Administrator | ICC |
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Format | 50 overs |
First edition | 2008 |
Latest edition | 2018 |
Tournament format | Round robin, playoffs |
Number of teams | 6 |
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.
Year | Host(s) | Venue(s) | Final | ||
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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 |
Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | next | Total |
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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 |
Year | Most runs | Most wickets | Ref |
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2008 | Hussain Butt (267) | Hamid Hassan (16) | |
2010 | Peter Petricola (235) | Basanta Regmi (14) | |
2012 | Sushil Nadkarni (238) | Basanta Regmi (21) | |
2014 | Chaminda Ruwan (343) | Shahrulnizam Yusof (16) | |
2016 | Corey Bisson (242) | Aftab Ahmed (14) Timil Patel (14) | |
2018 | Ahmed Faiz (298) | Mohammed Irfan (15) |
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