Dates | 26 March – 5 April 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Host(s) | Namibia |
Champions | United States |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Gerhard Erasmus |
Most runs | Asif Khan (296) |
Most wickets | Ali Khan (16) |
The 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off was the inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, a cricket tournament which formed part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. [1] [2] It took place in March and April 2023, [3] with all matches having One Day International (ODI) status, regardless of whether or not a team had ODI status prior to the start of the event. [4] As a result, Jersey played their first ever matches with ODI status. [5]
Six teams qualified for the tournament: the bottom four teams from the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. [6] The top two teams from this tournament progressed to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier for a chance to participate in the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The other teams had no remaining means of qualifying. [7]
In an event within the event, the bottom two League 2 teams (Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates), and each of the Challenge League winners (Canada and Jersey), competed for two places in League 2 and therefore ODI status for the next cycle. [5] As a result, Canada was promoted to League 2 and Papua New Guinea was relegated to The Challenge League
The International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 20 March 2023. [8]
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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League 2 (bottom 4) | August 2019 – March 2023 | Various | 4 | Namibia Papua New Guinea United Arab Emirates United States |
Challenge League (top of each group) | September 2019 – December 2022 | Various | 2 | Canada Jersey |
Total | 6 |
The following squads were named for the tournament. [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.810 | Advanced to the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 |
2 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.458 | |
3 | Namibia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.601 | Advanced to the 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 |
4 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.123 | |
5 | Jersey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −0.840 | Relegated to the 2023–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
6 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.148 |
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