2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2018 in Namibia. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament, after beating Nepal by 7 runs in the final. Canada and Namibia finished third and fourth respectively and remained in Division Two. Oman and Kenya finished fifth and sixth respectively and were both relegated to Division Three. Following Kenya's last-place finish in the tournament, their captain Rakep Patel and coach Thomas Odoyo both resigned.
Oman and Canada were the top two teams in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Uganda and were promoted as a result. They were joined by the bottom four teams from the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship to determine the final two spots in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Following the conclusion of the round-robin stage, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates claimed the final places in the World Cup Qualifier.
The group-stage match between Kenya and Namibia was originally scheduled to take place on 9 February. No play was possible, due to a wet outfield, so the match was moved to the following day. The match was abandoned on the reserve day, also due to rain. Under the rules of the tournament, the fixture was rescheduled to be played on 13 February, after the conclusion of the matches on 11 and 12 February.
Teams Top 2 teams from the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three:
Bottom 4 teams from the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship
Squads The following players were selected for the tournament: Nitish Kumar (c) Bhavindu Adhihetty Saad Bin Zafar Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Ruvindu Gunasekera Dillon Heyliger Nicholas Kirton Dhanuka Pathirana Cecil Pervez Junaid Siddiqui Hamza Tariq (wk) Srimantha Wijeratne Rakep Patel (c) Emmanuel Bundi Dhiren Gondaria Irfan Karim Karan Kaul Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nehemiah Odhiambo Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Rushab Patel Gurdeep Singh Hiren Varaiya Sarel Burger (c) Jean Bredenkamp Stephan Baard Petrus Burger Gerhard Erasmus Jan Frylinck Zane Green Jean-Pierre Kotze Tangeni Lungameni Lo-handre Louwrens Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Louis van der Westhuizen Christi Viljoen Craig Williams Paras Khadka (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Lalit Bhandari Sunil Dhamala Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla Dilip Nath (wk) Rohit Paudel Basanta Regmi Anil Sah Aarif Sheikh Sharad Vesawkar Sultan Ahmed (c, wk) Zeeshan Maqsood (vc) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Aqib Ilyas Kaleemullah Swapnil Khadye Bilal Khan Naseem Khushi Ajay Lalcheta Mohammad Nadeem Jay Odedra Jatinder Singh Vaibhav Wategaonkar Rohan Mustafa (c) Ashfaq Ahmed Qadeer Ahmed Shaiman Anwar Mohammad Boota Imran Haider Amir Hayat Zahoor Khan Adnan Mufti Mohammad Naveed Ahmed Raza Ghulam Shabber Rameez Shahzad Muhammad Usman
Points table
Fixtures The following dates and venues were confirmed for the tournament:
Round-robin
Playoffs Fifth-place playoff
Third-place playoff
Final
Final standings Team Status 1st Advanced to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2nd 3rd Remained in Division Two 4th 5th Relegated to Division Three for 2018 6th
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo