South Africa has turn into the eighth and final group to straight qualify for the boys’s ODI World Cup later this 12 months, after the One-Day International match between Ireland and Bangladesh on the County Ground in Chelmsford was deserted because of rain on Tuesday.
Ireland’s loss places the Proteas out of its attain on the ODI Super League standings, the Green and Whites having solely 73 factors from 22 video games. South Africa has 98 from 21 matches.
Ireland, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands—the underside 5 in Super League—will, nonetheless, have a second shot at a confirmed berth within the marquee match when it performs 5 different Associate nations—the USA, UAE, Nepal, Oman, and Scotland—on the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier beginning June 18 in Zimbabwe. Two of the ten groups on this competitors will make the reduce.
New Zealand topped the Super League desk with 175 factors in 24 matches, whereas England was positioned second with 155 factors from 24 video games. India, positioned third, robotically qualifies as host.
Direct qualifiers for males’s ICC World Cup 2023 –
New Zealand, England, India (host), Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia, Afghanistan, South Africa.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com