{"id":12991,"date":"2019-09-16T05:41:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=12991"},"modified":"2019-09-16T07:47:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T11:17:47","slug":"cwc-challenge-league-group-a-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=12991","title":{"rendered":"CWC Challenge League Group A coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emerging Cricket is providing good coverage of the CWC Challenge League Group A tournament in Malaysia, with a comprehensive overview of the tournament, and links to the Malaysian Cricket Association’s live stream. Malaysia beat Denmark in today’s opening match and Canada play their first game tomorrow against Vanuatu. It seems that live streaming will only be in place for one venue, with Canada’s Tuesday match not being covered.
\nEmerging Cricket coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

The ICC have also provided a tournament preview:-
\nAugust marked the start of the road to the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2023 with the first Men\u2019s CWC League 2 series getting underway; this week the first-ever Men\u2019s CWC Challenge League takes place which sits three steps away from India 2023 at the foot of the pathway.
\nThere are two Challenge Leagues A and B, each comprising six teams that will play 15 matches each over two and half years. Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Qatar and Vanuatu form group A, whilst group B consists of Bermuda, Hong Kong, Italy, Jersey, Kenya and Uganda.<\/p>\n

Malaysia will host the first Men\u2019s CWC Challenge League A between 16 and 26 September with each team playing five matches across 11 days.<\/p>\n

Teams will compete in Challenge League A and B once a year respectively in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The league will see a total of 90 competitive 50 over List A matches for teams ranked 21-32. The top team in each league at the culmination of the competition will secure two of the six places in the Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-Off to be held in 2022, alongside the bottom four of Men\u2019s CWC League 2.<\/p>\n

Malaysia captain, Ahmad Faiz said: \u201cWe are excited to host the first leg of the CWC Challenge League A. The team has trained hard for this tournament. We are definitely looking forward to playing against the contending teams and strive towards as many wins as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denmark captain, Hamid Shah said: \u201cI am very much looking forward to the new event structure, it gives us the opportunity to compete against some very strong teams over three tournaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of cricket is ahead of us and the guys are very excited about to play in the first Challenge League in Malaysia. We have had some success in Malaysia before, so hopefully we can continue from where we left.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanuatu captain, Andrew Mansale said: \u201cAs our team matures I am really looking forward to us playing better cricket. This is the highest level the Vanuatu has attained and we will continue to get better. I have faith in my players and our management. Myself and our new coach are expecting some really good performances from everyone in the team.\u201d <\/p>\n

ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley speaks ahead of the first Challenge League. \u201cThe introduction of the new four-year qualification structure to the Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup has provided international cricket with a clear and simple pathway to the pinnacle event. Challenge League and League 2 teams will be playing more organized and competitive cricket thanks to the new structures.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking ahead to the first Challenge League we are delighted to be working the Malaysian Cricket Association again and seeing fantastic venues play host to ICC events.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Challenge League B event is scheduled to take place between 25 November and 9 December and will be hosted by Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

The Challenge Leagues will run concurrently with the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup League 2 and the ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Super League which has a start date of May 2020.<\/p>\n

The match schedule, six squads and match officials for the first ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Challenge A, being held in Kuala Lumpur from16 -26 September 2019 are as follows:<\/p>\n

Match Schedule<\/p>\n

16 September: Denmark v Malaysia (Kinrara Oval)
\n17 September: Singapore v Qatar (Kinrara Oval); Canada v Vanuatu (Selangor Turf Club)
\n18 September: Rest day
\n19 September: Canada v Malaysia (Kinrara Oval); Singapore v Denmark (Selangor Turf Club)
\n20 September: Denmark v Vanuatu (Kinrara Oval); Malaysia v Qatar (Selangor Turf Club)
\n21 September: Rest day
\n22 September: Canada v Qatar (Kinrara Oval); Singapore v Vanuatu (Selangor Turf Club)
\n23 September: Singapore v Malaysia (Kinrara Oval); Denmark v Qatar (Selangor Turf Club)
\n24 September: Rest day
\n25 September: Canada v Denmark (Kinrara Oval); Malaysia v Vanuatu (Selangor Turf Club)
\n26 September: Vanuatu v Qatar (Kinrara Oval); Canada v Singapore (Selangor Turf Club)<\/p>\n

All matches start at 10:00am local time.<\/p>\n

Squads<\/p>\n

Canada – Navneet Dhaliwal (captain); Abraash Khan; Cecil Pervez; Dilon Heyliger; Hamza Tariq; Harsh Thaker; Nikhil Dutta; Nitish Kumar; Ravinderpal Singh; Rodrigo Thomas; Romesh Galkandage Don; Saad Zafar; Shahid Ahmadzai; Srimantha Wijeyeratne<\/p>\n

Denmark \u2013 Hamid Shah (captain); Rizwan Mahmood; Monty Singh; Oliver Hald; Anique Uddin; Zameeer Khan; Jino Jojo; Nicolaj Damgaard; Lucky Malik; Zishan Shah; Jonas Henriksen; Delawar Khan; Abdul Wahab; Frederik Klokker; Bashir Shah<\/p>\n

Malaysia \u2013 Ahmad Faiz Mohammad Noor (captain); Muhamad Syahadat Ramli; Abdul Rashid Ahad; Mohd Nazril Abdul Rahman; Mohd Suharril Fetri Shuid; Muhammad Anwar Abdul Rahman; Mohamad Norwira Zazmie Abdul Halim; Pavandeep Singh Jagjit Singh; Syed Aziz Syed Mubarak; Muhammad Hafiz Khair; Virandeep Singh Jagjit Singh; Aminuddin Ramly; Dhivendran Mogan<\/p>\n

Qatar \u2013Kamran Khan; Saqlain Arshad; Muhammad Awais Malik; Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim; Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry; Qalandar Khan; Muhammad Nadeem; Dharmang Hasmukh Patel; Mohammad Rizlan; Gayan Buddika; Musawar Shah; Syed Yousuf Tameem; Owais Ahmed; Khurram Shahzad<\/p>\n

Singapore \u2013 Amjad Mahboob (captain); Aahan Gopianth Achar; Rezza Gaznavi; Anantha Krisha; Aryaman Uchil; Manpreet Singh; Vinoth Baskaran; Rohan Rangarajan; Sidhant Singh; Navin Param; Arjun Mutreja; Timothy Hays David; Surendan Chandramohan; Avi Dixit<\/p>\n

Vanuatu \u2013 Andrew Mansale (captain); Patrick Matautaava; Jamal Vira; Jelany Chilia; Apo Stephen; Nalin Nipiko; Kalo Shem; Williamsing Nalisa; Josh Rasu; Wesly Viraliliu; Clement Tommy; Ronald Tari; Shane Deitz; Simpson Obed; Trevor Langa; Callum Blake; Sampson Kalworai; Junior Kaltapau<\/p>\n

Match officials<\/p>\n

Match Referee – Mohammad Anees<\/p>\n

Umpires: Akbar Ali Khan (UAE); Sarika Prasad (Singapore); Vinod Babu (Oman); Durga Nath Subedi (Nepal); Kalidas Viswanadan (Malaysia); Buddhi Pradhan (Nepal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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