2007–2009 ICC World Cricket League

2007–09 ICC World Cricket League
Official logo
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
List A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Participants30 (from 87 nations)
Most runsGuernsey Jeremy Frith (381)[citation needed]
Most wicketsBahrain Qamar Saeed (19)[citation needed]

A series of six ICC World Cricket League (WCL) tournaments, as well as a series of pre-qualifying regional tournaments, and the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between January 2007 and April 2009. It was the first use of the World Cricket League structure. Through the WCL tournaments, teams could advance to the World Cup Qualifier, which could lead to qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. 30 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC participated in the events.

The Afghanistan national cricket team ascended from Division Five to Division One by winning three of these tournaments and performing well in the World Cup Qualifier.[1]

Structure

The league structure was organised with the five global divisions.[2] The regional tournaments were administered by the five Development Regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe.

Summary

The following is the summary of World Cricket League and its structure. This was followed by the International Cricket Council.

World Cricket League tournaments leading to the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The above diagram shows the chronological order and structure of the divisions within the World Cricket League. From left to right the chronology of the divisions is indicated; from top to bottom the hierarchy within the competition. The arrows indicate the number of teams promoted and relegated between leagues

Tournaments summary

Details Dates Host nation(s) Final
Venue Winner Result Runner-up
2007
Division One 		29 January – 7 February 2007  Kenya Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi  Kenya
158/2 (37.5 overs)		 Kenya won by 8 wickets
Scorecard		  Scotland
155 all out (47 overs)
2007
Division Three 		27 May – 2 June 2007  Australia Gardens Oval, Darwin  Uganda
241/8 (50 overs)		 Uganda won by 91 runs
scorecard		  Argentina
150 all out (46.3 overs)
2007
Division Two 		24 November – 1 December 2007  Namibia Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek  United Arab Emirates
347/8 (50 overs)		 United Arab Emirates won by 67 runs
scorecard		  Oman
280 all out (43.2 overs)
2008
Division Five 		23–31 May 2008  Jersey Grainville, St Saviour  Afghanistan
81/8 (37.4 overs)		 Afghanistan won by 2 wickets
Scorecard		  Jersey
80 all out (39.5 overs)
2008
Division Four[3][4] 		4–11 October 2008  Tanzania Kinondoni Ground, Dar es Salaam  Afghanistan
179 all out (49.4 overs)		 Afghanistan won by 57 runs
Scorecard		  Hong Kong
122 all out (45.0 overs)
2009
Division Three[5][6] 		24–31 January 2009  Argentina Belgrano Athletic Club, Buenos Aires  Afghanistan
8 points, +0.971(NRR)		 Afghanistan topped points table
Table 		 Uganda
8 points, +0.768(NRR)
2009
WC Qualifier 		1–19 April 2009  South Africa SuperSport Park, Centurion  Ireland
188/1 (42.3 overs)		 Ireland won by 9 wickets
Scorecard		  Canada
185 all out (48 overs)

Teams

Team Division
at start		 2007 2008 2009 Division
at end
Div One Div Three Div Two[n 1] Div Five[n 2] Div Four Div Three WCQ[n 3]
 Bermuda 1 6th 9th Fall 2
 Canada 1 4th 2nd Same position‡ 1
 Ireland 1 5th 1st Same position‡ 1
 Kenya 1 1st 4th Same position‡ 1
 Netherlands 1 3rd 3rd Same position‡ 1
 Scotland 1 2nd 6th Same position 1
 Afghanistan 5 1st Rise 1st Rise 1st 5th Rise 1
 Argentina[n 4] 5 2nd Rise† 6th Fall 6th Fall 4
 Bahamas 5 11th Fall R
 Botswana 5 6th Fall 6
 Cayman Islands 3 4th Same position 5th Fall 4
 Denmark 2 4th 12th Fall 3
 Fiji 3 8th Fall 5th Fall 5
 Germany 5 7th Fall R
 Hong Kong 3 5th Fall 2nd Rise 4th Same position 3
 Italy 3 7th Fall 3rd Same position 4
 Japan 5 10th Fall 7
 Jersey 5 2nd Rise 6th Fall 5
 Mozambique 5 8th Fall R
 Namibia 2 3rd 8th Same position 2
   Nepal 5 3rd Same position 5
 Norway 5 9th Fall 6
 Oman 2 2nd 11th Fall 3
 Papua New Guinea 3 3rd Same position 3rd Same position 3
 Singapore 5 5th Fall 6
 Tanzania 3 6th Fall 4th Same position 4
 Uganda 3 1st Rise† 5th Fall 2nd 10th Rise 2
 United Arab Emirates 2 1st 7th Same position 2
 United States[n 4] 3 4th Same position 5
 Vanuatu 5 12th Fall R
     Team with ODI status
     Team qualifies for 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Rise Team promoted to next division
Same position Team remains in the division
Fall Team relegated to a lower division
R Regional tournament
† Qualified for the High Performance Program (HPP)
‡ Qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup
  1. ^ Due to the Asian Cricket Council's decision to handle development of their member nations themselves, both Namibia and Denmark joined the HPP as of 1 April 2007
  2. ^ Japan were relegated to 2009 Global Division Seven. All other teams 7th or lower were distributed into lower divisions.
  3. ^ 1st to 6th received official One Day International status for the following four years. 1st to 8th qualified for the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
  4. ^ a b The United States had their membership suspended and were replaced by Argentina in Division Three in 2007.[7] Upon reinstatement, they were assigned to Division Five in 2008.

References

  1. ^ Williamson, Martin (10 January 2011). "ICC World Cricket League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ Opportunities for Europe as WCL expands Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, by Rod Lyall, published by CricketEurope, on 10 September 2006
  3. ^ World Cup dream for twelve nations cricinfo.com 1 May 2008
  4. ^ Afghanistan claim another title cricinfo.com 11 October 2008
  5. ^ USA return to the fold cricinfo.com 18 May 2008
  6. ^ Match schedule cricinfo.com 21 January 2009
  7. ^ "ICC Board suspends USA Cricket Association". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2007.