2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
Dates | 16 September 2019 – 13 December 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Canada (League A) Jersey (League B) |
Participants | 12 |
Matches | 90 |
Most runs | Hamid Shah (605) (League A) Nick Greenwood (809) (League B) |
Most wickets | Aryaman Sunil (27) (League A) Gareth Berg (34) (League B) |
The 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League was the inaugural edition of the
The league featured the twelve teams ranked from 21st to 32nd place in the WCL following the conclusion of the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[3] The twelve teams were split into two groups, with each group playing a six-team tournament three times on an annual basis.[3]
The top team in each group advanced to the
In addition, either of the top teams in the Challenge League could qualify for promotion to the next edition of the Cricket World Cup League 2 by outperforming the two last-placed teams in the
In an attempt to remain in the Challenge League for the next edition, the bottom four teams in this League (two from each section, A and B) would play in a
Participants
The following teams were ranked from 21st to 32nd in the World Cricket League following the conclusion of the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament,[7] and were allocated to Groups A and B.[8][9]
League | Team | WCL rank | Last WCL tournament | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | Canada | 21 | Division Two in 2019 | 5th[10] |
Singapore | 23 | Division Three in 2018 | 3rd[11] | |
Denmark | 25 | Division Three in 2018 | 5th[11] | |
Malaysia | 27 | Division Four in 2018 | 3rd[12] | |
Vanuatu | 29 | Division Four in 2018 | 5th[12] | |
Qatar | 31 | Division Five in 2017 | 3rd[13] | |
B | Hong Kong | 22 | Division Two in 2019 | 6th[10] |
Kenya | 24 | Division Three in 2018 | 4th[11] | |
Uganda | 26 | Division Three in 2018 | 6th[11] | |
Jersey | 28 | Division Four in 2018 | 4th[12] | |
Bermuda | 30 | Division Four in 2018 | 6th[12] | |
Italy | 32 | Division Five in 2017 | 4th[13] |
Fixtures
Each group was scheduled to play three times in a single round-robin tournament format, once each year from 2019 to 2022. This amounts to 15 matches per team and a grand total of 90 matches.
The
League | Date | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
A | 16–26 September 2019 | Malaysia | |
B | 2–12 December 2019 | Oman | |
B | 17–27 June 2022 | Uganda | Originally scheduled for August 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
A | 27 July – 6 August 2022 | Canada | Originally scheduled for July 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
B | 4 – 14 August 2022 | Jersey | Originally scheduled for September 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
A | 3–13 December 2022 | Malaysia | Originally scheduled for October 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Points tables
League A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2.563 | Advanced to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |
2 | Denmark | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.573 | |
3 | Qatar | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.369 | |
4 | Singapore | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −0.061 | |
5 | Malaysia | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −1.058 | Advanced to the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off |
6 | Vanuatu | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −1.365 |
League B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jersey | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.541 | Advanced to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |
2 | Uganda | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.062 | |
3 | Hong Kong | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.548 | |
4 | Kenya | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.188 | |
5 | Italy | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.626 | Advanced to the 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off |
6 | Bermuda | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3.192 |
Statistics
League A
Most runs
Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hamid Shah | 14 | 14 | 605 | 43.21 | 70.76 | 138 | 1 | 5 | 52 | 10 |
Navneet Dhaliwal | 8 | 8 | 479 | 79.83 | 91.76 | 140 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 16 |
Mohammed Rizlan | 14 | 14 | 418 | 32.15 | 59.54 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 6 |
Zameer Khan | 13 | 13 | 404 | 31.07 | 57.79 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
Virandeep Singh | 13 | 13 | 394 | 32.83 | 56.28 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 3 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[28] |
Most wickets
Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aryaman Sunil | 15 | 15 | 27 | 109.5 | 5.91 | 24.07 | 6/32 | 24.4 | 2 | 1 |
Nicolaj Laegsgaard | 14 | 14 | 26 | 116.0 | 3.28 | 14.65 | 6/6 | 26.7 | 1 | 1 |
Saad Bin Zafar | 14 | 14 | 25 | 110.5 | 2.94 | 13.04 | 5/18 | 26.6 | 0 | 2 |
Mohammed Nadeem | 14 | 14 | 24 | 123.0 | 3.87 | 19.87 | 5/18 | 30.7 | 0 | 1 |
Vinoth Baskaran | 14 | 14 | 20 | 122.4 | 3.62 | 22.15 | 3/26 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[29] |
League B
Most runs
Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Greenwood | 15 | 15 | 809 | 53.93 | 96.53 | 141 | 3 | 5 | 93 | 12 |
Ronak Patel | 15 | 14 | 640 | 58.18 | 75.73 | 121* | 1 | 6 | 76 | 2 |
Kinchit Shah | 15 | 15 | 615 | 51.25 | 84.24 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 11 |
Rakep Patel | 15 | 14 | 600 | 46.15 | 94.63 | 113 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 23 |
Harrison Carlyon | 14 | 14 | 547 | 42.07 | 80.91 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 3 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[30] |
Most wickets
Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gareth Berg | 15 | 15 | 34 | 128.4 | 3.66 | 13.85 | 5/51 | 22.7 | 2 | 1 |
Julius Sumerauer | 15 | 15 | 26 | 107.4 | 4.57 | 18.96 | 6/32 | 24.8 | 0 | 1 |
Ehsan Khan | 14 | 13 | 22 | 114.1 | 3.88 | 20.18 | 4/17 | 31.1 | 2 | 0 |
Dinesh Nakrani | 15 | 15 | 21 | 117.2 | 4.47 | 25.00 | 3/20 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 |
Shem Ngoche | 13 | 13 | 20 | 113.5 | 3.71 | 21.15 | 3/24 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[31] |
See also
- 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
- 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
- 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
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