Cricket season
International cricket in 2009 is defined as the season of international cricket between May and August 2009 in all cricket playing countries, as well as all international matches scheduled for the 2009 English cricket season .[ 1] [ 2] Matches between September 2008 and March 2009 are defined as belonging to the 2008–09 season , while matches between September 2009 and March 2010 will fall under the 2009–10 season .
Pre-season rankings [ edit ]
ICC World Cup Qualifier [ edit ] The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier is a cricket tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final qualification tournament for the 2011 Cricket World Cup .[ 3]
The top four teams (Ireland , Canada , Kenya and Netherlands ) qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup , and Scotland retained the One-day international , meanwhile Afghanistan gained the ODI status for the following four years and also automatically qualify for the ICC Intercontinental Cup . The bottom two teams was relegated to 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three. The final and the play-offs for third and fifth place was official ODIs.
Team qualifies for Super Eights Team moves into the 9th Place Playoff Semifinals
Group Stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Match 1 1 April Denmark Freddie Klokker Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark Afghanistan by 5 wickets Match 2 1 April Bermuda Irving Romaine United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Fanie du Toit Sports Complex , Potchefstroom United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets Match 3 1 April Canada Ashish Bagai Oman Hemal Mehta LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Canada by 103 runs ODI 2830 1 April Scotland Ryan Watson Ireland William Porterfield Willowmoore Park , Benoni Ireland by 7 wickets ODI 2831 1 April Kenya Steve Tikolo Netherlands Jeroen Smits Senwes Park , Potchefstroom Netherlands by 7 wickets Match 6 1 April Uganda Junior Kwebiha Namibia Louis Burger Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Uganda by 6 runs Match 7 2 April Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Bermuda Irving Romaine Senwes Park , Potchefstroom Afghanistan won by 60 runs Match 8 2 April Uganda Junior Kwebiha Canada Ashish Bagai Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Canada won by 5 wickets Match 9 2 April Netherlands Jeroen Smits Denmark Freddie Klokker Fanie du Toit Sports Complex , Potchefstroom Netherlands won by 7 wickets Match 10 2 April Ireland William Porterfield Oman Hemal Mehta Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Ireland won by 116 runs Match 11 2 April United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Kenya Steve Tikolo Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark Kenya by 9 wickets Match 12 2 April Scotland Ryan Watson Namibia Louis Burger LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Scotland by 70 runs Match 13 4 April Kenya Steve Tikolo Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Fanie du Toit Sports Complex , Potchefstroom Kenya by 107 runs Match 14 4 April Denmark Freddie Klokker Bermuda Irving Romaine Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark Bermuda by 9 wickets Match 15 4 April Canada Ashish Bagai Namibia Louis Burger LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Canada by 141 runs Match 16 4 April Uganda Junior Kwebiha Ireland William Porterfield Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Ireland by 6 wickets Match 17 4 April Netherlands Jeroen Smits United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Senwes Park , Potchefstroom United Arab Emirates by 2 wickets Match 18 4 April Scotland Ryan Watson Oman Hemal Mehta Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Scotland by 9 runs Match 19 6 April Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Netherlands Jeroen Smits Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark Netherlands by 5 wickets ODI 2835 6 April Kenya Steve Tikolo Bermuda Irving Romaine Senwes Park , Potchefstroom Kenya by 7 wickets ODI 2836 6 April Canada Ashish Bagai Ireland William Porterfield Willowmoore Park , Benoni Ireland by 6 wickets Match 22 6 April United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Denmark Freddie Klokker Fanie du Toit Sports Complex , Potchefstroom United Arab Emirates by 112 runs Match 23 6 April Namibia Louis Burger Oman Hemal Mehta Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Namibia by 119 runs Match 24 6 April Scotland Ryan Watson Uganda Junior Kwebiha Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Scotland by 45 runs Match 25 8 April Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Isak Steyl Stadium, Vanderbijlpark United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets ODI 2837 8 April Netherlands Jeroen Smits Bermuda Irving Romaine Senwes Park , Potchefstroom Netherlands by 64 runs ODI 2838 8 April Canada Ashish Bagai Scotland Ryan Watson Willowmoore Park , Benoni Canada by 148 runs Match 28 8 April Denmark Freddie Klokker Kenya Steve Tikolo Fanie du Toit Sports Complex , Potchefstroom Kenya by 9 wickets Match 29 8 April Ireland William Porterfield Namibia Louis Burger Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Ireland by 7 wickets Match 30 8 April Oman Hemal Mehta Uganda Junior Kwebiha LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Oman by 1 wicket
Team qualifies for 2011 Cricket World Cup and gains ODI status Team gains ODI status Team plays in the 7th place playoff
Super Eights No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Match 1 11 April Kenya Steve Tikolo Canada Ashish Bagai Willowmoore Park , Benoni Canada by 7 wickets Match 2 11 April Namibia Louis Burger United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Namibia by 49 runs Match 3 11 April Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Ireland William Porterfield Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Afghanistan by 22 runs Match 4 11 April Scotland Ryan Watson Netherlands Jeroen Smits Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Scotland by 26 runs Match 5 13 April Namibia Louis Burger Netherlands Jeroen Smits Willowmoore Park , Benoni Netherlands by 2 wickets Match 6 13 April Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Canada Ashish Bagai LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Canada by 6 wickets Match 7 13 April Kenya Steve Tikolo Scotland Ryan Watson Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Kenya by 24 runs Match 8 13 April United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Ireland William Porterfield Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Ireland by 8 wickets Match 9 15 April Scotland Ryan Watson Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Willowmoore Park , Benoni Afghanistan by 42 runs Match 10 15 April Ireland William Porterfield Netherlands Jeroen Smits LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Ireland by 6 wickets Match 11 15 April Canada Ashish Bagai United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp United Arab Emirates by 5 wickets Match 12 15 April Namibia Louis Burger Kenya Steve Tikolo Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Namibia by 201 runs Match 13 17 April Scotland Ryan Watson United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan Willowmoore Park , Benoni Scotland by 22 runs Match 14 17 April Ireland William Porterfield Kenya Steve Tikolo LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria Kenya by 6 wickets Match 15 17 April Namibia Louis Burger Afghanistan Nowroz Mangal Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp Afghanistan by 21 runs Match 16 17 April Canada Ashish Bagai Netherlands Jeroen Smits Walter Milton Oval, Johannesburg Netherlands by 6 wickets
Pakistan vs Australia in the United Arab Emirates [ edit ] West Indies in England [ edit ] ICC World Cricket League Division Seven [ edit ] The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven will be held in May 2009 in Guernsey. The two leading teams of the tournament will be promoted to Division Six later the same year.[ 7]
Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st 17 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Gibraltar Christian Rocca King George V Sports Ground, Castel No result 2nd 17 May Japan Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost College Field, St Peter Port No result 3rd 17 May Suriname Shazam Ramjohn Nigeria Wale Adeoye Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Abandoned without ball bowled 4th 18 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Suriname Shazam Ramjohn College Field, St Peter Port Bahrain by 161 runs 5th 18 May Gibraltar Christian Rocca Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Guernsey by 4 wickets 6th 18 May Japan Masaomi Kobayashi Nigeria Wale Adeoye King George V Sports Ground, Castel Nigeria by 2 wickets 1st (R) 19 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Gibraltar Christian Rocca King George V Sports Ground, Castel Bahrain by 137 runs 2nd (R) 19 May Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Japan Masaomi Kobayashi College Field, St Peter Port Guernsey by 7 wickets 3rd (R) 19 May Suriname Shazam Ramjohn Nigeria Wale Adeoye Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Suriname by 95 runs 7th 20 May Nigeria Wale Adeoye Gibraltar Christian Rocca College Field, St Peter Port Nigeria by 88 runs 8th 20 May Suriname Shazam Ramjohn Japan Masaomi Kobayashi Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Japan by 8 wickets 9th 20 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Guernsey Styart Le Prevost King George V Sports Ground, Castel Bahrain by 25 runs 10th 21 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Japan Masaomi Kobayashi Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Bahrain by 196 runs 11th 21 May Gibraltar Christian Rocca Suriname Shazam Ramjohn King George V Sports Ground, Castel Gibraltar by 39 runs 12th 21 May Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Nigeria Wale Adeoye College Field, St Peter Port Guernsey by 8 wickets 13th 23 May Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Nigeria Wale Adeoye Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif Bahrain by 176 runs 14th 23 May Gibraltar Christian Rocca Japan Masaomi Kobayashi College Field, St Peter Port Japan by 29 runs 15th 23 May Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Suriname Shazam Ramjohn King George V Sports Ground, Castel Guernsey by 263 runs
Finals and play-offs [ edit ]
Group Stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 90 5 June England Paul Collingwood Netherlands Jeroen Smits Lord's , London Netherlands by 4 wickets T20I 91 6 June New Zealand Brendon McCullum Scotland Gavin Hamilton Kennington Oval , London New Zealand by 7 wickets T20I 92 6 June Australia Ricky Ponting West Indies Chris Gayle Kennington Oval , London West Indies by 7 wickets T20I 93 6 June Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Trent Bridge , Nottingham India by 25 runs T20I 94 7 June Scotland Gavin Hamilton South Africa Graeme Smith Kennington Oval , London South Africa by 130 runs T20I 95 7 June England Paul Collingwood Pakistan Younis Khan Kennington Oval , London England by 48 runs T20I 96 8 June Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful Ireland William Porterfield Trent Bridge , Nottingham Ireland by 6 wickets T20I 97 8 June Australia Ricky Ponting Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara Trent Bridge , Nottingham Sri Lanka by 6 wickets T20I 98 9 June Netherlands Jeroen Smits Pakistan Younis Khan Lord's , London Pakistan by 82 runs T20I 99 9 June New Zealand Brendon McCullum South Africa Graeme Smith Lord's , London South Africa by 1 run T20I 100 10 June Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara West Indies Denesh Ramdin Trent Bridge , Nottingham Sri Lanka by 15 runs T20I 101 10 June India Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ireland William Porterfield Trent Bridge , Nottingham India by 8 wickets
Super 8's No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result T20I 102 11 June New Zealand Brendon McCullum Ireland William Porterfield Trent Bridge , Nottingham New Zealand by 83 runs T20I 103 11 June England Paul Collingwood South Africa Graeme Smith Trent Bridge , Nottingham South Africa by 7 wickets T20I 104 12 June Pakistan Younis Khan Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara Lord's , London Sri Lanka by 19 runs T20I 105 12 June India Mahendra Singh Dhoni West Indies Chris Gayle Lord's , London West Indies by 7 wickets T20I 106 13 June South Africa Graeme Smith West Indies Chris Gayle Kennington Oval , London South Africa by 20 runs T20I 107 13 June New Zealand Daniel Vettori Pakistan Younis Khan Kennington Oval , London Pakistan by 6 wickets T20I 108 14 June Ireland William Porterfield Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara Lord's , London Sri Lanka by 9 runs T20I 109 14 June India Mahendra Singh Dhoni England Paul Collingwood Lord's , London England by 3 runs T20I 110 15 June Pakistan Younis Khan Ireland William Porterfield Kennington Oval , London Pakistan by 39 runs T20I 111 15 June England Paul Collingwood West Indies Chris Gayle Kennington Oval , London West Indies by 5 wickets (D/L ) T20I 112 16 June Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara New Zealand Daniel Vettori Trent Bridge , Nottingham Sri Lanka by 48 runs T20I 113 16 June India Mahendra Singh Dhoni South Africa Graeme Smith Trent Bridge , Nottingham South Africa by 9 runs
India in the West Indies [ edit ] Pakistan in Sri Lanka [ edit ] Scotland and Canada also played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
Kenya and Ireland also played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
Australia in England [ edit ] No. Date Home Captain Away Captain Venue Result Test Series (The 2009 Ashes) Test 1922 8–12 July Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Sophia Gardens , Cardiff Match drawn Test 1925 16–20 July Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Lord's Cricket Ground , London England won by 115 runs Test 1928 30 July–3 August Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Edgbaston Cricket Ground , Birmingham Match drawn Test 1929 7–11 August Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Headingley Cricket Ground , Leeds Australia won by an innings and 80 runs Test 1931 20–24 August Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting The Oval , London England won by 197 runs T20I Series T20I 119 30 August Paul Collingwood Michael Clarke Old Trafford Cricket Ground , Manchester No result T20I 119a 1 September Paul Collingwood Michael Clarke Old Trafford Cricket Ground , Manchester No result ODI series ODI 2882 4 September Andrew Strauss Michael Clarke The Oval , London Australia won by 4 runs ODI 2883 6 September Andrew Strauss Michael Clarke Lord's Cricket Ground , London Australia won by 39 runs ODI 2885 9 September Andrew Strauss Michael Clarke Rose Bowl, Southampton Australia by 6 wickets ODI 2888 12 September Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Lord's Cricket Ground , London Australia by 7 wickets ODI 2890 15 September Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Trent Bridge , Nottingham Australia by 4 wickets ODI 2891 17 September Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Trent Bridge , Nottingham Australia by 111 runs ODI 2892 20 September Andrew Strauss Ricky Ponting Riverside Ground , Durham England by 4 wickets
Bangladesh in the West Indies [ edit ] No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series[ 10] Test 1923 9–13 July Floyd Reifer Mashrafe Mortaza Arnos Vale Stadium , Kingstown , Saint Vincent Bangladesh by 95 runs Test 1926 17–21 July Floyd Reifer Shakib Al Hasan Cricket National Stadium , St. George's, Grenada Bangladesh by 4 wickets ODI series ODI 2862 26 July Floyd Reifer Shakib Al Hasan Windsor Park , Roseau, Dominica Bangladesh by 52 runs ODI 2863 28 July Floyd Reifer Shakib Al Hasan Windsor Park , Roseau, Dominica Bangladesh by 3 wickets ODI 2865 31 July Floyd Reifer Shakib Al Hasan Warner Park Sporting Complex , Basseterre , St. Kitts Bangladesh by 3 wickets Only T20I T20I 117 2 August Floyd Reifer Shakib Al Hasan Warner Park Sporting Complex , Basseterre , St. Kitts West Indies by 5 wickets
Canada in the Netherlands [ edit ] Canada and the Netherlands also played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
New Zealand in Zimbabwe [ edit ] New Zealand were due to tour Zimbabwe for a series of three One Day Internationals in 2009 but the tour was cancelled due to political and security reasons, and the New Zealand Cricket discussed possible fixtures in 2010 but made no definitive decisions.[ 11]
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe [ edit ] Kenya and Canada also will play an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
New Zealand in Sri Lanka [ edit ] Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and India will play in a tri-series during this time.
In the T20I No. 120 Jacob Oram took the second hat-trick in Twenty20 International[ 13]
Afghanistan in Zimbabwe [ edit ] Afghanistan and Zimbabwe XI played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
Ireland in Scotland [ edit ] Ireland and Scotland also played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
Australia in Scotland [ edit ] Afghanistan in the Netherlands [ edit ] Afghanistan and the Netherlands also played an Intercontinental Cup match . See main article.
ICC World Cricket League Division Six [ edit ] The 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six will be held in August and September 2009 in Singapore. The two leading teams of the tournament will be promoted to Division Five in 2010.
Group Stage Match No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result 1st match 29 August Botswana Omar Ali Norway Zaheer Ashiq Kallang, Central Region, Singapore Norway by 19 runs 2nd match 29 August Singapore Chetan Suryawanshi Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost The Padang, Central Region, Singapore Singapore by 7 wickets 3rd match 29 August Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Malaysia Suhan Alagaratnam Indian Association, Central Region, Singapore Bahrain by 2 runs 4th match 30 August Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Kallang, Central Region, Singapore Match abandoned without a ball bowled 5th match 30 August Malaysia Suhan Alagaratnam Norway Zaheer Ashiq The Padang, Central Region, Singapore Match abandoned without a ball bowled 6th match 30 August Botswana Omar Ali Singapore Indian Association, Central Region, Singapore Match abandoned without a ball bowled 4th Match(R) 31 August Bahrain Yaser Sadeq Guernsey Stuart Le Prevost Kallang, Central Region, Singapore Bahrain by 62 runs 5th match(R) 31 August Malaysia Suhan Alagaratnam Norway Zaheer Ashiq The Padang,