2022 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A
The 2022 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A was the third round of matches in Group A of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a cricket tournament which formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[1][2] In October 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the Malaysia Cricket Association would host the tournament,[3] with the series scheduled to take place between 16 and 26 March 2020.[4] All of the matches had List A status.[5]
| Dates | 3 – 13 December 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Malaysia Cricket Association |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Most runs |  Akash Babu (162) |
| Most wickets |  Kaleem Sana (16) |
In March 2020, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of playing it later in the year.[6][7] Prior to the March postponement, Canada, Denmark and Vanuatu had named their squads for the tournament.[8][9][10] On 24 March 2020, an ICC media release stated that the tournament would be scheduled to take place from 30 September to 10 October 2020.[11] However, on 25 August 2020, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the pandemic.[12][13] In April 2021, the ICC announced that the tournament would be played during November and December 2021.[14] Eventually the series began in December 2022, with Canada in a strong position to progress.[15]
On 6 December 2022, Canada defeated Singapore by 187 runs to secure first place in Challenge League A and a place in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[16]
Squads edit
Fixtures edit
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abdul Rahman Bhadelia, Avi Dixit, Aritra Dutta and Sidhanth Srikanth (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
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Taranjit Bharaj 45 (63)
Rizwan Haider 3/26 (5.4 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 36 overs per side due to rain.
- Rizwan Haider, Syazrul Idrus, Syed Rehmatullah, Zubaidi Zulkifle (Mas), Saran Aslam and Taranjit Bharaj (Den) all made their List A debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Aaron Johnson (Can) and Yousuf Ali (Qat) both made their List A debuts.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
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Junior Kaltapau 64 (112)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/8 (8 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
- Godfrey Mangau (Van) made his List A debut.
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Aritra Dutta 99 (113)
Surya Anand 4/33 (10 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Ishaan Swaney (Sin) made his List A debut.
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Canada were set a revised target of 127 runs in 30 overs due to rain.
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Akash Babu 71 (75)
Sharvin Muniandy 4/60 (10 overs) |
Muhammad Amir 57 (80)
Mohammed Nadeem 5/18 (7 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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Manpreet Singh 83 (132)
Rizwan Haider 5/50 (10 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain.
- Sidharth Karthik (Mas) made his List A debut.
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Jarryd Allan 31 (69)
Saif Ahmad 1/12 (6 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain
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Akash Babu 73 (94)
Aryaman Sunil 4/52 (10 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
- Singapore were set a revised target of 146 runs in 22 overs.
- Syed Tameem, Valeed Veetil (Qat) and Jeevan Santhanam (Sin) all made their List A debuts.
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Srimantha Wijeratne 74 (91)
Rizwan Haider 2/32 (9 overs) |
- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain.
References edit
- ^ "New qualification pathway for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup approved". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Good news and dark omens for Associates at ICC meeting". CricBuzz. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Men's CWC Challenge League B set to begin next week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "ICC launches the road to India 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League A postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus forces Challenge League Postponement". Emerging Cricket. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Team for ICC Challenge League in Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Landsholdet til Australien og Malaysia". Dansk Cricket Forbund. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "VCA announce national men's team for the CWC Challenge league". Daily Post. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "ICC Men's CWC Challenge League A postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "ICC announces postponement of Men's CWC Challenge League A". ANI News. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Two Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League series rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Canada in pole position for Final Challenge League in Malaysia". Cricbuzz. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Canada secure Challenge League A title". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ @canadiancricket (1 October 2022). "Official squad announcement for icc cricketworldcup Challenge League A in Malaysia starting from Dec 1" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Landsholdet til Malyasia 2022" [The national team for Malaysia]. Danish Cricket Federation (in Danish). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ @MalaysiaCricket (1 December 2022). "And here is the squad at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League A 2022" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Here we go the last tour of the year". Qatar Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Best wishes to the Singapore Men's Squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A round 3". Singapore Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Vanuatu ready for final Challenge League leg as squad arrives in Malaysia". Vanuatu Cricket Association. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.