ICC World Cricket League Championship

WCL Championship
AdministratorICC
FormatOne Day International & List A
First edition2007
Latest edition2015-17
Number of teamsSix (2007 and 2010)
Eight (since 2011)
Current champion Netherlands (1st title)
Most successful Ireland (2 titles)
Most runsScotland Kyle Coetzer(ODI:663 & List-A:1169)[1][2]
Most wicketsODI:Scotland Alasdair Evans(15)[3] List-A:NetherlandsMudassar Bukhari(32)[4]

The ICC World Cricket League Championship was the top division of the World Cricket League (WCL). It formed the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup.

The WCL Championship was originally known as World Cricket League Division One, and was played twice under that name (in 2007 and 2010). Those were hosted as standalone tournaments, but a new format was subsequently introduced in which competing teams play multiple games against each other over several years (mirroring the Intercontinental Cup, a first-class competition). All matches in the WCL Championship hold List A status, while matches between higher-ranking teams hold One Day International (ODI) status.

History

The first WCL Division One tournament in 2007 featured the top six teams from the 2005 ICC Trophy, while the 2010 tournament featured the top six teams from the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. Two teams from WCL Division Two were added for the 2011–13 WCL Championship, making eight teams in total. The top two teams from the 2011–13 competition (Ireland and Afghanistan) gained automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup. They were subsequently promoted to the ICC ODI Championship, although the 2015–17 WCL Championship remained an eight-team competition as two additional teams were promoted from Division Two.

Results

Edition Host Final
Venue Winner Result Runner-up
2007  Kenya Nairobi  Kenya
158/2 (37.5 overs) 		Kenya won by 8 wickets
scorecard 		 Scotland
155 (47 overs)
2010  Netherlands Amsterdam  Ireland
233/4 (44.5 overs) 		Ireland won by 6 wickets
scorecard 		 Scotland
232 (48.5 overs)
2011–13 no single host no final  Ireland
24 points 		Ireland won on points
points table 		 Afghanistan
19 points
2015–17 no single host no final  Netherlands
22 points 		Netherlands won on points

points table

 Scotland
19 points

Performance by team

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
Team 2007 2010 2011
–13 		2015
–17 		Total
 Afghanistan — 3rd 2nd ODI 2
 Bermuda 6th — — — 1
 Canada 4th 5th 8th — 3
 Hong Kong — — — 3rd 1
 Ireland 5th 1st 1st ODI 3
 Kenya 1st 6th 6th 5th 4
 Namibia — — 7th 8th 2
   Nepal — — — 7th 1
 Netherlands 3rd 4th 4th 1st 4
 Papua New Guinea — — — 4th 1
 Scotland 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd 4
 United Arab Emirates — — 3rd 6th 2

Player statistics

Edition Most runs Most wickets MVP Ref
2007 Canada Ashish Bagai (345) Kenya Peter Ongondo (15) Canada Ashish Bagai
2010 Netherlands Tom Cooper (408) Ireland Alex Cusack (10) Netherlands Tom Cooper
2011–13 United Arab Emirates Shaiman Anwar (625) Namibia Christi Viljoen (23)
2015–17 Hong Kong Anshuman Rath (678) Hong Kong Nadeem Ahmed (24)

See also

References

  1. ^ "ICC World Cricket League/One-Day Internationals/Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cricket League/List A Matches/Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "ICC World Cricket League/One-Day Internationals/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "ICC World Cricket League/List A Matches/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division One 2006/07 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division One 2010 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ^ ICC World Cricket League Championship 2011 to 2013 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015 to 2017 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2024.