2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2

The 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification process.^[1] As a result of the scrapping of Super League, this cycle of League 2 saw an increase from 7 to 8 teams.^[2] The rise in team count led to an increase in the total number of fixtures from 126 to 144. Scotland entered the competition as the defending champions.^[3]

2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2

Dates	15 February 2024 – December 2026
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Various
Participants	8
Matches	144
← 2019–2023

Teams and qualification

Qualification Pathway for the 2027 Cricket World Cup

The previous World Cup qualification cycle allowed for promotion of the League 2 champion to the Super League. However, the scrapping of that tournament meant that the previous League 2 champions, Scotland, remained in this competition, and Netherlands were added having previously played in the Super League.^[4] They were joined by the remaining top 5 finishers from the previous League 2 and two teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. The play-off resulted in Canada being promoted, with Papua New Guinea relegated to the Challenge League.^[5]

Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venues	Number of teams	Teams
2020–2023 Super League	30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023	Various	1	Netherlands
2019–2023 League 2	14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023	Various	5	Namibia
				Nepal
				Oman
				Scotland
				United States
2023 Qualifier Play-off	26 March – 5 April 2023	Namibia	2	Canada
				United Arab Emirates
Total			8

Fixtures

The International Cricket Council announced the schedule of tri-series events in February 2024.^[6] Each team will play three home series and a further six series away from home (for a total of 36 matches). Teams will play a tri-series in all but one of the other competing nations.

Round	Schedule	Host team	2nd team	3rd team	Notes
1	February 2024	Nepal	Namibia	Netherlands
2	February–March 2024	United Arab Emirates	Canada	Scotland	The last match, scheduled to be played between UAE and Scotland, was postponed due to a storm that hit the area.[7] The match was instead played in round 11.[8]
3	July 2024	Scotland	Namibia	Oman	The series was postponed from May 2024 due to adverse weather causing a delay in pitch preparation.[9][10]
4	August 2024	Netherlands	Canada	United States
5	September 2024	Namibia	United Arab Emirates	United States
6	September 2024	Canada	Nepal	Oman
7	October–November 2024	United States	Scotland	Nepal
8	November 2024	Oman	Netherlands	United Arab Emirates
9	February 2025	Oman	Namibia	United States
10	March 2025	Namibia	Canada	Netherlands
11	May 2025	Netherlands	Scotland	United Arab Emirates	Included one match postponed from round 2.[8]
12	May 2025	United States	Canada	Oman
13	June 2025	Scotland	Nepal	Netherlands
14	August–September 2025	Canada	Namibia	Scotland
15	October 2025	United Arab Emirates	Nepal	United States
16	November 2025	Nepal	Oman	United Arab Emirates
17	April 2026	Namibia	Oman	Scotland
18	May 2026	United States	Namibia	United Arab Emirates
19	June 2026	Canada	Netherlands	United States
20	August 2026	Scotland	Canada	United Arab Emirates
21	August 2026	Netherlands	Namibia	Nepal
22	October 2026	Oman	Canada	Nepal
23	November 2026	Nepal	Scotland	United States
24	December 2026	United Arab Emirates	Netherlands	Oman

Results

Home and away matches

Home \ Away
Canada	—	Aug 2025	2–0 [2]	Jun 2026	2–0 [2]	Aug 2025	—	Jun 2026
Namibia	1–1 [2]	—	—	0–2 [2]	Apr 2026	Apr 2026	1–1 [2]	0–2 [2]
Nepal	—	0–2 [2]	—	1–1 [2]	Nov 2025	Nov 2026	Nov 2025	Nov 2026
Netherlands	2–0 [2]	Aug 2026	Aug 2026	—	—	1–1 [2]	2–0 [2]	2–0 [2]
Oman	Oct 2026	1–1 [2]	Oct 2026	2–0 [2]	—	—	2–0 [2]	1–1 [2]
Scotland	Aug 2026	2–0 [2]	1–1 [2]	1–1 [2]	1–0 [2]	—	Aug 2026	—
United Arab Emirates	0–2 [2]	—	Aug 2025	Dec 2026	Dec 2026	0–1 [1][a]	—	Aug 2025
United States	2–0 [2]	May 2026	2–0 [2]	—	1–1 [2]	0–2 [2]	May 2026	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[11]
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.

1. One match between UAE and Scotland was postponed due to a storm and was later played at a neutral venue (the Netherlands).^[7]

Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Neutral venue matches

Team 1 \ Team 2
Canada	—	—	Oct 2026	0–0 [2]	0–2 [2]	2–0 [2]	Aug 2026	0–2 [2]
Namibia	—	—	Aug 2026	1–1 [2]	1–1 [2]	Aug 2025	May 2026	0–2 [2]
Nepal	—	—	—	2–0 [2]	0–1 [2]	1–0 [2]	—	Aug 2025
Netherlands	—	—	—	—	Dec 2026	—	1–1 [2]	Jun 2026
Oman	—	—	—	—	—	Apr 2026	Nov 2025	—
Scotland	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 [3][a]	Nov 2026
United Arab Emirates	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 [2]
United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[11]
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.

1. One match between UAE and Scotland was postponed due to a storm and was later played at a neutral venue (the Netherlands).^[7]

Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	United States	20	14	6	0	28	0.758	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
2	Netherlands	24	13	9	2	28	0.165
3	Scotland	20	11	7	2	24	0.886
4	Oman	20	11	7	2	24	0.057
5	Canada	20	9	9	2	20	−0.158	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
6	Namibia	20	7	13	0	14	−0.544
7	Nepal	16	5	9	2	12	−0.138
8	United Arab Emirates	16	3	13	0	6	−1.294

Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams

Statistics

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[13]
• Last updated: 10 June 2025

Runs	Player	Inns.	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
894	George Munsey	15	191	59.60	105.67	2	5	97	32
857	Max O'Dowd	22	158*	42.85	78.55	1	5	80	20
746	Monank Patel	19	121*	41.44	86.74	1	7	66	10
682	Milind Kumar	17	155*	52.46	101.48	2	4	61	22
637	Scott Edwards	20	74	35.38	79.62	0	5	44	3

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[14]
• Last updated: 10 June 2025

Wkts.	Player	Inns.	Ov.	Runs	BBI	Ave	SR	Eco.	4WI	5WI
39	Shakeel Ahmed	15	141.4	435	5/23	11.15	21.79	3.07	3	1
36	Bernard Scholtz	20	190.0	619	5/22	17.19	31.66	3.25	2	1
35	Kyle Klein	17	137.5	680	4/32	19.42	23.62	4.93	3	0
35	Dillon Heyliger	18	144.4	742	5/31	21.20	24.80	5.12	2	1
34	Paul van Meekeren	15	131.3	623	5/28	18.32	23.20	4.73	1	1