ICC ODI Super League: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will take place in India later this year. The ICC announced an ODI Super League after the last World Cup and those teams which will secure the top 8 positions in the points table will qualify directly for the World Cup.
The remaining five teams will play and qualifier round along with associate nations to book their berth for the marquee tournament. So far India, Australia, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Pakistan, England and Bangladesh have found themselves in charts of direct qualification. Ireland however, has a great chance to qualify directly as all they need is to win their upcoming series against Bangladesh. If they manage to win, they will be through.
ICC ODI Super League: Ireland announces squad for the ODI series against Bangladesh
ICC ODI Super League: The last series of the ICC ODI Super League will take place between Ireland and Bangladesh. The Irish nation will host Bangladesh for three-match series and it’ll be an extremely crucial series for the home side considering their qualification.
The three-match series will begin from the 9th May followed by the second and third games slated to take place on the 12th and 14th May respectively. All three games will be played at the county cricket ground Chelmsford.
Ireland has named a 14-member squad for the series against Bangladesh. Andrew Balbirnie will captain the side, which has recalled Craig Young into the team after injury and Josh Little, who is currently playing IPL. However, they will be without the likes of key players in Conor Olphert, Matthew Humphreys and Ross Adair, who are unavailable due to personal commitments.
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The rest of the squad is pretty similar and the chief selector of Ireland feels the same. He said: “The senior squad has a more familiar look, with much of the squad having been part of the set-up in Zimbabwe (January) and Bangladesh (March) ODI fixtures. We do, however, welcome Craig Young back into the senior side after his long journey of recovery from injury. We are pleased to also have the services of Josh Little, who has been playing in the IPL over the last month,”
Here’s the Ireland squad for the ODI series against Bangladesh:
Andrew Balbirnie (captain), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.
ICC ODI Super League: Qualifiers of the World Cup to take place in June
The ICC ODI Qualifiers are currently taking place. The playoff round has been done and dusted and two teams USA and UAE are through to the main qualifiers. The ODI qualifiers will take place in June and July 2023 in Zimbabwe. Along with USA and UAE, West Indies, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Oman and Nepal and one among Ireland and South Africa will play in the qualifiers. The ODI qualifiers will take place in June and July 2023 in Zimbabwe.
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