While call up to England is on the radar for Jersey’s Asa Tribe, who has already played for the England Lions team, this upcoming year still could see him playing most of International cricket for Jersey, if he is not selected for England’s senior team.

Cricket Scotland have already published their annual calendar, where as many as four (4) series have been earmarked for the “A” team this year, which is emphasized on providing opportunity, but also performances in terms of future international selection considerations.

Scotland Men A Tour of Jersey Schedule

Jersey: Charlie Brennan, Charles Perchard, George Richardson, Julius Sumerauer, Daniel Birrell, Jonty Jenner, Dominic Blampied, Jack Kemp, Patrick Gouge, William Perchard, Zak Tribe, Harrison Carlyon, Stanley Norman, Luke Bosio and Theo Pullman

Scotland A: Cameron Brown, Lloyd Brown, Finlay Carter, Dan Da Costa, Jamie Dunk, Michael English, Adil Ghaffar, Callum Grant, Jack Hogarth, Ollie Jones, Muhaymen Majeed, Conor McKerr, Liam Naylor and Ali Orr

18th April 2026: Jersey vs Scotland A – 1st T20 (Scorecard) and 2nd T20 (Scorecard)

19th April 2026: Scotland A vs Jersey – 3rd T20 (Scorecard) and 4th T20 (Scorecard)

Challenge League A: Denmark, Jersey, Kenya, Kuwait, Papua New Guinea and Qatar

Challenge League B: Bahrain, Hong Kong China, Italy, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda

Eight (8) teams retained their places in the Challenge League on the basis of their performance in the previous edition of the qualification pathway. The remaining four (4) teams qualified from the recently concluded Challenge League Playoff held in Malaysia: Bahrain, Italy, Kuwait and Tanzania.

The schedule for all the three (3) rounds for both the groups will be announced in due course.

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

Nepal National squad will also be hosting the National squads of United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) for their ODI Tri-series in March 2023, and will also be travelling to UAE before that for the penultimate round of the Championship in Dubai between the same three (3) nations.

Squads

Nepal: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Aasif Sheikh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Gyanendra Malla, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kushal Malla, Gulshan Jha, Dipendra Singh Airee, Bhim Sharki, Sundeep Jora and Surya Tamang

Scotland: Richie Berrington (Captain), Kyle Coetzer, Matthew Cross, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Tom Mackintosh, Chris McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Liam Naylor (development player), Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir and Mark Watt

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (Captain), Lohan Louwrens, Tangeni Lungameni, Zane Green, Michael van Lingen, Jan Frylinck, Bernard Scholtz, Pikky Ya France, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Joshuan Julius, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann and Shaun Fouche 

CWC League 2 ODI Tri-Series Schedule (Nepal-Scotland-Namibia)

20th February 2023: Nepal vs Namibia (Scorecard)

18th February 2023: Namibia vs Scotland (Scorecard)

17th February 2023: Scotland vs Nepal (Scorecard)

15th February 2023: Namibia vs Scotland (Scorecard)

14th February 2023: Nepal vs Namibia (Scorecard)

21st February 2023: Scotland vs Nepal (Scorecard)

Men’s teams from Nepal and Namibia will travel to Scotland from July 10th – 17th, before teams from UAE and USA travel to Scotland from August 08th – 16th, 2022. As part of the warm-up fixtures arrangement between the three boards, Scotland A squad will be playing two (2) matches each with the teams from UAE and USA from August 04th – 08th at Forfarshire and Ayr, for USA and UAE teams to get acclimatized to the conditions ahead of the crucial ODI Tri-series, which will have significant impact on the points table.

CWC League 2 Tri-series Squads

Scotland: Matthew Cross (Captain), Kyle Coetzer, Chris Greaves, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, Gavin Main, Chris McBride, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace and Mark Watt

UAE: Ahmed Raza (Captain), Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Vriitya Aravind, C P Rizwan, Basil Hameed, Rohan Mustafa, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali and Alishan Sharafu

USA: Monank Patel (Captain), Aaron Jones, Cameron Stevenson, Gajanand Singh, Ian Holland, Jaskaran Malhotra, Jasdeep Singh, Nisarg Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Steven Taylor, Sushant Modani and Yasir Mohammed

CWC League 2 Warm-up Fixtures

04th/08th August 2022: Scotland A vs UAE – 1st One-Day (Scorecard) and 2nd One-Day (Scorecard)

05th/07th August 2022: Scotland A vs USA – 1st One-Day (Scorecard) and 2nd One-Day (Scorecard)

CWCL2 Tri-Nation ODI Series Schedule (UAE-Scotland-USA)

10th August 2022: Scotland vs UAE (Scorecard)

11th August 2022: UAE vs USA (Scorecard)

13th August 2022: USA vs Scotland (Scorecard)

14th August 2022: Scotland vs UAE (Scorecard)

16th August 2022: UAE vs USA (No Result)

17th August 2022: USA vs Scotland (Scorecard)

CWCL2 Tri-Nation ODI Series Schedule (Namibia-Scotland-Nepal)

10th July 2022: Scotland vs Namibia (Scorecard)

11th July 2022: Namibia vs Nepal (Scorecard)

13th July 2022: Nepal vs Scotland (Scorecard)

14th July 2022: Scotland vs Namibia (Scorecard)

16th July 2022: Namibia vs Nepal (Scorecard)

17th July 2022: Nepal vs Scotland (Scorecard)

Challenge League groups are part of the qualification pathway towards 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, where the top team from each of the group will join the bottom 4 teams from ICC CWC League 2 Championships in the Challenge Play-off tournament, from where the top 2 teams will advance towards 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers. While the matches in CWC Challenge League are given List-A status, the added incentive for the top team in both A & B group, when they advance to ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-Off will be to play matches against the other four team’s will ODI status.

Uganda recorded a perfect start winning all their matches in the 1st round of Challenge League Group B in Oman, while Jersey also recorded a perfect five in the 2nd round of the competition held in Uganda. Uganda, Jersey and Hong Kong are all separated by a margin of only 2 points in the points table currently and the final set of fifteen (15) List-A games in Jersey will decide the winner for the competition, which began back in 2019.

ICC CWC Challenge League B 3rd Round Squads

Bermuda: Kamau Leverock (Captain), Terryn Fray, Zeko Burgess, Dennico Hollis, Ras-Solomon Burrows, Jamar Stovel, Dominic Sabir, Joseph Basden, Charles Trott, Jabari Darrell, Cameron Jeffers, Khiry Furbert, Steven Bremar Jr and Zeri Tomlinson

Uganda: Deus Muhumuza (Captain), Simon Ssesazi, Ronak Patel, Kenneth Waiswa, Dinesh Nakrani, Riazat Ali Shah, Frank Nsubuga, Bilal Hassun, Fred Achelam, Cosmas Kyewatu, Juma Miyaji, Henry Ssenyondo, Frank Akankwasa and Arnold Otwani

Jersey: Charles Perchard (Captain), Harrison Carlyon, Nick Greenwood, Rhys Palmer, Jonty Jenner, Juliys Sumerauer, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Dominic Blampied, Jake Dunford, Dan Birrell, Elliot Miles, Ben Stevens, Josh Lawrenson and Asa Tribe

Hong Kong: Nizakat Khan (Captain), Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan, Zeeshan Ali, Yasim Murtaza, Haroon Arshad, Ehsan Khan, Ghazanfar Mohammad, Ayush Shukla, Babar Hayat, Shahid Wasif, Aftab Hussain, Hassan Mohammad and Scott McKechnie

Kenya: Shem Ngoche (Captain), Nelson Odhiambo, Rakep Patel, Vraj Patel, Irfan Karim, Collins Obuya, Tanzeel Sheikh, Rushabhvardhan Patel, Emmanuel Ringera, Sukhdeep Singh, Eugene Odhiambo, Yash Saileshkumar, Alex Auma and Elijah Asoyo

Italy: Gareth Berg (Captain), Gian-Piero Meade, Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, Harry Manenti, Ali Hasan, Madupa Fernando, Dinuka Samarawickrama, Nimna Pauththuwadura, Nisar Hamed, Ishan Ranepura, Jaspreet Singh, Jagmeet Singh and Monu Lal

ICC CWC Challenge League B 3rd Round Schedule

04th August 2022: Bermuda vs Italy (Scorecard) @11am

05th August 2022: Hong Kong vs Kenya (Scorecard) @11am ; Uganda vs Jersey (Scorecard) @11am

07th August 2022: Italy vs Uganda (Scorecard) @11am ; Bermuda vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) @11am

08th August 2022: Jersey vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @11am ; Kenya vs Italy (Scorecard) @11am

10th August 2022: Uganda vs Kenya (Scorecard) @11am ; Hong Kong vs Jersey (Scorecard) @11am

11th August 2022: Italy vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) @11am ; Kenya vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @11am

13th August 2022: Bermuda vs Uganda (Scorecard) @11am ; Jersey vs Italy (Scorecard) @11am

14th August 2022: Kenya vs Jersey (Scorecard) @11am ; Uganda vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) @11am

ICC CWC Challenge League B 2nd Round Schedule

17th June 2022: Uganda vs Jersey (Scorecard) @10am

18th June 2022: Hong Kong vs Italy (Scorecard) @10am and Kenya vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @10am

20th June 2022: Kenya vs Jersey (Scorecard) @10am and Uganda vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) @10am

21st June 2022: Uganda vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @10am and Jersey vs Italy (Scorecard) @10am

23rd June 2022: Kenya vs Italy (Scorecard) @10am and Hong Kong vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @10am

24th June 2022: Hong Kong vs Jersey (Scorecard) @10am and Uganda vs Italy (Scorecard) @10am

26th June 2022: Kenya vs Uganda (Scorecard) @10am and Jersey vs Bermuda (Scorecard) @10am

27th June 2022: Bermuda vs Italy (Scorecard) @10am and Kenya vs Hong Kong (Scorecard) @10am

Netherlands Cricket Board will be hosting four home series and play four away series as part of the CWC Super League Championship. They have already hosted Ireland, West Indies and England at home, and have played away tours in Qatar (Afghanistan series) and New Zealand. Their tour of South Africa was cut short after the completion of the first game in the series of three (3) due to COVID-19 pandemic and still need to be rescheduled.

Squads

Pakistan: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan, Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mehmood

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (Captain), Musa Ahmad, Shariz Ahmad, Wesley Barresi, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Aryan Dutt, Arnav Jain, Viv Kingma, Ryan Klein, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Maxwell O’Dowd and Vikram Singh

Pakistan Men’s tour of Netherlands Schedule

16th August 2022: Pakistan vs Netherlands – 1st ODI (Scorecard)

18th August 2022: Pakistan vs Netherlands – 2nd ODI (Scorecard)

21st August 2022: Pakistan vs Netherlands – 3rd ODI (Scorecard)

While Scotland have previously co-hosted the Cricket World Cup event in 1999, it will be first time that USA and Namibia will be co-hosting the ICC marquee events. USA Cricket and Cricket West Indies (CWI) will be hosting the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will be utmost importance for ICC to showcase the sport globally and improve its chances to have it featured in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and has been a strategic plan to promote and develop cricket and related commercial activity in North America and the Caribbean region.

Cricket Namibia will be co-hosting the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup in collaboration with Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). Kenya co-hosted the tournament when it took place in the Africa region back in 2003, where Namibia made their maiden appearance in the 50-overs tournament. With Namibia’s performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup in UAE and Oman applauded by everyone, this hosting opportunity further provides the Cricket Board to grow the sport in the country, which has already seen a massive rise in the past couple of years in the grass-roots level.

Cricket Scotland will co-host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament in 2030 in collaboration with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Ireland. Scotland have previously hosted Global Qualifiers for T20 World Cup events, but to host the main event in itself will be a massive opportunity, provided how limited International cricket is played at home in a calendar year with only a handful of teams visiting them for bi-lateral tours (which is definitely improving and scheduled plans were dented due to COVID-19 in 2020).

The list of postponed series includes the one in Oman, who were due to host USA and Nepal for six ODIs between 19th – 28th March 2021. The next two series that have been postponed were scheduled to take place in Papua New Guinea, who were due to host Oman and Scotland between 14th – 24th April, followed with the series in which they were scheduled to host USA and Namibia between 13th – 23rd May 2021.

The postponements are due to the current travel restrictions between countries, the quarantine time required before matches and the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. The ICC will be working with the host nations and participating Members to find an appropriate window where the qualification pathway fixtures can be safely and practically rescheduled before the cut-off date of 28th February 2023.

ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley said in the ICC press release “We have decided to postpone the three upcoming series involving six Members in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 competition. The ICC’s priority continues to be to protect the well-being of players, coaches, officials and fans. We have fully assessed the situation with both hosts and all participating Members, and taking into account current travel restrictions, quarantine time before matches and on government and public health authority advice in relation to COVID-19, the best course of action was to postpone these series.”

The next set of tri-series scheduled in the competition is in July 2021, where Scotland are scheduled to host Nepal and Namibia for six ODIs. The Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 competition, forms part of the qualifying pathway program to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.

Being part of the ODI Super League is a big catch for an Associate nation, as it not only guarantees a total of 24 ODI matches (3 ODI’s each against 8 Full member countries as depicted in the ICC_Tours), but also the opportunity to get more commercial and broadcast revenues through sponsorships.

The 13th spot in the Super League will again be up for grabs again as the team ranked 13th at the end of the ODI Super League in 2022/2023 will have to compete with the top team from ICC CWC League 2 from 2019-2022, in order to claim the coveted spot in the next edition of the Super League, which will be direct qualification pathway for 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.

It provides for a highly competitive League 2, as all the 7 countries in the league (Scotland, UAE, Nepal + Top 4 teams from ICC WCL Division 2) will not only fight for the top 3 spots into the 2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, but also the top spot in the league will bring them one step closer to challenge the 13th ranked team in 2020-2023 Super League for a place in the Super League and get to play 36 ODI matches against the 12 Full members in the next 3-year Super League period.

The winner between the League 2 winners and 13th ranked team will play the next edition of the Super League, while the team losing the challenge will be relegated to ICC CWC League 2 for it’s next edition.