2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Dates | August 2019 – February 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 126 |
The 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the first edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process.[1][2] It is currently running from August 2019 to February 2023,[3] with all matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs).[4] Each set of fixtures will take part as a tri-series.[5]
Scotland, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates were joined by the top four teams from the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[6] The first round of fixtures were played in Aberdeen, Scotland in August 2019.[7]
The top three teams will advance to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, while the bottom four teams will have to go into the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[8]
Originally, it was intended that the top ranked team in this CWC League 2 would be promoted to the next 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League at the expense of its 13th ranked team - if the League 2 team finished as the higher of the two in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The team ranked lower would then have played in the next edition of League 2.[6][9] However, in November 2021 the ICC announced that there would not be a second edition of the Super League.[10]
One or both of the bottom two teams in this League 2 competition will be relegated to the next Cricket World Cup Challenge League if, in the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, they are outperformed by a top-ranked team from the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Leagues A or B. Whichever two of these four teams are ranked higher in that Qualifier Play-off, will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League.[11]
Teams
The top three teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 will qualify for the World Cup Qualifier while the bottom four go to the Qualifier Play-off.[12]
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Prior ODI status |
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Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two |
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Fixtures
The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the following schedule of fixtures.[3][18] In December 2020, the ICC announced a revised schedule following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] In March 2022, the ICC issued a further update for rounds nine to fifteen, with those rounds scheduled to take place from March to August 2022.[20] Cricket Namibia also announced details of three rounds scheduled to take place in the country in September and November 2022.[21]
Round | Date | Host team | 2nd team | 3rd team | Notes |
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1 | August 2019 | ![]() |
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2 | September 2019 | ![]() |
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3 | December 2019 | ![]() |
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4 | January 2020 | ![]() |
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The final two matches were postponed to round 8 following the death of Qaboos bin Said.[22] |
5 | February 2020 | ![]() |
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6 | September 2021 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for March 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
7 | September 2021 | ![]() |
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8 | November 2021 | ![]() |
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Included the two matches postponed from round 4.[23] However, only two matches were played before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
N/A | February 2022 | ![]() |
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N/A | Arranged to make up for matches postponed during rounds four and eight.[24] |
9 | March 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for December 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Included one match postponed from round 4.[25] |
10 | March 2022 | ![]() |
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11 | April 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for April 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later moved from Papua New Guinea to the UAE. |
12 | May 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for April 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
13 | June 2022 | ![]() |
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14 | July 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for July 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
15 | August 2022 | ![]() |
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16 | September 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for May 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
17 | November 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for September 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
18 | December 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for April 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
19/20 | December 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for February 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
19/20 | December 2022 | ![]() |
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Originally scheduled for June 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
21 | February 2023 | ![]() |
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As originally planned, each team would host three tri-series, each time joined by a different two of the other six teams. Each tri-series would comprise six matches (two between each pair of teams). Therefore, over the course of the whole tournament, each team would play each other team twice at home, twice away, and twice at a neutral venue. Some matches had to be re-scheduled for different times and venues (see below), so this original schedule did not happen fully as planned, but the teams remain on course to play a total of six fixtures against each other team.
Alterations
Two of Oman's home matches, against Namibia and UAE, which were cancelled during Round 4, were instead scheduled to be played in Namibia during Round 8 (although they were again postponed).
On 13 March 2020, the sixth round of matches, scheduled to take place in Lauderhill, Florida in April 2020, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions to the United States.[26][27] On 24 March 2020, the ICC also confirmed that rounds seven and eight, scheduled to take place in Namibia and Papua New Guinea respectively, had also been postponed.[28] The ninth round of fixtures, scheduled to take place in Scotland in July 2020, were postponed on 10 June 2020.[29] Round 10, scheduled to take place in Namibia in September 2020, was postponed on 23 July 2020.[30]
In February 2021, the ICC confirmed that (newly numbered) rounds six, seven and eight of their updated schedule had also been postponed.[31] Round six was scheduled to take place in Oman, with rounds seven and eight originally scheduled to be played in Papua New Guinea.[32] Round 8 was rescheduled to take place in Namibia during November and December 2021.[33] However, only two matches were played, before the remaining fixtures were postponed due to the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 in Southern Africa.[34]
In February 2022, Oman and UAE played a three-match bilateral series in Oman to make up for games that had been postponed in the earlier tri-series in Oman and Namibia.[35]
Results
Results from the home and away matches are as follows:
Results from the neutral venue matches are as follows:
Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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36 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 0.039 | Qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
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28 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0.530 | |
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32 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 29 | −0.162 | |
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26 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0.051 | Qualification for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |
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22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.443 | |
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20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 17 | −0.047 | |
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24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −0.881 |
(A) Advances to a further round
Statistics
Most runs
Batsman | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | Strike rate | HS | 100s | 50s | |
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36 | 36 | 1 | 1,098 | 32.29 | 77.92 | 118* | 3 | 6 | |
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31 | 31 | 2 | 1,066 | 36.75 | 80.39 | 130 | 2 | 6 | |
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27 | 27 | 2 | 1,064 | 42.56 | 77.82 | 123* | 1 | 7 | |
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26 | 26 | 1 | 1,051 | 42.04 | 75.72 | 133* | 2 | 7 | |
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34 | 33 | 4 | 969 | 33.41 | 70.47 | 109 | 2 | 4 | |
Last updated: 21 September 2022[37] |
Highest individual score
Batsman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opposition | Ground | Match date |
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136 | 109 | 11 | 8 | ![]() |
Lauderhill | 20 September 2019 |
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133* | 144 | 13 | 2 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 17 August 2022 |
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130 | 101 | 11 | 6 | ![]() |
Pearland | 8 June 2022 |
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129* | 94 | 13 | 6 | ![]() |
Muscat | 8 January 2020 |
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123* | 87 | 9 | 6 | ![]() |
Aberdeen | 13 August 2022 |
Last updated: 22 September 2022[38] |
Most wickets
Bowler | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Runs | Overs | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI | 5WI | |
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35 | 35 | 76 | 1,419 | 298.4 | 5/31 | 18.67 | 4.75 | 23.5 | 3 | 3 | |
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31 | 30 | 54 | 1,124 | 266.5 | 5/32 | 20.81 | 4.21 | 29.6 | 1 | 2 | |
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34 | 34 | 47 | 1,107 | 270.5 | 4/15 | 23.55 | 4.08 | 34.5 | 3 | 0 | |
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20 | 19 | 42 | 691 | 178.4 | 6/16 | 16.45 | 3.86 | 25.5 | 3 | 1 | |
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33 | 33 | 41 | 1,211 | 197.1 | 5/15 | 29.53 | 4.74 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Last updated: 21 September 2022[39] |
Best bowling figures in an innings
Bowler | Wkts | Runs | Overs | Mdns | Econ | Opposition | Ground | Match date |
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6 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2.66 | ![]() |
Kirtipur | 12 February 2020 |
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5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1.87 | ![]() |
Muscat | 1 October 2021 |
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5 | 17 | 6.2 | 0 | 2.68 | ![]() |
Muscat | 6 February 2022 |
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5 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2.50 | ![]() |
Lauderhill | 20 September 2019 |
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5 | 20 | 8.3 | 0 | 2.35 | ![]() |
Pearland | 8 June 2022 |
Last updated: 22 September 2022[40] |
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