ICC World Cricket League Division Four

ICC World Cricket League Division Four forms part of the World Cricket League (WCL) system. Like all other divisions, WCL Division Four is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league.

WCL Division Four
AdministratorICC
Format50 overs
First edition2008
Latest edition2018
Tournament formatRound robin, playoffs
Number of teams6
Current champion Uganda
Most successful United States (2 titles)

The inaugural Division Four tournament was held in 2008, hosted by Tanzania. Subsequent tournaments have been held in 2010 (in Italy), 2012 (in Malaysia), 2014 (in Singapore), and 2016 (in the United States). Both the number of teams (six) and tournament format (round-robin followed by playoffs) have remained unchanged between editions. Because the WCL operates on a system of promotion and relegation, teams generally only participate in one or two Division Four tournaments before being either promoted to Division Three or relegated to Division Five. In total, sixteen teams have played in at least one Division Four tournament. Afghanistan and Hong Kong, the inaugural Division Four finalists, have gone on to much greater success, both currently holding One Day International (ODI) status.

Results

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Year Host(s) Venue(s) Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2008   Tanzania Dar es Salaam   Afghanistan
179 (49.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 57 runs
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  Hong Kong
122 (45 overs)
2010   Italy Bologna   United States
188/2 (21.4 overs)
United States won by 8 wickets
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  Italy
185/9 (50 overs)
2012   Malaysia Kuala Lumpur     Nepal
147/2 (28 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
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  United States
145 (48.1 overs)
2014   Singapore Singapore   Malaysia
235/7 (50 overs)
Malaysia won by 57 runs
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  Singapore
178 (46.1 overs)
2016   United States Los Angeles   United States
208 (49.4 overs)
United States won by 13 runs
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  Oman
195/9 (50 overs)
2018   Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Bandar Kinrara
  Uganda
8 points
Uganda won on points
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  Denmark
6 points

Performance by team

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
Team  
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
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  Afghanistan 1st 1
  Argentina 6th 1
  Bermuda 4th 6th 2
  Cayman Islands 5th 1
  Denmark 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 4
  Fiji 5th 1
  Hong Kong 2nd 1
  Italy 3rd 2nd 4th 6th 4
  Jersey 6th 6th 5th 4th Q 5
  Malaysia 5th 1st 3rd Q 4
    Nepal 3rd 1st 2
  Oman 5th 2nd 2
  Singapore 3rd 2nd 2
  Tanzania 4th 4th 6th 3
  Uganda 1st 1
  United States 1st 2nd 1st 3
  Vanuatu 5th 1
  • Note: at every edition of the tournament, the teams finishing first and second have been promoted to Division Three, and the teams finishing fifth and sixth have been relegated to Division Five.

Player statistics

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Year Most runs Most wickets Ref
2008   Hussain Butt (267)   Hamid Hassan (16)
2010   Peter Petricola (235)   Basanta Regmi (14)
2012   Sushil Nadkarni (238)   Basanta Regmi (21)
2014   Chaminda Ruwan (343)   Shahrulnizam Yusof (16)
2016   Corey Bisson (242)   Aftab Ahmed (14)
  Timil Patel (14)
2018   Ahmed Faiz (298)   Mohammed Irfan (15)

References

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  1. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2008/09 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2010 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2016/17 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. ^ ESPNcricinfo