ICC WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2019
A total of 14 teams will square up against each other for the six spots available at the ICC World Cup 2020, scheduled to be held in Australia.
14 teams namely Scotland, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Namibia, Singapore, Kenya, Bermuda, UAE, Ireland, Oman, Hong Kong, Canada, Jersey and Nigeria will play the ICC World Cup Qualifier.
The teams will be divided into two groups namely Group A and Group B.
Group A: Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Namibia, Singapore, Kenya, Bermuda.
Group B: UAE, Ireland, Oman, Hong Kong, Canada, Jersey and Nigeria.
The six qualifying teams will meet Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to play the first round of the World Cup. It will be played in two groups, with the top teams in both the groups joining the already qualified top eight teams in the super 12 stages of the ICC World Cup.
FORMAT OF ICC WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2019:
12 teams will be divided into two groups, namely group A and Group B. Each team will play all their opponents of their respective group once and the table-topper of each group seals one qualification spot for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2020, as well as a semi-final berth in the qualifying tournament.
The second and third-placed sides of both the groups will meet in Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2, with the winning teams sealing the two spots for the qualification and complete the remaining two positions for the semi-final.
The losing teams of the play-offs 1 and 2 will meet the fourth-placed sides in the group stage in the qualifying play-offs 3 and 4. The winners in the play-offs 3 and 4 will seal the remaining two positions for the World Cup qualification.
VENUE OF ICC WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2019:
The ICC World Cup Qualifier 2019 will be played between 18 October and 2 November 2019 in Dubai and Abu Dabi.
The Group A matches will be held at Dubai at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and two ICC Academy Grounds, while the group B matches are scheduled to be played in Abu Dabi, at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium and the Tolerance Oval.
The final match of the tournament will be played at the Dubai International Stadium.
SCHEDULE OF ICC WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2019:
| MATCH | DATE | TIME | VENUE |
| SCOTLAND vs SINGAPORE | Fri 18 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs IRELAND | Fri 18 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| NETHERLANDS vs KENYA | Fri 18 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| OMAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Fri 18 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs BERMUDA | Sat 19 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| JERSEY vs NIGERIA | Sat 19 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| NETHERLANDS vs NAMIBIA | Sat 19 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| SCOTLAND vs KENYA | Sat 19 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Global Cricket Academy No 2, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| IRELAND vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sat 19 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs NAMIBIA | Sun 20 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Global Cricket Academy No 2, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| CANADA vs JERSEY | Sun 20 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| BERMUDA vs SINGAPORE | Sun 20 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Global Cricket Academy No 2, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs OMAN | Sun 20 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| SCOTLAND vs PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Mon 21 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Mon 21 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| IRELAND vs OMAN | Mon 21 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| KENYA vs BERMUDA | Mon 21 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| CANADA vs NIGERIA | Mon 21 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| SCOTLAND vs NAMIBIA | Tue 22 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| SINGAPORE vs NETHERLANDS | Tue 22 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs JERSEY | Tue 22 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| NAMIBIA vs BERMUDA | Wed 23 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Global Cricket Academy No 2, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| OMAN vs NIGERIA | Wed 23 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| SINGAPORE vs KENYA | Wed 23 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Global Cricket Academy No 2, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| IRELAND vs CANADA | Wed 23 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs JERSEY | Wed 23 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| NETHERLANDS vs PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Thu 24 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs NIGERIA | Thu 24 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs CANADA | Thu 24 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| SCOTLAND vs BERMUDA | Thu 24 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs SINGAPORE | Fri 25 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| IRELAND vs JERSEY | Fri 25 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| NAMIBIA vs KENYA | Fri 25 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| OMAN vs CANADA | Fri 25 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| IRELAND vs NIGERIA | Sat 26 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| NETHERLANDS vs BERMUDA | Sat 26 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| NAMIBIA vs SINGAPORE | Sat 26 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs KENYA | Sun 27 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| HONG KONG vs NIGERIA | Sun 27 October | 11:30 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi 10:00AM (LOCAL) |
| SCOTLAND vs NETHERLANDS | Sun 27 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| OMAN vs JERSEY | Sun 27 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs CANADA | Sun 27 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| A2 vs B3 | Tue 29 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| A3 vs B2 | Tue 29 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| A4 vs QUALIFYING PO1 LOSER | Wed 30 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| B4 vs QUALIFYING PO2 LOSER | Wed 30 October | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| 5TH PLACE vs 6TH PLACE | Thu 31 October | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | ICC Academy, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| B1 vs TBC | Fri 01 November | 15:40 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 02:10PM (LOCAL) |
| A1 vs TBC | Fri 01 November | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| TBC vs TBC | Sat 02 November | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
| TBC vs TBC | Sat 02 November | 21:00 (IST) (YOUR TIME) | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai 07:30PM (LOCAL) |
SQUADS OF ICC WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2019:
| Bermuda | Canada | Hong Kong | Ireland | Jersey | Kenya | Namibia |
| Dion Stovell (c)
Terryn Fray (vc) Okera Bascome Onais Bascome Oronde Bascome Derrick Brangman Deunte Darrell Allan Douglas Malachi Jones Kamau Leverock George O’Brien Delray Rawlins Macai Simmons Sinclair Smith Charles Trott Rodney Trott Janeiro Tucker |
Navneet Dhaliwal (c)
Rizwan Cheema Nikhil Dutta Romesh Eranga Jeremy Gordon Dillon Heyliger Abraash Khan Nicholas Kirton Nitish Kumar Junaid Siddiqui Ravinderpal Singh Hamza Tariq (wk) Rodrigo Thomas Srimantha Wijeratne Saad Bin Zafar |
Aizaz Khan (c)
Kinchit Shah (vc) Ahsan Abbasi Haroon Arshed Waqas Barkat Aarush Bhagwat Kyle Christie Mohammad Ghazanfar Raag Kapur Ehsan Khan Nizakat Khan Waqas Khan Scott McKechnie (wk) Nasrulla Rana Shahid Wasif |
Gary Wilson (c)
Mark Adair Andrew Balbirnie David Delany Gareth Delany George Dockrell Shane Getkate Kevin O’Brien Boyd Rankin Simi Singh Paul Stirling Harry Tector Stuart Thompson Lorcan Tucker Craig Young |
Charles Perchard (c)
Corey Bisson Dominic Blampied Harrison Carlyon Jake Dunford (wk) Nicholas Ferraby Nick Greenwood Anthony Hawkins-Kay Jonty Jenner Elliot Miles Rhys Palmer William Robertson Ben Stevens Julius Sumerauer Benjamin Ward |
Shem Ngoche (c)
Sachin Bhudia Emmanuel Bundi Aman Gandhi Dhiren Gondaria Irfan Karim Pushpak Kerai Jasraj Kundi Alex Obanda Collins Obuya Nelson Odhiambo Lucas Oluoch Elijah Otieno Rakep Patel Rushab Patel |
Gerhard Erasmus (c)
Jan Frylinck (vc) Stephan Baard Karl Birkenstock Niko Davin Zane Green Zhivago Groenewald Jean-Pierre Kotze Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo JJ Smit Christi Viljoen Pikky Ya France Craig Williams |
| Netherlands[58] | Nigeria[59] | Oman[60] | Papua New Guinea[61] | Scotland[62] | Singapore[63] | United Arab Emirates[64] |
| Pieter Seelaar (c)
Colin Ackermann Philippe Boissevain Ben Cooper Ryan ten Doeschate Scott Edwards (wk) Brandon Glover Timm van der Gugten Fred Klaassen Paul van Meekeren Roelof van der Merwe Max O’Dowd Shane Snater Antonius Staal Tobias Visee |
Ademola Onikoyi (c)
Sylvester Okpe (vc) Abiodun Abioye Sesan Adedeji Vincent Adewoye Daniel Ajekun Chima Akachukwu Daniel Gim Segun Ogundipe Isaac Okpe Chimezie Onwuzulike Leke Oyede Sulaimon Runsewe Mohameed Taiwo Codi Yusuf |
Zeeshan Maqsood (c)
Aqib Ilyas (vc) Khawar Ali Fayyaz Butt Sandeep Goud Aamir Kaleem Kaleemullah Bilal Khan Mehran Khan Naseem Khushi Suraj Kumar (wk) Sufyan Mehmood Khurram Nawaz Jay Odedra Jatinder Singh |
Assad Vala (c)
Charles Amini (vc) Simon Atai Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Jason Kila Nosaina Pokana Damien Ravu John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Norman Vanua Tony Ura |
Kyle Coetzer (c)
Richie Berrington Matthew Cross (wk) Josh Davey Alasdair Evans Ollie Hairs Michael Leask Calum MacLeod George Munsey Adrian Neill Safyaan Sharif Tom Sole Hamza Tahir Craig Wallace Mark Watt |
Amjad Mahboob (c)
Vinoth Baskaran Surendran Chandramohan Tim David Avi Dixit Aritra Dutta Rezza Gaznavi Anantha Krishna Navin Param Janak Prakash Rohan Rangarajan Manpreet Singh (wk) Sidhant Singh Aryaman Sunil Selladore Vijayakumar |
Ahmed Raza (c)
Ashfaq Ahmed Sultan Ahmed Waheed Ahmed Mohammad Boota Darius D’Silva Zawar Farid Imran Haider Zahoor Khan Rohan Mustafa Ghulam Shabber (wk) Rameez Shahzad Junaid Sidique Chirag Suri Muhammad Usman |
