The 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League is the second edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League and a cricket tournament which forms part of the 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification process.
Teams and qualification
The league features twelve teams: those finishing 2nd–4th in their respective league in the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League, the top four finishers from 2024 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League Play-off and two teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off.
That tournament saw Canada, winner of League A in the previous Challenge League being promoted to League 2 status, while Papua New Guinea was relegated. The other Challenge League winner, Jersey, was not successful in obtaining promotion. The top 2 teams from both groups A and B will secure a spot at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff.
Method of qualification Date of qualification Venues Number of teams Teams 26 March – 5 April 2023 Namibia 2019–2022 Challenge League 16 September 2019 – 13 December 2022 Various 2024 Challenge League Play-off 22 February – 3 March 2024 Malaysia Total 12
Fixtures Each group is scheduled to play three times in a single round-robin tournament format, once each year from 2024 to 2026. This amounts to 15 matches per team and a total of 90 matches. LeagueDateLocationA25 September – KenyaB6–16 November 2024UgandaB6–16 February 2025Hong KongA21–31 August 2025JerseyB8–18 August 2026TanzaniaA21–31 October 2026Kenya
Points table League A
League B
Statistics League A Most runs Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 31 August 2025 + Most runs scored by a batter Runs Player 442 Rakep Patel 91 63.14 82.15 0 5 37 10 435 Saif Ahmad 140 43.50 94.56 2 1 25 26 380 Imal Liyanage 107* 47.50 80.85 1 3 43 5 373 Zak Tribe 100 74.60 108.74 1 2 32 10 373 Josh Lawrenson 139 41.44 74.89 1 1 40 2
Most wickets Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 31 August 2025
+ Most wickets taken by a bowler Player 23 Kabua Morea 80.4 5/29 16.95 21.04 4.83 1 1 22 Josh Lawrenson 67.0 5/29 10.90 18.27 3.58 2 1 19 Nick Greenwood 59.3 5/38 12.26 18.78 3.91 0 1 18 Yasin Patel 76.0 5/48 18.11 25.33 4.28 0 1 16 Alei Nao 65.0 4/17 17.62 24.37 4.33 2 0 Saif Ahmad 78.5 5/38 23.18 29.56 4.70 1 1
League B Most runs Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Most runs scored by a batter Runs Player 558 Raghav Dhawan 85 50.72 76.75 0 6 56 10 529 Anshuman Rath 91 40.69 76.00 0 5 58 5 473 Riazat Ali Shah 104 43.00 98.95 1 3 34 20 460 Marcus Campopiano 74* 46.00 73.13 0 3 43 11 341 Babar Hayat 103 28.41 66.60 1 1 36 9
Most wickets Source: ESPNcricinfo
+ Most wickets taken by a bowler Player 29 Crishan Kalugamage 96.5 4/36 13.20 20.00 3.95 1 0 25 Yasim Murtaza 102.4 4/17 14.60 24.60 3.55 2 0 24 Juma Miyagi 90.1 6/17 14.95 22.50 3.98 2 1 23 Rakibul Hasan 76.2 6/18 9.34 19.90 2.81 0 2 Henry Ssenyondo 97.5 4/28 13.17 25.50 3.09 2 0
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