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ICC World Cricket League Division Five

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WCL Division Five
AdministratorICC
Format50 overs
First edition2008
Tournament formatRound robin, playoffs
Number of teams12 (2008)
6 (2010–2016)
8 (2017–)
Current champion Jersey
Most successful Jersey (3 titles)

ICC World Cricket League Division Five is the lowest current division in the World Cricket League (WCL) system. Like all other divisions, Division Five is contested as a standalone tournament rather than as an actual league.

The inaugural Division Five tournament was held in 2008, hosted by Jersey, and featured 12 teams. For the next four tournaments (2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016), the number of teams was fixed at six. The 2017 competition involved eight teams. Because the WCL operates on a system of promotion and relegation, teams have generally only participated in one or two Division Five tournaments before being either promoted to Division Four or relegated to Division Six. Overall, 25 teams have qualified for at least one Division Five tournament. Afghanistan and Nepal have progressed from Division Five to the World Cup Qualifier, the only teams to do so from such a low starting division.

Results

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Year Host(s) Venue(s) Final
Winner Result Runner-up
2008  Jersey various  Afghanistan
81/8 (37.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 2 wickets
scorecard
 Jersey
80 (39.5 overs)
2010    Nepal Kathmandu Valley    Nepal
175/5 (46.5 overs)
Nepal won by 5 wickets
scorecard
 United States
172 (47.2 overs)
2012  Singapore Singapore  Singapore
164/1 (26.4 overs)
Singapore won by 9 wickets
scorecard
 Malaysia
159 (47 overs)
2014  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Jersey
247/8 (50 overs)
Jersey won by 71 runs
scorecard
 Malaysia
176 (44.4 overs)
2016  Jersey Saint Saviour  Jersey
194/7 (50 overs)
Jersey won by 44 runs
scorecard
 Oman
150 (45.3 overs)
2017  South Africa Benoni  Jersey
255 (48 overs)
Jersey won by 120 runs
scorecard
 Vanuatu
135 (36.5 overs)

Performance by team

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • Q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
Team Jersey
2008
Nepal
2010
Singapore
2012
Malaysia
2014
Jersey
2016
South Africa
2017
Total
 Afghanistan 1st 1
 Argentina 6th 1
 Bahamas 11th 1
 Bahrain 3rd 5th 2
 Botswana 6th 1
 Cayman Islands 4th 6th 8th 3
 Fiji 6th 1
 Germany 7th 5th 2
 Ghana 7th 1
 Guernsey 3rd 5th 3rd 6th 4
 Italy 4th 1
 Japan 10th 1
 Jersey 2nd 5th 1st 1st 1st 5
 Mozambique 8th 1
 Malaysia 2nd 2nd 2
   Nepal 3rd 1st 2
 Nigeria 4th 6th 2
 Norway 9th 1
 Oman 2nd 1
 Qatar 3rd 1
 Singapore 5th 4th 1st 3
 Tanzania 3rd 5th 2
 United States 4th 2nd 2
 Vanuatu 12th 4th 2nd 2
  • Note: at every edition of the tournament since 2010, the teams finishing first and second have been promoted to Division Four, and the teams finishing fifth and sixth have been relegated to Division Six. In 2008, the teams finishing first and second were promoted as usual, while every team finishing below fifth was relegated to regional tournaments.

Player statistics

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Year Most runs Most wickets Ref
2008 Norway Shahid Ahmed (349) Nepal Mehboob Alam (19)
2010 United States Steve Massiah (289) United States Kevin Darlington (14)
2012 Bahrain Adil Hanif (265) Guernsey David Hooper (17)
2014 Jersey Ben Stevens (403) Malaysia Khizar Hayat (15)
2016 Oman Zeeshan Maqsood (350) Jersey Ben Kynman (15)
2017 Italy Damian Crowley (308) Jersey Ben Stevens (14)
Guernsey David Hooper (14)

References

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  1. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2008 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2009/10 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  5. ^ ICC World Cricket League Division Five 2016 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2016.