International_cricket_in_2018

International cricket in 2018

International cricket season

The 2018 international cricket season was from May 2018 to September 2018.^[1] 16 Test matches, 27 One-day Internationals (ODIs) and 33 Twenty20 International (T20Is), as well as 14 Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and 81 Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), were played during this period.

The season started with India leading the Test cricket rankings, England leading the ODI rankings, Pakistan leading the Twenty20 rankings, and Australia women leading the women's rankings. This season was also the first to be scheduled under the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme.^[2] In addition, all women's Twenty20 matches played between member sides after 1 July were given full international status and classified as WT20Is, as per a decision made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in April 2018. The first WT20Is to be classified as such under these new rules took place at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.^[3]^[4]

Men's international cricket started with Pakistan's tour of Ireland, which included a one-off Test match that Pakistan won. The Test match was Ireland's first. This season also included Afghanistan's first Test match and Nepal's first ODI matches. Scotland beat England for the first time in ODIs after winning the one-off ODI in Edinburgh. Scotland's innings total of 371/5 was the highest score by an Associate team against a Full Member team. In the 3rd ODI of Australia's tour of England, England scored a new record high ODI innings total of 481/6 off 50 overs.

The qualification process for the 2023 Cricket World Cup started with the World Cricket League Division Four tournament that was held in Malaysia. Uganda and Denmark were promoted to Division Three while Vanuatu and Bermuda were relegated to Division Five.

The qualification process for the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup continued in this season. The Africa Eastern Sub Region Qualifier was held in Rwanda and saw Kenya and Uganda qualify for the Africa Regional Qualifier. The Europe Group A, B, and C Sub Region Qualifiers were held in the Netherlands. Denmark, Germany, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, and Norway qualified for the Europe Regional Qualifier. The East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Group A Sub Region Qualifier was conducted and Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu qualified for the EAP Region Qualifier.

Women's international cricket started off with Bangladesh's tour of South Africa. In the first WODI of New Zealand's tour of Ireland, New Zealand scored a new record total in a WODI innings of 490/4 off 50 overs. The Women's Asia Cup saw a number of upsets occur. Bangladesh advanced to their first Asia Cup final after recording their first wins against India and Pakistan in WT20Is, and Thailand recorded their first victory over a Full Member nation after beating Sri Lanka. Bangladesh went on beat India in the final, to win their first Asia Cup title. In the first WT20I of the Women's T20 Tri-Series in England, New Zealand scored a new record total in a WT20I innings of 216/1 off 20 overs against South Africa. Later the same day, England broke the WT20I record, scoring 250/3, also against South Africa.

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Men's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	T20I
11 May 2018	Ireland	Pakistan	0−1 [1]	—	—
24 May 2018	England	Pakistan	1−1 [2]	—	—
31 May 2018	West Indies	World XI	—	—	1−0 [1]
3 June 2018	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	—	—	3−0 [3]
6 June 2018	West Indies	Sri Lanka	1−1 [3]	—	—
10 June 2018	Scotland	England	—	1−0 [1]	—
12 June 2018	Scotland	Pakistan	—	—	0−2 [2]
13 June 2018	England	Australia	—	5−0 [5]	1−0 [1]
14 June 2018	India	Afghanistan	1−0 [1]	—	—
27 June 2018	Ireland	India	—	—	0−2 [2]
3 July 2018	England	India	4−1 [5]	2−1 [3]	1−2 [3]
4 July 2018	West Indies	Bangladesh	2–0 [2]	1−2 [3]	1–2 [3]
12 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2−0 [2]	2−3 [5]	1−0 [1]
13 July 2018	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	—	0−5 [5]	—
29 July 2018	Nepal	Netherlands	—	—	0−0 [1]
1 August 2018	Netherlands	Nepal	—	1−1 [2]	—
20 August 2018	Ireland	Afghanistan	—	1−2 [3]	0−2 [3]
Men's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
29 April 2018	2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four			Uganda
12 June 2018	2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series			Scotland
1 July 2018	2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series			Pakistan

Women's international tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	WTest	WODI	WT20I
4 May 2018	South Africa	Bangladesh	—	5–0 [5]	3–0 [3]
6 June 2018	Ireland	New Zealand	—	0–3 [3]	0–1 [1]
9 June 2018	England	South Africa	—	2–1 [3]	—
28 June 2018	Ireland	Bangladesh	—	—	1−2 [3]
7 July 2018	England	New Zealand	—	2−1 [3]	—
Women's international tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
3 June 2018	2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup			Bangladesh
20 June 2018	2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series			England
7 July 2018	2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier			Bangladesh

ICC Test Championship 1 May 2018^[7]^[8]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	28	3499	125
2	South Africa	32	3589	112
3	Australia	33	3499	106
4	New Zealand	23	2354	102
5	England	36	3511	98
6	Sri Lanka	31	2914	94
7	Pakistan	17	1463	86
8	Bangladesh	16	1202	75
9	West Indies	22	1484	67
10	Zimbabwe	8	12	2

ICC ODI Championship 2 May 2018^[9]^[6]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	England	42	5257	125
2	India	45	5492	122
3	South Africa	34	3842	113
4	New Zealand	41	4602	112
5	Australia	32	3327	104
6	Pakistan	32	3279	102
7	Bangladesh	24	2220	93
8	Sri Lanka	43	3302	77
9	West Indies	29	1989	69
10	Afghanistan	28	1758	63
11	Zimbabwe	37	2021	55
12	Ireland	20	766	38

ICC T20I Championship 2 May 2018^[10]^[11]
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Pakistan	23	2990	130
2	Australia	15	1894	126
3	India	32	3932	123
4	New Zealand	22	2542	116
5	England	17	1951	115
6	South Africa	18	2058	114
7	West Indies	18	2048	114
8	Afghanistan	22	1917	87
9	Sri Lanka	27	2287	85
10	Bangladesh	21	1570	75
11	Scotland	9	592	66
12	Zimbabwe	14	817	58
13	Netherlands	8	421	53
14	United Arab Emirates	12	608	51
15	Hong Kong	10	420	42
16	Oman	7	270	39
17	Ireland	11	358	33

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR	Promotion or relegation
1	Uganda	5	4	1	8	1.175	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
2	Denmark	5	3	2	6	0.349	Promoted to Division Three for 2018
3	Malaysia	5	3	2	6	0.322	Relegated to ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League
4	Jersey	5	2	3	4	0.044
5	Vanuatu	5	2	3	4	−0.677
6	Bermuda	5	1	4	2	−1.065

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	29 April	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Malaysia by 9 runs
2nd Match	29 April	Denmark	Hamid Shah	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	Denmark by 8 wickets
3rd Match	29 April	Jersey	Charles Perchard	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Jersey by 7 wickets
4th Match	30 April	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Malaysia by 23 runs
5th Match	30 April	Denmark	Hamid Shah	Jersey	Charles Perchard	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	Denmark by 7 wickets (DLS)
6th Match	30 April	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Uganda by 189 runs
7th Match	2 May	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	Jersey	Charles Perchard	Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Bermuda by 58 runs
8th Match	2 May	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	Uganda by 81 runs
9th Match	2 May	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Denmark	Hamid Shah	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Denmark by 33 runs
10th Match	3 May	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Denmark	Hamid Shah	Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Uganda by 1 run (DLS)
11th Match	3 May	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Jersey	Charles Perchard	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	Jersey by 10 runs (DLS)
12th Match	3 May	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Vanuatu by 4 wickets
13th Match	5 May	Denmark	Hamid Shah	Vanuatu	Andrew Mansale	Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Vanuatu by 5 wickets
14th Match	5 May	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	No result
15th Match	5 May	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Jersey	Charles Perchard	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	No result
Replays
14th Match	6 May	Malaysia	Anwar Arudin	Bermuda	Terryn Fray	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia by 89 runs
15th Match	6 May	Uganda	Roger Mukasa	Jersey	Charles Perchard	UKM Cricket Oval, Bandar Kinrara	Uganda by 7 runs

WODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WODI 1110	4 May	Dane van Niekerk	Rumana Ahmed	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	South Africa by 106 runs
WODI 1111	6 May	Dane van Niekerk	Rumana Ahmed	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	South Africa by 9 wickets
WODI 1112	9 May	Dane van Niekerk	Rumana Ahmed	Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 9 wickets
WODI 1113	11 May	Chloe Tryon	Rumana Ahmed	Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 154 runs
WODI 1114	14 May	Dane van Niekerk	Rumana Ahmed	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 6 wickets
WT20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
WT20I 413	17 May	Chloe Tryon	Salma Khatun	Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 17 runs
WT20I 414	19 May	Dane van Niekerk	Salma Khatun	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 32 runs
WT20I 415	20 May	Dane van Niekerk	Salma Khatun	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 23 runs

West Indies v World XI T20I
No.	Date	West Indies Captain	World XI Captain	Venue	Result
T20I 666	31 May	Carlos Brathwaite	Shahid Afridi	Lord's, London	West Indies by 72 runs

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	India	5	4	1	8	2.446
2	Bangladesh	5	4	1	8	1.116
3	Pakistan	5	3	2	6	1.850
4	Sri Lanka	5	2	3	4	0.891
5	Thailand	5	2	3	4	−1.026
6	Malaysia	5	0	5	0	−5.302

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	Pts	NRR
1	Scotland	4	2	1	1	5	1.148
2	Netherlands	4	2	2	0	4	−1.553
3	Ireland	4	1	2	1	3	0.410

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	England	4	3	1	6	2.571
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	4	0.238
3	South Africa	4	1	3	2	−2.855

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	4	3	1	12	1.809
2	Pakistan	4	3	1	12	0.707
3	Zimbabwe	4	0	4	0	−2.340

Nepal v Netherlands
No.	Date	Nepal Captain	Netherlands Captain	Venue	Result
T20I 691	29 July	Paras Khadka	Pieter Seelaar	Lord's, London	No result

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 4009	13 June	Eoin Morgan	Tim Paine	The Oval, London	England by 3 wickets
ODI 4010	16 June	Jos Buttler	Tim Paine	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	England by 38 runs
ODI 4011	19 June	Eoin Morgan	Tim Paine	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England by 242 runs
ODI 4012	21 June	Eoin Morgan	Tim Paine	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	England by 6 wickets
ODI 4013	24 June	Eoin Morgan	Tim Paine	Old Trafford, Manchester	England by 1 wicket
Only T20I
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 679	27 June	Eoin Morgan	Aaron Finch	Edgbaston, Birmingham	England by 28 runs

T20I series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
T20I 684	3 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Old Trafford, Manchester	India by 8 wickets
T20I 688	6 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	England by 5 wickets
T20I 690	8 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	India by 7 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 4014	12 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	India by 8 wickets
ODI 4016	14 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Lord's, London	England by 86 runs
ODI 4018	17 July	Eoin Morgan	Virat Kohli	Headingley, Leeds	England by 8 wickets
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 2314	1–5 August	Joe Root	Virat Kohli	Edgbaston, Birmingham	England by 31 runs
Test 2315	9–13 August	Joe Root	Virat Kohli	Lord's, London	England by an innings and 159 runs
Test 2316	18–22 August	Joe Root	Virat Kohli	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	India by 203 runs
Test 2317	30 August – 3 September	Joe Root	Virat Kohli	Rose Bowl, Southampton	England by 60 runs
Test 2318	7–11 September	Joe Root	Virat Kohli	The Oval, London	England by 118 runs

International_cricket_in_2018

Season overview

Rankings

April

2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four

Final standings

May

Bangladesh women in South Africa

Pakistan in Ireland

Pakistan in England

Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge

June

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in India

2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

Sri Lanka in West Indies

New Zealand women in Ireland

South Africa women in England

England in Scotland

2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series

Pakistan in Scotland

Australia in England

Afghanistan in India

2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series

India in Ireland

Bangladesh women in Ireland

July

2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series

India in England

Bangladesh in West Indies and United States

2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

Final standings

New Zealand women in England

South Africa in Sri Lanka

Pakistan in Zimbabwe

2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series

August

Nepal in Netherlands

Afghanistan in Ireland

See also

References

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