ICC has announced complete setup for world Cup Qualifier. ICC has published Fixture and schedule, Teams and Squads, Tv Live Streaming Guide and schedule. ICC has announce to Live telecast TEN ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier matches via Star Network live from Zimbabwe.
The 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier is going to start and take place in March 2018 in Zimbabwe to decide the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup. The top two teams will qualify for the World Cup, joining the hosts and the seven teams who have already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship.
The tournament was scheduled to be played in Bangladesh but in May 2017 it was reported that the event would instead be hosted elsewhere as Bangladesh were close to automatic qualification, and thus would not need to participate in this tournament.
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Teams
It was decided before the 2015 Cricket World Cup that 10 teams will play the ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup Qualifier under a new format as per detailed in qualification structure. Top seven other teams in the ICC ODI Championship on 30 September 2017 would qualify directly for the World Cup and other two will be decided after this tournament.
Following recent success, Afghanistan and Ireland were promoted into the ICC ODI Championship in 2015 taking the number of teams in the ICC ODI Championship to twelve.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC ODI Championship (Bottom 4) | 30 September 2017 | Various | 4 | West Indies[13] Afghanistan[13] Zimbabwe[13] Ireland[13] |
| 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship | 8 December 2017 | Various | 4 | Netherlands[14] Scotland[15] Hong Kong[1] Papua New Guinea[14] |
| 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two | 15 February 2018 | Namibia | 2 | Nepal[16] United Arab Emirates[16] |
| Total | 10 | |||
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier -Schedule & Fixture
Mar 04, Sun
Papua New Guinea vs United Arab Emirates, 1st Match, Group A
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Ireland vs Netherlands, 2nd Match, Group A
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Zimbabwe vs Nepal, 3rd Match, Group B
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Afghanistan vs Scotland, 4th Match, Group B
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 06, Tue
Papua New Guinea vs Ireland, 5th Match, Group A
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Windies vs United Arab Emirates, 6th Match, Group A
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 7th Match, Group B
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Scotland vs Hong Kong, 8th Match, Group B
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 08, Thu
Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates, 9th Match, Group A
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Windies vs Papua New Guinea, 10th Match, Group A
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Scotland vs Nepal, 11th Match, Group B
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, 12th Match, Group B
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 10, Sat
Windies vs Ireland, 13th Match, Group A
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Papua New Guinea vs Netherlands, 14th Match, GroupA
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Zimbabwe vs Hong Kong, 15th Match, Group B
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Afghanistan vs Nepal, 16th Match, Group B
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 12, Mon
Windies vs Netherlands, 17th Match, Group A
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Ireland vs United Arab Emirates, 18th Match, Group A
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Hong Kong vs Nepal, 19th Match, Group B
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Zimbabwe vs Scotland, 20th Match, Group B
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 15, Thu
TBC vs TBC, 1st Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
TBC vs TBC, 2nd Super
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
TBC vs TBC, Play-off
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
TBC vs TBC, Play-off
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 16, Fri
TBC vs TBC, 3rd Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 17, Sat
TBC vs TBC, 7th Place Play-off
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
TBC vs TBC, 9th Place Play-off
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 18, Sun
TBC vs TBC, 4th Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 19, Mon
TBC vs TBC, 5th Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 20, Tue
TBC vs TBC, 6th Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 22, Thu
TBC vs TBC, 7th Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
TBC vs TBC, 8th Super
Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 23, Fri
TBC vs TBC, 9th Super
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
Mar 25, Sun
TBC vs TBC, Final
Harare Sports Club, Harare
12:30 PM
07:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Format
Teams are divided into two groups of five each group. All teams in group will play each other in round robin basis. Super six will be played between top three teams from each group. The results between the progressing teams are carried forward, and bottom two will be eliminated. Each team will then play the qualifiers from the other group. The remaining four teams (that finish in the bottom two places in each group) will play-off for positions 7–10. The top two teams at the end of the Super Six stage will earn qualification to the 2019 World Cup and will also contest a final to determine the winner of the tournament.
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Team Squads
Afghanistan Team Squad
Asghar Stanikzai (c), Rashid Khan (vc), Javed Ahmadi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Nasir Jamal, Ihsanullah Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Samiullah Shenwari, Dawlat Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Shapoor Zadran
Hong Kong Team Squad
Babar Hayat (c), Ahsan Abbasi, Tanwir Afzal, Nadeem Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Barkat, Christopher Carter, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Nizakat Khan, Scott McKechnie, Ehsan Nawaz, Anshuman Rath, Simandeep Singh, Shahid Wasif
Ireland Team Squad
William Porterfield (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson
Nepal Team Squad
Paras Khadka (c), Dipendra Airee, Lalit Bhandari, Shakti Gauchan, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Rohit Kumar, Sandeep Lamichhane, Gyanendra Malla, Dilip Nath, Lalit Rajbanshi, Basanta Regmi, Anil Sah, Aarif Sheikh, Sharad Vesawkar
Netherland Team Squad
Peter Borren (c), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Timm van der Gugten, Vivian Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Sikander Zulfiqar
Papua New Guinea Team Squad
Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Mahuru Dai, Kiplin Doriga, Jason Kila, Vani Morea, Alei Nao, Damien Ravu, John Reva, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Tony Ura, Norman Vanua, Jack Vare
Scotland Team Squad
Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington (vc), Matthew Cross, Alasdair Evans, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Tom Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Stuart Whittingham
UAE Team Squad
Rohan Mustafa (c), Ashfaq Ahmed, Qadeer Ahmed, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammad Boota, Imran Haider, Amir Hayat, Zahoor Khan, Adnan Mufti, Mohammad Naveed, Ahmed Raza, Ghulam Shabber, Rameez Shahzad, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Usman
West Indies Team Squad
Jason Holder(c), Jason Mohammed, Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams
Zimbabwe TeamSquad
Graeme Cremer(c), Tendai Chatara, Cephas Zhuwawo, Tendai Chisoro, Craig Ervine, Kyle Jarvis, Hamilton Masakadza, Solomon Mire, Peter Moor, Sean Williams, Blessing Muzarabani, Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Live Streaming Guide
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 tournament will be live telecast first time in the history of world cup qualitfires. Ten matches will be broadcast live to 200 countries by Star Sports TV network with other official broadcaste Partners. These matches will also be live streaming on Internet.
- This will be complemented by six minutes per hour of near live match content through digital clip partners across 180 countries and more content than ever before across ICC digital platforms
- Stellar seven person commentary panel including Ian Bishop, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Lisa Sthalekar
- Match schedule infographic attached
The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 will be televised to fans for the first time ever, across five continents in 200 territories by Star Sports, ICC’s global media rights partner, and other official broadcasters, in what is another landmark in showcasing cricket to more people across the world.
