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2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

Dates	23 – 30 May 2017
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	50-over
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	Uganda
Champions	Oman
Participants	6
Matches	18
Most runs	Bhavindu Adhihetty (222)
Most wickets	Khawar Ali (14)
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2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was a cricket tournament that took place in Uganda between 23 and 30 May 2017. The matches took place in Lugogo, Kyambogo and Entebbe. The top two teams, Oman and Canada, were promoted to Division Two. The final ended as a no result due to rain, and therefore Oman won the tournament by virtue of finishing top of the group stage table.

Three countries bid to host the tournament – Canada, Malaysia, and Uganda. In October 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) approved a proposal for the tournament to be held in Uganda, subject to security arrangements and costs. Two ICC officials toured the country in December 2016, meeting with the country's First Lady, Janet Museveni, and Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda. Museveni pledged government support for the tournament.

Teams

The following teams qualified:

•  Uganda (5th in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two)
•  Canada (6th in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two)
•  Malaysia (3rd in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
•  Singapore (4th in 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
•  United States (1st in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
•  Oman (2nd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)

Venues

The following three venues were used for the tournament:

• Lugogo Cricket Oval, Lugogo Stadium, Kampala
• Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kyambogo University, Kampala
• Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe

Preparation

The United States held a selection camp in Houston, Texas in March with 50 players, including three players with first-class experience; Ibrahim Khaleel, Roy Silva and Camilus Alexander. The United States also participated in a six-day pre-tour in South Africa, immediately prior to the start of the tournament. Prior to the tournament, Malaysia played in the 2017 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, Canada played warm-up matches in Barbados and Uganda invited Kenya to play five 50-over matches. Canada also played three warm-up matches in Zimbabwe.

Squads

The following players were selected for the tournament:

Canada Coach: Henry Osinde	Malaysia Coach: Bilal Asad	Oman Coach: Duleep Mendis	Singapore Coach: Trevor Chappell	Uganda Coach: Steve Tikolo	United States Coach: Pubudu Dassanayake
Nitish Kumar (c) Bhavindu Adhihetty Rizwan Cheema Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Jimmy Hansra Mark Monfort Dhanuka Pathirana Cecil Pervez Junaid Siddiqui Durand Soraine Hamza Tariq Saad Bin Zafar	Ahmad Faiz (c) Anwar Arudin Syed Aziz Derek Duraisingam Khizar Hayat Muhammad Wafiq Fikri Makram Shukri Rahim Anwar Rahman Aminuddin Ramly Che Wan Zalati Shafiq Sharif (wk) Pavandeep Singh Virandeep Singh	Sultan Ahmed (c) Khawar Ali Munis Ansari Twinkal Bhandari Aqib Ilyas Bilal Khan Ajay Lalcheta Zeeshan Maqsood Sufyan Mehmood Mohammad Nadeem Muhammed Naseem Arun Poulose Noorul Riaz Jatinder Singh	Chetan Suryawanshi (c) Suresh Appusamy Surendran Chandramohan Parag Dahiwal Mulewa Dharmichand Anantha Krishna Amjad Mahboob Arjun Mutreja Anish Paraam Navin Param Janak Prakash Rohan Rangarajan Chaminda Ruwan Selladore Vijayakumar	Davis Arinaitwe (c) Brian Masaba (vc) Hamu Kayondo Arthur Kyobe Deusdedit Muhumuza Roger Mukasa Frank Nsubuga Arnold Otwani Irfan Sahibzaba Laurence Sematimba Jonathan Ssebanja Henry Ssenyondo Shahzad Ukani Charles Waiswa	Steven Taylor (c) Timroy Allen Camilus Alexander Alex Amsterdam Fahad Babar Akeem Dodson Elmore Hutchinson Noshtush Kenjige Ibrahim Khaleel (wk) Ali Khan Mrunal Patel Sagar Patel Timil Patel Jasdeep Singh Nicholas Standford

Fahad Babar was originally named in the United States squad, but was replaced by Sagar Patel, after failing to recover from a hand injury suffered during the team's Los Angeles training camp.

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Promotion or relegation
1	Oman	5	4	1	0	0	8	1.238	Meet in the final and promoted to Division Two for 2018
2	Canada	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.817
3	Singapore	5	3	2	0	0	6	−0.410	Meet in the 3rd playoff and remain in Division Three
4	United States	5	2	3	0	0	4	−0.127
5	Uganda	5	2	3	0	0	4	−0.205	Meet in the 5th playoff and relegated to Division Four for 2018
6	Malaysia	5	1	4	0	0	2	−1.286

Round-robin

Canada  234/8 (42 overs)	v	Uganda 168 (38.2 overs)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

Malaysia  121 (35.3 overs)	v	Singapore 123/3 (31.2 overs)

• Singapore won the toss and elected to field.

United States  180/7 (43 overs)	v	Oman 184/6 (39.4 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Canada  274/9 (50 overs)	v	Oman 191 (40.5 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Malaysia  117 (40.4 overs)	v	United States 118/4 (28 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.

Uganda  217/9 (50 overs)	v	Singapore 151 (44 overs)

• Singapore won the toss and elected to field.

United States  237 (47 overs)	v	Singapore 238/3 (45.4 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to bat.

Uganda  144 (46.3 overs)	v	Oman 145/4 (27 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.

Canada  141 (48.5 overs)	v	Malaysia 143/4 (38 overs)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

Malaysia  189 (50 overs)	v	Uganda 193/6 (36.2 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Canada  256/8 (50 overs)	v	United States 160 (43 overs)

• United States of America won the toss and elected to field.

Singapore  100 (37.1 overs)	v	Oman 101/5 (24.1 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Oman  293/7 (50 overs)	v	Malaysia 162 (33.1 overs)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

Singapore  166 (36.4 overs)	v	Canada 164 (38 overs)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.

United States  145 (49.5 overs)	v	Uganda 132 (43 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Fifth-place playoff

Uganda	v	Malaysia

• No toss.

Third-place playoff

United States  95/2 (25.2 overs)	v	Singapore

• Singapore won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Canada  176/3 (38 overs)	v	Oman 50/2 (4.3 overs)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Status
1st	Oman	Promoted to Division Two for 2018
2nd	Canada
3rd	Singapore	Remained in Division Three
4th	United States
5th	Uganda	Relegated to Division Four for 2018
6th	Malaysia

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

• 2012–18 ICC World Cricket League
• International cricket competitions in 2017
• 2017 in Ugandan cricket
• International cricket competitions in Uganda