2024–2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League

The 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League^[1] is the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League and a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification process.^[2]

2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League

Dates	25 September 2024 – 2026
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	League A Kenya (2024) Jersey (2025) League B Uganda (2024) Hong Kong (2025)
Participants	12
Matches	90
← 2019–2022

Teams and qualification

Qualification Pathway for the 2027 Cricket World Cup.

The league features twelve teams: those finishing 2nd–4th in their respective league in the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, the top four finishers from 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off^[3] and two teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.^[4][5]

That tournament saw Canada, winner of League A in the previous Challenge League being promoted to League 2 status, while Papua New Guinea was relegated. The other Challenge League winner, Jersey, was not successful in obtaining promotion. The top 2 teams from both groups A and B will secure a spot at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff.^[6]

Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venues	Number of teams	Teams
2023 Qualifier Play-off	26 March – 5 April 2023	Namibia	2	Jersey
				Papua New Guinea
2019–2022 Challenge League	16 September 2019 – 13 December 2022	Various	6	Denmark
				Hong Kong
				Kenya
				Qatar
				Singapore
				Uganda
2024 Challenge League Play-off	22 February – 3 March 2024	Malaysia	4	Bahrain
				Italy
				Kuwait
				Tanzania
Total			12

Fixtures

Each group is scheduled to play three times in a single round-robin tournament format, once each year from 2024 to 2026. This amounts to 15 matches per team and a total of 90 matches.^[7]

League	Date	Location
A	25 September – 5 October 2024	Kenya
B	6–16 November 2024	Uganda
B	6–16 February 2025	Hong Kong
A	21–31 August 2025	Jersey
A/B
A/B	2026

Points table

League A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Jersey	6	5	1	0	10	1.932	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
2	Papua New Guinea	5	4	1	0	8	1.342
3	Kuwait	5	3	2	0	6	0.777
4	Kenya	6	2	4	0	4	−0.398
5	Denmark	5	2	3	0	4	−0.985
6	Qatar	5	0	5	0	0	−1.630

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams

League B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Uganda	10	8	0	2	18	2.005	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
2	Italy	10	7	1	2	16	2.905
3	Hong Kong	10	5	3	2	12	−0.436
4	Bahrain	10	4	5	1	9	−0.325
5	Tanzania (E)	10	1	7	2	4	−1.549
6	Singapore (E)	10	0	9	1	1	−2.204

Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams
(E) Eliminated

Statistics

League A

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[10]
• Last updated: 5 October 2024

Most runs scored by a batter

Runs	Player	Inns.	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
284	Rakep Patel	5	91	94.66	97.93	—	3	25	9
273	Saif Ahmad	5	140	54.60	95.12	1	1	15	16
235	Zak Tribe	5	100	78.33	123.68	1	2	22	7
200	Assad Vala	4	129*	66.66	107.52	1	1	19	6
195	Pushkar Sharma	5	60	39.00	81.25	—	2	25	3

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[11]
• Last updated: 5 October 2024

Most wickets taken by a bowler

Wkts.	Player	Inns.	Ov.	BBI	Ave	SR	Eco.	4WI	5WI
15	Kabua Morea	5	44.5	5/29	12.86	17.93	4.30	1	1
12	Yasin Patel	5	39.0	5/48	13.83	19.50	4.25	—	1
	Saif Ahmad	5	40.2	5/38	17.75	20.16	5.28	1	1
9	Nick Greenwood	3	28.0	5/38	12.11	18.66	3.89	—	1
	Josh Lawrenson	5	30.0	5/29	12.77	20.00	3.83	—	1
	Alei Nao	5	38.0	4/17	17.33	25.33	4.10	2	—

League B

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[12]
• Last updated: 18 February 2025

Most runs scored by a batter

Runs	Player	Inns.	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
379	Anshuman Rath	9	90*	47.37	72.60	—	3	39	2
374	Riazat Ali Shah	8	104	53.42	105.94	1	2	24	18
354	Raghav Dhawan	8	85	50.57	74.68	—	4	32	7
329	Marcus Campopiano	8	62	54.83	89.15	—	2	31	11
274	Sohail Ahmed	9	70*	45.66	62.84	—	2	19	11

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[13]
• Last updated: 18 February 2025

Most wickets taken by a bowler

Wkts.	Player	Inns.	Ov.	BBI	Ave	SR	Eco.	4WI	5WI
18	Yasim Murtaza	8	61.5	4/17	12.16	20.61	3.54	2	—
	Juma Miyagi	9	66.1	6/17	14.38	22.05	3.91	1	1
16	Henry Ssenyondo	7	55.5	4/28	9.25	20.93	2.65	2	—
15	Crishan Kalugamage	8	58.3	3/17	16.46	23.40	4.22	—	—
14	Gareth Berg	7	52.0	3/12	12.42	22.28	3.34	—	—
	Alpesh Ramjani	9	6.15	5/69	15.78	26.50	3.57	1	1