Cricket Canada to host Namibia and Scotland for ODI Tri-series in August 2025

Cricket Canada (CC) will be hosting the Men’s National teams from Scotland and Namibia for an ODI Tri-series from August 27th – September 06th, 2025, which will be the fourteenth (14th) round of the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cycle (Qualification pathway tournament towards 2027 CWC Global Qualifier). Top four (4) after completion of 36 ODIs for all in the CWC League 2 Championship will qualify directly for 2027 Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier (CWCQ). Bottom four (4) teams in the points table will then compete in CWC Qualifier Play-off tournament, along with four (4) teams from the Challenge League competitions (Top 2 teams from both groups) for four (4) spots in CWCQ.

Cricket Canada are also using the opportunity to provide competitive exposure for their A squad players through their High Performance One-day program, with matches scheduled with Namibia, before the start of the ODI Tri-series, which in turn provides warm-up for the Namibian Team.

Currently, it is unknown if there will be a T20I Tri-series or Bi-lateral T20Is between the teams after the conclusion of the ODI Tri-series. As per the original Men’s Associate FTP, T20Is (either a Tri-series or Bi-lateral) were scheduled as part of each Tri-series in the CWC League 2 ODI Championship, but it depends on the participating boards on their own arrangements, as it is not part of ICC funding.

CWC League 2 Schedule (Canada-Scotland-Namibia)

Scotland: Richie Berrington (Captain), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Josh Davey, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Charlie Tear and Mark Watt

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Jan Nicole Loftie-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Zane Green, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, WP Myburgh, Malan Kruger, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, JC Balt, Dylan Leicher, Tangeni Lungameni and Jan-Izak de Villiers

Canada: Nicholas Kirton (Captain), Pargat Singh, Shreyas Movva, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Saad bin Zafar, Ali Nadeem Abbasi, Jaskaran Buttar, Yuvraj Samra, Shivam Sharma, Mansab Gill and Shahid Ahmadzai

27th August 2025: Canada vs Namibia (Scorecard)

29th August 2025: Namibia vs Scotland (Abandoned)

31st August 2025: Scotland vs Canada (Scorecard)

02nd September 2025: Canada vs Namibia (Scorecard)

04th September 2025: Namibia vs Scotland (Scorecard)

06th September 2025: Scotland vs Canada (Scorecard)

Warm-up Fixtures (Canada High-performance)

14th/15th August 2025: Canada Emerging vs Canada A – 1st One-day (Scorecard) and 2nd One-day (Scorecard)

18th/21st August 2025: Namibia vs Canada A – 1st One-day (Scorecard) and 2nd One-day (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Canada Emerging – 1st One-day (Scorecard) and 2nd One-day (Scorecard)

22nd August 2025: Canada A vs Namibia – 3rd One-day (Scorecard) ; Canada vs Canada Emerging – 3rd One-day (Scorecard)