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.

For the most recent edition of the tournament, see 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.

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
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
scorecard		  United States
145 (48.1 overs)
2014  Singapore Singapore  Malaysia
235/7 (50 overs)		 Malaysia won by 57 runs
scorecard		  Singapore
178 (46.1 overs)
2016  United States Los Angeles  United States
208 (49.4 overs)		 United States won by 13 runs
scorecard		  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
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
Team
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018		 next Total
 Afghanistan 1st——————1
 Argentina —6th—————1
 Bermuda ————4th6th—2
 Cayman Islands —5th—————1
 Denmark ——4th3rd3rd2nd—4
 Fiji 5th——————1
 Hong Kong 2nd——————1
 Italy 3rd2nd—4th6th——4
 Jersey 6th——6th5th4thQ5
 Malaysia ——5th1st—3rdQ4
   Nepal —3rd1st————2
 Oman ———5th2nd——2
 Singapore ——3rd2nd———2
 Tanzania 4th4th6th————3
 Uganda —————1st—1
 United States —1st2nd—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
YearMost runsMost wicketsRef
2008 Hussain Butt (267) Hamid Hassan (16)
[1]
2010 Peter Petricola (235) Basanta Regmi (14)
[2]
2012 Sushil Nadkarni (238) Basanta Regmi (21)
[3]
2014 Chaminda Ruwan (343) Shahrulnizam Yusof (16)
[4]
2016 Corey Bisson (242) Aftab Ahmed (14)
Timil Patel (14)
[5]
2018 Ahmed Faiz (298) Mohammed Irfan (15)
[6]

References
  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
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