ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff 2023: Full Schedule, Squads, Where to Watch: The road to the much-awaited ICC World Cup 2023 has almost entered its final phase. A total of ten teams will be participating in the competition that is scheduled to be played in India this year in October-November.
After the conclusion of the 2019 World Cup, a total of 32 teams were in contention for World Cup 2023. 7 of those 32 teams have already booked their spot at the tournament while 10 teams are still in contention for the remaining 3 spots. The seven teams that have already booked their qualification are – India, New Zealand, England, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan.
And the remaining teams will be decided by the final stages of the Super League, the Cricket World Cup Qualifier and the World Cup Qualifier Playoff. As of now, just one automatic World Cup spot is left to be claimed and fours teams – West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland and South Africa – are in contention.
And while one team will gain an automatic qualification, the other three will have to play the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe beginning on June 18. Prior to that, the ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff is scheduled to take place in Namibia this month.
Six teams – hosts Namibia, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Papua New Guinea, Canada and Jersey – will take part in the tournament. The World Cup Qualifier Playoff is the second last stage before the World Cup.
It features the teams that are 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 competition. The top two teams will make it to the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.
So as the ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff is all set to take place, here are all the details regarding the fixtures and squads.
ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff 2023: Full Schedule, Squads, Where to Watch
ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff – Schedule:
The ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff will be played across two venues in Namibia – the Wanderers Cricket Ground and the United Cricket Club Ground. Both the venues are located in the capital city of Windhoek. All the games will be beginning at 09h30 local time.
Here is the schedule for ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff:
| 26 March 2023 |
| Namibia v USA 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| 27 March 2023 |
| UAE v PNG 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| Jersey v Canada 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 29 March 2023 |
| Canada v USA 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| PNG v Namibia 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 30 March 2023 |
| Namibia v Jersey 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| USA v UAE 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 1 April 2023 |
| UAE v Canada 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| PNG v Jersey 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 2 April 2023 |
| PNG v USA 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| Namibia v UAE 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 4 April 2023 |
| Canada v Namibia 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| USA v Jersey 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
| 5 April 2023 |
| Jersey v UAE 09h30, Wanderers Cricket Ground |
| Canada v PNG 09h30, United Cricket Club Ground |
ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff – Squads:
Canada
Squad yet to be announced.
Jersey
Charles Perchard (c), Daniel Birrell, Dominic Blampied, Harrison Carlyon, Jake Dunford (wk), Nick Greenwood, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Jonty Jenner, Josh Lawrenson, Elliot Miles, Ben Stevens, Julius Sumerauer, Asa Tribe, Benjamin Ward
Namibia
Gerhard Erasmus (c), Shaun Fouche, Niko Davin, Michael van Lingen, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Michau du Preez, Zane Green, Helao Ya France, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelmann, Ben Shikongo, Joshuan Julius, Mauritius Ngupita, Karl Birkenstock
Papua New Guinea
Squad yet to be announced.
United Arab Emirates
Muhammad Waseem (c), Aayan Khan, Ansh Tandon, Aryan Lakra, Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Junaid Siddique, Karthik Meiyappan, Matiullah, Rameez Shahzad, Rohan Mustafa, Sanchit Sharma, Vriitya Aravind, Zahoor Khan
United States
Monank Patel (c, wk), Aaron Jones, Shayan Jahangir (wk), Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Sushant Modani, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nisarg Patel, Kyle Philip, Usman Rafiq, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Steven Taylor
ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff – Where to watch:
One can watch the ICC World Cup Qualifier Playoff on Fancode.
The fans (other than Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, USA) can also catch all the action on ICC.tv. One can watch the Qualifier Play-off live and FREE on ICC.tv.