2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2

2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Dates	15 February 2024 – December 2026
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Various
Participants	8
Matches	144
	← 2019–2023

The 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 is the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification process.^[1] As a result of the scrapping of Super League, this cycle of League 2 saw an increase from 7 to 8 teams.^[2] The rise in team count led to an increase in the total number of fixtures from 126 to 144. Scotland entered the competition as the defending champions.^[3]

Teams and qualification

The previous World Cup qualification cycle allowed for promotion of the League 2 champion to the Super League. However, the scrapping of that tournament meant that the previous League 2 champions, Scotland, remained in this competition, and Netherlands were added having previously played in the Super League.^[4] They were joined by the remaining top 5 finishers from the previous League 2 and two teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. The play-off resulted in Canada being promoted, with Papua New Guinea relegated to the Challenge League.^[5]

Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Venues	Number of teams	Teams
2020–2023 Super League	30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023	Various	1	Netherlands
2019–2023 League 2	14 August 2019 – 16 March 2023	Various	5	Namibia
				Nepal
				Oman
				Scotland
				United States
2023 Qualifier Play-off	26 March – 5 April 2023	Namibia	2	Canada
2023 Qualifier Play-off	26 March – 5 April 2023	Namibia	2	United Arab Emirates
Total			8

Fixtures

The International Cricket Council announced the schedule of tri-series events in February 2024.^[6] Each nation will host three series and play a further six series away from home (for a total of 36 matches). Teams will play a tri-series in all but one of the other competing nations.

Round	Schedule	Host team	2nd team	3rd team	Notes
1	February 2024	Nepal	Namibia	Netherlands
2	February–March 2024	United Arab Emirates	Canada	Scotland	The last match, scheduled to be played between UAE and Scotland, was postponed due to a storm that hit the area.^[7]
3	July 2024	Scotland	Namibia	Oman	The series was postponed from May 2024 due to adverse weather causing a delay in pitch preparation.^[8]^[9]
4	August 2024	Netherlands	Canada	United States
5	September 2024	Namibia	United Arab Emirates	United States
6	September 2024	Canada	Nepal	Oman
7	October–November 2024	United States	Nepal	Scotland
8	November 2024	Oman	Netherlands	United Arab Emirates
9	February 2025	Oman	Namibia	United States
10	March 2025	Namibia	Canada	Netherlands
11	May 2025	Netherlands	Scotland	United Arab Emirates
12	June 2025	Scotland	Nepal	Netherlands
13	June 2025	United States	Canada	Oman
14	August 2025	Canada	Namibia	Scotland
15	October 2025	United Arab Emirates	Nepal	United States
16	November 2025	Nepal	Oman	United Arab Emirates
17	April 2026	Namibia	Oman	Scotland
18	May 2026	United States	Namibia	United Arab Emirates
19	June 2026	Canada	Netherlands	United States
20	August 2026	Scotland	Canada	United Arab Emirates
21	August 2026	Netherlands	Namibia	Nepal
22	October 2026	Oman	Canada	Nepal
23	November 2026	Nepal	Scotland	United States
24	December 2026	United Arab Emirates	Netherlands	Oman

Results

Home and away matches

Home \ Away
Canada	—	Aug 2025	2–0 [2]	Jun 2026	2–0 [2]	Aug 2025	—	Jun 2026
Namibia	Mar 2025	—	—	Mar 2025	Apr 2026	Apr 2026	1–1 [2]	0–2 [2]
Nepal	—	0–2 [2]	—	1–1 [2]	Nov 2025	Nov 2026	Nov 2025	Nov 2026
Netherlands	2–0 [2]	Aug 2026	Aug 2026	—	—	May 2025	May 2025	2–0 [2]
Oman	Oct 2026	Feb 2025	Oct 2026	2–0 [2]	—	—	2–0 [2]	Feb 2025
Scotland	Aug 2026	2–0 [2]	May 2025	May 2025	1–0 [2]	—	Aug 2026	—
United Arab Emirates	0–2 [2]	—	Aug 2025	Dec 2026	Dec 2026	0–1 [1]^[a]	—	Aug 2025
United States	Jun 2025	May 2026	2–0 [2]	—	Jun 2025	0–2 [2]	May 2026	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[10]
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.

^ One match between UAE and Scotland was postponed due to a storm.^[7]

Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Neutral venue matches

Team 1 \ Team 2
Canada	—	—	Oct 2026	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	2–0 [2]	Aug 2026	0–2 [2]
Namibia	—	—	Aug 2026	1–1 [2]	1–1 [2]	Aug 2025	May 2026	Feb 2025
Nepal	—	—	—	May 2025	0–1 [2]	1–0 [2]	—	Aug 2025
Netherlands	—	—	—	—	Dec 2026	—	1–1 [2]	Jun 2026
Oman	—	—	—	—	—	Apr 2026	Nov 2025	—
Scotland	—	—	—	—	—	—	May 2025	Nov 2026
United Arab Emirates	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 [2]
United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[10]
The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches played.
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	United States	12	8	4	0	16	0.428	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
2	Canada	12	8	4	0	16	0.292
3	Netherlands	12	7	5	0	14	0.144
4	Scotland	11	6	3	2	14	1.247
5	Oman	12	6	4	2	14	−0.047	Advance to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off
6	Namibia	12	5	7	0	10	−0.180
7	Nepal	12	2	8	2	6	−0.271
8	United Arab Emirates	11	2	9	0	4	−1.442

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo^[11]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams

Statistics

Most runs

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[12]
Last updated: 11 November 2024


Runs	Player	Inns.	HS	Ave	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
502	Monank Patel	11	121*	50.20	90.45	1	5	42	9
489	Harsh Thaker	12	111*	54.33	73.42	2	2	29	9
445	Michael van Lingen	12	107	37.08	93.09	1	3	62	10
432	Pargat Singh	11	87*	43.20	77.97	0	4	47	9
428	Max O'Dowd	12	79*	38.90	67.29	0	3	41	9

Most wickets

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[13]
Last updated: 11 November 2024


Wkts.	Player	Inns.	Ov.	Runs	BBI	Ave	SR	Eco.	4WI	5WI
25	Dillon Heyliger	12	100.4	481	5/31	19.24	24.16	4.77	2	1
21	Aryan Dutt	12	102.0	393	6/34	18.71	29.14	3.85	0	1
20	Nosthush Kenjige	12	101.0	438	4/52	21.90	30.30	4.33	1	0
19	Kaleem Sana	11	95.4	367	4/30	19.31	30.21	3.83	2	0
18	Gerhard Erasmus	12	91.2	403	5/28	22.38	30.44	4.41	0	1

References

^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "CWC League 2 and Challenge League cycle to continue for 2027 world cup qualification". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "ICC Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland set for title defence in UAE". BBC Sport. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Qualification pathway for 14-team 2027 men's ODI World Cup approved". 17 November 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ "Everything you need to know about the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 begins with tri-series in Nepal". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland v UAE postponed because of storm in Dubai". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^ "ICC CWCL2 series postponed until July". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ "Cricket World Cup 2027: Scotland qualifiers postponed over poor weather". BBC Sport. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "WCL 2 2023/24-2027 Schedule | ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
^ "WCL 2 2024–2026 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 2023/24-2027 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 2023/24-2027 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

Series home at ESPNCricinfo

[round2-10] One match between UAE and Scotland was postponed due to a storm.^[7]

[1] "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[2] "CWC League 2 and Challenge League cycle to continue for 2027 world cup qualification". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[3] "ICC Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland set for title defence in UAE". BBC Sport. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[4] "Qualification pathway for 14-team 2027 men's ODI World Cup approved". 17 November 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[5] "Everything you need to know about the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[6] "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 begins with tri-series in Nepal". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[round2-7] "Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland v UAE postponed because of storm in Dubai". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

[8] "ICC CWCL2 series postponed until July". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

[9] "Cricket World Cup 2027: Scotland qualifiers postponed over poor weather". BBC Sport. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

[schedule-11] "WCL 2 2023/24-2027 Schedule | ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

[12] "WCL 2 2024–2026 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[13] "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 2023/24-2027 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[14] "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 2023/24-2027 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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