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    <periodOfReport>2021-04-26</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>Mimecast Ltd</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MIME</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>DiMarino Dino</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MIMECAST NORTH AMERICA, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>191 SPRING STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEXINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02421</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Revenue Officer</officerTitle>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Share Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>16.64</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-04-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F8"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-09-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Share Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>34.82</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-04-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F9"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-04-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2000</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F9"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on September 16, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Ordinary Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These restricted share units were granted on April 2, 2018.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vested on April 2, 2019, twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vested on April 2, 2020, and the remainder of the units vest on an annual basis over the next two (2) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These restricted share units were granted on April 1, 2019.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vested on April 1, 2020 and the remainder of the units vest on an annual basis over the next three (3) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">These restricted share units were granted on October 1, 2019.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vested on October 1, 2020, and the remainder of the units vest on an annual basis over the next three (3) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">These restricted share units were granted on April 1, 2020.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vest on April 1, 2021 and the remainder of the units vest on an annual basis over the next three (3) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">These restricted share units were granted on April 1, 2021.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vest on April 1, 2022 and the remainder of the units vest on an annual basis over the next three (3) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">This option was granted on September 1, 2016. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vested on September 1, 2017 and the remainder of the shares vested on a quarterly basis over the next three (3) years.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">This option was granted on April 2, 2018. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vested on April 1, 2019, and the remainder of the shares vest on a quarterly basis over the next three (3) years, provided that the Reporting Person remains an employee of the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24 to Form 3 filed by the Reporting Person on October 1, 2019).</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert P. Nault, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-04-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
