2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international cricket tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia.^[2][3] It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determined the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.^[4][5][6] The top two teams were promoted to the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament^[7] and the bottom two teams were relegated to Division Five.^[8]

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Dates	29 April – 6 May 2018[1]
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Malaysia[1]
Champions	Uganda
Participants	6
Matches	17
Player of the series	Ben Stevens
Most runs	Ahmad Faiz (298)
Most wickets	Irfan Afridi (15)
← 2016

Two of the three final round of group stage matches finished as a no result because of rain.^[9] Per the rules of the tournament, the matches were replayed on the final day of the competition, with the play-off round scrapped and used as a reserve day.^[9] Therefore, the final league standings were used to determine the promotion and relegation places.^[9]

Uganda won the tournament and were promoted to Division Three,^[10] along with runners-up Denmark.^[11] Vanuatu and Bermuda finished in fifth and sixth respectively, and were relegated to Division Five.^[12] Hosts Malaysia finished third and Jersey finished fourth, therefore both team remained in Division Four.^[12] Ben Stevens of Jersey was named as the player of the tournament.^[13]

Teams

Six teams qualified for the tournament:

•  Uganda (5th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)^[14]
•  Malaysia (6th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)^[14]
•  Denmark (3rd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)^[15]
•  Bermuda (4th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)^[15]
•  Jersey (1st in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)^[16]
•  Vanuatu (2nd in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)^[16]

Preparation

The Uganda cricket team played a 20-over match and four 50-over matches against the Saudi Arabia cricket team in Kyambogo and Lugogo to prepare ahead of the tournament.^[17][18] Uganda also played two friendly matches against a visiting academy team from India.^[19] Malaysia played matches against Singapore in March 2018, for the Stan Nagaiah Trophy.^[20] Jersey played two one-day games against Kent County Cricket Club, before playing two further warm-up games in Singapore.^[21] Bermuda played three practice matches in Dubai before travelling to Malaysia for the tournament.^[22]

Squads

Bermuda[23] Coach: Clay Smith	Denmark[24] Coach: Jeremy Bray	Jersey[25] Coach: Neil MacRae
Terryn Fray (c) Dion Stovell (vc) Okera Bascome Steven Bremar Kwasi James Kamau Leverock Tre Manders Cejay Outerbridge Steven Outerbridge Jacobi Robinson Macai Simmons Chare Smith Charles Trott Janeiro Tucker	Hamid Shah (c) Saif Ahmad Taranjit Bharaj Anders Bülow Jonas Henriksen Mads Henriksen Zahmeer Khan Frederik Klokker Nicolaj Laegsgaard Rizwan Mahmood Basit Raja Bashir Shah Anique Uddin Shangeev Thanikaithasan	Charles Perchard (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Corne Bodenstein Harrison Carlyon Jake Dunford Nicholas Ferraby Peter Gough Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Elliot Miles Will Robertson Ben Stevens Nathaniel Watkins
Malaysia[26] Coach: Bilal Asad	Uganda[27] Coach: Peter Kirsten	Vanuatu[26][28] Coach: Shane Deitz
Anwar Arudin (c) Suhan Alagaratnam Syed Aziz Ahmad Faiz Suharril Fetri Dhivendran Mogan Anwar Rahman Shafiq Sharif Mohammad Shukri Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Muhamad Syahadat Muhammad Wafiq Che Wan Zalati	Roger Mukasa (c) Fred Achelam Bilal Hassan Irfan Afridi Hamu Kayondo Brian Masaba Deusdedit Muhumuza Frank Nsubuga Riazat Ali Shah Henry Ssenyondo Simon Ssesazi Steven Wabwose Charles Waiswa Kenneth Waiswa	Andrew Mansale (c) Jonathon Dunn (vc) Callum Blake Jelany Chilia Shane Deitz Trevor Langa Patrick Matautaava Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Joshua Rasu Apolinaire Stephen Ronald Tari Wesley Viraliliu

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Promotion or relegation
1	Uganda	5	4	1	0	0	8	1.175	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
2	Denmark	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.349
3	Malaysia	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.322	Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
4	Jersey	5	2	3	0	0	4	0.044
5	Vanuatu	5	2	3	0	0	4	−0.677
6	Bermuda	5	1	4	0	0	2	−1.065

Source: ^[29]

Fixtures

The fixtures were confirmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2018.^[26]

Round robin

29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Malaysia  208 (49.3 overs)	v	Uganda 199 (49.1 overs)

Malaysia won by 9 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

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29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Bermuda  209 (47.5 overs)	v	Denmark 212/2 (41.5 overs)

Denmark won by 8 wickets Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.

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29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Vanuatu  104 (36 overs)	v	Jersey 105/3 (31.1 overs)

Jersey won by 7 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

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30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Malaysia  196 (43.5 overs)	v	Vanuatu 173 (49.3 overs)

Malaysia won by 23 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

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30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Jersey  238/6 (50 overs)	v	Denmark 114/3 (21.5 overs)

Denmark won by 7 wickets (DLS method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• Denmark were set a revised target of 114 from 23 overs due to rain.

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30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Uganda  249/5 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 60 (21.4 overs)

Uganda won by 189 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.

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2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Bermuda  242 (49.2 overs)	v	Jersey 184 (42.5 overs)

Bermuda won by 58 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

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2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Uganda  222/8 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 141 (47 overs)

Uganda won by 81 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

• Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

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2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Denmark  179 (49 overs)	v	Malaysia 146 (45.3 overs)

Denmark won by 33 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.

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3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Uganda  215/8 (50 overs)	v	Denmark 129 (29 overs)

Uganda won by 1 run (DLS method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• Denmark were set a revised target of 131 from 29 overs due to rain.

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3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Jersey  270/8 (50 overs)	v	Malaysia 221/7 (42 overs)

Jersey won by 10 runs (DLS method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

• Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
• Malaysia were set a revised target of 232 from 42 overs due to rain.

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3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Bermuda  181/9 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 183/6 (49 overs)

Vanuatu won by 4 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

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5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Denmark  234/9 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 238/5 (49.1 overs)

Vanuatu won by 5 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.

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5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Malaysia  228/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 55/2 (17 overs)

No result Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

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5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Jersey  126 (42.2 overs)	v	Uganda 55/3 (19.4 overs)

No result UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Replays

As the following two matches finished in a no result on the previous day, the scheduled play-off round was scrapped, with the fixtures restarted from scratch.^[30][31]

6 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Malaysia  257/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 168/9 (50 overs)

Malaysia won by 89 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

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6 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard

Uganda  90 (37 overs)	v	Jersey 83 (35 overs)

Uganda won by 7 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

Final standings

Pos.	Team	Status
1st	Uganda	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
2nd	Denmark
3rd	Malaysia	Remained in Division Four[n 1]
4th	Jersey
5th	Vanuatu	Relegated to Division Five[n 1]
6th	Bermuda

Notes

1. These were the original placements following the conclusion of the group. However, in October 2018, the ICC replaced WCL Divisions Three, Four and Five with the Cricket World Cup Challenge League, with these teams being assigned to that competition.^[32]