ICC World Cricket League Championship

The ICC World Cricket League Championship was the top division of the World Cricket League (WCL). It formed the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup.

WCL Championship
AdministratorICC
FormatOne Day International & List A
First edition2007
Latest edition2015-17
Number of teamsSix (2007 and 2010)
Eight (since 2011)
Current champion Netherlands (1st title)
Most successful Ireland (2 titles)
Most runsScotland Kyle Coetzer(ODI:663 & List-A:1169)[1][2]
Most wicketsODI:Scotland Alasdair Evans(15)[3] List-A:NetherlandsMudassar Bukhari(32)[4]

The WCL Championship was originally known as World Cricket League Division One, and was played twice under that name (in 2007 and 2010). Those were hosted as standalone tournaments, but a new format was subsequently introduced in which competing teams play multiple games against each other over several years (mirroring the Intercontinental Cup, a first-class competition). All matches in the WCL Championship hold List A status, while matches between higher-ranking teams hold One Day International (ODI) status.

History

The first WCL Division One tournament in 2007 featured the top six teams from the 2005 ICC Trophy, while the 2010 tournament featured the top six teams from the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. Two teams from WCL Division Two were added for the 2011–13 WCL Championship, making eight teams in total. The top two teams from the 2011–13 competition (Ireland and Afghanistan) gained automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup. They were subsequently promoted to the ICC ODI Championship, although the 2015–17 WCL Championship remained an eight-team competition as two additional teams were promoted from Division Two.

Results
Edition Host Final
Venue Winner Result Runner-up
2007  Kenya Nairobi  Kenya
158/2 (37.5 overs)		 Kenya won by 8 wickets
scorecard		  Scotland
155 (47 overs)
2010  Netherlands Amsterdam  Ireland
233/4 (44.5 overs)		 Ireland won by 6 wickets
scorecard		  Scotland
232 (48.5 overs)
2011–13 no single host no final  Ireland
24 points		 Ireland won on points
points table		  Afghanistan
19 points
2015–17 no single host no final  Netherlands
22 points		 Netherlands won on points

points table

  Scotland
19 points

Performance by team
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
Team 2007 2010 2011
–13		 2015
–17		 Total
 Afghanistan —3rd2ndODI2
 Bermuda 6th———1
 Canada 4th5th8th—3
 Hong Kong ———3rd1
 Ireland 5th1st1stODI3
 Kenya 1st6th6th5th4
 Namibia ——7th8th2
   Nepal ———7th1
 Netherlands 3rd4th4th1st4
 Papua New Guinea ———4th1
 Scotland 2nd2nd5th2nd4
 United Arab Emirates ——3rd6th2

Player statistics
EditionMost runsMost wicketsMVPRef
2007Canada Ashish Bagai (345)Kenya Peter Ongondo (15)Canada Ashish Bagai
[5]
2010Netherlands Tom Cooper (408)Ireland Alex Cusack (10)Netherlands Tom Cooper
[6]
2011–13United Arab Emirates Shaiman Anwar (625)Namibia Christi Viljoen (23)
[7]
2015–17Hong Kong Anshuman Rath (678)Hong Kong Nadeem Ahmed (24)
[8]

See also

References
  1. "ICC World Cricket League/One-Day Internationals/Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. "ICC World Cricket League/List A Matches/Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. "ICC World Cricket League/One-Day Internationals/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. "ICC World Cricket League/List A Matches/Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ICC World Cricket League Division One 2006/07 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ICC World Cricket League Division One 2010 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2011 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  8. ICC World Cricket League Division Two 2015 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
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