2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off


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. It took place in March and April 2023, with all matches having One Day International status, regardless of whether or not a team had ODI status prior to the start of the event. As a result, Jersey played their first ever matches with ODI status.
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. 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.
In an event within the event, the bottom two League 2 teams, and each of the Challenge League winners, competed for two places in League 2 and therefore ODI status for the next cycle. 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.

Teams and qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
League 2 August 2019 – March 2023Various4
Challenge League September 2019 – December 2022Various2
Total6

Squads

The following squads were named for the tournament.

  • Charles Perchard
  • Daniel Birrell
  • Dominic Blampied
  • Harrison Carlyon
  • Jake Dunford
  • Nick Greenwood
  • Anthony Hawkins-Kay
  • Jonty Jenner
  • Josh Lawrenson
  • Elliot Miles
  • Ben Stevens
  • Julius Sumerauer
  • Asa Tribe
  • Benjamin Ward
  • Gerhard Erasmus
  • Karl Birkenstock
  • Niko Davin
  • Michau du Preez
  • Shaun Fouché
  • Zane Green
  • Joshuan Julius
  • Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
  • Mauritius Ngupita
  • Bernard Scholtz
  • Ben Shikongo
  • Ruben Trumpelmann
  • Michael van Lingen
  • Pikky Ya France
  • Assad Vala
  • Charles Amini
  • Sese Bau
  • Kiplin Doriga
  • Riley Hekure
  • Hiri Hiri
  • Semo Kamea
  • John Kariko
  • Kabua Morea
  • Alei Nao
  • Chad Soper
  • Gaudi Toka
  • Tony Ura
  • Norman Vanua
  • Hila Vare
  • Muhammad Waseem
  • 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
  • Aaron Jones
  • Shayan Jahangir
  • 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.
  • 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.

    • Fixtures

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