World Cricket League

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Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	One-Day International List A
First edition	2007
Latest edition	2019
Tournament format	League system
Number of teams	93 nations
Most runs	Peter Gough (2006)
Most wickets	Basanta Regmi (118)
Website	ICC World Cricket League

The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of the ICC were eligible to compete in the league system, which featured a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system had two main aims: to provide a qualification system for the Cricket World Cup that could be accessed by all Associate Members and as an opportunity for these sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards.

The league began in 2007, where teams were allocated into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup; the six initial teams in Division One were the teams that had qualified for the 2007 World Cup. At this stage, there were only five divisions. The WCL expanded to eight divisions at one point.

The WCL was a pathway to the Cricket World Cup until 2019. Following the conclusion of the 2019 Division Two tournament, the WCL was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. The final rankings from the WCL were used to place teams into the two new leagues.^[1][2]

Structure

The initial league began in 2007 with seven tournaments over five global divisions, based upon previous world rankings.^[3][4] This was expanded into eight separate divisions by 2010. In the first cycle, the number of teams in each tournament varied from six to twelve. With the advent of the second cycle, the number of teams was regularised to six for each tournament, with the exception of the lowest division, Division 8, in which eight teams played. As from 2015, the number of divisions was again reduced to just five.

When most of the divisions are played, two teams will be promoted, two relegated and two remain for the next instalment (normally two years later). At the end of each cycle, a World Cup Qualifier is played. In 2018, this featured the four lowest teams of those holding 'Full' (senior) status, together with six 'Associate' nations – namely the four who were still in Division One, plus the top two from Division Two. The two last-placed teams in that World Cup Qualifier lost their ODI status and were relegated into Division Two.

Regional tournaments, which act as qualifiers for the lowest division of the World League, are administered by the five development regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe.^[5][3]

Results

Summary

Division results

Details	Host nation(s)	Final venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2007–09 ICC World Cricket League – Pathway to the 2011 Cricket World Cup
2007 Division One	Kenya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi	Kenya 158/2 (37.5 overs)	Kenya won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Scotland 155 all out (47 overs)
2007 Division Three	Australia	Gardens Oval, Darwin	Uganda 241/8 (50 overs)	Uganda won by 91 runs scorecard	Argentina 150 all out (46.3 overs)
2007 Division Two	Namibia	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	United Arab Emirates 347/8 (50 overs)	United Arab Emirates won by 67 runs scorecard	Oman 280 all out (43.2 overs)
2008 Division Five	Jersey	Grainville, St Saviour	Afghanistan 81/8 (37.4 overs)	Afghanistan won by 2 wickets Scorecard	Jersey 80 all out (39.5 overs)
2008 Division Four	Tanzania	Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam	Afghanistan 179 all out (49.4 overs)	Afghanistan won by 57 runs Scorecard	Hong Kong 122 all out (45.0 overs)
2009 Division Three	Argentina	Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires	Afghanistan 8 points, +0.971(NRR)	League Table Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine	Uganda 8 points, +0.768(NRR)
2009 WC Qualifier	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion, Gauteng	Ireland 188/1 (42.3 overs)	Ireland won by 9 wickets (scorecard)	Canada 185 all out (48 overs)
2009–14 ICC World Cricket League – Pathway to the 2015 Cricket World Cup
2009 Division Seven	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	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	Nepal	TU Cricket Ground, Kathmandu	Nepal 173/5 (46.5 overs)	Nepal won by 5 wickets (Match report)	United States 172 (47.2 overs)
2010 Division One	Netherlands	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Ireland 233/4 (44.5 overs)	Ireland won by 6 wickets (scorecard)	Scotland 232 (44.5 overs)
2010 Division Four	Italy	Centro Sportivo Dozza, Pianoro	United States 188/2 (21.4 overs)	United States won by 8 wickets (Match report)	Italy 185/9 (50.0 overs)
2010 Division Eight	Kuwait	Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Ahmadi City	Kuwait 164/4 (33.1 overs)	Kuwait won by 6 wickets (Match report)	Germany 163/8 (50.0 overs)
2011 Division Three	Hong Kong	Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong	Hong Kong 207/6 (47.1 overs)	Hong Kong won by 4 wickets (Match report)	Papua New Guinea 202/9 (50 overs)
2011 Division Two	UAE	DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai	United Arab Emirates 201/5 (45.3 overs)	United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets (Match report)	Namibia 200 (49.3 overs)
2011 Division Seven	Botswana	Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone	Kuwait 219/9 (50 overs)	Kuwait won by 72 runs (Match report)	Nigeria 147 (36.5 overs)
2011 Division Six	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	Guernsey 211/8 (49.3 overs)	Guernsey won by 2 wickets (Match report)	Malaysia 208/9 (50 overs)
2012 Division Five	Singapore	Kallang Ground, Singapore	Singapore 164/1 (26.4 overs)	Singapore won by 9 wickets (Match report)	Malaysia 159 (47 overs)
2012 Division Four	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	Nepal 147/2 (28 overs)	Nepal won by 8 wickets (Match Report)	United States 145 (48.1 overs)
2013 Division Three	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	Various	No final	Ireland 24 points	League Table	Afghanistan 19 points
2014 WC Qualifier	New Zealand	Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln	Scotland 285/5 (50 overs)	Scotland won by 41 runs Scorecard	United Arab Emirates 244/9 (50.0 overs)
2012–18 ICC World Cricket League – Pathway to the 2019 Cricket World Cup
2012 Division Eight	Samoa	Faleata Oval No 1, Apia	Vanuatu 222/9 (50 overs)	Vanuatu won by 39 runs (Match report)	Ghana 183 (42.5 overs)
2013 Division Seven	Botswana	Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone	Nigeria 134/4 (32.1 overs)	Nigeria won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Vanuatu 133 (38.4 overs)
2013 Division Six	Jersey	—	Jersey	Playoffs cancelled [1] Archived 12 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine	Nigeria
2014 Division Five	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	Singapore	Kallang, Singapore	Malaysia 235/7 (50 overs)	Malaysia won by 57 runs Scorecard	Singapore 178 (46.1 overs)
2014 Division Three	Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	Nepal 223/10 (49.5 overs)	Nepal won by 62 runs Scorecard	Uganda 161 (44.1 overs)
2015 Division Two	Namibia	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Netherlands 213/2 (41 overs)	Netherlands won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Namibia 212 (49.2 overs)
2015 Division Six	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	Jersey	Grainville Cricket Ground, Saint Savior	Jersey 194/7 (50 overs)	Jersey won by 44 runs Scorecard	Oman 150 (45.3 overs)
2016 Division Four	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	Uganda	Entebbe Cricket Oval	Oman 50/2 (4.3 overs)	No result Scorecard (Oman declared winner by virtue of finishing league at top)	Canada 176/3 (38 Overs)
2015–17 Championship	Various	No final	Netherlands 22 points	League Points Table	Scotland 19 points
2018 Division Two	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	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Afghanistan 206/3 (40.4 overs)	Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Scorecard	West Indies 204 (46.5 overs)
2017–19 ICC World Cricket League – Pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup
2017 Division Five	South Africa	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	Jersey 255 (48 Overs)	Jersey won by 120 runs Scorecard	Vanuatu 135 (36.5 Overs)
2018 Division Four	Malaysia	No final	Uganda 8 points	League Points Table	Denmark 6 points
2018 Division Three	Oman	No final	Oman 10 points	League Points Table	United States 8 points
2019 Division Two	Namibia	Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek	Namibia 226/7 (50 overs)	Namibia won by 145 runs Scorecard	Oman 81 (29 overs)

Associate one-day rankings

In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC ODI Championship. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11–16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17–20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21–24 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

In 2005, six associates were assigned One Day International status, based on their performance at the preceding World Cup Qualifier. In 2017, Afghanistan and Ireland were both promoted to "Full" (test-match) status, leaving only four associate nations with ODI-status: after mid-March 2018 these were Scotland, Netherlands, UAE, and Nepal. Netherlands, as winners of the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship, have qualified for a place in the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for the associate and affiliate members containing both global and regional placings. In 2016 this changed to maintain a global list only for the top teams and a set of regional lists for the remaining teams.

Rankings

The global rankings of associate teams according to ICC are published in the table below.^[8][9] Teams that have One Day International status are now included on the main ICC ODI Championship and are listed in the order they appear on that table. The other teams are ranked by their finishing position in the most recent qualifying tournament.

The rankings at the end of the WCL (27 April 2019):^[8]

Division[a]	Rank	Nation	Region	Regional rank
ODI Status	13	Scotland	Europe	1
	14	Nepal	Asia	1
	15	United Arab Emirates	Asia	2
	16	Netherlands	Europe	2
	17	Namibia	Africa	1
	18	Oman	Asia	3
	19	Papua New Guinea	EAP	1
	20	United States	Americas	1
Division 2	21	Canada	Americas	2
	22	Hong Kong	Asia	4
Division 3	23	Singapore	Asia	5
	24	Kenya	Africa	2
	25	Denmark	Europe	3
	26	Uganda	Africa	3
Division 4	27	Malaysia	Asia	6
	28	Jersey	Europe	4
	29	Vanuatu	EAP	2
	30	Bermuda	Americas	3
Division 5	31	Qatar	Asia	7
	32	Italy	Europe	5
	33	Germany	Europe	6
	34	Guernsey	Europe	7
	35	Ghana	Africa	4
	36	Cayman Islands	Americas	4

Regional rankings

Teams that do not participate in (or have been relegated from) the World Cricket League are ranked by their finishing positions in their respective regional leagues:

Africa Rank Country 5  Botswana 6  Tanzania 7  Nigeria 8  Zambia 9  Sierra Leone N/A  Seychelles  Mozambique  Swaziland  Rwanda  Gambia  Lesotho  Malawi  Saint Helena  Morocco  Cameroon  Mali

Americas Rank Country 5  Argentina N/A  Suriname  Bahamas  Panama  Belize  Turks and Caicos Islands  Brazil  Peru  Chile  Mexico  Costa Rica  Falkland Islands

Asia Rank Country 8  Saudi Arabia 9  Bahrain 10  Kuwait 11  Thailand 12  Bhutan 13  China N/A  Maldives  Iran  Myanmar  Tajikistan  Cambodia **  Chinese Taipei **

East-Asia Pacific Rank Country 3  Fiji 4  Samoa 5  Philippines 6  Indonesia 7  Japan N/A  Cook Islands  South Korea  Tonga

Europe Rank Country 8  Sweden 9  Norway 10  Austria 11  Belgium 12  France 13  Spain 14  Israel 15  Isle of Man 16  Gibraltar N/A  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Estonia  Finland  Greece  Hungary  Luxembourg  Malta  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia  Slovenia  Turkey

** Not member of ICC, but member of Asian Cricket Council.