2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2

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2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
DatesAugust 2019 – February 2023
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants7
Matches126

The 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the first edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process.[1][2] It is currently running from August 2019 to February 2023,[3] with all matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs).[4] Each set of fixtures will take part as a tri-series.[5]

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] The first round of fixtures were played in Aberdeen, Scotland in August 2019.[7]

The top three teams will advance to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the bottom four teams advancing to the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.[8]

In addition, the top ranked team in this CWC League 2 could be promoted to the next CWC Super League. Of the top ranked team in this League 2 and the 13th ranked team in 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, whichever of these two teams is ranked higher in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier will take the 13th spot in the next Super League while the team ranked lower will play in the next League 2.[6][9]

Either of the bottom two teams in this competition could be relegated to the next Cricket World Cup Challenge League. Of the bottom two teams, and the two champions of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Leagues A and B, whichever two of these four teams are ranked higher in the Qualifier Play-off, will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League.[10]

Teams[]

A diagram that explains the qualification structure for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup
Main articles: 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and 2023 Cricket World Cup

The top three teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 will qualify for the World Cup Qualifier while the bottom four go to the Qualifier Play-off.[11]

Team Mode of qualification
   Nepal[12] Prior ODI status
 Scotland[12]
 United Arab Emirates[12]
 Namibia[13] Promoted from 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two
 Oman[14]
 Papua New Guinea[15]
 United States[16]

Fixtures[]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the following schedule of fixtures.[3][17] In December 2020, the ICC announced a revised schedule following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Round Date Host team 2nd team 3rd team Notes
1 August 2019  Scotland  Oman  Papua New Guinea
2 September 2019  United States  Papua New Guinea  Namibia
3 December 2019  United Arab Emirates  Scotland  United States
4 January 2020  Oman  Namibia  United Arab Emirates The final two matches were postponed to round 8 following the death of Qaboos bin Said.[19]
5 February 2020    Nepal  United States  Oman
6 September 2021  Oman  United States    Nepal Originally scheduled for March 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7 September 2021  Oman  Scotland  Papua New Guinea
8 November 2021  Namibia  Oman  United Arab Emirates Included the two matches postponed from round 4.[20] However, only two matches were played before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
N/A February 2022  Oman  United Arab Emirates N/A Arranged to make up for the matches postponed during rounds four and eight.[21]
TBA April 2021  Papua New Guinea  Oman  Scotland Originally scheduled for April 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA May 2021  Papua New Guinea  United States  Namibia Originally scheduled for May 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA July 2021  Scotland    Nepal  Namibia Originally scheduled for July 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later moved to Spain.[22]
TBA August 2021  United States  Scotland  United Arab Emirates Originally scheduled for April 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA December 2021  United Arab Emirates  Namibia  Oman Originally scheduled for December 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA February 2022    Nepal  United Arab Emirates  Papua New Guinea Originally scheduled for February 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA March 2022  Namibia    Nepal  Scotland Originally scheduled for April 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA June 2022  Scotland  United Arab Emirates  United States
TBA July 2022  United States    Nepal  Oman
TBA September 2022  Namibia  Papua New Guinea  United States Originally scheduled for September 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA September 2022  Papua New Guinea  United Arab Emirates    Nepal Originally scheduled for June 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TBA February 2023    Nepal  Namibia  Scotland
TBA February 2023  United Arab Emirates  Papua New Guinea    Nepal

On 13 March 2020, the sixth round of matches, scheduled to take place in Lauderhill, Florida in April 2020, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions to the United States.[23][24] On 24 March 2020, the ICC also confirmed that rounds seven and eight, scheduled to take place in Namibia and Papua New Guinea respectively, had also been postponed.[25] The ninth round of fixtures, scheduled to take place in Scotland in July 2020, were postponed on 10 June 2020.[26] The round 10 tournament, scheduled to take place in Namibia in September 2020, was postponed on 23 July 2020.[27]

In February 2021, the ICC confirmed that rounds six, seven and eight of their updated schedule had also been postponed.[28] Round six was scheduled to take place in Oman, with rounds seven and eight originally scheduled to be played in Papua New Guinea.[29] Round 8 was rescheduled to take place in Namibia during November and December 2021.[30] However, only two matches were played, before the remaining fixtures were postponed due to the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 in Southern Africa.[31]

Schedule[]

Each team hosts three tri-series, each time joined by a different two of the other six teams. Each tri-series comprises six matches (two between each pair of teams). Therefore, over the course of the whole tournament, each team plays each other team twice at home, twice away, and twice at a neutral venue. The exception is two of Oman's home matches, against Namibia and UAE, which were cancelled during Round 4, and were instead scheduled to be played in Namibia during Round 8.

Results from the home and away matches are as follows:

Home \ Away Namibia Nepal Oman Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates United States
Namibia  — Round 15 Round 12 Round 18 Round 15 Round 12 Round 18
Nepal    Round 20 — 0–2 [2] Round 14 Round 20 Round 14 2–0 [2]
Oman  0–1 [1] 1–1 [2] — 2–0 [2] 0–1 [2] 1–0 [1] 2–0 [2]
Papua New Guinea  Round 9 Round 19 Round 8 — Round 8 Round 19 Round 9
Scotland  Round 10 Round 10 1–1 [2] 2–0 [2] — Round 16 Round 16
United Arab Emirates  Round 13 Round 21 Round 13 Round 21 1–0 [2] — 0–2 [2]
United States  1–1 [2] Round 17 Round 17 2–0 [2] Round 11 Round 11 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2021. Source:
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Results from the neutral venue matches are as follows:

Team 1 \ Team 2 Namibia Nepal Oman Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates United States
Namibia  — Round 10 Round 13 2–0 [2] Round 20 0–2 [2] Round 9
Nepal    — — Round 17 Round 21 Round 15 Round 19 1–1 [2]
Oman  — — — 2–0 [2] Round 8 Round 12 2–0 [2]
Papua New Guinea  — — — — 0–2 [2] Round 14 Round 18
Scotland  — — — — — Round 11 1–1 [2]
United Arab Emirates  — — — — — — Round 16
United States  — — — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2021. Source:
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Points table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Oman 20 14 5 0 1 29 0.256 Qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
2  Scotland 12 7 3 0 2 16 0.214
3  United States 16 7 9 0 0 14 −0.229
4  Namibia 9 5 4 0 0 10 0.065 Qualification for the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
5    Nepal 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.460
6  United Arab Emirates 7 3 3 0 1 7 −0.004
7  Papua New Guinea 12 0 12 0 0 0 −0.679
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2021. Source: [32]

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