2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Uganda between 23 and 30 May 2017. The matches took place in Lugogo, Kyambogo and Entebbe. The top two teams, Oman and Canada, were promoted to Division Two. The final ended as a no result due to rain, and therefore Oman won the tournament by virtue of finishing top of the group stage table.
Three countries bid to host the tournament – Canada, Malaysia, and Uganda. In October 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a proposal for the tournament to be held in Uganda, subject to security arrangements and costs. Two ICC officials toured the country in December 2016, meeting with the country's First Lady, Janet Museveni, and Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda. Museveni pledged government support for the tournament.
Teams The following teams qualified:
(5th in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two) (6th in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two) (3rd in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three) (4th in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three) (1st in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four) (2nd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
Venues The following three venues were used for the tournament: Lugogo Cricket Oval, Lugogo Stadium, Kampala Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kyambogo University, Kampala Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe
Preparation The United States held a selection camp in Houston, Texas in March with 50 players, including three players with first-class experience; Ibrahim Khaleel, Roy Silva and Camilus Alexander. The United States also participated in a six-day pre-tour in South Africa, immediately prior to the start of the tournament. Prior to the tournament, Malaysia played in the 2017 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, Canada played warm-up matches in Barbados and Uganda invited Kenya to play five 50-over matches. Canada also played three warm-up matches in Zimbabwe.
Squads The following players were selected for the tournament: Nitish Kumar (c) Bhavindu Adhihetty Rizwan Cheema Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Jimmy Hansra Mark Monfort Dhanuka Pathirana Cecil Pervez Junaid Siddiqui Durand Soraine Hamza Tariq Saad Bin Zafar Ahmad Faiz (c) Anwar Arudin Syed Aziz Derek Duraisingam Khizar Hayat Muhammad Wafiq Fikri Makram Shukri Rahim Anwar Rahman Aminuddin Ramly Che Wan Zalati Shafiq Sharif (wk) Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Sultan Ahmed (c) Khawar Ali Munis Ansari Twinkal Bhandari Aqib Ilyas Bilal Khan Ajay Lalcheta Zeeshan Maqsood Sufyan Mehmood Mohammad Nadeem Muhammed Naseem Arun Poulose Noorul Riaz Jatinder Singh Chetan Suryawanshi (c) Suresh Appusamy Surendran Chandramohan Parag Dahiwal Mulewa Dharmichand Anantha Krishna Amjad Mahboob Arjun Mutreja Anish Paraam Navin Param Janak Prakash Rohan Rangarajan Chaminda Ruwan Selladore Vijayakumar Davis Arinaitwe (c) Brian Masaba (vc) Hamu Kayondo Arthur Kyobe Deusdedit Muhumuza Roger Mukasa Frank Nsubuga Arnold Otwani Irfan Sahibzaba Laurence Sematimba Jonathan Ssebanja Henry Ssenyondo Shahzad Ukani Charles Waiswa Steven Taylor (c) Timroy Allen Camilus Alexander Alex Amsterdam Fahad Babar Akeem Dodson Elmore Hutchinson Noshtush Kenjige Ibrahim Khaleel (wk) Ali Khan Mrunal Patel Sagar Patel Timil Patel Jasdeep Singh Nicholas Standford
Fahad Babar was originally named in the United States squad, but was replaced by Sagar Patel, after failing to recover from a hand injury suffered during the team's Los Angeles training camp.
Points table
Round-robin
Playoffs Fifth-place playoff
Third-place playoff
Final
Final standings Pos Team Status 1st Promoted to Division Two for 2018 2nd 3rd Remained in Division Three 4th 5th Relegated to Division Four for 2018 6th
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo