerrit Grundling 2/3 (4 overs) |
Yaniv Razpurker 19* (30)
Madhu Ramachandran 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
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Tariq Ali 150* (66)
Sivalingam Arunachalam 3/31 (4 overs) |
Tim Heath 40 (22)
Sajad Ali 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to field.
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Gabriel Schachat 28 (34)
Nowell Khosla 2/14 (4 overs) |
Frankie Spiteri 43 (45)
Steven Shein 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to field.
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Timothy Barker 55 (45)
Derek Ali 2/23 (2 overs) |
Andrew Naudi 66* (27)
Taral Desai 1/35 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
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Tariq Ali 148 (55)
Intesab Medhi 2/23 (2 overs) |
Bilal Safdar 82 (37)
Talat Nadeem 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
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Tim Heath 52* (33)
Taral Desai 3/20 (4 overs) |
Richard Neale 37 (34)
Tim Heath 3/12 (3 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Eshkol Solomon 40 (29)
Zafar Ali 2/22 (3 overs) |
Tariq Aziz 45 (30)
Josh Evans 3/24 (3 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to field.
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Nand Lal Riar 71 (46)
Michael Caruana 1/9 (2 overs) |
Frankie Spiteri 22 (16)
Sivalingam Arunachalam 2/12 (3 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
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James Morgan 37 (43)
Kapila Perere 2/24 (4 overs) |
Herschel Gutman 43 (43)
Armaghan Khan 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Israel won the toss and elected to field.
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Joost Mees 40 (33)
Nadeem Nazar 2/27 (3 overs) |
- 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.
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Andrew Naudi 29 (23)
Mark Spencer 3/10 (3.2 overs) |
Tariq Ali 58* (34)
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- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
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Nand Lal Riar 59 (34)
Eshkol Solomon 1/7 (3 overs) |
Eshkol Solomon 85* (52)
Nand Lal Riar 2/20 (3 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Points | NRR |
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| Sweden |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.762 |
| Isle of Man |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.132 |
| Greece |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.045 |
| Finland |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.245 |
| Cyprus |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.038 |
| Croatia |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.411 |
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Gareth Morris 43 (37)
Gurbhej Singh 1/15 (4 overs) |
Syed Hussain 51 (27)
Alex Stokoe 3/33 (3 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
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Craig Sinovich 36* (45)
Amrik Bhatia 3/13 (3 overs) |
Zahidullah Kamal 55* (54)
Michael Grzinic 2/11 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Max Stokoe 27 (43)
Azam Khalil 3/21 (4 overs) |
Christopher Tebbutt 57 (45)
Garreth Roome 2/25 (4 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
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Craig Sinovich 43 (48)
Muhammad Mohsin 3/25 (4 overs) |
Syed Hussain 32 (22)
Paul Musin 1/21 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sadat Sidiqi 41 (39)
Dimitrios Triantafillidis 3/23 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
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Michael Shaw 39 (47)
Dineja Agathocleous 4/23 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Mohsin 65* (55)
Tariq Sarfraz 1/11 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.
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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 the toss and elected to bat.
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Michael Grzinic 34 (46)
Arnie van den Berg 3/13 (4 overs) |
Philip Littlejohns 43* (44)
Michael Grzinic 2/16 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Ekhpelwak Kuchey 73 (46)
Khalid Ahmad 5/21 (3.5 overs) |
Shahid Mustafa 66* (57)
Tariq Sarfraz 3/19 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
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Christopher Tebbutt 31 (33)
Niroshan Pelawattha 3/22 (2.2 overs) |
Muhammad Mohsin 49 (39)
Khalid Ahmad 2/20 (2.4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.
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John Vujnovich 50 (59)
Mehmood Ahmed 2/28 (4 overs) |
Anastasios Manousis 71* (55)
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- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Garreth Roome 21 (10)
Madhu Bhandari 4/12 (4 overs) |
- Finland won the toss and elected to field.
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Muhammad Mohsin 55 (40)
Mehmood Ahmed 3/39 (4 overs) |
Aslam Mohammad 60 (24)
Gurbhej Singh 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
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Aslam Mohammad 80 (40)
Bilal Khan 2/24 (4 overs) |
Ekhpelwak Kuchey 54 (49)
Dimitrios Triantafillidis 4/29 (4 overs) |
- Finland won the toss and elected to field.
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John Vujnovich 12 (22)
Khalid Ahmad 2/12 (4 overs) |
Sadat Sidiqi 40* (28)
Josip Jukic 1/11 (2 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
Semi-final
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Tariq Ali 35 (23)
Aman Momand 2/24 (4 overs) |
Christopher Tebbutt 59 (35)
Mark Spencer 4/30 (3 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-final
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Gareth Morris 53 (48)
Josh Evans 3/9 (4 overs) |
Josh Evans 34 (35)
Mark Williams 3/13 (4 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
9th-place play-off semi-final
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Nowell Khosla 43 (39)
Michael Grzinic 3/18 (4 overs) |
Michael Grzinic 42 (36)
Michael Caruana 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to field.
9th-place play-off semi-final
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Timothy Barker 39 (31)
Muhammad Mohsin 3/31 (4 overs) |
Nimal Durayalage 29 (17)
Christopher Evans 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.
5th-place play-off semi-final
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Timothy Filer 45 (44)
Dimitrios Triantafillidis 2/12 (4 overs) |
Andreas Koutsoufis 27* (32)
Moshiur Rahman 1/10 (3 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
5th-place play-off semi-final
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Rizwan Khaliq 30 (31)
Tariq Sarfraz 3/9 (4 overs) |
Jonathan Scamans 39 (44)
Intesab Medhi 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.
11th-place play-off
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Nowell Khosla 26 (28)
Dineja Agathocleous 5/12 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Mohsin 58* (35)
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- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
9th-place play-off
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Taral Desai 52 (25)
Paul Musin 3/31 (3 overs) |
Michael Grzinic 49 (43)
Richard Neale 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to field.
7th-place play-off
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Khalil Izaz 49 (26)
Vineeth Govind 3/17 (4 overs) |
Moshiur Rahman 47 (28)
Khalil Izaz 2/20 (4 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.
5th-place play-off
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Nic Pothas 68 (40)
Madhu Bhandari 2/21 (3 overs) |
Jonathan Scamans 37* (30)
Mehmood Ahmed 1/12 (4 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd-place play-off
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Tariq Ali 58 (18)
Shailesh Bangera 3/32 (3 overs) |
Shailesh Bangera 64* (43)
Talat Nadeem 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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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 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
Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| 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
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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| 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
After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:
| Pos | Team | Promotion/relegation |
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| 1st | Isle of Man |
Promoted to 2013 Europe Division One |
| 2nd | Sweden
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| 3rd | Spain |
Remain in 2014 Europe Division Two |
| 4th | Israel
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| 5th | Greece
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| 6th | Finland
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| 7th | Portugal
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| 8th | Estonia
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| 9th | Luxembourg
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| 10th | Croatia
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| 11th | Cyprus
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| 12th | Malta |
Relegated to 2014 Europe Division Three |
See also
References
- ^ "ICC European Division 2 Championship 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-12-29.