ICC World Cup Qualifier: Road to India get exciting, ICC releases schedule for World Cup 2023 Playoffs in Namibia, Check OUT

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Ansh Athani

1 year ago

ICC World Cup Qualifier: Men’s ICC World Cup is scheduled to be played in India this year. In order to reach the final stage of their World Cup, teams have to go through a process of qualification. The qualification has been divided into two steps: ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff and Men’s Cricket […]

ICC World Cup Qualifier: Men’s ICC World Cup is scheduled to be played in India this year. In order to reach the final stage of their World Cup, teams have to go through a process of qualification. The qualification has been divided into two steps: ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff and Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Follow World Cup 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

The Playoff, which is two steps away from the World Cup, features the teams who placed in the bottom four places of the Men’s CWC League 2 and the top spots in the CWC Challenge League A and B respectively after four years of hard-fought competition and is the final opportunity at booking a place in the Zimbabwe Qualifier.

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Playoff is to be played as a round robin format with the top two teams to progress to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier in June and July.

The schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff has been released, following the confirmation of all six teams that will feature at the event set to be held in Namibia from 26 March – 5 April 2023.

The road to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is heating up as hosts Namibia will be joined by the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Jersey in a round-robin format where the top two teams will earn a place at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier that will be hosted in Zimbabwe from 18 June – 9 July.

After Nepal have qualified for ICC ODI World Cup qualifiers.
The race to 2023 Men’s ICC Cricket World Cup is on its final legs 🏁 pic.twitter.com/5087nTLsyP

— ✍️Keshav_Saud🇳🇵🙏 (@KeshabSaud11) March 16, 2023

The event will be hosted across two venues, the Wanderers Cricket Ground and the United Cricket Club Ground, both in Windhoek, with all matches commencing at 09:30 local time.

Hosts Namibia, who were pipped by Nepal for an automatic ticket to Zimbabwe in League 2, will open the event on Sunday, 26 March at the Wanderers Cricket Club against the United States.

The UAE and PNG will face-off in their first fixture on 27 March, while the two teams promoted from the Challenge League, Canada and Jersey, will begin their campaigns on the same day.

All matches will be live-streamed on Fancode in the Indian-subcontinent and on ICC.tv across rest of the world.

ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP QUALIFIER PLAYOFF FIXTURE

26 March 2023

Namibia v USA 09:30 local time, Wanderers Cricket Ground

27 March 2023

UAE v PNG 09:30 local time, Wanderers Cricket Ground

Jersey v Canada 09:30 local time, United Cricket Club Ground

29 March 2023

Canada v USA 09:30 local time, Wanderers Cricket Ground

PNG v Namibia 09:30 local time, United Cricket Club Ground

30 March 2023

Namibia v Jersey 09:30 local time, Wanderers Cricket Ground