World Cricket League Championship

The ICC World Cricket League Championship was the top division of the World Cricket League (WCL). It formed the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup.

WCL Championship

Administrator	ICC
Format	One Day International & List A
First edition	2007
Latest edition	2015-17
Number of teams	Six (2007 and 2010) Eight (since 2011)
Current champion	Netherlands (1st title)
Most successful	Ireland (2 titles)
Most runs	Kyle Coetzer(ODI:663 & List-A:1169)[1][2]
Most wickets	ODI: Alasdair Evans(15)[3] List-A:Mudassar Bukhari(32)[4]

The WCL Championship was originally known as World Cricket League Division One, and was played twice under that name (in 2007 and 2010). Those were hosted as standalone tournaments, but a new format was subsequently introduced in which competing teams play multiple games against each other over several years (mirroring the Intercontinental Cup, a first-class competition). All matches in the WCL Championship hold List A status, while matches between higher-ranking teams hold One Day International (ODI) status.

History

The first WCL Division One tournament in 2007 featured the top six teams from the 2005 ICC Trophy, while the 2010 tournament featured the top six teams from the 2009 World Cup Qualifier. Two teams from WCL Division Two were added for the 2011–13 WCL Championship, making eight teams in total. The top two teams from the 2011–13 competition (Ireland and Afghanistan) gained automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup. They were subsequently promoted to the ICC ODI Championship, although the 2015–17 WCL Championship remained an eight-team competition as two additional teams were promoted from Division Two.

Results

Edition	Host	Final
		Venue	Winner	Result	Runner-up
2007	Kenya	Nairobi	Kenya 158/2 (37.5 overs)	Kenya won by 8 wickets scorecard	Scotland 155 (47 overs)
2010	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Ireland 233/4 (44.5 overs)	Ireland won by 6 wickets scorecard	Scotland 232 (48.5 overs)
2011–13	no single host	no final	Ireland 24 points	Ireland won on points points table	Afghanistan 19 points
2015–17	no single host	no final	Netherlands 22 points	Netherlands won on points points table	Scotland 19 points

Performance by team

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• Q – Qualified

Team	2007	2010	2011 –13	2015 –17	Total
Afghanistan	—	3rd	2nd	ODI	2
Bermuda	6th	—	—	—	1
Canada	4th	5th	8th	—	3
Hong Kong	—	—	—	3rd	1
Ireland	5th	1st	1st	ODI	3
Kenya	1st	6th	6th	5th	4
Namibia	—	—	7th	8th	2
Nepal	—	—	—	7th	1
Netherlands	3rd	4th	4th	1st	4
Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	4th	1
Scotland	2nd	2nd	5th	2nd	4
United Arab Emirates	—	—	3rd	6th	2

Player statistics

Edition	Most runs	Most wickets	MVP	Ref
2007	Ashish Bagai (345)	Peter Ongondo (15)	Ashish Bagai	[5]
2010	Tom Cooper (408)	Alex Cusack (10)	Tom Cooper	[6]
2011–13	Shaiman Anwar (625)	Christi Viljoen (23)		[7]
2015–17	Anshuman Rath (678)	Nadeem Ahmed (24)		[8]

See also

• ICC Six Nations Challenge, a similar tournament predating the World Cricket League