2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
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The 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 was the first edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which formed part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process.[1][2] The tournament was played from August 2019 to March 2023,[3] with all matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs).[4] Each set of fixtures was planned to take place as a tri-series.[5]
Dates | 14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Tri Series |
Host(s) | Various |
Champions | Scotland (1st title) |
Runners-up | Oman |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 126 |
Most runs | Gerhard Erasmus (1298) |
Most wickets | Bilal Khan (76) |
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] Round 1 was played in Aberdeen, Scotland in August 2019.[7]
The league table combined both the qualification for the 2023 World Cup with the system of promotion and relegation for the following editions of the various Cricket leagues. For qualification to the World Cup, the top three teams advanced directly to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, while the bottom four teams were sent to the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[8] In that Play-off those bottom four teams were joined by the top two teams from the Challenge League, with the top two teams from that Play-off advancing to the Qualifier Tournament.
For promotion, it was originally intended that the top ranked team in this CWC League 2 would gain the opportunity to be promoted to the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League if it finished higher than the 13th-placed Super League team at the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[6][9] However, in November 2021, the ICC announced that there would not be a second edition of the Super League, guaranteeing that Scotland would remain in the next League 2.[10]
For relegation, United Arab Emirates and Papua New Guinea finished 6th and 7th, respectively. As a result, the Play-off tournament for them not only determined qualification for the World Cup, but also whether or not they would be relegated to the Challenge League. Among the six teams in that Play-off, the two teams among the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Jersey (who had finished in the top two of the Challenge League), would qualify for the next edition of League 2. For the teams that finished 4th and 5th, Namibia and The United States, the play-off would determine only their World Cup qualification—even last place finishes for those teams would not result in relegation.[11]
Scotland secured first place in the league on 15 February 2023 with a 10-wicket win against Namibia.[12] They were presented with the trophy at the end of round 19 of the tournament in Kirtipur.[13] Oman and Nepal finished in second and third, respectively, with Nepal winning 11 of their final 12 matches to pass Namibia in the final match of the tournament and secure a place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.