2001 ICC Trophy

The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the Cricket [World Cup qualification] tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Three spots in the World Cup were on offer and the Netherlands, host nation Canada and for the first time, Namibia qualified. Scotland failed to qualify after losing in the 3rd place play-off and finishing fourth. The Netherlands won the final against Namibia. As a result of the final, the Netherlands qualified for the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.
By then, Bangladesh had been promoted to full Test and ODI status and did not take part in this competition. Kenya had also gained full ODI status, so both countries qualified for the 2003 Cricket World Cup automatically.

Group stage

The first round group stage saw a unique two division format, designed to eliminate the mismatches that had blighted previous ICC Trophy tournaments. Each division had two groups of six teams, making 24 teams in total.
However, Italy withdrew before the tournament started to protest Joe Scuderi being ruled ineligible despite being an Italian citizen. West Africa also withdrew, leaving one of the Division Two groups with just four teams, after Canadian immigration officials refused the West African team entry into the country due to concerns the players, especially from Sierra Leone, would stay in Canada illegally after the tournament.
The top three teams from the first round Division One groups went through to the Super League stage, whilst the fourth-placed team in each group played off against the winners of the Division Two groups.

Division One

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Division Two

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Super League Playoffs

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Super League

Advanced to 2003 Cricket World Cup
Advanced to the 2003 Cricket World Cup Qualification match
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Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Daniel Keulder		366	9	45.75	104	1	3
Ed Joyce		359	8	71.80	87	0	4
Joseph Harris		329	9	41.12	79	0	3
Colin Smith		326	9	46.57	88	0	3
Ahmed Nadeem		318	10	45.42	67	0	3

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Most wickets

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

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	Best
Roland Lefebvre		72.3	20	11.05	21.75	3.04	5/16
Søren Vestergaard		66.5	20	11.55	20.05	3.45	3/11
Burton van Rooi		57.4	19	11.31	18.21	3.72	6/43
Khurram Khan		95.0	19	13.52	30.00	2.70	4/18
Sanjayan Thuraisingam		79.1	19	15.00	25.00	3.60	5/25

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