ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 - ZImbabwe Live Streaming
Zimbabwe cricket announced their plans to host the qualifier in July 2020, following their previous hosting of the qualification tournament in March 2018. The confirmation that Zimbabwe would be the host country for the tournament came in December 2020.
The qualifier tournament involves ten teams: the bottom five teams from the 2020-23 World Cup Super League, the top three teams from the 2019-23 World Cup League 2, and the top two teams from the 2023 World Cup Qualifier Play-off.
All matches in the qualifier tournament will hold One Day International (ODI) status. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) for matches starting from the Super Six stage. This marks the first instance of DRS being implemented in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.
The two highest-ranking teams from this qualifier will earn a place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Initially, there was a provision that the top-ranked team in the CWC League 2 (Scotland) could be promoted to the next Super League, replacing the 13th ranked team (Netherlands), only if the League 2 winner outperformed them in this tournament.
The lower-ranked team would have then competed in the next edition of League 2. However, the ICC announced in November 2021 that there would not be a second edition of the Super League.
Ten teams participating in the qualifier are divided into two groups of five. Group A consists of Zimbabwe (the host), the West Indies, the Netherlands, Nepal, and the United States. Group B is composed of Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
Each team will play all the other teams in their respective group once. The top three teams from each group will advance to the Super Six stage. In the Super Six, teams will face the teams they did not encounter in the group stage.
All points earned during the group stage will carry over to the Super Six stage, except for points gained against teams that do not qualify for the Super Six. The two finalists will secure a spot in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
A total of 34 matches will be held at Queen’s Sports Club, Bulawayo Athletic Club in Bulawayo, Harare Sports Club, and Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare. The final match will take place at Harare Sports Club on July 9th. Warm-up fixtures will also be hosted by the Old Hararians Cricket Club.
The opening match at Harare Sports Club will feature host Zimbabwe against Nepal, who are striving to qualify for their first Men’s Cricket World Cup. On June 18th, two-time Men’s Cricket World Cup champions, the West Indies, will also play against their neighbors, the USA, at Takashinga Cricket Club.
Group B matches will commence on June 19th in Bulawayo, with the 1996 World Cup champions Sri Lanka facing the UAE at Queen’s Sports Club. In the other match at Bulawayo Athletic Club, Ireland will compete against Oman.
The Netherlands will kick off their campaign against Zimbabwe on June 20th at Harare Sports Club, while Scotland will face off against rivals Ireland in Bulawayo on June 21st at Queen’s Sports Club. The Super Six stage will begin on June 29th, and the bottom two teams from each group will compete in the Playoff.
For the first time in this tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) will be implemented for all matches starting from the Super Six stage.
The Qualifier marks the culmination of four years of intense competition, bringing together the bottom five teams from the ICC Men’s CWC Super League, three automatic qualifiers from the ICC Men’s CWC League 2, and two teams who earned entry from the ICC Men’s CWC Qualifier Play-off.
ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIER WARM-UP FIXTURES
(All matches start at 09h00 local time)
Tuesday, 13 June
West Indies v Scotland, Harare Sports Club
Zimbabwe v Oman, Takashinga Cricket Club
Nepal v UAE, Old Hararians Cricket Club
Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Queen’s Sports Club
Ireland v USA, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Thursday, 15 June
Nepal v Oman, Harare Sports Club
West Indies v UAE, Takashinga Cricket Club
Zimbabwe v Scotland, Old Hararians Cricket Club
Ireland v Netherlands, Queen’s Sports Club
Sri Lanka v USA, Bulawayo Athletic Club
ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIER FIXTURES
(All matches start at 09h00 local time)
Sunday, 18 June
Zimbabwe v Nepal, Harare Sports Club
West Indies v USA, Takashinga Cricket Club
Monday, 19 June
Sri Lanka v UAE, Queen’s Sports Club
Ireland v Oman, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Tuesday, 20 June
Zimbabwe v Netherlands, Harare Sports Club
Nepal v USA, Takashinga Cricket Club
Wednesday, 21 June
Ireland v Scotland, Queen’s Sports Club
Oman v UAE, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Thursday, 22 June
West Indies v Nepal, Harare Sports Club
Netherlands v USA, Takashinga Cricket Club
Friday, 23 June
Sri Lanka v Oman, Queen’s Sports Club
Scotland v UAE, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Saturday, 24 June
Zimbabwe v West Indies, Harare Sports Club
Netherlands v Nepal, Takashinga Cricket Club
Sunday, 25 June
Sri Lanka v Ireland, Queen’s Sports Club
Scotland v Oman, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Monday, 26 June
Zimbabwe v USA, Harare Sports Club
West Indies v Netherlands, Takashinga Cricket Club
Tuesday, 27 June
Sri Lanka v Scotland, Queen’s Sports Club
Ireland v UAE, Bulawayo Athletic Club
Thursday, 29 June
Super 6: A2 v B2, Queen’s Sports Club
Friday, 30 June
Super 6: A3 v B1, Queen’s Sports Club
Playoff: A5 v B4, Takashinga Cricket Club
Saturday, 1 July
Super 6: A1 v B3, Harare Sports Club
Sunday, 2 July
Super 6: A2 v B1, Queen’s Sports Club
Playoff: A4 v B5, Takashinga Cricket Club
Monday, 3 July
Super 6: A3 v B2, Harare Sports Club
Tuesday, 4 July
Super 6: A2 v B3, Queen’s Sports Club
Playoff: 7th v 8th Takashinga Cricket Club
Wednesday, 5 July
Super Six: A1 v B2, Harare Sports Club
Thursday, 6 July
Super Six: A3 v B3, Queen’s Sports Club
Playoff: 9th v 10th Takashinga Cricket Club
Friday, 07 July
Super Six: A1 v B1, Harare Sports Club
Sunday, 09 July
Final, Harare Sports Club
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 - All the squads
Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, PJ Moor, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh, Gyanendra Malla, Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulsan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Bhim Sharki, Lalit Rajbanshi, Pratish JC, Arjun Saud, Kishor Mahato
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Max O'Dowd, Logan van Beek, Vikram Singh, Aryan Dutt, Viv Kingma, Bas de Leede, Noah Croes, Ryan Klein, Teja Nidamanuru, Wesley Barresi, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar.
Oman: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas (vc), Jatinder Singh, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Mohammed Nadeem, Sandeep Goud, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Adeel Shafique, Naseem Khushi, Bilal Khan, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra, Samay Shrivastav, Rafiullah
Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Tom Mackintosh, Chris McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc & wk), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dushan Hemantha
UAE: Mohammad Waseem (c), Ethan D'Souza, Ali Naseer, Vriitya Aravind, Rameez Shahzad, Jawadullah, Asif Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Aayan Khan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan, Sanchit Sharma, Aryansh Sharma, Karthik Meiyappan, Basil Hameed
USA: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones (vc), Abhishek Paradkar, Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Kyle Philip,Nisarg Patel, Nostush Kenjige, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani, Usman Rafiq
West Indies: Shai Hope (c), Rovman Powell (vc), Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd
Zimbabwe: Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Craig Ervine, Bradley Evans, Joylord Gumbie, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams.
