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    <periodOfReport>2021-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001644675</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Mimecast Ltd</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MIME</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001863284</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Leger Bernd</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <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>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Marketing Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Restricted Share Units</value>
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            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>28021</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>28021</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>49.07</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2021-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>61348</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2031-06-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>61348</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>61348</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Ordinary Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These restricted share units were granted on June 1, 2021.  Twenty-five percent (25%) of the units vest on June 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="F3">This option was granted on June 1, 2021. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vest on June 1, 2022, 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 May 24, 2021).</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert P. Nault, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-06-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
