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ICC Qualifiers 2023

As we are approaching the ICC Men's World Cup this year, the hustle to get into it has already started with the ICC Men's Qualifiers 2023 that has been played in Zimbabwe this time, where Ten teams are going to participate with each other to mark two spots for the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 that will be starting from 5th October 2023.

There is no doubt! To represent your country in the ICC World Cup tournament is an achievement for any team around the Nation. But the road to the World Cup starts with qualifiers, where ten teams participate with each other to get the two sports for the ICC World Cup. The tournament consists of 10 teams i.e. Ireland, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, Sri Lanka, UAE, USA, West Indies, and Zimbabwe.

This 2023 ICC Man World Cup qualifier will be held in Zimbabwe after they announced their intention to host the Qualifiers in 2020. It will be a round-robin tournament that consists of two groups, five teams each beginning on 18th June 2023. Let’s go through the 2023 ICC Men Qualifier tournament and know the latest sports news that is coming so far from the tournament with SportsBuzz.

Zimbabwe beat the Windies to take four crucial points

On 24th June 2023, the world witnessed one of the best scenes from the Harare sports club, when the Zimbabwe cricket team beat West Indies in the 2023 ICC Men qualifier by 35 runs which made it a global sports headline of the day.

We already know that the Zimbabwe cricket board is hosting the tournament this time, and the expectation to qualify for the 2023 World Cup has been very high from them. The home crowd not only boosted the morale of the players but also played a crucial role in supporting the team in the match against the Caribbeans.

Mighty West Indies has won the toss and decided to bowl first to reach the crucial super six stage of the qualifiers against the favourites Zimbabwe, where they scored 268 runs on the board with the help of a knock by captain Craig Erwine of 47 runs, 68 runs by Sikandar Raza and a half-century by Ryal Buri.

In response, the Caribbean batsman struggled to chase a total of 268 runs, and the whole team bundled on the score of 233 only in front of Zimbabwe, that was the first defeat in seven years against Zimbabwe and 11th overall across 50 meetings in ODIs. It was a complete team performance by the Zimbabwe team that helped them to take two crucial points into the Super Six stage, which made it the top sports news of the day.

Zimbabwe Captain Craig Erwine said in the press conference,“Today has been quite an emotional day for everybody, ”

“It’s been a long time since I heard they closed the gates at 11 in the morning.”

A Super Over to end all Super Overs

We have witnessed several Super overs in the cricketing world. But super-overs against West Indies and Netherlands in the ICC 2023 Men's qualifiers made sensational sports headlines all around the world.

The 2023 ICC Men's World Cup qualifiers are no less than a rollercoaster ride of emotions, where we are witnessing a lot of emotions throughout the tournament. As the West Indies team is still recovering from the loss to Zimbabwe, On 26th June, they faced another close encounter with the Netherlands team in the qualifiers stage, where the Netherlands lost the match in the Super over after the high-scoring got tied.

The Netherlands team that won the toss opted to bowl first against the Mighty West Indies side, who were ready to win this match at any cost after defeat against Zimbabwe at Harare sports club. This time the Caribbean side came prepared and scored 378 runs in 50 overs with the help of top knocks by top-order batters which also include a century and a half-century by Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King of 104 and 76.