Zimbabwe Cricket to host ICC Men’s World Cup global qualifiers in June/July 2023

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) will be hosting the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Global Qualifier (CWCQ) from June 08th – July 09th, with the ten (10) team tournament to determine the two (2) qualification spots for the main event in October/November in India. The tournament will feature the five (5) bottom teams on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League table, the top three (3) teams from the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 and the top two (2) teams from the 2023 World Cup Qualifier Play-off.

National squads of West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Scotland, Oman, Nepal, United States of America and United Arab Emirates will be competing in the tournament for the two (2) qualification spots into the main event in India in October/November 2023.

Top three (3) teams from each group will advance to the Super 6’s stage of the tournament, carrying forward their points from the group stage, and playing the three (3) teams from the other group. The bottom two (2) teams from both group stage groups will compete in play-off matches to decide the final finishing positions for the tournament. DRS (Decision Review System), which was not available for the 2018 edition of the tournament, will be in place this time around from the Super 6’s stage of the event.

ICC will produce live coverage of all 34 matches to a global audience, with 20 of these games, played at Harare Sports Club in Harare and the Queen’s Sports Club in Bulawayo produced to a broadcast specification. For the remaining 14 games, played at the Takashinga Cricket Club in Harare and Bulawayo Athletic Club in Bulawayo, the coverage will be produced to a live-stream specification. The commentary team will feature Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Ian Bishop, Natalie Germanos, Andy Flower, Ashwell Prince, Carlos Brathwaite, Preston Mommsen, Brian Murgatroyd, Samuel Badree, Niall O’Brien, Ed Rainsford, Russel Arnold, Dirk Nannes and Mitchell McClenaghan. The live-streamed matches will additionally feature Raunak Kapoor, Andrew Leonard, Nikhil Uttamchandani, Firdose Moonda and Tino Mawoyo.

2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Groups

Group A: West Indies, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Nepal, United States of America

Group B: Sri Lanka, Ireland, Scotland, Oman, United Arab Emirates

2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Schedule (Video)

18th/19th June 2023: West Indies vs USA (Scorecard) ; Nepal vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka vs UAE (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Ireland (Scorecard)

20th/21st June 2023: USA vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Zimbabwe vs Netherlands (Scorecard) ; Ireland vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Oman (Scorecard)

22nd/23rd June 2023: West Indies vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs USA (Scorecard) ; UAE vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Oman vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard)

24th/25th June 2023: Netherlands vs Nepal (Scorecard) ; Zimbabwe vs West Indies (Scorecard) ; Scotland vs Oman (Scorecard) ; Ireland vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard)

26th/27th June 2023: USA vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs West Indies (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Ireland vs UAE (Scorecard)

Squads

Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (Captain), Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Bradley Evans, Joylord Gumbie, Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza

West Indies: Shai Hope (Captain), Rovman Powell, Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah, Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Johnson Charles, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran and Romario Shepherd

United States of America: Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones, Abhishek Paradkhar, 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

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (Captain), Maxwell 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 and Saqib Zulfiqar

Scotland: Richie Berrington (Captain), 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 and Mark Watt

United Arab Emirates: Mohammad Waseem (Captain), 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 and Basil Hameed

Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), 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 and Craig Young

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya De Silva, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha

Oman: Zeeshan Maqsood (Captain), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Mohammed Nadeem, Sandeep Goud, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Naseem Khushi, Bilal Khan, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Jay Odedra and Samay Shrivastav

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Sompal Kami, Aasif Sheikh, Karan KC, Gyanendra Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane, Bhim Sharki, Kushal Malla, Pratish GC, Aarif Sheikh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Dipendra Singh Airee, Arjun Saud, Gulshan Jha and Kishor Mahato