The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international cricket tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determined the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The top two teams were promoted to the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament and the bottom two teams were relegated to Division Five.
Two of the three final round of group stage matches finished as a no result because of rain. Per the rules of the tournament, the matches were replayed on the final day of the competition, with the play-off round scrapped and used as a reserve day. Therefore, the final league standings were used to determine the promotion and relegation places.
Uganda won the tournament and were promoted to Division Three, along with the runners-up Denmark. Vanuatu and Bermuda finished in fifth and sixth respectively, and were relegated to Division Five. Hosts Malaysia finished third and Jersey finished fourth, therefore both team remained in Division Four. Ben Stevens of Jersey was named as the player of the tournament.
Teams Six teams qualified for the tournament:
(5th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three) (6th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three) (3rd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four) (4th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four) (1st in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five) (2nd in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)
Preparation The Uganda cricket team played a 20-over match and four 50-over matches against the Saudi Arabia cricket team in Kyambogo and Lugogo to prepare ahead of the tournament. Uganda also played two friendly matches against a visiting academy team from India. Malaysia played matches against Singapore in March 2018, for the Stan Nagaiah Trophy. Jersey played two one-day games against Kent County Cricket Club, before playing two further warm-up games in Singapore. Bermuda played three practice matches in Dubai before travelling to Malaysia for the tournament.
Squads Terryn Fray (c) Dion Stovell (vc) Okera Bascome Steven Bremar Kwasi James Kamau Leverock Tre Manders Cejay Outerbridge Steven Outerbridge Jacobi Robinson Macai Simmons Chare Smith Charles Trott Janeiro Tucker Hamid Shah (c) Saif Ahmad Taranjit Bharaj Anders Bülow Jonas Henriksen Mads Henriksen Zahmeer Khan Frederik Klokker Nicolaj Laegsgaard Rizwan Mahmood Basit Raja Bashir Shah Anique Uddin Shangeev Thanikaithasan Charles Perchard (c) Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Corne Bodenstein Harrison Carlyon Jake Dunford Nicholas Ferraby Peter Gough Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Elliot Miles Will Robertson Ben Stevens Nathaniel Watkins Anwar Arudin (c) Suhan Alagaratnam Syed Aziz Ahmad Faiz Suharril Fetri Dhivendran Mogan Anwar Rahman Shafiq Sharif Mohammad Shukri Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh Muhamad Syahadat Muhammad Wafiq Che Wan Zalati Roger Mukasa (c) Fred Achelam Bilal Hassan Irfan Afridi Hamu Kayondo Brian Masaba Deusdedit Muhumuza Frank Nsubuga Riazat Ali Shah Henry Ssenyondo Simon Ssesazi Steven Wabwose Charles Waiswa Kenneth Waiswa Andrew Mansale (c) Jonathon Dunn (vc) Callum Blake Jelany Chilia Shane Deitz Trevor Langa Patrick Matautaava Williamsing Nalisa Nalin Nipiko Simpson Obed Joshua Rasu Apolinaire Stephen Ronald Tari Wesley Viraliliu
Points table
Fixtures The fixtures were confirmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2018.
Round robin
Replays As the following two matches finished in a no result on the previous day, the scheduled play-off round was scrapped, with the fixtures restarted from scratch.
Final standings Pos. Team Status 1st Promoted to Division Three for 2018 2nd 3rd Remained in Division Four 4th 5th Relegated to Division Five 6th
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo Series home at the International Cricket Council