International cricket in 2009 is defined as the season of

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between May and August 2009 in all cricket playing countries, as well as all international matches scheduled for the

2009 English cricket season The 2009 English cricket season was the 110th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Four regular tournaments were played: The LV County Championship ( first-class), Friends Provident Trophy ( 50 Over), NatWest Pro40 ...

. 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.

Season overview

Pre-season rankings

April

ICC World Cup Qualifier

The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier is a

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tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final qualification tournament for the

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. The top four teams (

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

and

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

) qualified for the

, and

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

retained the One-day international, meanwhile

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

gained the ODI status for the following four years and also automatically qualify for the

ICC Intercontinental Cup The ICC Intercontinental Cup was a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It was designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play first ...

. 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

9th Place Playoffs

Super Eights

Team qualifies for

and gains ODI status
Team gains ODI status
Team plays in the 7th place playoff

Playoffs

Final standings

Pakistan vs Australia in the United Arab Emirates

* This series was moved from

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

for security reasons.

May

West Indies in England

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. *(R)-replayed

Finals and play-offs

=Final Placings

June

ICC World Twenty20

Group stage

Super Eights

Knockout stage

India in the West Indies

July

Pakistan in Sri Lanka

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.''

Australia in England

Bangladesh in the West Indies

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

Bangladesh in Zimbabwe

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

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will play in a

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during this time. In the T20I No. 120

Jacob Oram Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played all forms of the game for 10 years. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His ability with both bat and ball mad ...

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.''

England in Ireland

Australia in Scotland

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. *(R)-replayed

Finals and play-offs

=Final Placings

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

Season summary

Result Summary

* lose their ODI status in the

2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The tournament is the renamed version ...

. * won ODI status in the

Stats Leaders

Test

ODI

T20I

Milestones

ODI

* played and won their first ODI Match, vs , on 19 April. * Chris Gayle played his 200th ODI Match, on 23 May. (57th All-time) *

Yuvraj Singh Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...

reached 7,000 runs in ODI, vs

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

on 28 June. (28th in All time) * Mahela Jayawardene played his 300th ODI Match, on 1 August. (14th in All time)

Test

* Andrew Strauss reached 5,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 8 July. (75th in All time) *

Ricky Ponting Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its "golden era", between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 20 ...

reached 11,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 9 July. (4th in All time) * Mohammad Yousuf reached 7,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 20 July. (34th in All time) *

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

reached 7,000 runs scored in Test, vs on 24 July. (35th in All time) *

Daniel Vettori Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the New Zealand national cricket team. He was the 200th player to win their Test cricket cap for New Zealand. Vettori was the young ...

reached 3000 test runs and 300 Test wickets in Test, vs on 26 August. (8th in All time)

References

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