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2019 T20 World Cup Qualifiers

  • 16-10-2019 1:53pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 1,157 ✭✭✭


    T20 World Cup Qualifiers

    Group A
    Scotland
    Netherlands
    Papua New Guinea
    Namibia
    Singapore
    Kenya
    Bermuda

    Group B
    UAE
    Ireland
    Oman
    Hong Kong
    Canada
    Jersey
    Nigeria

    The 14 teams, divided into two groups of seven, play a total of 42 league games. The two group-toppers qualify directly for the T20 World Cup. Teams finishing second and third face off in a couple of playoffs (similar to the IPL Qualifiers). Win the playoff, seal your World Cup spot. That's four spots.

    For the last two, the losers from the two playoffs face the fourth-placed teams in the group (like the IPL Eliminator). The winners of those games go through. So, after 42 games, as many as eight of these teams have a shot at qualifying for the World Cup.

    The top 10 teams by rankings are automatically into the T20 tournament to be held in Australia next year. They are England, Australia, Pakistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

    Zimbabwe were only recently reinstated back into ICC competitions but it comes too late to enter this one.

    Ireland's Group fixtures:
    Friday 18th October - Hong Kong vs Ireland - 11:10am (SKY)
    Saturday 19th October - UAE vs Ireland - 4:30pm (SKY)
    Monday 21st October - Ireland vs Oman - 11:10am
    Wednesday 23rd October - Canada vs Ireland - 11:10am (SKY)
    Friday 25th October - Ireland vs Jersey - 07:00am
    Saturday 26th October - Ireland vs Nigeria - 07:00am (SKY)

    Sky Sports are showing quite a few matches in the tournament. Games that are show live are here


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Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Looking forward to it, unusual of Sky not to include our game v Oman in the televised games, likely to be one of the more competitive games in the group


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    The team rankings in T20i are worth looking at

    https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/mens/team-rankings/t20i

    Not a lot between 11-18. Ireland ranked pretty low, although have improved recently. We have had some v poor T20 results in recent years so hopefully can turn this around in the competition. Getting first place in the group would be great and UAE and Oman the main dangers, in fact by ranking UAE would be group favourites and both they and Oman should be used to the playing conditions.

    Strangely enough the 13th ranked team Nepal didnt even make the qualifiying competition.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,246 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Seems to be just a qualifier to get into another qualifier.
    i.e., the teams that get through this will have to come through a preliminary group stage next October before the main stage of the world cup starts.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_ICC_T20_World_Cup


  • Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭nice bit of green


    Thanks for the info.
    Yes even if we qualify over the next 2 weeks there are another set of games including SL & BGD. Hoops, hoops and more hoops.
    I think after the last month of warm up games the squad can be quietly confident of doing well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Seems to be just a qualifier to get into another qualifier.
    i.e., the teams that get through this will have to come through a preliminary group stage next October before the main stage of the world cup starts.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_ICC_T20_World_Cup

    Ya same format as the last two t20 world cups, bit of a joke really. We were awful last time out, losing to Oman and Netherlands. In 2014 we really should have advanced past the first stage, beat Zimbabwe in our first game then comfortably beat UAE. In our last game v netherlands we posted 189/4, not only did they have to get the total they needed it in something like 16overs to advance on NRR, they went nuts with the bat and got 193/4 in 13.5 overs. Our t20 form went downhill dramatically after this as the focus went entirely on securing test status


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭BOHtox


    Playing Hong Kong tomorrow at 11:10 Irish time. Will this be on youtube does anyone know?

    We should be beating these fairly handily. Is Tim Murtagh in the squad? Because it's on sky I presume they'll have a speed gun. Be interesting to see what Delany and Adair get up to.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Murtagh not in squad. As it's on sky I doubt there will be. YouTube stream. We did beat HK handily in the recent Oman pentangular so hopefully a similar result


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Scotland v Singapore first up. Scotland win the toss, fielding. Singapore 6-1 in the first over


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Scotland bowling and have two wickets already including Tim david


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    38-2 off 5


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    51-3


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    77-3 off 10


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    97-3 off 12


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    117-3 off 15


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    146-5 off 18


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Singapore finish on 168-6. Decent score but maybe not enough.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Scotland 35-0 off 4


  • Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭gavinoontheweb


    KevIRL wrote: »
    Looking forward to it, unusual of Sky not to include our game v Oman in the televised games, likely to be one of the more competitive games in the group
    Ireland v Oman is taking place at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi where no tv infrastructure is present. It is unfortunate that Sky wont have this key match but to be honest we are luck to have televised games at all, hardly any matches from Pool A (Scotland's pool) will be broadcast.

    List of games live on Sky here, http://www.skysports.com/watch/cricket-on-sky


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    74-1 off 8. 95 to win


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Scotland in some bother now. Few quick wickets and they behind the required rate

    Edit, big six from last ball of 17th over helps. 32 required from 3 overs with 5 wickets gone


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  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Need 4 off the last ball to tie...


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Singapore win.


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,323 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Unreal collapse from Scotland. They were cruising.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Hong Kong win toss and will bat


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Wicket.


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    39/2 after 5


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    113/3 after 15


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    Shah the dangerman gone for 79


  • Registered Users Posts: 39,478 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    HK finish 153/5


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  • Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭nice bit of green


    Reasonable enough score to chase, fingers crossed.


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