# 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2018 in Namibia. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament, after beating Nepal by 7 runs in the final. Canada and Namibia finished third and fourth respectively and remained in Division Two. Oman and Kenya finished fifth and sixth respectively and were both relegated to Division Three. Following Kenya's last-place finish in the tournament, their captain Rakep Patel and their coach Thomas Odoyo both resigned.
Oman and Canada were the top two teams in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Uganda and were promoted as a result. They were joined by the bottom four teams from the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship to determine the final two spots in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Following the conclusion of the round-robin stage, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates claimed the final places in the World Cup Qualifier.
The group-stage match between Kenya and Namibia was originally scheduled to take place on 9 February. No play was possible, due to a wet outfield, so the match was moved to the following day. The match was abandoned on the reserve day, also due to rain. Under the rules of the tournament, the fixture was rescheduled to be played on 13 February, after the matches on the 11 and 12 February reached a conclusion.

## Teams

Top 2 teams from the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Three:
* Canada
* Oman
Bottom 4 teams from the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship
* Kenya
* United Arab Emirates
* Nepal
* Namibia

## Squads

The following players were selected for the tournament:
| Canada Coach: Ingleton Liburd | Kenya Coach: Thomas Odoyo | Namibia Coach: Dayanand Thakur | Nepal Coach: Jagat Tamata | Oman Coach: Duleep Mendis | United Arab Emirates Coach: Russell Domingo |
| Nitish Kumar (c) Bhavindu Adhihetty Saad Bin Zafar Navneet Dhaliwal Satsimranjit Dhindsa Nikhil Dutta Ruvindu Gunasekera Dillon Heyliger Nicholas Kirton Dhanuka Pathirana Cecil Pervez Junaid Siddiqui Hamza Tariq (wk) Srimantha Wijeratne | Rakep Patel (c) Emmanuel Bundi Dhiren Gondaria Irfan Karim Karan Kaul Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nehemiah Odhiambo Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Rushab Patel Gurdeep Singh Hiren Varaiya | Sarel Burger (c) Jean Bredenkamp Stephan Baard Petrus Burger Gerhard Erasmus Jan Frylinck Zane Green Jean-Pierre Kotze Tangeni Lungameni Lo-handre Louwrens Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit Louis van der Westhuizen Christi Viljoen Craig Williams | Paras Khadka (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Lalit Bhandari Sunil Dhamala Shakti Gauchan Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla Dilip Nath (wk) Rohit Paudel Basanta Regmi Anil Sah Aarif Sheikh Sharad Vesawkar | Sultan Ahmed (c, wk) Zeeshan Maqsood (vc) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Aqib Ilyas Kaleemullah Swapnil Khadye Bilal Khan Naseem Khushi Ajay Lalcheta Mohammad Nadeem Jay Odedra Jatinder Singh Vaibhav Wategaonkar | Rohan Mustafa (c) Ashfaq Ahmed Qadeer Ahmed Shaiman Anwar Mohammad Boota Imran Haider Amir Hayat Zahoor Khan Adnan Mufti Mohammad Naveed Ahmed Raza Ghulam Shabber Rameez Shahzad Muhammad Usman |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Nepal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.124 | Met in the final and advanced to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.034 | Met in the final and advanced to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.868 | Met in the 3rd-place playoff and remain in Division Two |
| 4 | Namibia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.566 | Met in the 3rd-place playoff and remain in Division Two |
| 5 | Oman | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.508 | Met in the 5th-place playoff and relegated to 2018 Division Three |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.834 | Met in the 5th-place playoff and relegated to 2018 Division Three |

## Fixtures

The following dates and venues were confirmed for the tournament:

### Round-robin

* 8 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 309/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 91 (32.4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 218 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Namibia 138 (34.2 overs) | v | Nepal 139/9 (49.2 overs) |
* Nepal won by 1 wicket Affies Park, Windhoek
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* Rohit Paudel (Nepal) made his List A debut.
* 8 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Oman 106 (27.4 overs) | v | Canada 108/2 (15.4 overs) |
* Canada won by 8 wickets United Ground, Windhoek
* Canada won the toss and elected to field.
* Bhavindu Adhihetty, Nicholas Kirton, Dillon Heyliger (Canada), Aqib Ilyas, Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra, Kaleemullah and Bilal Khan (Oman) all made their List A debuts.
* 9 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Canada 209 (49.2 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 186 (45 overs) |
* Canada won by 23 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Nepal 138 (46 overs) | v | Oman 139/4 (35.1 overs) |
* Oman won by 6 wickets Affies Park, Windhoek
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* 9–10 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 83 (38.5 overs) | v | Namibia 15/0 (5 overs) |
* No result United Ground, Windhoek
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to wet outfield, with the match moved to the reserve day. On reserve day, the start was delayed by a wet outfield and the match reduced to 45 overs per side.
* The match was abandoned on the reserve day, also due to rain. With all the matches played on 11 and 12 February reaching a conclusion, the match was replayed on 13 February.
* 11 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Oman 164 (48.5 overs) | v | Namibia 165/8 (49.4 overs) |
* Namibia won by 2 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Canada 186 (49.2 overs) | v | Kenya 127 (39.1 overs) |
* Canada won by 59 runs Affies Park, Windhoek
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 114 (31 overs) | v | Nepal 115/6 (28.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 4 wickets United Ground, Windhoek
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* The start was delayed by a wet outfield and the match reduced to 34 overs per side.
* Anil Sah (Nepal) made his List A debut.
* 12 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 177/8 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 178/7 (50 overs) |
* Nepal won by 3 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek.
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 159 (46 overs) | v | Oman 113 (36.5 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 46 runs Affies Park, Windhoek
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
* 12 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Namibia 268/8 (50 overs) | v | Canada 251/8 (50 overs) |
* Namibia won by 17 runs United Ground, Windhoek
* Canada won the toss and elected to field.
* 13 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 110 (30.1 overs) | v | Namibia 111/2 (16 overs) |
* Namibia won by 8 wickets United Ground, Windhoek
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Canada 194/8 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 195/9 (50 overs) |
* Nepal won by 1 wicket Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
* Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 247/6 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 228 (49.4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 19 runs Affies Park, Windhoek
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 200 (49.5 overs) | v | Oman 184/8 (41.1 overs) |
* Oman won by 2 wickets (DLS method) United Ground, Windhoek
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain set Oman a revised target of 183 runs from 42 overs.

## Playoffs
### Fifth-place playoff

* 15 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Kenya 253 (49.5 overs) | v | Oman 257/5 (47 overs) |
* Oman won by 5 wickets United Ground, Windhoek
* Oman won the toss and elected to field.
* Naseem Khushi (Oman) made his List A debut.

### Third-place playoff

* 15 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| Canada 247/4 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 198 (47.5 overs) |
* Canada won by 49 runs Affies Park, Windhoek
* Canada won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 15 February 2018 09:30 Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 277/4 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 270/8 (50 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 7 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
* United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | United Arab Emirates | Advanced to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| 2nd | Nepal | Advanced to the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| 3rd | Canada | Remained in Division Two |
| 4th | Namibia | Remained in Division Two |
| 5th | Oman | Relegated to Division Three for 2018 |
| 6th | Kenya | Relegated to Division Three for 2018 |