2007–09 ICC World Cricket League

2007–09 ICC World Cricket League

Official logo
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International List A
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Champions	Ireland
Participants	30 (from 87 nations)
Most runs	Jeremy Frith (381)
Most wickets	Qamar Saeed (19)

The 2007–09 ICC World Cricket League was the inaugural season of ICC World Cricket League. It was composed of 7 tournaments, played between January 2007 to April 2009, as well as a series of qualifying regional tournaments. 30 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC participated in the events. The ICC World Cup Qualifier was the final tournament, the top four teams will play in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and the six top teams obtained ODI status for the next four years.

Structure

The league structure was organised with the five global divisions.^[1] 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 2007-09 World Cricket League and its structure. This was followed by the International Cricket Council.

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	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2007 Division One	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	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	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	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	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	Argentina	Belgrano Athletic Club Buenos Aires	Afghanistan +0.971(NRR)	Afghanistan won on net run rate Table	Uganda +0.768(NRR)
2009 WC Qualifier	South Africa	South Africa	Ireland 188/1 (42.3 overs)	Ireland won by 9 wickets Scorecard	Canada 185 all out (48 overs)

Teams

Team	Division		2007			2008		2009
	2007	2009	Div One	Div Three	Div Two	Div Five	Div Four	Div Three	ICC WCQ
Bermuda	1	2	6th						9th
Canada	1	1	4th						2nd
Ireland	1	1	5th						1st
Kenya	1	1	1st						4th
Netherlands	1	1	3rd						3rd
Scotland	1	1	2nd						6th
Afghanistan	5	1				1st	1st	1st	5th
Argentina	3	4		2nd	6th			6th
Bahamas	5	-				11th
Botswana	5	6				6th
Cayman Islands	3	4		4th				5th
Denmark	2	3			4th				12th
Fiji	3	5		8th			5th
Germany	5	-				7th
Hong Kong	3	3		5th			2nd	4th
Italy	3	4		7th			3rd
Japan	5	7				10th
Jersey	5	5				2nd	6th
Mozambique	5	-				8th
Namibia	2	2			3rd				8th
Nepal	5	5				3rd
Norway	5	6				9th
Oman	2	3			2nd				11th
Papua New Guinea	3	3		3rd				3rd
Singapore	5	6				5th
Tanzania	3	4		6th			4th
Uganda	3	2		1st	5th			2nd	10th
United Arab Emirates	2	2			1st				7th
United States	5	5				4th
Vanuatu	5	-				12th

	Team with ODI status
	Team qualifies for 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
	Team promoted to next division
	Team remains in the division
	Team relegated to a lower division

Full results

Global tournaments (chronological order)
2007 Global Division One	1st. Kenya 2nd. Scotland 3rd. Netherlands 4th. Canada 5th. Ireland 6th. Bermuda			All six teams qualify for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
2007 Global Division Three	1st. Uganda 2nd. Argentina 3rd. Papua New Guinea 4th. Cayman Islands 5th. Hong Kong 6th. Tanzania 7th. Italy 8th. Fiji Argentina replaced the United States who were relegated[2]			Uganda and Argentina promoted to 2007 Global Division Two Papua New Guinea and Cayman Islands remain for 2009 Global Division Three Hong Kong, Tanzania, Italy and Fiji relegated to 2008 Global Division Four Played in Darwin, Australia, 27 May - 2 June 2007 Uganda and Argentina also qualified for the High Performance Program (HPP).
2007 Global Division Two	1st. United Arab Emirates 2nd. Oman 3rd. Namibia 4th. Denmark 5th. Uganda 6th. Argentina			United Arab Emirates, Oman, Namibia and Denmark qualify for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier Uganda and Argentina relegated to 2009 Global Division Three Played in Windhoek, Namibia, 24 November - 1 December 2007 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
2008 Global Division Five	1st. Afghanistan 2nd. Jersey 3rd. Nepal 4th. United States 5th. Singapore 6th. Botswana 7th. Germany 8th. Mozambique 9th. Norway 10th. Japan 11th. Bahamas 12th. Vanuatu			Afghanistan and Jersey promoted to 2008 Global Division Four. Nepal and United States will remain in Division Five in 2010 Botswana, Norway and Singapore relegated to 2009 Global Division Six Japan relegated to 2009 Global Division Seven All other teams will be distributed into lower divisions. Played in Jersey, 23–31 May 2008
2008 Global Division Four	1st. Afghanistan 2nd. Hong Kong 3rd. Italy 4th. Tanzania 5th. Fiji 6th. Jersey			Afghanistan and Hong Kong promoted to 2009 Global Division Three Italy and Tanzania will remain in Division Four Fiji and Jersey relegated to 2010 Global Division Five Played in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 4–11 October 2008[3][4]
2009 Global Division Three	1st. Afghanistan 2nd. Uganda 3rd. Papua New Guinea 4th. Hong Kong 5th. Cayman Islands 6th. Argentina			Afghanistan and Uganda qualified for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong will remain in Division Three Argentina and Cayman Islands relegated to 2010 Global Division Four Played in Argentina, 24–31 January 2009[5][6]
2009 World Cup Qualifier	1st. Ireland 2nd. Canada 3rd. Netherlands 4th. Kenya 5th. Afghanistan 6th. Scotland 7th. United Arab Emirates 8th. Namibia 9th. Bermuda 10th. Uganda 11th. Oman 12th. Denmark			1st - 4th qualify for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup 1st - 6th receive official One Day International status for the following four years 1st-8th qualify for the ICC Intercontinental Cup Played in South Africa, 1–19 April 2009 Ireland, Canada, Netherlands, and Kenya qualify for the World Cup and remain in 2010 Global Division One Afghanistan(promoted to 2010 Globlal Division One) and Scotland(remain in 2010 Global Division One) receive ODI status United Arab Emirates and Namibia remain in Division Two Bermuda relegated to 2011 Global Division Two Uganda promoted from Division Three(2009) to 2011 Global Division Two Oman and Denmark relegated to 2011 Global Division Three

References

1. Opportunities for Europe as WCL expands, by Rod Lyall, published by CricketEurope, on 10 September 2006
2. Withdrawn from the World Cricket League division 3 ... and relegated from that division due to suspension of the membership of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
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