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ICC World Cricket League Division Four

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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)

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.

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
scorecard
 Hong Kong
122 (45 overs)
2010  Italy Bologna  United States
188/2 (21.4 overs)
United States won by 8 wickets
scorecard
 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
table
 Denmark
6 points

Performance by team

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
Team Tanzania
2008
Italy
2010
Malaysia
2012
Singapore
2014
United States
2016
Malaysia
2018
next Total
 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 Hong Kong Hussain Butt (267) Afghanistan Hamid Hassan (16)
2010 Italy Peter Petricola (235) Nepal Basanta Regmi (14)
2012 United States Sushil Nadkarni (238) Nepal Basanta Regmi (21)
2014 Singapore Chaminda Ruwan (343) Malaysia Shahrulnizam Yusof (16)
2016 Jersey Corey Bisson (242) Denmark Aftab Ahmed (14)
United States Timil Patel (14)
2018 Malaysia Ahmed Faiz (298) Uganda 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