2008 European Cricket Championship Division One

2008 European Cricket Championship Division One

Administrator(s)	European Cricket Council
Cricket format	50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)	round robin
Host(s)	Ireland
Champions	Ireland (3rd title)
Participants	6
Matches played	15
Player of the series	Frederik Klokker
Most runs	Frederik Klokker 223
Most wickets	John Blain 11

The 2008 European Cricket Championship Division One was a cricket tournament held in Dublin, Ireland, which took place between 25 July and 31 July 2006.^[1] It gave six Associate members of the International Cricket Council from the European region experience of international one-day cricket and formed part of the global World Cricket League structure.

Teams

There were six teams participating in the tournament. These teams are non-test member nations of the European Cricket Council. The teams are:

Denmark  Ireland  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Scotland

Group stage

Points Table

Place	Team	Wins	Loss	Tied	NR	PTS	NRR
1	Ireland	5	0	0	0	10	1.441
2	Scotland	4	1	0	0	8	2.216
3	Denmark	2	2	0	1	5	0.072
4	Netherlands	1	3	0	1	3	0.909
5	Italy	1	3	0	1	3	−0.682
6	Norway	0	4	0	1	1	−4.756

Fixtures

25 July 2008 (scorecard)

Denmark  224/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 203/4 (38.3 overs)

Scotland won by 6 wickets (D/L) Malahide

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25 July 2008 (scorecard)

Norway  119 (43.1 overs)	v	Ireland 120/2 (22.5 overs)

Ireland won by 8 wickets (with 163 balls remaining) The Hills

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25 July 2008 (scorecard)

Italy  181 (49.4 overs)	v	Netherlands 173 (43.2 overs)

Italy won by 8 runs North County

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26 July 2008 (scorecard)

Denmark  179/9 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 182/5 (45.4 overs)

Ireland won by 5 wickets (with 26 balls remaining) Rathmines

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26 July 2008 (scorecard)

Italy  125 (44.4 overs)	v	Scotland 126/4 (29.0 overs)

Scotland won by 6 wickets (with 126 balls remaining) The Hills

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26 July 2008 (scorecard)

Netherlands  474/8 (50 overs)	v	Norway 104 (25.1 overs)

Netherlands won by 370 runs North County

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28 July 2008 (scorecard)

Netherlands  142 (47.1 overs)	v	Ireland 143/3 (29.0 overs)
K O'Brien 3/30		N O'Brien 58*

Ireland won by 7 wickets (with 126 balls remaining) Clontarf

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28 July 2008 (scorecard)

Norway  43 (21.0 overs)	v	Scotland 44/1 (8.2 overs)
Z Ashiq 11 S Weeraratna 6/24		R Watson 18 A Hamid 1/28

Scotland won by 9 wickets (with 248 balls remaining) Rathmines

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28 July 2008 (scorecard)

Italy  212 (49.0 overs)	v	Denmark 215/9 (49.5 overs)
P Petricola 62* MH Anderson 4/30		LH Anderson 47 P Petricola 3/37

Denmark won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining) Merrion

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29 July 2008 (scorecard)

Italy  158/6 (50.0 overs)	v	Ireland 159/6 (36.5 overs)
A Bonora 31 KJ O'Brien 2/27		PR Stirling 56* P Petricola 2/27

Ireland won by 4 wickets (with 79 balls remaining) Malahide

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29 July 2008 (scorecard)

Netherlands  117 (39.2 overs)	v	Scotland 120/4 (22.2 overs)
E Szwarczynski 53 J Blain 5/22		R Watson 54* RN ten Doeschate 2/24

Scotland won by 6 wickets (with 166 balls remaining) Clontarf

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29 July 2008 (scorecard)

Norway  206 (49.5 overs)	v	Denmark 210/2 (38.0 overs)
Shahbaz Butt 46* AJ Chawla 3/34		F Klokker 119* Zeeshan Siddiqui 1/40

Denmark won by 2 wickets (with 72 balls remaining) North County

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31 July 2008 (scorecard)

Scotland  152/9 (35.0 overs)	v	Ireland 129/3 (23.5 overs)
R Watson 50 K McCallan 3/10		G Wilson 51 RM Haq 1/19

Ireland won by 7 wickets (D/L) Clontarf

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31 July 2008

Denmark	v	Netherlands

Match abandoned The Hills

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31 July 2008 (scorecard)

Italy  128/2 (17.0 overs)	v	Norway
A Bonora 60

Match abandoned Malahide

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