The 2022 Jersey Cricket World Cup Challenge League B was the third and final round of matches in Group B of the
2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
tournament which forms part of the qualification pathway to the
2023 Cricket World Cup
The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is sch ...
. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in Jersey in September 2021, but it was rescheduled to take place in Hong Kong due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. After a further postponement, in February 2022, the tournament was rescheduled to be played in
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
in August 2022. This was the first senior international tournament hosted in Jersey since the
2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five.
With three games remaining, Hong Kong were one point ahead of Jersey and Uganda at the top of the group table. On 10 August 2022, Jersey defeated Hong Kong by 7 wickets to replace them at the top of the table with two rounds of games remaining. On the same day, a loss to Kenya left the Ugandans in third place, two points behind Jersey and one point behind Hong Kong. A comfortable win for Jersey in the penultimate round of matches left them with a two-point advantage over Uganda and a superior net run rate going into the final day. Jersey were confirmed as winners of Challenge League B despite losing their final game against Kenya.
On 14 August 2022, Jersey won Challenge League B ahead of Uganda on
net run rate
Net run rate (NRR) is a statistical method used in analysing teamwork and/or performance in cricket. It is the most commonly used method of ranking teams with equal points in limited overs league competitions, similar to goal difference in foo ...
. Jersey progressed to the
2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off where they, in line with ICC's previous announcements, played their first official
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
matches.
Squads
The following squads were named for the tournament.
On 18 July 2022,
Zeko Burgess
Zeko Burgess is a Bermudian cricketer. In August 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. In November 2019, he was named in Bermuda's squad for the Cricket ...
replaced
Delray Rawlins in Bermuda's squad.
Fixtures
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References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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International cricket competitions in Jersey
International cricket competitions in 2022
Jersey Cricket World Cup Challenge League B