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{{short description|International cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
| image =
| caption =
| fromdate = 16 September 2019
| todate = 13 December 2022
| administrator = [[International Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[List A cricket|List A]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = {{Plainlist|
; League A
* {{flag|Malaysia}} (2019)
* {{flag|Canada}} (2022)
* {{flag|Malaysia}} (2022)
; League B
* {{flag|Oman}} (2019)
* {{flag|Uganda}} (2022)
* {{flag|Jersey}} (2022)}}
| champions = {{cr|CAN}} (League A) {{cr|JER}} (League B)
| count =
| participants = 12
| matches = 90
| player of the series =
| most runs = {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hamid Shah]] (605) (League A) {{cricon|JER}} [[Nick Greenwood (cricketer)|Nick Greenwood]] (809) (League B)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Aryaman Sunil]] (27) (League A) {{cricon|ITA}} [[Gareth Berg]] (34) (League B)
| next_year = 2024–2026
| next_tournament = 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League
}}

The '''2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League''' was the inaugural edition of the [[ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League]] and a [[cricket]] tournament which formed part of the [[2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification]] process.<ref name="ICC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/881375 |title=New qualification pathway for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup approved |access-date=20 October 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref><ref name="CI">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25033717/associates-pathway-2023-world-cup-undergoes-major-revamp |title=Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> The Challenge League replaced the [[World Cricket League]] (WCL) which was previously used as the pathway to the [[Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="ICCNov18">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/901272 |title=ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualification Pathway frequently asked questions |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> The first fixtures took place in September 2019, with all matches having [[List A cricket|List A]] status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27384084/how-teams-secure-qualification-rank-no-1-32 |title=The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>

The league featured the twelve teams ranked from 21st to 32nd place in the WCL following the conclusion of the [[2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two]] tournament in Namibia.<ref name="ICCNov18"/> The twelve teams were split into two groups, with each group playing a six-team tournament three times on an annual basis.<ref name="ICCNov18"/>

The top team in each group advanced to the [[2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off|Qualifier Play-off]], which fed into the [[2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier]] tournament.<ref name="ICC"/> The remaining ten teams could not qualify for the 2023 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26494733/xavier-marshall-usa-squad-wcl-division-two |title=Xavier Marshall in USA squad for WCL Division Two |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

In addition, either of the top teams in the Challenge League could qualify for promotion to the next edition of the Cricket World Cup League 2 by outperforming the two last-placed teams in the [[2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2]]. Whichever two of these four teams were ranked higher in the Qualifier Play-off played in the next League 2 while the two teams ranked lower played in the next Challenge League.<ref name="ICC2">{{Cite web |url=https://icc-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2019/08/12/2d56f04b-6096-4b2c-9c9b-14e541c8c0a6/190812-Men-s-CWC-2023-pathway-FAQs-Final.pdf |title=ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualification Pathway Frequently Asked Questions |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=6 March 2020 |work=International Cricket Council |quote=Then, two places were up for grabs in the next edition of the CWC League Two: a. This were decided between four sides, comprising the sixth and seventh ranked teams from CWC League Two 2019-2021 and table-toppers from CWC Challenge League A and B 2019-2021. b. The top two sides from this group of four would feature in the CWC League 2 in the next edition. c. The bottom two sides from this group would play in CWC Challenge League A and B for the next edition.}}</ref>

In an attempt to remain in the Challenge League for the next edition, the bottom four teams in this League (two from each section, A and B) would play in a [[2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge Play-off|relegation play-off tournament]] - facing teams hoping to come up from below.

==Participants==
{{see also|2017–19 ICC World Cricket League#Tournament results}}
The following teams were ranked from 21st to 32nd in the World Cricket League following the conclusion of the [[2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two]] tournament,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1173815 |title=All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> and were allocated to Groups A and B.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkcricket.org/news/hong-kong-to-play-in-group-b-of-icc-challenge-league |title=Hong Kong to play in group B of ICC Challenge League |work=Hong Kong Cricket |date=27 April 2019 |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1310135 |title=ICC launches the road to India 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! League !! Team !! WCL rank || Last WCL tournament !! Position
|-
| rowspan=6 | A || {{cr|CAN}} || 21 || {{sort|2|[[2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two|Division Two in 2019]]}} || 5th<ref name="Div2">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1200878 |title=Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{cr|SIN}} || 23 || {{sort|3|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three in 2018]]}} || 3rd<ref name="Div3">{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/sports/cricket/Kenya-relegated-to-World-Cup-Challenge-League/434908-4859408-14hc24f/index.html |title=Kenya relegated to World Cup Challenge League |work=Daily Nation, Kenya |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{cr|DEN}} || 25 || {{sort|3|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three in 2018]]}} || 5th<ref name="Div3"/>
|-
| {{cr|MAS}} || 27 || {{sort|4|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four|Division Four in 2018]]}} || 3rd<ref name="Div4">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/680695 |title=Uganda and Denmark qualify for ICC World Cricket League Division 3 |access-date=5 May 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref>
|-
| {{cr|VAN}} || 29 || {{sort|4|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four|Division Four in 2018]]}} || 5th<ref name="Div4"/>
|-
| {{cr|QAT}} || 31 || {{sort|5|[[2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five|Division Five in 2017]]}} || 3rd<ref name="Div5">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41215382 |title=World Cricket League: Jersey crowned Division Five champions in South Africa |access-date=10 September 2017 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=6 | B || {{cr|HK}} || 22 || {{sort|2|[[2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two|Division Two in 2019]]}} || 6th<ref name="Div2"/>
|-
| {{cr|KEN}} || 24 || {{sort|3|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three in 2018]]}} || 4th<ref name="Div3"/>
|-
| {{cr|UGA}} || 26 || {{sort|3|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three|Division Three in 2018]]}} || 6th<ref name="Div3"/>
|-
| {{cr|JER}} || 28 || {{sort|4|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four|Division Four in 2018]]}} || 4th<ref name="Div4"/>
|-
| {{cr|BER}} || 30 || {{sort|4|[[2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four|Division Four in 2018]]}} || 6th<ref name="Div4"/>
|-
| {{cr|ITA}} || 32 || {{sort|5|[[2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five|Division Five in 2017]]}} || 4th<ref name="Div5"/>
|}

==Fixtures==
Each group was scheduled to play three times in a single round-robin tournament format, once each year from 2019 to 2022. This amounts to 15 matches per team and a grand total of 90 matches.<ref name=ICC2 /> In July 2019, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) announced that the [[Malaysian Cricket Association]] and [[Cricket Hong Kong]] would host the 2019 rounds of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1288479 |title=ICC board and full council concludes in London |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref> However, citing the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|instability in Hong Kong]], the 2019 matches in League B were moved to Oman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27917345/politically-unstable-hong-kong-loses-men-cwc-challenge-league-b-hosting-rights |title=Politically unstable Hong Kong loses men's CWC Challenge League B hosting rights |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, the ICC confirmed that Malaysia would again be the host for the 2020 round of matches in League A, with the [[Uganda Cricket Association]] hosting the League B matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1452302 |title=Zimbabwe and Nepal readmitted; Women's event prize money receives a major boost |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref>

The [[2020 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A|2020 League A tournament in Malaysia]] was originally scheduled to take place in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.dk/landsholdet-til-australien-og-malaysia/ |title=Landsholdet til Australien og Malaysia |work=Dansk Cricket |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> However, in March 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and rescheduled for 30 September to 10 October 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1636508 |title=Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League A postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="ICC-pp">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1648353 |title=COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> On 10 June 2020, the [[2020 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B|2020 League B tournament in Uganda]] was also postponed due to the pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1679832 |title=Two more series on the Road to India 2023 postponed |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> On 25 August 2020, the rescheduled 2020 League A tournament was postponed again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1775687 |title=ICC Men's CWC Challenge League A postponed |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> In December 2020, the ICC announced a revised schedule following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1939383 | title=Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref> In April 2021, the League A tournament in Canada was postponed by one year, with the League A tournament in Malaysia tentatively brought forward to the end of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2096443 |title=Two Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League series rescheduled |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/covid-19-two-remaining-men-s-world-cup-challenge-league-a-series-rescheduled-1258200 |title=Two remaining men's World Cup Challenge League A series rescheduled |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> In July 2021, the League B tournament scheduled to take place in Jersey in September 2021, was tentatively rescheduled to take place in Hong Kong in December 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2021-07-27/jersey-to-no-longer-host-cricket-world-cup-qualifier |title=Jersey to no longer host Cricket World Cup qualifier |work=ITV News |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!League
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
|A
|[[2019 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Malaysia)|16–26 September 2019]]
|Malaysia
|
|-
|B
|[[2019 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Oman)|2–12 December 2019]]
|Oman
|
|-
|B
|[[2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Uganda)|17–27 June 2022]]
|Uganda
|Originally scheduled for August 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
|A
|[[2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Canada)|27 July – 6 August 2022]]
|Canada
|Originally scheduled for July 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-
|B
|[[2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League B (Jersey)|4 – 14 August 2022]]
|Jersey
|Originally scheduled for September 2021; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|-style="background:#ddeeff"
|A
|[[2022 Cricket World Cup Challenge League A (Malaysia)|3–13 December 2022]]
|Malaysia
|Originally scheduled for October 2020; postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
|}

==Points tables==
===League A===
{{2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League A}}

===League B===
{{2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League B}}

==Statistics==
===League A===
====Most runs====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Player !! Matches !! Innings !! Runs !! [[Batting average (cricket)|Average]] !! SR !! HS !! 100 !! 50 !! 4s !! 6s
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hamid Shah]]
| 14 || 14 || '''605''' || 43.21 || 70.76 || 138 || 1 || 5 || 52 || 10
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Navneet Dhaliwal]]
| 8 || 8 || '''479''' || 79.83 || 91.76 || 140 || 1 || 3 || 52 || 16
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mohammed Rizlan]]
| 14 || 14 || '''418''' || 32.15 || 59.54 || 77 || 0 || 3 || 40 || 6
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Zameer Khan]]
| 13 || 13 || '''404''' || 31.07 || 57.79 || 60 || 0 || 1 || 28 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Virandeep Singh]]
| 13 || 13 || '''394''' || 32.83 || 56.28 || 73 || 0 || 3 || 32 || 3
|-
! colspan="11"|Source: ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=13343;type=tournament| title=Records / CWC Challenge League Group A, 2019-2022/23 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
|}

====Most wickets====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Player !! Matches !! Innings !! Wickets !! Overs !! Econ. !! Ave. !! BBI !! S/R !! 4WI !! 5WI
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Aryaman Sunil]]
| 15 || 15 || '''27''' || 109.5 || 5.91 || 24.07 || 6/32 || 24.4 || 2 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Nicolaj Laegsgaard]]
| 14 || 14 || '''26''' || 116.0 || 3.28 || 14.65 || 6/6 || 26.7 || 1 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Saad Bin Zafar]]
| 14 || 14 || '''25''' || 110.5 || 2.94 || 13.04 || 5/18 || 26.6 || 0 || 2
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Mohammed Nadeem (Qatari cricketer)|Mohammed Nadeem]]
| 14 || 14 || '''24''' || 123.0 || 3.87 || 19.87 || 5/18 || 30.7 || 0 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Vinoth Baskaran]]
| 14 || 14 || '''20''' || 122.4 || 3.62 || 22.15 || 3/26 || 36.8 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="11"|Source: ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=13343;type=tournament| title=Records / CWC Challenge League Group A, 2019-2022/23 / Most wickets | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
|}

===League B===
====Most runs====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Player !! Matches !! Innings !! Runs !! [[Batting average (cricket)|Average]] !! SR !! HS !! 100 !! 50 !! 4s !! 6s
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JER}} [[Nick Greenwood (cricketer)|Nick Greenwood]]
| 15 || 15 || '''809''' || 53.93 || 96.53 || 141 || 3 || 5 || 93 || 12
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Ronak Patel]]
| 15 || 14 || '''640''' || 58.18 || 75.73 || 121[[not out|*]] || 1 || 6 || 76 || 2
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|HK}} [[Kinchit Shah]]
| 15 || 15 || '''615''' || 51.25 || 84.24 || 139 || 3 || 3 || 64 || 11
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Rakep Patel]]
| 15 || 14 || '''600''' || 46.15 || 94.63 || 113 || 2 || 3 || 57 || 23
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JER}} [[Harrison Carlyon]]
| 14 || 14 || '''547''' || 42.07 || 80.91 || 96 || 0 || 4 || 80 || 3
|-
! colspan="11"|Source: ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=13449;type=tournament| title=Records / CWC Challenge League Group B, 2019-2022/23 / Most runs | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 August 2022}}</ref>
|}

====Most wickets====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Player !! Matches !! Innings !! Wickets !! Overs !! Econ. !! Ave. !! BBI !! S/R !! 4WI !! 5WI
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gareth Berg]]
| 15 || 15 || '''34''' || 128.4 || 3.66 || 13.85 || 5/51 || 22.7 || 2 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|JER}} [[Julius Sumerauer]]
| 15 || 15 || '''26''' || 107.4 || 4.57 || 18.96 || 6/32 || 24.8 || 0 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|HK}} [[Ehsan Khan (cricketer)|Ehsan Khan]]
| 14 || 13 || '''22''' || 114.1 || 3.88 || 20.18 || 4/17 || 31.1 || 2 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|UGA}} [[Dinesh Nakrani]]
| 15 || 15 || '''21''' || 117.2 || 4.47 || 25.00 || 3/20 || 33.5 || 0 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|KEN}} [[Shem Ngoche]]
| 13 || 13 || '''20''' || 113.5 || 3.71 || 21.15 || 3/24 || 34.1 || 0 || 0
|-
! colspan="11"|Source: ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{cite web| url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=13449;type=tournament| title=Records / CWC Challenge League Group B, 2019-2022/23 / Most wickets | publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=14 August 2022}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==

* [[2021–2023 World Test Championship|2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship]]
* [[2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2]]
* [[2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/19553/season/2019/cwc-challenge-league-group-a Group A home at ESPNcricinfo]
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/19653/season/2019/cwc-challenge-league-group-b Group B home at ESPNcricinfo]
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