A series of ICC World Cricket League tournaments and the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between 2012 and 2018 and formed part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It was the third time the World Cricket League was used for World Cup qualification. At the conclusion of the previous cycle, the competition was composed of eight divisions[1] but in 2014, ICC reduced Division 7 and Division 8. In addition, a series of qualifying regional tournaments were played.
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | One Day International List A |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Host(s) | Various |
Background edit
On 28 January 2015, the ICC announced[2] that the leading two associate sides, Ireland and Afghanistan, would be promoted to the ICC ODI Championship for the period until the 2019 World Cup. This promotion guaranteed both associate sides entry to the final Cricket World Cup qualifier, and an opportunity to qualify directly through the ODI championship.
As a consequence, both teams were removed from the World Cricket League one-day programme, and Kenya and Nepal, who had missed out on promotion to World Cricket League Championship days before, were promoted to the Championship.
List of tournaments edit
| Details | Dates | Host nation(s) | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2012 Division Eight |
17–23 September 2012 |  Samoa
|
Faleata Oval No 1, Apia |  Vanuatu222/9 (50 overs) |
Vanuatu won by 39 runs Scorecard |
 Ghana183 (42.5 overs) |
| 2013 Division Seven |
6-13 April 2013 |  Botswana
|
Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone |  Nigeria134/4 (32.1 overs) |
Nigeria won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
Vanuatu 133 (38.4 overs) |
| 2013 Division Six |
21–28 July 2013 |  Jersey
|
N/A | Jersey 10 points |
Jersey topped points table | Nigeria 8 points |
| 2014 Division Five |
6–13 March 2014 |  Malaysia
|
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur | Jersey 247/8 (50 overs) |
Jersey won by 71 runs Scorecard |
Malaysia 176 (44.4 overs) |
| 2014 Division Four |
21–28 June 2014 |  Singapore
|
Kallang, Singapore | Malaysia 235/7 (50 overs) |
Malaysia won by 57 runs Scorecard |
Singapore 178 (46.1 overs) |
| 2014 Division Three |
23–30 October 2014 | Malaysia
|
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur |  Nepal223 (49.5 overs) |
Nepal won by 62 runs Scorecard |
 Uganda 161 (44.1 overs) |
| 2015 Division Two |
17–25 January 2015 |  Namibia
|
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek |  Netherlands213-2 (41 overs) |
Netherlands won by 8 wickets Scorecard |
Namibia 212 (49.2 overs) |
| 2015 Division Six |
7–13 September 2015 |  England
|
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford |  Suriname 239/4 (45.1 overs) |
Suriname won by 6 wickets Scorecard |
 Guernsey 237 (49.5 overs) |
| 2016 Division Five |
21–28 May 2016 | Jersey
|
Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Saviour | Jersey 194/7 (50 overs) |
Jersey won by 44 runs Scorecard |
 Oman 150 (45.3 overs) |
| 2016 Division Four |
29 October – 5 November 2016 |  United States
|
Leo Magnus Cricket Complex, Los Angeles | United States 208 (49.4 overs) |
United States won by 13 runs Scorecard |
Oman 195/9 (50 overs) |
| 2017 Division Three |
23–30 May 2017 | Uganda
|
Lugogo Stadium, Kampala | Oman 50/2 (4.3 overs) |
No result (Oman topped points table) Scorecard |
 Canada 176/3 (38 overs) |
| 2015-17 Championship |
15 May 2015 – 8 December 2017 | Various | N/A | Netherlands 22 points |
Points Table |  Scotland 19 points |
| 2018 Division Two |
8–15 February 2018 | Namibia
|
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek |  United Arab Emirates 277/4 (50 overs) |
United Arab Emirates won by 7 runs Scorecard |
Nepal 270/8 (50 overs) |
| 2018 WC Qualifier |
4–25 March 2018 |  Zimbabwe
|
Harare Sports Club, Harare |  Afghanistan 206/3 (40.4 overs) |
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Scorecard |
 West Indies 204 (46.5 overs) |
Tournament results edit
| Team | Division at start |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Division at end | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div 8 | Div 7 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | Div 2 | Div 6 | Div 5 | Div 4 | Div 3 | C'ship | Div 2 | WCQ | |||
 Hong Kong |
C | 3  |
10  |
2 | ||||||||||||
 Papua New Guinea |
C | 4 |
9 |
2 | ||||||||||||
| Scotland |
C | 2 |
4 |
C | ||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates |
C | 6 |
1  |
6 |
C | |||||||||||
 Kenya |
2 | 3 |
5 |
6 |
3 | |||||||||||
| Namibia |
2 | 2 † |
8 |
4 |
2 | |||||||||||
| Nepal |
3 | 1 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
C | |||||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | 1 † |
1 [n 1] |
7 |
C | |||||||||||
 Argentina |
6 | 4 |
R | |||||||||||||
 Bahrain |
6 | 5 |
R | |||||||||||||
 Belgium |
R | 4 |
R | |||||||||||||
 Bermuda |
3 | 6 |
4 |
4 | ||||||||||||
 Bhutan |
R | 8 |
R | |||||||||||||
| Botswana |
7 | 3 |
6 |
R | ||||||||||||
| Canada |
2 | 6 |
2 |
3 |
2 | |||||||||||
 Cayman Islands |
5 | 6 |
7 |
R | ||||||||||||
 Denmark |
4 | 3 |
3 |
4 | ||||||||||||
 Fiji |
7 | 4 |
5 |
R | ||||||||||||
 Germany |
7 | 6 |
R | |||||||||||||
| Ghana |
R | 2 |
5 |
R | ||||||||||||
| Guernsey |
5 | 5 |
2 |
3 |
5 | |||||||||||
 Italy |
4 | 4 |
6 |
5 | ||||||||||||
 Japan |
8 | 3 |
R | |||||||||||||
| Jersey |
6 | 1 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
5 | |||||||||
 Kuwait |
6 | 6 |
R | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia |
5 | 2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria |
7 | 1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
R | ||||||||||
 Norway |
8 | 5 |
4 |
R | ||||||||||||
| Oman |
4 | 5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 | |||||||||
| Samoa |
R | 6 |
R | |||||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia |
R | 8 [n 2] |
R | |||||||||||||
| Singapore |
4 | 2 |
4 |
3 |
3 | |||||||||||
| Suriname |
R | 7 |
1 |
[n 3] | R | |||||||||||
 Tanzania |
5 | 3 |
5 |
R | ||||||||||||
| Uganda |
3 | 2 |
5 |
5 |
4 | |||||||||||
| United States |
3 | 5 |
1 |
4 |
3 | |||||||||||
| Vanuatu |
8 | 1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 [n 3] |
R | |||||||||
| Team with ODI status | |
| C | Team played in the ICC World Cricket League Championship |
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Team promoted to higher division |
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Team remained in the same division |
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Team relegated to a lower division |
| R | Team played in a regional tournament |
| † | Team qualified for the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup |
- ^ When the World Cricket League was replaced with a three-league system in 2019, the Netherlands were assigned to the top-tier Super League by virtue of winning the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
- ^ Saudi Arabia failed to complete their matches due to problems obtaining visas.
- ^ a b Suriname qualified for but withdrew from the Division Five tournament due to an ICC investigation about the eligibility of some of their players. Vanuatu was their replacement.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "World Cricket League Structure". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ "BBC Sport - Ireland & Afghanistan get 2019 World Cup qualification boost". Bbc.co.uk. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Suriname pull out of WCL Division 5". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "World Cricket League: Suriname withdraw from Division Five tournament in Jersey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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