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The 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification process.[1] As a result of the scrapping of Super League, this cycle of League 2 saw an increase from 7 to 8 teams.[2] The rise in team count led to an increase in the total number of fixtures from 126 to 144. Scotland entered the competition as the defending champions.[3]
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| Dates | 15 February 2024 – December 2026 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Various |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 144 |
The previous World Cup qualification cycle allowed for promotion of the League 2 champion to the Super League. However, the scrapping of that tournament meant that the previous League 2 champions, Scotland, remained in this competition, and Netherlands were added having previously played in the Super League.[4] They were joined by the remaining top 5 finishers from the previous League 2 and two teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. The play-off resulted in Canada being promoted, with Papua New Guinea relegated to the Challenge League.[5]
| Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Venues | Number of teams | Teams |
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| 2020–2023 Super League | 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 | Various | 1 |  Netherlands |
| 2019–2023 League 2 | 14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023 | Various | 5 |  Namibia |
 Nepal | ||||
 Oman | ||||
 Scotland | ||||
 United States | ||||
| 2023 Qualifier Play-off | 26 March – 5 April 2023 | Namibia | 2 |  Canada |
 United Arab Emirates | ||||
| Total | 8 |
The International Cricket Council announced the schedule of tri-series events in February 2024.[6] Each nation will host three series and play a further six series away from home (for a total of 36 matches). Teams will play a tri-series in all but one of the other competing nations.
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| Canada |
— | Aug 2025 | 2–0 [2] | Jun 2026 | 2–0 [2] | Aug 2025 | — | Jun 2026 |
| Namibia |
Mar 2025 | — | — | Mar 2025 | Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | Sep 2024 | 0–2 [2] |
| Nepal |
0–2 [2] | 0–2 [2] | — | 1–1 [2] | Nov 2025 | Nov 2026 | Nov 2025 | Nov 2026 |
| Netherlands |
2–0 [2] | Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 | — | — | May 2025 | May 2025 | 2–0 [2] |
| Oman |
Oct 2026 | Jan 2025 | Oct 2026 | Nov 2024 | — | — | Nov 2024 | Jan 2025 |
| Scotland |
Aug 2026 | 2–0 [2] | May 2025 | May 2025 | 1–0 [2] | — | Aug 2026 | — |
| United Arab Emirates |
0–2 [2] | — | Aug 2025 | Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 | 0–1 [1][lower-alpha 1] | — | Aug 2025 |
| United States |
Jun 2025 | May 2026 | 1–0 [2] | — | Jun 2025 | 0–2 [2] | May 2026 | — |
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| Canada |
— | — | Oct 2026 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | 2–0 [2] | Aug 2026 | 0–2 [2] |
| Namibia |
— | — | Aug 2026 | 1–1 [2] | 1–1 [2] | Aug 2025 | May 2026 | Jan 2025 |
| Nepal |
— | — | — | May 2025 | 0–1 [2] | 1–0 [2] | — | Aug 2025 |
| Netherlands |
— | — | — | — | Dec 2026 | — | Nov 2024 | Jun 2026 |
| Oman |
— | — | — | — | — | Apr 2026 | Nov 2025 | — |
| Scotland |
— | — | — | — | — | — | May 2025 | Nov 2026 |
| United Arab Emirates |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–2 [2] |
| United States |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canada |
12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0.292 | Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| 2 | United States |
11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0.396 | |
| 3 | Scotland |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1.247 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.287 | |
| 5 | Namibia |
12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −0.180 | Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off |
| 6 | Oman |
9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −0.580 | |
| 7 | Nepal |
10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | −0.214 | |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates |
8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | −1.623 |
| Runs | Player | Inns. | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489 | Harsh Thaker | 12 | 111* | 54.33 | 73.42 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 9 |
| 445 | Michael van Lingen | 12 | 107 | 37.08 | 93.09 | 1 | 3 | 62 | 10 |
| 435 | Monank Patel | 10 | 121* | 48.33 | 91.77 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 8 |
| 432 | Pargat Singh | 11 | 87* | 43.20 | 77.97 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 9 |
| 364 | Milind Kumar | 9 | 155* | 52.00 | 108.01 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 |
| Gerhard Erasmus | 12 | 63 | 33.09 | 83.87 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 9 | |
| Wkts. | Player | Inns. | Ov. | Runs | BBI | Ave | SR | Eco. | 4WI | 5WI |
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| 25 | Dillon Heyliger | 12 | 100.4 | 481 | 5/31 | 19.24 | 24.16 | 4.77 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Kaleem Sana | 11 | 95.4 | 367 | 4/30 | 19.31 | 30.21 | 3.83 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Gerhard Erasmus | 12 | 91.2 | 403 | 5/28 | 22.38 | 30.44 | 4.41 | 0 | 1 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 11 | 93.0 | 405 | 4/52 | 22.50 | 31.00 | 4.35 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Aryan Dutt | 8 | 65.0 | 258 | 6/34 | 16.12 | 24.37 | 3.96 | 0 | 1 |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 12 | 110.0 | 465 | 3/30 | 29.06 | 41.25 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 |
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