2002 ICC Six Nations Challenge

2002 ICC Six Nations Challenge

Dates	7 – 14 April 2002
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	List A (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Namibia
Champions	Kenya (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches	16
Most runs	Dougie Marillier (222)
Most wickets	Maurice Odumbe (12)

The 2002 ICC Six Nations Challenge was the second edition of the ICC Six Nations Challenge. It was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in Namibia from 7 to 14 April 2002. All matches at the tournament were played in Windhoek.

Squads

Canada[1] Coach: Jeff Thomas	Kenya[2] Coach: Sandeep Patil	Namibia[3]
Joseph Harris (c) Ashish Bagai Ian Billcliff Desmond Chumney Austin Codrington John Davison Nicholas de Groot Muneeb Diwan Davis Joseph Ishwar Maraj Ashish Patel Abdul Sattaur Barry Seebaran Sanjayan Thuraisingam	Steve Tikolo (c) Joseph Angara Jadavji Bhimji Alfred Luseno Hitesh Modi Collins Obuya David Obuya Thomas Odoyo Maurice Odumbe Peter Ongondo Kennedy Otieno Maurice Ouma Ravindu Shah Martin Suji	Deon Kotze (c) Jan-Berrie Burger Louis Burger Sarel Burger Morne Karg Danie Keulder Bjorn Kotze Lennie Louw Gavin Murgatroyd Gerrie Snyman Melt van Schoor Johannes van der Merwe Rudi van Vuuren Riaan Walters
Netherlands[4] Coach: Emmerson Trotman	Sri Lanka A[5] Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha	Zimbabwe A[6]
Roland Lefebvre (c) Zulfiqar Ahmed Roger Bradley Tim de Leede Jacob-Jan Esmeijer Asim Khan Feiko Kloppenburg Edgar Schiferli Reinout Scholte Nick Statham Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk Robert van Oosterom Luuk van Troost Bas Zuiderent	Thilan Samaraweera (c) Akalanka Ganegama Avishka Gunawardene Rangana Herath Chinthaka Jayasinghe Prasanna Jayawardene Dulip Liyanage Kaushal Lokuarachchi Jehan Mubarak Bathiya Perera Ruchira Perera Anushka Polonowita Chamara Silva Gayan Wijekoon	Guy Whittall (c) Charles Coventry Craig Evans Trevor Gripper Douglas Hondo Campbell Macmillan Alester Maregwede Dougie Marillier Stanley Marisa David Mutendera Waddington Mwayenga Gavin Rennie Richard Sims Brighton Watambwa

Round-robin

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
Sri Lanka A	5	4	0	1	3	21	+1.536
Kenya	5	3	1	1	1	15	+0.745
Zimbabwe A	5	3	2	0	2	14	+0.368
Namibia	5	2	3	0	1	9	–0.011
Canada	5	1	4	0	0	4	–0.979
Netherlands	5	1	4	0	0	4	–1.161

Fixtures

7 April Scorecard

Netherlands  211 (48.4 overs)	v	Canada 195 (48 overs)

Netherlands won by 16 runs Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

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7 April Scorecard

Kenya  262/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe A 244 (48.3 overs)

Kenya won by 18 runs United Ground, Windhoek

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7 April Scorecard

Namibia  182 (49.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 183/3 (35.4 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 7 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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8 April Scorecard

Kenya  239/8 (50 overs)	v	Canada 138 (38.2 overs)

Kenya won by 101 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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8 April Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 188 (45.1 overs)	v	Namibia 181/9 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe A won by 7 runs Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

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8 April Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 253/5 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 115 (38.1 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 138 runs United Ground, Windhoek

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10 April Scorecard

Kenya  291/7 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 258/9 (50 overs)

Kenya won by 33 runs Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

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10 April Scorecard

Namibia  170 (49.3 overs)	v	Canada 171/8 (50 overs)

Canada won by 2 wickets United Ground, Windhoek

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10 April Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 241/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 243/5 (45.4 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 5 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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11 April Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 252/7 (50 overs)	v	Canada 186 (38.2 overs)

Zimbabwe A won by 66 runs Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

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11 April Scorecard

Kenya  175 (48 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 73/4 (23.2 overs)

No result United Ground, Windhoek

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11 April Scorecard

Namibia  235/6 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 150 (32.1 overs)

Namibia won by 62 runs (D/L) Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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13 April Scorecard

Canada  166 (42 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 167/5 (36 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 5 wickets Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

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13 April Scorecard

Kenya  215/9 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 218/9 (50 overs)

Namibia won by 1 wicket United Ground, Windhoek

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13 April Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 204/9 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 147 (41 overs)

Zimbabwe A won by 57 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Final

14 April Scorecard

Sri Lanka A 211 (49.4 overs)	v	Kenya 212/7 (47.4 overs)
Jehan Mubarak 82 (113) Steve Tikolo 3/29 (9.4 overs)		David Obuya 41 (66) Akalanka Ganegama 2/39 (8 overs)

Kenya won by 3 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Duncan Frost (Zim) and Rudi Koertzen (SAf) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Kenya)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bowl.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, and then alphabetically.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Douglas Marillier	Zimbabwe A	222	5	55.50	99*	0	2
Hitesh Modi	Kenya	216	6	72.00	76*	0	1
Kennedy Otieno	Kenya	216	6	36.00	57	0	2
Thomas Odoyo	Kenya	196	6	32.66	60	0	2
Steve Tikolo	Kenya	196	6	32.66	75	0	1

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
Maurice Odumbe	Kenya	38.2	12	11.00	19.16	3.44	4/43
Thomas Odoyo	Kenya	40.0	10	14.10	24.00	3.52	5/27
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka A	53.0	10	20.80	31.80	3.92	3/16
Douglas Hondo	Zimbabwe A	31.4	9	14.00	21.11	3.97	3/29
Bjorn Kotze	Namibia	37.0	9	21.22	24.66	5.16	4/43

Source: CricketArchive

References

1. Records / ICC Six Nation's Challenge, 2002 - Canada / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. (4 April 2002). "Odumbe quits captaincy "^[dead link‍] – The Hindu. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. Records / ICC Six Nation's Challenge, 2002 - Namibia / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. Records / ICC Six Nation's Challenge, 2002 - Netherlands / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
5. (26 March 2002). "Sri Lanka 'A' squad for ICC Six Nations Challenge Limited Overs Tournament" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
6. Records / ICC Six Nation's Challenge, 2002 - ZImbabwe A / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

External links

• Tournament information at CricketArchive
• Tournament information at ESPNcricinfo