57-625: The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 is an international cricket competition contested in the One Day International format and the second level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system which was introduced in 2019. Seven teams participate and either directly advance to the World Cup Qualifier or advance to the World Cup Qualifier Play-off for another chance to enter
114-482: A perpetual trophy is awarded to the winning team. Perpetual trophies include: One-day series generally last from three to seven matches. T20 series last from one to five matches. Tours may include a multi-team one-day tournament, often referred to as a "triangular" or "quadrangular" tournament. Teams play a round-robin format, often with teams playing each other twice. Points are awarded for wins, ties and no results, and some tournaments also award bonus points based on
171-483: A close encounter in Super 4, ending with 2 back-to-back defeats against Sri Lanka. India started the tournament as hot favourites defeating Pakistan; however, they could not win against them and Sri Lanka in the super 4 and got knocked out of the tournament. Afghanistan was the only team in the tournament to defeat the eventual winners Sri Lanka. Pakistan was awarded to host the tournament. However, Indian cricket team
228-516: A controversial series in Sri Lanka the previous year. Bangladesh was included for the first time. Sri Lanka won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final. The third edition, in 1988, was held in Bangladesh , the first time a multi-national cricket tournament was held there. In the final, India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win their second Asia Cup. The fourth edition of the tournament
285-502: A period of 10 years. If the cricket boards of two individual countries reach an agreement, they can play more than two series. If a team doesn't want to travel to a particular country for a bilateral series due to security reasons, then, by the mutual agreement of the respective boards, that series can be shifted to a neutral venue or another country with appropriate facilities, such as in the United Arab Emirates . Recently,
342-804: A qualification system for the World Cup that can be accessed by all associate and affiliate members, and as an opportunity for those sides to play international one-day matches against teams of similar standards. The top division of the WCL was known as the ICC World Cricket League Championship . Since the WCL started in 2007, the final matches in the WCL have formed the ICC World Cup Qualifier competition. This competition dates back to 1979. Asia Cup The Asia Cup officially known as Men's Asia Cup ,
399-536: A quick match, defending champions Sri Lanka lost to India by 10 wickets and got only 50 runs, giving target of 51 runs to the winning Indian team. It was 8th time win for India. Kuldeep Yadav was the Player of the Tournament due to his skilled bowling in the series. The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Asia Cup ODI and T20I tournaments. The table below provides an overview of
456-695: A semiannual Triangular Tournament was organised at Sharjah , in the United Arab Emirates . However, the tournament has lost its lustre because the overwhelming number of cricket matches has spoiled the pitch. In contrast to the one-dayers, Tests are almost never held in neutral venues. A once-off triangular Test tournament was held in England in 1912, which saw South Africa play Australia in three tests at neutral venues, but otherwise it has only been security risks which have seen Tests played on neutral soil. Most notably, Pakistan has "hosted" Test series in England,
513-405: A series of Test matches against the host nation, and either a series of One-Day (ODi) and T20 matches against the host nation or a tournament involving the host nation and another touring nation. Tours may include Test, ODI and T20I matches, or just one or two of these formats. Test series can last from two to six matches, but some tours consist of only a single Test. Six-match series were common in
570-577: A six-team tournament three times on an annual basis. The top team in each group will advance to the Qualifier Play-off , taking place in 2022, which feeds into the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. The remaining ten teams will be eliminated from the 2023 World Cup. This allowed teams the chance to play first-class cricket matches against teams of similar skill in a competition environment, and prepared them for eventual promotion to Test cricket status. The ICC WCL (known as
627-510: A tie with Afghanistan. Shikhar Dhawan was the top run getter with 342 runs in 5 matches, was awarded Man of the Series. Afghanistan was the only team in the tournament who remained unbeaten against eventual winners India. United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament and Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup beating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final. Sri Lanka reached the final as the only unbeaten team in
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#1732782963746684-758: A tri-series. The Cricket World Cup Challenge League replaced the World Cricket League (WCL) which was previously used as the pathway to the Cricket World Cup . The first fixtures took place in September 2019, with all matches having List A status. The league features 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. The twelve teams are split into two groups, with each group playing
741-538: Is divided by the total number of matches to give a 'rating', and the Test-playing teams are by order of rating (this can be shown in a table). From 2002 to 2019, the top-ranked Test team was awarded with the ICC Test Championship mace and the top team at each 1 April cut-off (until 2019) was also awarded a cash prize, the winners of which are listed below. The mace is now awarded to the winners of
798-471: Is divided by the total number of matches to give a rating, and all teams are ranked on a table in order of rating. The ranking does not replace the World Cup; the latter still carries much more significance to most cricket fans. The ranking consisted two separate tables until merged into a single table in 2018. The ten ICC Full Members that play Test cricket were automatically listed on the main table while
855-477: Is the biennial Cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The competition is contested by Asian members' senior men's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia . It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries being the only continental championship in cricket where
912-569: The 1993 tournament was cancelled for the same reason. The ACC announced that the tournament would be held biennially from 2009 onwards. The ICC has ruled that all games played in the Asia Cup have official ODI status. After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 would be played on a rotation basis between One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on
969-471: The Asian Cricket Council were joined by Nepal , who made their ACC Asia Cup debut having qualified for the first time in qualifying the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup . India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan qualified to play in the tournament. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka qualified to play the Super fours stage. India and Sri Lanka, both got qualified for finals after two victories by each. The finals occurred in Sri Lanka. In
1026-546: The ICC Men's Champions Trophy , the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and the ICC Men's T20 World Cup . Australia is currently the most successful team overall with 10 ICC trophies, and also the only one to win all tournaments at least once. The following table shows the events won by each team: The main women's international tournaments organized by the ICC are the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup , ICC Women's T20 World Cup and
1083-611: The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup & ICC Men's T20 World Cup . There was no formal structure for international cricket until the early 20th century. It had long been traditional for countries, without any intervention from a body such as the ICC, to organise for themselves the various cricket matches. The first international match was contested in 1844 between teams representing the United States and Canada , at St George's Cricket Club in New York . The ICC later committed
1140-636: The ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy . The following table show the events won by each team: The main Under-19 men's international tournament organised by the ICC is the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup . The following table show the events won by each team: The main Under-19 women's international tournaments organized by the ICC is the U-19 T20 World Cup which is only played once so far. The following table show
1197-458: The United Arab Emirates were joined by the top four teams ( Namibia , Oman , Papua New Guinea , United States ) from the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. The top three teams advanced to the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, with the bottom four teams advancing to the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off . All matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). Each set of fixtures will take part as
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#17327829637461254-473: The 1970s and early 1980s, with the last six-match series to date taking place in 1997–98 between the West Indies and England . Ashes Test series in England were six-match affairs between 1981 and 1997 , but Australia reverted to five matches in its home series from 1982 to 1983. The most important series last four or five matches, while the less important ones last two to three matches. Sometimes,
1311-647: The Asia Cup tournament was held in Bangladesh for the third consecutive time from 24 February to 6 March. The final was held on 6 March 2016. India won the final by beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium situated in Mirpur locality, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is for the sixth time that India won the Asia cup title in 2016. Shikhar Dhawan of India was
1368-624: The Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya was the player of the Tournament. The ninth edition of the Asia Cup was held in Pakistan . Once again, the 2004 format was retained. The tournament started on 24 June 2008 and the Final was held on 6 July 2008. Sri Lanka topped Group A and qualified for the second phase along with Bangladesh. In Group B, India came out on top and entered the Super Fours along with Pakistan in second place. Sri Lanka and India topped
1425-550: The ICC World Test Championship. The ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings were created, and are run, by the ICC for reasons similar to the Test Rankings. The rankings are simply an international ranking scheme overlaid on the regular ODI ( One Day International ) match schedule. After every ODI match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. The total of each team's points total
1482-526: The ODI format. However, in April 2018, the tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates , due to political tensions between India and Pakistan . India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final. India did not suffer a single defeat in the tournament, with 2 wins each against Pakistan & Bangladesh, a solitary win against Hong Kong, and
1539-636: The Pakistan Cricket Team has played many of their home bilateral series on Emirati soil. In addition to tours, nations may organise one-day matches at neutral venues. The Sahara Cup was a one-day series played annually between India and Pakistan in Toronto, until the Indian government ordered the suspension of all cricketing ties with Pakistan because of the countries' hostile diplomatic situation . The BCCI revived ties in 2004. Similarly,
1596-485: The Pepsi ICC World Cricket League for sponsorship reasons) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the ICC. All associate and affiliate members of the ICC were eligible to compete in the league system , which featured a promotion and relegation structure between divisions. The league system had two main aims: to provide
1653-629: The Qualifier. Two teams from the Qualifier qualify for the next Cricket World Cup . League 2 and the Qualifier Play-off replaced the ICC World Cricket League Championship and ICC World Cricket League Division Two for determining World Cup qualification. The first edition was in 2019–2023 . This article related to an International cricket competition is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . International cricket International cricket matches are played between
1710-478: The Super Four stage and entered the final. Sri Lanka beat India in the final comfortably winning their fourth Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a quick 125 off 114 balls to rescue Sri Lanka from 66/4 earlier on when the top order collapsed. Sri Lanka's new mystery spinner, Ajantha Mendis , took 6/13 bowling Sri Lanka to a 100 run victory. He also was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament. The tenth edition
1767-545: The Super-Four stage winning against Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. Bhanuka Rajapaksa was awarded Man of the Match for his unbeaten 71 off 45 balls, and Wanindu Hasaranga was second highest wicket-taker with 9 wickets in 6 matches, scored 66 runs in 5 innings and was named Player of the Series. Pakistan had an average start in the Asia Cup with a defeat against India in the group stage, beating India & Afghanistan in
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1824-579: The Test-playing nations to play each other in a programme of matches over a period of 10 years known as the ICC Future Tours Programme . This system was set up to encourage some of the better-established countries to play the lesser nations more frequently. Most Test , One-Day and Twenty20 matches take place in the form of "tours". In a tour, one nation travels to another and plays warm-up matches, which may be first-class matches, against domestic teams such as county or state teams,
1881-566: The UAE and Sri Lanka in the 21st century. Security implications have also affected tours to Sri Lanka and tours to Zimbabwe in the past. The final of the ICC World Test Championship is played at a neutral venue, and for its first three editions was played in England ( England did not qualify for any of these finals). The main men's international tournaments organized by the ICC are the ICC Men's World Test Championship ,
1938-474: The basis of the format of upcoming world events. As a result, the 2016 event was the first event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 . India , with eight titles (seven ODI and one T20I), is the most successful team in the tournament. Sri Lanka is the second most successful team, with six, while Pakistan have won two titles. Sri Lanka has played
1995-456: The events won by each team: The following table show the events won by each team: The following table show the events won by each team: The following table show the events won by each team: The following table show the events won by each team: The following table show the events won by each team: In essence, after every Test series, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. The total of each team's points total
2052-676: The events won by each team: The main men's international tournaments organised by the ACC is the Asia Cup and earlier the Asian Test Championship which is now defunct. The main women's international tournaments organised by the ACC is the Asia Cup . The main u-19 men's international tournaments organized by the ACC is the U-19 Asia Cup . The following table show the events won by each team: The following table show
2109-479: The fifth time. Lahiru Thirimanne was adjudged the Player of the Tournament scoring 279 runs. After the Asian Cricket Council was downsized by the ICC in 2015, it was announced that Asia Cup tournaments would be played on rotation basis in ODI and T20I format. As a result, 2016 events was the first tournament in T20I format and was played between five teams just ahead of 2016 ICC World Twenty20 . The 2016 edition of
2166-479: The final by virtue of better run rate than Pakistan as all three teams had equal points after the preliminary round. For the third successive time, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final. The sixth edition was held in Sri Lanka in 1997. Sri Lanka beat India in the final by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup. The 7th edition took place in Bangladesh for the second time in 2000. Pakistan and Sri Lanka made it to
2223-400: The final while India only won one match against Bangladesh and surprisingly did not qualify for the final for the first time. In the final, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cup for the first time. Yousuf Youhana was the player of the Tournament. The 8th edition took place in Sri Lanka in 2004. There was a change in the tournament format as UAE and Hong Kong were also included for
2280-556: The first time and the tournament was now divided into three stages – the Group Stage , Super Fours and the final. The group stage was divided into two groups of 3 teams, each playing each other once. The top two teams from each group qualified for the Super Four stage where they played each other again once. The top two teams in the Super Four stage then qualified for the final. Hosts Sri Lanka, India and UAE were placed in Group A while
2337-514: The man of the match for his 60 runs. Sabbir Rahman of Bangladesh was the player of the series. India won all of its matches played in Asia Cup 2016 beating Bangladesh 2 times, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and UAE. On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore , BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. It will follow
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2394-621: The margin of victory. There may be a final match played between the two teams with the most points from the round-robin stage. International cricket by seasons In 2001 the ICC decided to create a plan designed to make all ICC full member countries play each other for Test cricket over a period of ten years (known as the ICC Ten Year Plan). This was approved in February 2001 by the ICC member countries. Starting from 2002 and running until 2011, it ensured that each Test country played
2451-575: The most Asia Cups (16) followed by India , Pakistan and Bangladesh (15 each). India has been considered the best Asian team while Sri Lanka has historically been the second best. The first edition of the Rothmans Asia Cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah , UAE , the location of the headquarters of the newly formed Asian Cricket Council . The tournament was a round-robin tournament among India , Sri Lanka and Pakistan . The first match
2508-426: The other nine home and away over a period of ten years, in addition to any matches the individual cricket boards organised on their own. Thus, India and Pakistan played 12 ODIs and 6 Tests against each other in their respective countries (not including neutral ground ODI tournaments such as the Asia Cup ) from 2004 to April 2005, and played a further series of 3 Tests and 5 ODIs in the winter of 2006. However, because of
2565-524: The rigorous schedule of the Ten Year Plan, there was hardly any time left over to schedule other series, and there were voices criticising the amount of international cricket that is played, with the risk of injury and player burnout as reasons for why this amount should be reduced. The ICC defended their policy, citing the number of international players in English county cricket as a sign that there
2622-458: The six Associate Members with One Day International status were listed on a secondary table, but are eligible for promotion to the main table by meeting certain criteria. As with the Test and ODI Rankings, the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings are an international Twenty20 ranking system run by the ICC. It is simply a ranking scheme overlaid on the regular T20I match schedule. After every T20I match,
2679-523: The teams representing their nations , organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The main forms are Test matches , One-Day matches and Twenty20 matches . Most games are played as part of "tours" when one nation travels to another for a number of weeks or months and plays a number of matches of various sorts against the host nation. The ICC also organises competitions that are for several countries at once, including
2736-429: The then defending champions Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong were placed in Group B. UAE and Hong Kong were knocked out in the group stage. Bangladesh had the distinction of reaching the second stage in a major tournament for the first time, but played poorly in the Super Fours and got eliminated. India and Sri Lanka topped the Super Four stage and reached the final. In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 25 runs to win
2793-490: The two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. The total of each team's points total is divided by the total number of matches to give a rating, and all teams are ranked on a table in order of rating. This ranking does not replace the ICC World Twenty20 competition. Competitions for member nations of the ICC with Associate status include: It featured seven teams: Scotland , Nepal and
2850-441: The winning team becomes the champion of Asia . India are the defending champions after winning the 2023 edition . The first edition was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where the council's offices were based until 1995. India boycotted the 1986 tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka . Pakistan boycotted the 1990–91 tournament due to strained political relations with India and
2907-521: Was adjudged the Player of the Tournament. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century in this tournament. The twelfth edition was held in Dhaka and Fatullah , Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. The tournament consisted of five teams with Afghanistan in it for the first time since its inception in 1984. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final to win the Asia Cup for
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#17327829637462964-406: Was between Pakistan and the new ICC member Sri Lanka. India won this tournament with two victories, Sri Lanka were the runners up in the tournament with a single victory over Pakistan, while Pakistan went home without winning either of its two games. Sri Lanka was the host for the second edition in 1986. India pulled out of the tournament due to soured cricketing relations with Sri Lanka after
3021-454: Was held in India in 1990–91. Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to strained political relations with India. India retained the Asia Cup defeating Sri Lanka in the final. In 1993, the tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan. The fifth edition, in 1995, took the series back to Sharjah , UAE after 11 years. India and Sri Lanka made it to
3078-429: Was held in Sri Lanka , between 15 and 24 June 2010 hosting the Asia Cup for the fourth time. It only featured the four Test playing Asian nations, and seven matches were played in all (including the final). Sri Lanka and India topped the group stages and entered the final. In the final, India beat Sri Lanka comfortably to become champions for the fifth time, winning the tournament for first time in 15 years. Shahid Afridi
3135-407: Was not too much cricket for the players. Despite criticism of its original Ten Year Plan, the ICC created an ICC Future Tours Programme (or FTP for short). In the same way as for the Ten Year Plan, this is a schedule of international cricket tours which structure the programme of cricket for ICC full members, with an objective of each team playing each other at least once at home and once away over
3192-496: Was reluctant to visit Pakistan to participate in the tournament. So, after a lot of deliberation, India agreed to play in a hybrid model where India will play all their matches in another country and few other matches will be hosted in Pakistan. Thus, it was the first Asia Cup to be co-hosted by multiple countries; four matches were played in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches were played in Sri Lanka. The five full members of
3249-444: Was the Player of the Tournament. The eleventh edition of the Asia Cup was held in Dhaka , Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified to play in the final of the eleventh edition, Bangladesh had beaten India and Sri Lanka to book their place in the final for the first time in the history of the tournament. Pakistan beat Bangladesh after a thrilling final over, winning their second Asia Cup. Shakib Al Hasan
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