CWC Leagues

CWC Challenge League A – points table, schedule, previews & match reports

Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore and Vanuatu played the first of three round robin CWC Challenge League A events in Malaysia from 16-26 September 2019, with points and NRR carried over through two more series.

CWC Challenge League Group A (after Round 2)

Team	M	W	L	P	NRR
Canada	10	9	1	18	2.436
Singapore	10	7	3	14	0.543
Denmark	10	6	4	4	0.645
Qatar	10	5	5	4	-0.653
Vanuatu	10	2	8	2	-1.658
Vanuatu	10	1	9	2	-1.069

The List A CWC Challenge League is for teams ranked 21-32 in the ICC 50-over structure. Above them is the seven team ODI CWC League 2 for teams 14-20 and above that is the (12 Full members + Netherlands) CWC Super League.

The 12 teams in the Challenge League are split into two groups of six, the other is CWC Challenge League B.

Men’s CWC Challenge League overall schedule (ICC)

The winners of CWC Challenge League A and B will join the bottom four sides from the ODI CWC League 2 in a six team “CWCQ Playoff”, in another single round robin event – similar to World Cricket League 2 held in April 2019 – where the top 2 will take the 9th and 10th spots in the CWC Qualifier 2022.

Infographic by Bertus de Jong on the pathway to the 2023 World Cup

Round 1 schedule and results

Day/Date	Kinrara Oval (live: FB)	Selangor Turf Club (live: YouTube)
MON 16/9	Denmark v Malaysia (w)	N/A
TUE 17/9	Singapore v Qatar (w)	Canada (w) v Vanuatu
WED 18/9	REST DAY
THU 19/9	Canada (w) v Malaysia	Singapore (w) v Denmark
FRI 20/9	Denmark (w) v Vanuatu	Malaysia v Qatar (w)
SAT 21/9	REST DAY
SUN 22/9	Canada (w) v Qatar	Singapore (w) v Vanuatu
MON 23/9	Singapore (w) v Malaysia	Denmark (w) v Qatar
TUE 24/9	REST DAY
WED 25/9	Canada (w) v Denmark	Malaysia v Vanuatu (w)
THU 26/9	Vanuatu v Qatar	Canada v Singapore

Both events are part of the pathway to CWC 2023

Round 1 match reports from Jay Dansinghani: Days 1 & 2, Days 3 & 4, Days 5 & 6.

Most wickets (26/9):

Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
U Aryaman Sunil	4	4	32.1	0	172	13	6/46	13.23	5.34	14.8	1	1
(Singapore)
PK Matautaava	4	4	37.0	5	119	12	5/19	9.91	3.21	18.5	0	1
(Vanuatu)
NR Kumar	4	4	31.0	2	158	10	5/72	15.80	5.09	18.6	0	1
(Canada)
Iqbal Hussain	4	4	40.0	4	233	10	4/50	23.30	5.82	24.0	1	0
(Qatar)
J Jojo	5	5	46.0	4	238	10	4/29	23.80	5.17	27.6	1	0
(Denmark)
Delawar Khan	4	4	35.1	4	149	9	3/15	16.55	4.23	23.4	0	0
(Denmark)
Suharril Fetri	5	5	33.0	1	172	9	3/43	19.11	5.21	22.0	0	0
(Malaysia)
Saad Bin Zafar	4	4	34.0	4	119	8	3/28	14.87	3.50	25.5	0	0
(Canada)
V Baskaran	4	4	40.0	5	133	7	3/32	19.00	3.32	34.2	0	0
(Singapore)
Pavandeep Singh	5	5	46.1	10	146	7	4/16	20.85	3.16	39.5	1	0
(Malaysia)

Most runs (26/9):

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
TH David	4	4	1	330	97	110.00	315	104.76	0	4	0	34	6
(Singapore)
NS Dhaliwal	3	3	1	250	140	125.00	240	104.16	1	1	0	24	16
(Canada)
Ravinderpal Singh	4	4	1	213	94	71.00	130	163.84	0	1	0	16	15
(Canada)
SA Wijeyeratne	3	3	0	211	112	70.33	192	109.89	1	1	0	28	0
(Canada)
NR Kumar	4	4	0	207	129	51.75	173	119.65	1	1	0	18	8
(Canada)
HAM Shah	5	5	0	191	93	38.20	266	71.80	0	2	1	12	5
(Denmark)
FA Klokker	5	5	1	190	80	47.50	231	82.25	0	2	0	17	1
(Denmark)
Zameer Khan	5	5	0	185	60	37.00	334	55.38	0	1	0	15	0
(Denmark)
Virandeep Singh	5	5	0	181	73	36.20	320	56.56	0	1	0	14	0
(Malaysia)
S Chandramohan	4	4	0	170	80	42.50	266	63.90	0	2	0	22	2
(Singapore)

ICC preview video with captain interviews

Tim Cutler

Current CEO of the Vanuatu Cricket Association, former CEO of Cricket Hong Kong and self-confessed emerging cricket nerd, Tim is a tenacious advocate for the growth of the sport and is a pundit, commentator and writer on cricket’s emerging world especially on events, strategy and funding.