ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 League 2 Series Schedule and Teams

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Updated: August 20, 2019
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The timetable for the Cricket World Cup League 2 has been announced by the International Cricket Council. The seven teams that will take part in League 2 are Nepal, Oman, Namibia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), UAE, Scotland and the USA. The teams will play 126 ODIs across 21 tri-series events.

Scotland, UAE and Nepal qualified through the recent World Cup Qualifier held in Zimbabwe. The World Cricket League Division 2 took place at Windhoek through which Oman, Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the USA qualified by finishing in the top four. The Netherlands won the final World Cricket League Championship and will contest with the 12 full member nations in the CWC Super League that starts next year.

More about the event

The teams will play 36 ODIs each – 12 home matches, 12 matches on neutral ground and 12 ‘away’ matches. From 14th to 21st August, Oman, PNG and Scotland will play four ODIs each at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen which will determine their position in the League 2 table.

Here are some key aspects worth noting-

The main aim is to qualify for the Global World Cup Qualifier and then for the 2023 World Cup.
After the completion of 21 tri-series events, the position of the top 3 teams will be confirmed at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2022.
The bottom 4 teams along with the winners of Challenge League A and B will compete in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-Off 2022.
From the 6 teams competing in the Play-Off, the top 2 teams will progress to the Global Qualifier.

Mannofield Park Weather

After the conclusion of the hot summer, the weather forecast at Aberdeen is windy and cold with frequent showers and disruptions in store. Unlike Grange in Edinburgh, Mannofield is not a very batting-friendly ground in Scotland. Achieving a score above 250 is quite an exception at Aberdeen rather than the norm. The pitch is however friendly to pace bowlers who generally do well and batting probably gets easier in the afternoon provided the weather stays calm clear and dry which seems highly unlikely this week.

Teams & Players

The teams, along with their players who will play in Series 1 are given below:

PNG: Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini (vc), Simon Atai, Sese Bau, Gaudi Toka, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Riley Hekure, Hiri, Nosaina Pokana, Damien Ravu, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Tony Ura, Norman Vanua

Oman: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Jatinder Singh (vc), Khawar Ali, Fayyaz Butt, Sandeep Goud, Aqib Ilyas, Aamir Kaleem, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Suraj Kumar (wk), Ajay Lalcheta, Mohammad Nadeem, Khurram Nawaz, Jay Odedra

Scotland:Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross (wk), Alasdair Evans, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, Gavin Main, Mark Watt, George Munsey, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Tom Sole, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace (wk)

Series 1 Schedule

Wednesday 14 August – Oman v PNG