The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four was an international

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tournament that took place during April and May 2018 in Malaysia. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the

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(WCL) which determined the qualification for the

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. The top two teams were promoted to the

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tournament and the bottom two teams were relegated to Division Five. Two of the three final round of group stage matches finished as a

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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.

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won the tournament and were promoted to Division Three, along with runners-up

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and

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finished in fifth and sixth respectively, and were relegated to Division Five. Hosts

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finished third and

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finished fourth, therefore both team remained in Division Four.

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of Jersey was named as the player of the tournament.

Teams

Six teams qualified for the tournament: * (5th in

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) * (6th in

) * (3rd in

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) * (4th in

) * (1st in

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) * (2nd in

)

Preparation

The Uganda cricket team played a 20-over match and four 50-over matches against the Saudi Arabia cricket team in

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and Lugogo to prepare ahead of the tournament. Uganda also played two friendly matches against a visiting academy team from India.

played matches against

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in March 2018, for the

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played two one-day games against

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, before playing two further warm-up games in Singapore.

played three practice matches in Dubai before travelling to Malaysia for the tournament.

Squads

Points table

Fixtures

The fixtures were confirmed by the

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(ICC) in April 2018.

Round robin

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Replays

As the following two matches finished in a

on the previous day, the scheduled play-off round was scrapped, with the fixtures restarted from scratch. ----

Final standings

Notes

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

Series home at the International Cricket Council
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