Cricket Namibia to host CWC Qualifier play-off in March/April 2023

Cricket Namibia (CN) have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier play-off tournament from 24th March – 05th April 2023. Men’s National teams of Jersey and Canada have qualified from their respective CWC Challenge League groups by finishing on top of the points table, into the CWC Qualifier Play-off tournament. The Play-off tournament will carry official ODI status for all the matches, and which will mean that Jersey Men’s team will be playing their maiden one-day game in the ODI format and will become the 25th Men’s team to do so, and it will be a return for Canada Men’s team in the format that they had lost the opportunity to compete for in the previous World Cup qualification cycle.

Jersey qualified from the Challenge League B group, which consisted of teams from Uganda, Hong Kong, Italy, Kenya and Bermuda after the completion of the three (3) scheduled rounds in the event. Canada have qualified from the Challenge League A group, which consisted of teams from Singapore, Qatar, Denmark, Vanuatu and Malaysia. Both Jersey and Canada will be joined by four (4) bottom-placed teams in the CWC Super League 2 competition, with the eventual six (6) team tournament will be competed for the final two (2) qualification spots into the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in June/July in Zimbabwe. The Top four (4) teams in the qualifier play-off tournament will be part of the next cycle of CWC League 2 Championship pathway program towards qualification for 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Squads

United States of America: Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones, Ali Khan, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Kyle Philip, Nisarg Patel, Nostush Kenjige, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani and Usman Rafiq

Jersey: Chuggy Perchard (Captain), Dan Birrell, Dominic Blampied, Harrison Carlyon, Jake Dunford, Nick Greenwood, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Jonty Jenner, Josh Lawrenson, Elliot Miles, Benjamin Stevens, Julius Sumerauer, Asa Tribe and Benjamin Ward

United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Aayan Khan, Ansh Tandon, Aryan Lakra, Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Junaid Siddique, Karthik Meiyappan, Matiullah, Rameez Shahzad, Rohan Mustafa, Sanchit Sharma, Vriitya Aravind and Zahoor Khan

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz, Pikky ya France, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Josh Julius, Karl Birkenstock, Mauritius Ngupita, Michael van Lingen, Michau Du Preez, Nikolaas Davin, Ruben Trumpelmann, Shaun Fouche and Zane Green

Papua New Guinea: Assad Vala (Captain), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Charles Amini Jr, Gaudi Toka, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, John Kariko, Kabua Morea, Kipling Doriga, Norman Vanua, Rikey Hekure, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau and Tony Ura

Canada: Saad bin Zafar (Captain), Aaron Johnson, Ammar Khalid, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Kaleem Sana, Matthew Spoors, Nicholas Kirton, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Parveen Kumar, Ravinderpal Singh, Srimantha Wijeyeratne and Shreyas Movva

Warm-up Fixtures

19th March 2023: USA vs Namibia A (Scorecard)

CWC Qualifier Play-off Schedule

26th March 2023: Namibia vs United States of America (Scorecard)

27th March 2023: United Arab Emirates vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Jersey (Scorecard)

29th March 2023: Canada vs United States of America (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Namibia (Scorecard)

30th March 2023: Namibia vs Jersey (Scorecard) ; United States of America vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard)

01st April 2023: United Arab Emirates vs Canada (Scorecard) ; Jersey vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)

02nd April 2023: Papua New Guinea vs United States of America (Scorecard) ; Namibia vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard)

04th April 2023: Namibia vs Canada (Scorecard) ; United States of America vs Jersey (Scorecard)

05th April 2023: Canada vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) ; Jersey vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard)