2002 ICC Six Nations Challenge

2002 ICC Six Nations Challenge
Dates7 – 14 April 2002
Administrator(s)ICC
Cricket formatList A (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Namibia
Champions Kenya (2nd title)
Participants6
Matches16
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]
 Netherlands[4]
Coach: Emmerson Trotman
Sri Lanka A[5]
Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha
Zimbabwe A[6]

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

7 April
Scorecard
Kenya 
262/7 (50 overs)
v
Zimbabwe A
244 (48.3 overs)
Kenya won by 18 runs
United Ground, Windhoek

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

8 April
Scorecard
Kenya 
239/8 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
138 (38.2 overs)
Kenya won by 101 runs
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

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

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

10 April
Scorecard
Kenya 
291/7 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
258/9 (50 overs)
Kenya won by 33 runs
Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek

10 April
Scorecard
Namibia 
170 (49.3 overs)
v
 Canada
171/8 (50 overs)
Canada won by 2 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek

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

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

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

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

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

13 April
Scorecard
Kenya 
215/9 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia
218/9 (50 overs)
Namibia won by 1 wicket
United Ground, Windhoek

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