ICC World Cricket League Division Two

WCL Division Two
AdministratorICC
Format50 overs (List A)
First edition2007
Tournament formatRound robin, playoffs
Number of teams6
Current champion Namibia
Most successful UAE (3 titles)

ICC World Cricket League Division Two forms part of the World Cricket League (WCL) system. Like all other divisions, WCL Division Two is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league. Unlike lower divisions, however, matches in Division Two hold list-A status.

The inaugural Division Two tournament was held in 2007, hosted by Namibia and featured six teams, the top four of which progressed to the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. The 2011 tournament, played in Dubai, similarly qualified the top four teams for the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, but also promoted the top two teams to the Intercontinental Cup and the WCL Championship. The 2015 Division Two event, again hosted by Namibia, served only to qualify teams for the Intercontinental Cup and WCL Championship. The top two teams at the 2018 event were promoted to the 2018 World Cup Qualifier.

Following the conclusion of the 2019 tournament, the World Cricket League was replaced by the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[1][2] The top four teams joined Scotland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and gained One Day International status.[1] The bottom two teams progressed to the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, along with other teams from the World Cricket League.[1]

Overall, 14 teams participated in the five Division Two tournaments. Namibia was the only team to appear in all Division Two tournaments.

Results

Year Host(s) Venue(s) Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2007  Namibia Windhoek  UAE
347/8 (50 overs) 		UAE won by 67 runs
scorecard 		 Oman
280 (43.2 overs)
2011  UAE Dubai  UAE
201/5 (45.3 overs) 		UAE won by 5 wickets
scorecard 		 Namibia
200 (49.3 overs)
2015  Namibia Windhoek  Netherlands
213/2 (41.0 overs) 		Netherlands won by 8 wickets
scorecard 		 Namibia
212 (49.2 overs)
2018  Namibia Windhoek  UAE
277/4 (50 overs) 		UAE won by 7 runs
scorecard 		   Nepal
270/8 (50 overs)
2019  Namibia Windhoek  Namibia
226/7 (50 overs) 		Namibia won by 145 runs
Scorecard 		 Oman
81 (29 overs)

Performance by team

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
Team Namibia
2007 		United Arab Emirates
2011 		Namibia
2015 		Namibia
2018 		Namibia
2019 		Total
 Argentina 6th — — — — 1
 Bermuda — 6th — — — 1
 Canada — — 6th 3rd 5th 3
 Denmark 4th — — — — 1
 Hong Kong — 4th — — 6th 2
 Kenya — — 3rd 6th — 2
 Namibia 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 5
 Netherlands — — 1st — — 1
   Nepal — — 4th 2nd — 2
 Oman 2nd — — 5th 2nd 3
 Papua New Guinea — 3rd — — 3rd 2
 Uganda 5th 5th 5th — — 3
 United Arab Emirates 1st 1st — 1st — 3
 United States — — — — 4th 1

Player statistics

Year Most runs Most wickets MVP Ref
2007 Namibia Gerrie Snyman (588) United Arab Emirates Arshad Ali (17) Namibia Gerrie Snyman
2011 Namibia Craig Williams (335) Namibia Louis Klazinga (14)
Namibia Kola Burger (14)		 Namibia Craig Williams
2015 Namibia Stephen Baard (249) Netherlands Ahsan Malik (17) Nepal Paras Khadka
2018 Nepal Paras Khadka (241) Nepal Sandeep Lamichhane (17)
Oman Bilal Khan (17)		 Nepal Sandeep Lamichhane
2019 Hong Kong Anshuman Rath (270) United States Ali Khan (17) Namibia JJ Smit

References

  1. ^ a b c "New qualification pathway for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup approved". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2007/08 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2011 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2014/15 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  6. ^ Cricinfo
  7. ^ Cricinfo