2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off

2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off

Dates	26 March – 5 April 2023
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]

Teams and qualification

A diagram that explains the qualification structure for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
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

Squads

The following squads were named for the tournament. ^[9]

Canada [10] [11]	Jersey [12]	Namibia [13]	Papua New Guinea	United Arab Emirates [14]	United States [15]
Saad Bin Zafar (c) Nikhil Dutta Jeremy Gordon Dillon Heyliger Aaron Johnson Ammar Khalid Nicholas Kirton Parveen Kumar Shreyas Movva (wk) Kaleem Sana Pargat Singh Ravinderpal Singh Matthew Spoors Harsh Thaker Srimantha Wijeratne (wk)	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	Gerhard Erasmus (c) Karl Birkenstock Niko Davin Michau du Preez Shaun Fouché Zane Green (wk) Joshuan Julius Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Mauritius Ngupita Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo Ruben Trumpelmann Michael van Lingen Pikky Ya France	Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini (vc) Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga (wk) Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Semo Kamea John Kariko Kabua Morea Alei Nao Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Norman Vanua Hila Vare (wk)	Muhammad Waseem (c) Vriitya Aravind Aayan Afzal Khan Asif Khan Matiullah Khan Zahoor Khan Aryan Lakra Karthik Meiyappan Rohan Mustafa Rameez Shahzad Aryansh Sharma Sanchit Sharma Junaid Siddique Ansh Tandon	Monank Patel (c, wk) Aaron Jones (vc) Shayan Jahangir (wk) Nosthush Kenjige Ali Khan Sushant Modani Saiteja Mukkamalla Saurabh Netravalkar Nisarg Patel Kyle Philip Usman Rafiq Gajanand Singh Jessy Singh Steven Taylor

• On 9 February 2023, Canada named a provisional 16-man squad for a warm-up tour of Sri Lanka, with the squad cut after traveling to Namibia. ^[16]
• On 16 March 2023, United States wicket-keeper Saideep Ganesh was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury sustained during training camp in Bengaluru, with Saiteja Mukkamalla named as his replacement. ^[17]

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
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

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Fixtures

26 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   231/9 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 151 (41.4 overs)
Gajanand Singh 53 (63) Shaun Fouché 3/46 (10 overs)		Shaun Fouché 55 (98) Ali Khan 3/21 (7 overs)

United States won by 80 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Gajanand Singh (USA)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Niko Davin (Nam) made his ODI debut.

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27 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   260/7 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 239 (48.3 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 96 (106) Chad Soper 4/43 (10 overs)		Kiplin Doriga 73 (71) Karthik Meiyappan 4/45 (8 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 21 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Sanchit Sharma (UAE) made his ODI debut.

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27 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   238/8 (50 overs)	v	Jersey 207 (47.5 overs)
Srimantha Wijeratne 63 (91) Charles Perchard 3/38 (10 overs)		Josh Lawrenson 66 (101) Jeremy Gordon 3/30 (8.5 overs)

Canada won by 31 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match: Nikhil Dutta (Can)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
• This was Jersey's first match with ODI status. ^[18]
• Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Kirton, Saad Bin Zafar, Kaleem Sana, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Matthew Spoors, Harsh Thaker, Srimantha Wijeratne (Can), Harrison Carlyon, Jake Dunford, Nick Greenwood, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Jonty Jenner, Josh Lawrenson, Elliot Miles, Charles Perchard, Julius Sumerauer, Asa Tribe and Benjamin Ward (Jer) all made their ODI debuts.

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29 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   198 (49.4 overs)	v	United States 172 (47.3 overs)
Aaron Johnson 47 (52) Saurabh Netravalkar 2/24 (10 overs)		Sushant Modani 64 (126) Kaleem Sana 3/14 (9 overs)

Canada won by 26 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)

• United States won the toss and elected to field.

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29 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Namibia   381/8 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 333 (46.2 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 125 (113) Semo Kamea 5/68 (10 overs)		Charles Amini 109 (75) Ruben Trumpelmann 3/63 (8.2 overs)

Namibia won by 48 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
• Namibia's total of 381 was the highest by an associate nation in an ODI. ^[19]
• Charles Amini (PNG) scored his first century in ODIs. ^[20]
• Papua New Guinea's total of 333 was their highest in ODIs. ^[19]
• The 714 runs scored in the match was the highest match aggregate in ODIs involving associate nations. ^[19]

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30 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Jersey   213/9 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 216/2 (32.1 overs)
Jonty Jenner 76 (96) Ruben Trumpelmann 3/24 (10 overs)		Michael van Lingen 110* (93) Charles Perchard 1/34 (5 overs)

Namibia won by 8 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match: Michael van Lingen (Nam)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dominic Blampied (Jer) made his ODI debut.

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30 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   279/9 (50 overs)	v	United States 281/5 (49 overs)
Asif Khan 103 (84) Nisarg Patel 2/35 (10 overs)		Saiteja Mukkamalla 120* (114) Junaid Siddique 3/49 (10 overs)

United States won by 5 wickets United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Matiullah Khan (UAE) made his ODI debut.
• Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA) scored his first century in ODIs. ^[21]

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1 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   254 (48.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 255/4 (49 overs)
Pargat Singh 102 (96) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/34 (7 overs)		Muhammad Waseem 80 (78) Nikhil Dutta 1/33 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pargat Singh (Can) scored his first century in ODIs. ^[22]

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1 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Jersey   291/4 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 280/9 (50 overs)
Asa Tribe 115* (143) Chad Soper 2/40 (9 overs)		Assad Vala 75 (107) Elliot Miles 2/35 (8 overs)

Jersey won by 11 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Patric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match: Josh Lawrenson (Jer)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.
• Josh Lawrenson and then Asa Tribe became the first players for Jersey to score a century in ODIs. ^[23]
• The partnership of 232 runs between Lawrenson and Tribe was the highest ever for any wicket for an associate nation in ODIs. ^[24]
• This was Jersey's first win in an ODI. ^[25]

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2 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   235/7 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 118 (34.5 overs)
Steven Taylor 81 (133) Semo Kamea 3/32 (10 overs)		Assad Vala 42 (72) Gajanand Singh 4/15 (6.5 overs)

United States won by 117 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)

• United States won the toss and elected to bat.
• This result confirmed that Papua New Guinea would be relegated to the 2023–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. ^[26]

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2 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   267/5 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 239 (48.4 overs)
Asif Khan 96 (86) Gerhard Erasmus 1/13 (2 overs)		Shaun Fouché 47 (60) Rohan Mustafa 3/34 (9 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 28 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: David Odhiambo (Ken) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Asif Khan (UAE)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

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4 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Namibia   267/9 (50 overs)	v	Canada 156 (42.2 overs)
Shaun Fouché 83 (107) Harsh Thaker 2/27 (10 overs)		Ravinderpal Singh 34 (44) Gerhard Erasmus 2/24 (8.2 overs)

Namibia won by 111 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Isaac Oyieko (Ken) and Christopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match: Shaun Fouché (Nam)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dillon Heyliger (Can) made his ODI debut.

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4 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United States   231 (50 overs)	v	Jersey 206 (47.4 overs)
Steven Taylor 79 (100) Benjamin Ward 4/39 (10 overs)		Asa Tribe 75 (104) Ali Khan 7/32 (9.4 overs)

United States won by 25 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Ali Khan (USA)

• Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
• This result confirmed that Jersey would be relegated to the 2023–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League. ^[26]

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5 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

United Arab Emirates   284/7 (50 overs)	v	Jersey 218 (44.5 overs)
Asif Khan 82 (86) Julius Sumerauer 4/51 (10 overs)		Harrison Carlyon 85 (89) Karthik Meiyappan 4/57 (10 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 66 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Christopher Phiri (Zim) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Asif Khan (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
• Daniel Birrell, Ben Stevens (Jer), Aryansh Sharma and Ansh Tandon (UAE) all made their ODI debuts.

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5 April 2023 09:30 Scorecard

Canada   218/8 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 128 (37 overs)
Pargat Singh 66 (104) John Kariko 4/45 (10 overs)		Tony Ura 36 (38) Jeremy Gordon 6/43 (10 overs)

Canada won by 90 runs United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match: Jeremy Gordon (Can)

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jeremy Gordon (Can) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs. ^[27]

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo