International cricket in 2009

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. 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.

April

ICC World Cup Qualifier

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.
The top four teams 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.

Group stage

Team qualifies for Super Eights

Team moves into the 9th Place Playoff Semifinals

Super Eights

Team qualifies for 2011 Cricket World Cup and gains ODI status

Team gains ODI status

Team plays in the 7th place playoff

Pakistan vs Australia in the United Arab Emirates

This series was moved from Pakistan to UAE for security reasons.

May

ICC World Cricket League Division Seven

Group stage

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.

-replayed

Finals and play-offs

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
	24 May		Stuart Le Prevost		Yaser Sadeq	King George V Sports Ground, Castel	by 3 wickets
	24 May		Wale Adeoye		Masaomi Kobayashi	College Field, St Peter Port	by 68 runs
	24 May		Shazam Ramjohn		Christian Rocca	Guernsey Rovers Athletic Club, Port Soif	by 8 runs

Final Placings

Pos	Team	Status
1st		Promoted to Global Division Six for 2009
2nd		Promoted to Global Division Six for 2009
3rd		Remain in Global Division Seven for 2011
4th		Remain in Global Division Seven for 2011
5th		Relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010
6th		Relegated to Global Division Eight for 2010

June

ICC World Twenty20

Group stage

Team
	2	2	0	0	0	+1.227	4
	2	1	1	0	0	−0.162	2
	2	0	2	0	0	−0.996	0

Team
	2	1	1	0	0	+1.175	2
	2	1	1	0	0	+0.850	2
	2	1	1	0	0	−2.025	2

Team
	2	2	0	0	0	+0.626	4
	2	1	1	0	0	+0.715	2
	2	0	2	0	0	−1.331	0

Team
	2	2	0	0	0	+3.275	4
	2	1	1	0	0	+0.309	2
	2	0	2	0	0	−5.281	0

Super Eights

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	+0.787	6
	3	2	1	0	0	+0.063	4
	3	1	2	0	0	−0.414	2
	3	0	3	0	0	−0.466	0

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	+1.267	6
	3	2	1	0	0	+1.185	4
	3	1	2	0	0	−0.232	2
	3	0	3	0	0	−2.183	0

July

Canada in Scotland

Scotland and Canada also played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

Kenya in Ireland

Kenya and Ireland also played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

Canada in the Netherlands

Canada and the Netherlands also played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

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.

August

Kenya in Canada

Kenya and Canada also will play an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

New Zealand in Sri Lanka

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

Afghanistan in Zimbabwe

Afghanistan and Zimbabwe XI played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

Ireland in Scotland

Ireland and Scotland also played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

Afghanistan in the Netherlands

Afghanistan and the Netherlands also played an Intercontinental Cup match. ''See main article.''

ICC World Cricket League Division Six

Group stage

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.

-replayed

Finals and play-offs

Match No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
	5 September		Chetan Suryawanshi		Yaser Sadeq	Kallang, Central Region, Singapore	by 68 runs
	5 September		Suhan Alagaratnam		Stuart Le Prevost	The Padang, Central Region, Singapore	by 2 runs
	5 September		Omar Ali		Zaheer Ashiq	Indian Association, Central Region, Singapore	by 23 runs

Final Placings

After the conclusion of the tournament the teams were distributed as follows:

Pos	Team	Status
1st		Promoted to Division Five for 2010
2nd		Promoted to Division Five for 2010
3rd		Remained in Division Six for 2011
4th		Remained in Division Six for 2011
5th		Relegated to Division Seven for 2011
6th		Relegated to Division Seven for 2011

Season summary

Result Summary

lose their ODI status in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
won ODI status in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier.

Milestones

ODI

played and won their first ODI Match, vs, on 19 April.
Chris Gayle played his 200th ODI Match, on 23 May.
Yuvraj Singh reached 7,000 runs in ODI, vs West Indies on 28 June.
Mahela Jayawardene played his 300th ODI Match, on 1 August.

Test

Andrew Strauss reached 5,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 8 July.
Ricky Ponting reached 11,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 9 July.
Mohammad Yousuf reached 7,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 20 July.
Kumar Sangakkara reached 7,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 24 July.
Daniel Vettori reached 3000 test runs and 300 Test wickets in Test, vs on 26 August.