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The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international cricket tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia.[2][3] It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the World Cricket League (WCL) which determined the qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4][5][6] The top two teams were promoted to the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament[7] and the bottom two teams were relegated to Division Five.[8]
Dates | 29 April – 6 May 2018[1] |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Limited-overs (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 17 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
Most wickets | ![]() |
Two of the three final round of group stage matches finished as a no result because of rain.[9] 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.[9] Therefore, the final league standings were used to determine the promotion and relegation places.[9]
Uganda won the tournament and were promoted to Division Three,[10] along with runners-up Denmark.[11] Vanuatu and Bermuda finished in fifth and sixth respectively, and were relegated to Division Five.[12] Hosts Malaysia finished third and Jersey finished fourth, therefore both team remained in Division Four.[12] Ben Stevens of Jersey was named as the player of the tournament.[13]
Six teams qualified for the tournament:
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.[17][18] Uganda also played two friendly matches against a visiting academy team from India.[19] Malaysia played matches against Singapore in March 2018, for the Stan Nagaiah Trophy.[20] Jersey played two one-day games against Kent County Cricket Club, before playing two further warm-up games in Singapore.[21] Bermuda played three practice matches in Dubai before travelling to Malaysia for the tournament.[22]
![]() Coach: Clay Smith |
![]() Coach: Jeremy Bray |
![]() Coach: Neil MacRae |
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![]() Coach: Bilal Asad |
![]() Coach: Peter Kirsten |
![]() Coach: Shane Deitz |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.175 | Promoted to Division Three for 2018 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.349 | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.322 | Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.044 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.677 | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.065 |
The fixtures were confirmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2018.[26]
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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.[30][31]
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Pos. | Team | Status |
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1st | ![]() | Promoted to Division Three for 2018 |
2nd | ![]() | |
3rd | ![]() | Remained in Division Four[n 1] |
4th | ![]() | |
5th | ![]() | Relegated to Division Five[n 1] |
6th | ![]() |
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