The 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three was an international

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tournament that took place in

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between 9 and 19 November 2018. It formed part of the 2017–19 cycle of the

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(WCL) which determines the qualification for the

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. The top two teams were promoted to the

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tournament, and the other four teams will play in the 2019–21 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. It was the first international cricket tournament to be held in Oman. Tournament hosts

were the first team to be promoted to Division Two for 2019, after winning their opening four matches. Oman also won the tournament, after finishing unbeaten in all five of their fixtures. It was the first time this had happened in the WCL since

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won the Division Five tournament in 2014. The

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were the other team to be promoted, after they beat

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in the final match of the tournament. It was the first time that the United States had gained promotion to Division Two of the WCL.

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

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and

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took part in the

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in September in South Africa. Both sides remained in the country after the tournament ended, playing warm-up fixtures to prepare for the WCL. Kenya played matches against KwaZulu-Natal Inland and Uganda faced the South African Academy in 50-over matches. Kenya also played

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fixtures against the

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(MCC), who toured the country in October 2018. The Kenyan team had threatened to boycott the tournament in a row over funding, but payment was made to the players just prior to the start of the competition. The

took part in the

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tournament in the West Indies.

Squads

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was dropped as the captain of the United States squad and replaced by

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was ruled out of the tournament with an injury and was replaced by

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in the United States' squad. Ahead of the tournament,

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was ruled out of Kenya's squad due to personal commitments. He was replaced by

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, with Shem Ngoche named as captain of the team.

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was added to Oman's squad, replacing Khawar Ali, who suffered an injury during Oman's match with Denmark.

Points table

Fixtures

The following fixtures were confirmed in October 2018. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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