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Sun Mar 4 (50 ovs)
Group A - Ireland v Netherlands
Old Hararians, Harare

Sun Mar 4 (50 ovs)
Group B - TBC v Zimbabwe
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Sun Mar 4 (50 ovs)
Group B - Afghanistan v Scotland
Bulawayo Athletic Club

Tue Mar 6 (50 ovs)
Group A - Papua New Guinea v Ireland
Harare Sports Club

Tue Mar 6 (50 ovs)
Group A - West Indies v TBC
Old Hararians, Harare

Tue Mar 6 (50 ovs)
Group B - Afghanistan v Zimbabwe
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Tue Mar 6 (50 ovs)
Group B - Scotland v Hong Kong
Bulawayo Athletic Club

Thu Mar 8 (50 ovs)
Group A - Afghanistan v Hong Kong
Bulawayo Athletic Club

Thu Mar 8 (50 ovs)
Group A - Netherlands v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Thu Mar 8 (50 ovs)
Group A - West Indies v Papua New Guinea
Old Hararians, Harare

Thu Mar 8 (50 ovs)
Group B - Scotland v TBC
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Sat Mar 10 (50 ovs)
Group A - Afghanistan v TBC
Bulawayo Athletic Club

Sat Mar 10 (50 ovs)
Group A - Papua New Guinea v Netherlands
Old Hararians, Harare

Sat Mar 10 (50 ovs)
Group A - West Indies v Ireland
Harare Sports Club

Sat Mar 10 (50 ovs)
Group B - Zimbabwe v Hong Kong
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Mon Mar 12 (50 ovs)
Group A - Ireland v TBC
Old Hararians, Harare

Mon Mar 12 (50 ovs)
Group A - West Indies v Netherlands
Harare Sports Club

Mon Mar 12 (50 ovs)
Group B - Hong Kong v TBC
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Mon Mar 12 (50 ovs)
Group B - Zimbabwe v Scotland
Bulawayo Athletic Club

Thu Mar 15 (50 ovs)
1st Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Thu Mar 15 (50 ovs)
2nd Super - TBC v TBC
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Thu Mar 15 (50 ovs)
Play off - TBC v TBC
Old Hararians, Harare

Thu Mar 15 (50 ovs)
Play off - TBC v TBC
Kwekwe Sports Club

Fri Mar 16 (50 ovs)
3rd Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Sat Mar 17 (50 ovs)
7th Place Play off - TBC v TBC
Kwekwe Sports Club

Sat Mar 17 (50 ovs)
9th Place Play off - TBC v TBC
Old Hararians, Harare

Sun Mar 18 (50 ovs)
4th Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Mon Mar 19 (50 ovs)
5th Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Tue Mar 20 (50 ovs)
6th Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Thu Mar 22 (50 ovs)
7th Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Thu Mar 22 (50 ovs)
8th Super - TBC v TBC
Old Hararians, Harare

Fri Mar 23 (50 ovs)
9th Super - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

Sun Mar 25 (50 ovs)
Final - TBC v TBC
Harare Sports Club

"Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo have opted to skip the World Cup Qualifiers in March to play in the Pakistan Super League. The development was revealed by Cricket West Indies, which released the 15-man squad for the qualifiers scheduled to be played in Zimbabwe from March 4 to 25."

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... qualifiers

West Indies squad
Jason Holder (capt), Jason Mohammed (vice-capt), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams

IN: Carlos Brathwaite, Kemar Roach, Devendra Bishoo

OUT: Ronsford Beaton, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Hope, Chadwick Walton, Sunil Ambris

AFGHANISTAN (total ODI caps – 571, before the start of series v Zimbabwe): Asghar Stanikzai (captain), Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Ihsanullah Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Nasir Jamal, Javed Ahmadi, Mujeeb Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari, Shahpoor Zadran and Sharafuddin Ashraf. Phil Simmons (coach)


HONG KONG (total ODI caps – 131): Babar Hayat (captain), Ahsan Abbasi, Nadeem Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed, Tanwir Afzal, Waqas Barkat, Chris Carter, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Nizakat Khan, Scott McKechnie, Anshuman Rath, Simandeep Singh and Shahid Wasif. Simon Cook (coach)


IRELAND (total ODI caps – 851): William Porterfield (captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling and Gary Wilson


THE NETHERLANDS (total ODI caps – 191): Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Scott Edwards, Vivian Kingma, Frederick Klaassen, Stephan Myburgh, Maxwell O'Dowd, Pieter Seelaar, Shane Snater, Ryan ten Doeschate, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren and Sikander Zulfiqar. Ryan Campbell (coach)


PAPUA NEW GUINEA (total ODI caps – 127): Assadollah Vala (captain), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Mahuru Dai, Kiplin Doriga, Jason Kila, Vani Morea, Alei Nao, Damien Ravu, John Reva, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Tony Ura, Norman Vanua and Jack Vare. Joe Dawes (coach)


SCOTLAND (total ODI caps – 333): Kyle Coetzer (captain), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Ali Evans, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Tom Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal and Stuart Whittingham. Grant Bradburn (coach)


THE WINDIES (total ODI caps – 831): Jason Holder (captain), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Jason Mohammed, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels and Kesrick Williams. Stuart Law (coach)


ZIMBABWE (total ODI caps - 842, before the start of series v Afghanistan): Graeme Cremer (captain), Ryan Burl, Tendai Chatara, Tendai Chisoro, Craig Ervine, Kyle Jarvis, Hamilton Masakadza, Solomon Mire, Peter Moor, Tarisai Musakanda, Blessing Muzarabani, Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor, Brian Vitori, Malcolm Waller. Heath Streak (coach)

http://www.windiesfans.com/forums/viewt ... f=2&t=9160

Looks to be a very close competition.

Huge pressure on West Indies at the moment.

Whoever plays Afghanistan can feel they are in the game all they like, but as soon as Rashid gets the ball it's game over. Scotland might have given themselves a chance by bowling Afg out for 250 otherwise.

Scotland team seems to have moved on a bit since the last WC, personnel-wise.

The big clash between Ireland and Netherlands is well poised at half way.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Whoever plays Afghanistan can feel they are in the game all they like, but as soon as Rashid gets the ball it's game over. Scotland might have given themselves a chance by bowling Afg out for 250 otherwise.

Maybe I'll be proved wrong again...

Every single batsmen in the world seems to struggle against Rashid Khan, except Calum MacLeod!

200 partnership with Berrington. A none-fer for Rashid.

Rashid gets his wicket but Scotland beat Afghanistan by seven wickets and 16 balls. Quite an upset. MacLoed makes 157*. Don''t have to look around for a POTM.

Ireland look like winning against NL in the big game.

Scotland pushed Ireland close before this tournament.

Seem a good outside chance to qualify.

massive upset that! I know Zim only played Nepal, but 380!! wow!

Big game today is Zimbabwe v Afghanistan. Interesting game is WI v UAE. Both start in 30 minutes.

Four Zadrans in the Afghani side.

Old School Chris Gayle!