World Cricket League
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format |
One Day International List A |
| First tournament | 2007–09 |
| Tournament format | League system |
| Number of teams | 95 nations |
| Current champion | Ireland |
| Most successful | Ireland (2 victories) |
| Most runs | Khurram Khan (1499) (UAE) |
| Most wickets | Basanta Regmi (103) (Nepal) |
| Website | ICC World Cricket League |
 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League | |
The ICC World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. All associate and affiliate members of the ICC are eligible to compete in the league system, which features a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system has two main aims: to provide a qualification system for the World Cup that can be accessed by all associate and affiliate members, and as an opportunity for these sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards.
In the inaugural ICC World Cricket League 2007–09, 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 qualified for the 2007 World Cup. The initial series began with regional qualifiers and a First Division in 2007, and ended with the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. At this stage, there were only five divisions.
The second cycle began in 2009 with three additional divisions.[1]
Structure
The initial league began in 2007 with seven tournaments over five global divisions, based upon previous world rankings.[2][3] This was expanded into eight separate divisions for the 2009–13 edition. 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 has regularised to six for each tournament, with the exception of the lowest division, Division 8, in which eight teams play. The final of each cycle, the World Cup Qualifier, contains twelve teams as it is a combination of Divisions 1 (all 6 teams), 2 (top 4 teams) and 3 (top 2 teams).
When most of the divisions are played, two teams will be promoted, two relegated and two remain for the next instalment, two years later. There are some occasions when this is not the case. When Division 8 is played, though two teams are promoted, only one remains and the bottom five drop out of the system. They are replaced by the top five teams from recent regional events for the next instalment. At the end of each cycle, the World Cup Qualifier is played featuring the top twelve teams. According to the results, the top six qualify for Division 1 of the next cycle. The teams that finish seventh to tenth in this tournament proceed to Division 2 and the bottom two are relegated to Division 3. Teams in Division 1 gain ODI status and the top four qualify for the Cricket World Cup. In addition, there is no promotion or relegation so the teams remain until the next World Cup Qualifier is played.
Regional tournaments, which acted as qualifiers for the lower divisions of the first cycle of the World league, and continue to do so for Division 8 in subsequent cycles, are administered by the five Development Regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe.[1][2]
Associate and Affiliate 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.
As of 19 April 2009 the top six associates/affiliates gained one day status. Kenya, Ireland and the Netherlands have qualified to appear on the main rating table, Kenya from its existing status, Ireland for its two victories in the 2007 World Cup and the Netherlands for its win over Bangladesh. Afghanistan, Canada and Scotland remain on the secondary table. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for all associate and affiliate members containing both global and regional placings.
Rankings
The global rankings of associate and affiliate teams according to ICC are published in the table below.[4][5] Teams that have one day international status are ranked according to their placing in the ICC ODI Championship. The other teams in Division 1 are ranked by their win percentage against other associate and affiliate sides, then by their win percentage against full members. The teams in the other divisions are ranked by their finishing position in the respective tournaments.
Ranking as of 1 March 2016:
| Division | Rank | Nation | Africa | Americas | Asia | EAP | Europe |
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| ICC ODI Championship | 10 |  Afghanistan | 2 | ||||
| 11 |  Ireland | 3 | |||||
| Championship | 13 |  United Arab Emirates | 3 | ||||
| 14 |  Scotland | 2 | |||||
| 15 |  Papua New Guinea | 1 | |||||
| 16 |  Hong Kong | 1 | |||||
| 17 |  Kenya | 1 | |||||
| 18 |  Netherlands | 1 | |||||
| 19 |  Namibia | 2 | |||||
| 20 |  Nepal | 4 | |||||
| Division 3 | 21 |  Uganda | 3 | ||||
| 22 |  Canada | 1 | |||||
| 23 |  Malaysia | 5 | |||||
| 24 |  Singapore | 6 | |||||
| Division 4 | 25 |  United States | 2 | ||||
| 26 |  Bermuda | 3 | |||||
| 27 |  Denmark | 4 | |||||
| 28 |  Italy | 5 | |||||
| Division 5 | 29 |  Oman | 7 | ||||
| 30 |  Jersey | 6 | |||||
| 31 |  Tanzania | 4 | |||||
| 32 |  Nigeria | 5 | |||||
| 33 |  Guernsey | 7 | |||||
| 34 |  Vanuatu | 2 |
Regional rankings
Teams that do not participate in the World Cricket League are ranked by their finishing positions in their respective regional leagues:
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Results
Summary
| Details | Host Nation(s) | Final Venue | Final | ||
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| 2007–09 | Various | South Africa | Ireland 188/1 (42.3 overs) | Ireland won by 9 wickets Scorecard | Canada 185 all out (48 overs) |
| 2009–14 | Various | New Zealand | Scotland 285/5 (50 overs) | Scotland won by 41 runs Scorecard | United Arab Emirates 244/9 (50 overs) |
| 2012–18 | Various | ||||
Division results
Notes
- 1 2 "ICC World Cricket LEague Division 1–5 Structure for 2006–2009". ICC. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- 1 2 "ICC World Cricket League – About the Event". ICC. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ Lyall, Rob (10 September 2006). "Opportunities for Europe as WCL expands". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ "Associate and Affiliate Rankings". ICC. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "ICC AM RANKINGS". ICC. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
See also
- ICC Intercontinental Cup – the equivalent first class competition
- ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier - a competition between associate and affiliate teams for entry into the Twenty20 World Cup
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