2009–2014 ICC World Cricket League

A series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments and the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between 2009 and 2014 which formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It was the second time the World Cricket League was used for World Cup qualification. Following the establishment of the various leagues during the preceding cycle, it was composed of eight divisions.[1] In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments were played. The divisions were played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division gained promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams played in more than one division during the tournament.[2] The first tournament, in May 2009, was the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven in Guernsey.[3]

2009–14 ICC World Cricket League
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
List A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout

Tournaments summary

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Details Dates[1] Host nation(s) Final
Venue Winner Result Runner-up
2009
Division Seven
17–24 May 2009[4][5][3]   Guernsey King George V Sports Ground,
Castel
  Bahrain
207/7 (46.1 overs)
Bahrain won by 3 wickets
Scorecard Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  Guernsey
204/9 (50.0 overs)
2009
Division Six
29 August – 5 September 2009[4][5][6]   Singapore Kallang Cricket Ground,
Singapore
  Singapore
242/8 (50.0 overs)
Singapore won by 68 runs
Scorecard Archived 5 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  Bahrain
174 all out (48.4 overs)
2010
Division Five
20–27 February 2010[7]     Nepal Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur     Nepal
175/5 (46.5 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
  United States
172 all out (47.2 overs)
2010
Division One
1–10 July 2010   Netherlands VRA Ground,
Amstelveen
  Ireland
233/4 (44.5 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
  Scotland
232 all out (48.5 overs)
2010
Division Four
14–21 August 2010   Italy Ovale di Rastignano,
Pianoro
  United States
188/2 (21.4 overs)
United States won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
  Italy
185/9 (50 overs)
2010
Division Eight
6–12 November 2010   Kuwait Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Ahmadi City   Kuwait
164/4 (33.1 overs)
Kuwait won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
  Germany
163/8 (50 overs)
2011
Division Three
22–29 January 2011   Hong Kong Kowloon Cricket Club   Hong Kong
207/6 (47.1 overs)
Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
Scorecard
  Papua New Guinea
202 (50 overs)
2011
Division Two
8–15 April 2011   United Arab Emirates DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai   United Arab Emirates
201/5 (45.3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
  Namibia
200 (49.3 overs)
2011
Division Seven
1–8 May 2011   Botswana Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone   Kuwait
219/9 (50 overs)
Kuwait won by 72 runs
Scorecard
  Nigeria
147 (36.5 overs)
2011
Division Six
17–24 September 2011   Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   Guernsey
211/8 (49.3 overs)
Guernsey won by 2 wickets
Scorecard
  Malaysia
208/9 (50 overs)
2012
Division Five
18–25 February 2012   Singapore Kallang Ground, Singapore   Singapore
164/1 (26.4 overs)
Singapore won by 9 wickets
Scorecard
  Malaysia
159 (47 overs)
2012
Division Four
3–10 September 2012   Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur     Nepal
147/2 (28 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
  United States
145 (48.1 overs)
2013
Division Three
28 April – 5 May 2013   Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton     Nepal
153/5 (39.2 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
  Uganda
151/8 (50.0 overs)
2011–13
Championship
28 June – 4 October 2013 Various No final   Ireland
24 points
League
Table
  Afghanistan
19 points
2014
WC Qualifier
2014   New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln   Scotland
285/5 (50.0 Overs)
Scotland won by 41 runs
Scorecard
  United Arab Emirates
244/9 (50.0 overs)

Teams

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Team Division
at start
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Division
at end
Div Seven Div Six Div Five Div One Div Four Div Eight Div Three Div Two Div Seven Div Six Div Five Div Four Div Three C'ship WCQ
  Afghanistan 1 3   2 ODI
  Canada 1 5   8† 8   2
  Ireland 1 1   1 ODI
  Kenya 1 6   6† 5   2
  Netherlands 1 4   4† 7   2
  Scotland 1 2   5† 1 C
  Argentina 4 6   6   6
  Bahamas R 8   R
  Bahrain 7 1   2   3   5   6
  Bermuda 2 6   4   3
  Bhutan R 7   R
  Botswana 6 5   4   7
  Cayman Islands 4 5   4   5
  Denmark 3 5   4   4
  Fiji 5 6   6   7
  Germany R 2   3   7
  Gibraltar 7 6   6   R
  Guernsey 7 2   3   1   3   5
  Hong Kong 3 1   4   3   C
  Italy 4 2   4   6   4
  Japan 7 4   6   8
  Jersey 5 5   4   6
  Kuwait R 1   1   3   6
  Malaysia 6 4   2   2   5   5
  Namibia 2 2   7† 6   2
    Nepal 5 1   3   1   1   9   3
  Nigeria 7 3   2   5   7
  Norway 6 6   5   8
  Oman 3 3   5   4
  Papua New Guinea 3 2   3   4   C
  Singapore 6 1   4   1   3   4
  Suriname 7 5   5   R
  Tanzania 4 4   6   5
  Uganda 2 5   2   10   3
  United Arab Emirates 2 1   3† 2 C
  United States 5 2   1   6   2   3   3
  Vanuatu R 3   8
  Zambia R 4   R
Key
Team with ODI status
Team qualifies for 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
C Team qualifies for 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship
  Team promoted to a higher division
  Team remains in the division
  Team relegated to a lower division
R Team qualified from or relegated to regional tournament
ODI Team enters the main ODI rankings.
Team qualifies for 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Regional tournaments

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2009–10

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Regional tournaments
Africa Americas Asia East Asia-Pacific Europe
2010 Division Two

1st.   Zambia
2nd.   Ghana
3rd.   Swaziland
4th.   Sierra Leone
5th.   Mozambique
6th.   Malawi

  Zambia qualify for 2010 Global Division Eight

2010 Division One

1st.   Canada
2nd.   United States
3rd.   Bermuda
4th.   Argentina
5th.   Cayman Islands
6th.   Bahamas

  Bahamas relegated to 2012 Americas Division Two

2010 ACC Trophy Elite

1st.   Afghanistan
2nd.     Nepal
3rd.   Hong Kong
4th.   Malaysia
5th.   Oman
6th.   United Arab Emirates
7th.   Kuwait
8th.   Bhutan
9th.   Singapore
10th.  Bahrain*

  Singapore and
  Bahrain relegated to 2012 ACC Trophy Challenge

  •   Bahrain withdrew due to visa problems
2009 EAP Division One

1st.   Papua New Guinea
2nd.   Fiji
3rd.   Japan

2010 Division One

1st.   Jersey
2nd.   Ireland A
3rd.   Scotland A
4th.   Netherlands A
5th.   Denmark
6th.   Italy

2009 Division Three

1st.   Malawi
2nd.   Sierra Leone
3rd.   Rwanda
4th.   Gambia
5th.   Lesotho

  Malawi and   Sierra Leone
promoted to 2010 Africa Division Two

  Morocco withdrew due to visa problems[8]

2010 Division Two

1st.   Bahamas
2nd.   Suriname
3rd.   Panama
4th.   Turks and Caicos Islands
5th.   Brazil

  Bahamas promoted to 2010 Americas Division One and qualify for 2010 Global Division Eight

  Brazil relegated to 2011 Americas Division Three

2010 ACC Trophy Challenge

1st.   Maldives
2nd.   Saudi Arabia
3rd.   Qatar
4th.   Thailand
5th.   Iran
6th.   China
7th.   Brunei
8th.   Myanmar

  Maldives and
  Saudi Arabia qualify for 2012 ACC Trophy Elite

2009 EAP Division Two

1st.   Vanuatu
2nd.   Samoa
3rd.   Cook Islands
4th.   Tonga
5th.   Indonesia

  Vanuatu qualify for 2010 Global Division Eight

2010 Division Two

1st.   Guernsey
2nd.   Germany
3rd.   France
4th.   Norway
5th.   Israel
6th.   Gibraltar

  Germany qualify for 2010 Global Division Eight

2009 Division Three

1st.   Brazil
2nd.   Belize
3rd.   Chile
4th.   Peru

  Brazil promoted to 2010 Americas Division Two

2009 Division Three

1st.   Israel
2nd.   Isle of Man
3rd.   Spain
4th.   Belgium
5th.   Portugal
6th.   Malta

  Israel beat
  Croatia to qualify for 2010 Europe Division Two.[9]

2010 Division Four

1st.   Mexico
2nd.   Falkland Islands
3rd.   Costa Rica

2009 Division Four

1st.   Cyprus
2nd.    Switzerland
3rd.   Austria
4th.   Luxembourg
5th.   Finland
6th.   Slovenia

2009 Division Five

1st.   Greece
2nd.   Sweden
3rd.   Czech Republic
4th.   Bulgaria
5th.   Estonia
6th.   Turkey

References

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  1. ^ a b "World Cricket League Structure". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ Williamson, Marc. "ICC World Cricket League". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b "World Cup 2015 qualification starts now". ESPNcricinfo. 22 April 2009.
  4. ^ a b "New WCL division line-ups announced". Beyond the Boundary!. 16 November 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ^ a b "ICC expands World Cricket League". cricinfo.com. 17 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Important dates for Associate cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 11 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Singapore and Bahrain score promotion to Division 5". International Cricket Council. 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Africa Division 3 Championship 2009". cricketeurope4.net. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Israel promoted to Europe Division 2". icc-cricket.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.