2007–2009 World Cricket League

April 2023 2007–09 ICC World Cricket League 2007–09 ICC World Cricket League logo.svg 200px Official logo International Cricket Council One Day InternationalList A Round-robin and knockout 30 (from 87 nations) Guernsey Jeremy Frith (381)November 2020 Bahrain Qamar Saeed (19)November 2020 2009–14 2009–14 ICC World Cricket League A series of six ICC World Cricket League (WCL) tournaments, as well as a series of pre-qualifying regional tournaments, and the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier were played between January 2007 and April 2009. It was the first use of the World Cricket League structure. Through the WCL tournaments, teams could advance to the World Cup Qualifier, which could lead to qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. 30 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC participated in the events. The Afghanistan national cricket team ascended from Division Five to Division One by winning three of these tournaments and performing well in the World Cup Qualifier.https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22478827/icc-world-cricket-league ICC World Cricket League Martin Williamson 10 January 2011 ESPNcricinfo 21 November 2020 Structure The league structure was organised with the five global divisions.Opportunities for Europe as WCL expands https://web.archive.org/web/20080906122740/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000031/003142.shtml 6 September 2008 , by Rod Lyall, published by CricketEurope, on 10 September 2006 The regional tournaments were administered by the five Development Regions of the International Cricket Council: Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Summary The following is the summary of World Cricket League and its structure. This was followed by the International Cricket Council. left|frame|World Cricket League tournaments leading to the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier The above diagram shows the chronological order and structure of the divisions within the World Cricket League. From left to right the chronology of the divisions is indicated; from top to bottom the hierarchy within the competition. The arrows indicate the number of teams promoted and relegated between leagues Tournaments summary DetailsDatesHost nation(s)FinalVenueWinnerResultRunner-up2007Division One29 January – 7 February 2007KenyaNairobi Gymkhana Club, NairobiKEN158/2 (37.5 overs) Kenya won by 8 wicketsScorecard SCO155 all out (47 overs)2007Division Three27 May – 2 June 2007AustraliaGardens Oval, DarwinUGA241/8 (50 overs) Uganda won by 91 runsscorecard ARG150 all out (46.3 overs)2007Division Two24 November – 1 December 2007NamibiaWanderers Cricket Ground, WindhoekARE347/8 (50 overs) United Arab Emirates won by 67 runsscorecard OMN280 all out (43.2 overs)2008Division Five23–31 May 2008JerseyGrainville, St SaviourAFG 200481/8 (37.4 overs)Afghanistan won by 2 wicketsScorecard https://web.archive.org/web/20080604052942/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wcl/engine/match/349864.html 4 June 2008 JEY80 all out (39.5 overs)2008Division FourWorld Cup dream for twelve nations cricinfo.com 1 May 2008Afghanistan claim another title cricinfo.com 11 October 20084–11 October 2008TanzaniaKinondoni Ground, Dar es SalaamAFG 2004179 all out (49.4 overs)Afghanistan won by 57 runsScorecard HKG122 all out (45.0 overs)2009Division ThreeUSA return to the fold cricinfo.com 18 May 2008Match scheduleAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot cricinfo.com 21 January 200924–31 January 2009ArgentinaBelgrano Athletic Club, Buenos AiresAFG 20048 points, +0.971(NRR) Afghanistan topped points tableTableUGA8 points, +0.768(NRR)2009WC Qualifier1–19 April 2009South AfricaSuperSport Park, CenturionIRE188/1 (42.3 overs) Ireland won by 9 wicketsScorecardCAN185 all out (48 overs) Teams TeamDivisionat start200720082009Divisionat endDiv OneDiv ThreeDiv Twon Due to the Asian Cricket Council's decision to handle development of their member nations themselves, both Namibia and Denmark joined the HPP as of 1 April 2007Div Fiven Japan were relegated to 2009 Global Division Seven. All other teams 7th or lower were distributed into lower divisions.Div FourDiv ThreeWCQn 1st to 6th received official One Day International status for the following four years. 1st to 8th qualified for the ICC Intercontinental Cup.BER16th9th 2CAN14th2nd ‡1IRE15th1st ‡1KEN11st4th ‡1NED13rd3rd ‡1SCO12nd6th 1AFG 200451st 1st 1st5th 1ARGn USA The United States had their membership suspended and were replaced by Argentina in Division Three in 2007.http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/282228.html ICC Board suspends USA Cricket Association 11 March 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070312210513/http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media/content/story/282228.html 12 March 2007 Upon reinstatement, they were assigned to Division Five in 2008.52nd †6th 6th 4BAH511th RBOT56th 6CAY34th 5th 4DEN24th12th 3FIJ38th 5th 5GER57th RHKG35th 2nd 4th 3ITA37th 3rd 4JPN510th 7Jersey52nd 6th 5MOZ58th RNAM23rd8th 2NEP53rd 5NOR59th 6OMA22nd11th 3PNG33rd 3rd 3SGP55th 6TAN36th 4th 4UGA31st †5th 2nd10th 2UAE21st7th 2USAn USA34th 5VAN512th R     Team with ODI status     Team qualifies for 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier Team promoted to next division Team remains in the division Team relegated to a lower division RRegional tournament†Qualified for the High Performance Program (HPP)‡Qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup n References Category:World Cricket League