# 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

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 | Promoted to Division Three for 2018 |
| 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 | Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
| 5 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.677 | Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
| 6 | Bermuda | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.065 | Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |

## Fixtures

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

### Round robin

* 29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 208 (49.3 overs) | v | Uganda 199 (49.1 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 9 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Bermuda 209 (47.5 overs) | v | Denmark 212/2 (41.5 overs) |
* Denmark won by 8 wickets Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
* Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
* 29 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Vanuatu 104 (36 overs) | v | Jersey 105/3 (31.1 overs) |
* Jersey won by 7 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 196 (43.5 overs) | v | Vanuatu 173 (49.3 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 23 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Jersey 238/6 (50 overs) | v | Denmark 114/3 (21.5 overs) |
* Denmark won by 7 wickets (DLS method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
* Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
* Denmark were set a revised target of 114 from 23 overs due to rain.
* 30 April 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 249/5 (50 overs) | v | Bermuda 60 (21.4 overs) |
* Uganda won by 189 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* Bermuda won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Bermuda 242 (49.2 overs) | v | Jersey 184 (42.5 overs) |
* Bermuda won by 58 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 222/8 (50 overs) | v | Vanuatu 141 (47 overs) |
* Uganda won by 81 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
* Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Denmark 179 (49 overs) | v | Malaysia 146 (45.3 overs) |
* Denmark won by 33 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
* 3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 215/8 (50 overs) | v | Denmark 129 (29 overs) |
* Uganda won by 1 run (DLS method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
* Denmark were set a revised target of 131 from 29 overs due to rain.
* 3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Jersey 270/8 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 221/7 (42 overs) |
* Jersey won by 10 runs (DLS method) Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
* Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
* Malaysia were set a revised target of 232 from 42 overs due to rain.
* 3 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Bermuda 181/9 (50 overs) | v | Vanuatu 183/6 (49 overs) |
* Vanuatu won by 4 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Denmark 234/9 (50 overs) | v | Vanuatu 238/5 (49.1 overs) |
* Vanuatu won by 5 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 228/8 (50 overs) | v | Bermuda 55/2 (17 overs) |
* No result Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Jersey 126 (42.2 overs) | v | Uganda 55/3 (19.4 overs) |
* No result UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* 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.
* 6 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Malaysia 257/8 (50 overs) | v | Bermuda 168/9 (50 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 89 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara
* Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 May 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Uganda 90 (37 overs) | v | Jersey 83 (35 overs) |
* Uganda won by 7 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi
* Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

## Final standings

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