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2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Dates	29 April – 6 May 2018
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Limited-overs (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Malaysia
Champions	Uganda
Participants	6
Matches	17
Player of the series	Ben Stevens
Most runs	Ahmad Faiz (298)
Most wickets	Irfan Afridi (15)
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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. 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 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:

•  Uganda (5th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
•  Malaysia (6th in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three)
•  Denmark (3rd in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
•  Bermuda (4th in 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four)
•  Jersey (1st in 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five)
•  Vanuatu (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

Bermuda Coach: Clay Smith	Denmark Coach: Jeremy Bray	Jersey Coach: Neil MacRae
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
Malaysia Coach: Bilal Asad	Uganda Coach: Peter Kirsten	Vanuatu Coach: Shane Deitz
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Promotion or relegation
1	Uganda	5	4	1	0	0	8	1.175	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
2	Denmark	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.349
3	Malaysia	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.322	Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
4	Jersey	5	2	3	0	0	4	0.044
5	Vanuatu	5	2	3	0	0	4	−0.677
6	Bermuda	5	1	4	0	0	2	−1.065

Fixtures

The fixtures were confirmed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2018.

Round robin

Malaysia  208 (49.3 overs)	v	Uganda 199 (49.1 overs)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

Bermuda  209 (47.5 overs)	v	Denmark 212/2 (41.5 overs)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.

Vanuatu  104 (36 overs)	v	Jersey 105/3 (31.1 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

Malaysia  196 (43.5 overs)	v	Vanuatu 173 (49.3 overs)

• Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

Jersey  238/6 (50 overs)	v	Denmark 114/3 (21.5 overs)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• Denmark were set a revised target of 114 from 23 overs due to rain.

Uganda  249/5 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 60 (21.4 overs)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.

Bermuda  242 (49.2 overs)	v	Jersey 184 (42.5 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

Uganda  222/8 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 141 (47 overs)

• Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

Denmark  179 (49 overs)	v	Malaysia 146 (45.3 overs)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.

Uganda  215/8 (50 overs)	v	Denmark 129 (29 overs)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• Denmark were set a revised target of 131 from 29 overs due to rain.

Jersey  270/8 (50 overs)	v	Malaysia 221/7 (42 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
• Malaysia were set a revised target of 232 from 42 overs due to rain.

Bermuda  181/9 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 183/6 (49 overs)

• Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.

Denmark  234/9 (50 overs)	v	Vanuatu 238/5 (49.1 overs)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.

Malaysia  228/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 55/2 (17 overs)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

Jersey  126 (42.2 overs)	v	Uganda 55/3 (19.4 overs)

• Uganda won the toss and elected to field.

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.

Malaysia  257/8 (50 overs)	v	Bermuda 168/9 (50 overs)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

Uganda  90 (37 overs)	v	Jersey 83 (35 overs)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

Final standings

Pos.	Team	Status
1st	Uganda	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
2nd	Denmark
3rd	Malaysia	Remained in Division Four
4th	Jersey
5th	Vanuatu	Relegated to Division Five
6th	Bermuda

Notes

1. ^ These were the original placements following the conclusion of the group. However, in October 2018, the ICC replaced WCL Divisions Three, Four and Five with the Cricket World Cup Challenge League, with these teams being assigned to that competition.

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
• Series home at the International Cricket Council

• 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League
• 2018 in Malaysian sport
• International cricket competitions in 2018
• International cricket competitions in Malaysia