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 (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

and

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) qualified for the

, and

Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

retained the

One-day international One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...

, meanwhile

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

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 List of International Cricket Council members, Associ ...

. 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

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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

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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 Cricket 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 was the renam ...

. * 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 Christopher Henry Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricket team, Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies from 1999 to 2021. Nicknamed "The Universe Boss", Gayle is wide ...

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. An all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox, he has won 7 Player of the Se ...

reached 7,000 runs in ODI, vs

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

on 28 June. (28th in All time) *

Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene (; born 27 May 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lankan national cricket team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

played his 300th ODI Match, on 1 August. (14th in All time)

Test

Andrew Strauss Sir Andrew John Strauss (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middl ...

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 player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, ...

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 Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer who represented Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015. A former captain in all formats. He was born in Matale, Central Province. In first-class cricke ...

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 and an inductee in the Ne ...

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

References

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