Bready [UK], August 6 (ANI): Eire’s hopes of securing direct qualification for the 2027 ICC Males’s ODI World Cup got here to an finish after the opening ODI towards Afghanistan was deserted and not using a ball being bowled on account of persistent rain in Bready.
In response to Cricinfo, the washout dominated out Eire’s slim mathematical probability of climbing into the automated qualification locations within the ICC males’s ODI rankings earlier than the September 30, 2026 deadline.
Ranked twelfth within the ODI standings, Eire wanted to finish an unlikely 5-0 sequence whitewash over Afghanistan, whereas additionally counting on West Indies to lose each of their remaining ODIs towards India, to leapfrog Afghanistan, West Indies and Zimbabwe within the rankings and seal direct qualification for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
With that risk now gone, Eire must qualify by the 10-team ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
Below the qualification pathway, the winner of the Qualifier will guide a direct place within the 12-team World Cup. The groups ending second, third and fourth will advance to the World Cup Tremendous Sequence, the place they are going to compete for the ultimate berth in the principle event.
The Qualifier will characteristic the 2 lowest-ranked Full Member nations within the ODI rankings, excluding hosts South Africa and Zimbabwe, together with the highest 4 groups from ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 and 4 groups rising from the World Cup Qualifier Playoff.
The Playoff will embrace the underside 4 groups from League 2 and 4 sides from the Problem League. The highest 4 groups from that competitors will progress to the World Cup Qualifier.
The Problem League itself includes 12 groups cut up into two teams of six, with every group contesting three round-robin tournaments throughout the qualification cycle. The highest two groups from every group will qualify for the Playoff.
Eire will likely be aiming to keep away from a repeat of the frustration they endured forward of the 2023 ODI World Cup, once they have been eradicated within the Tremendous Six stage of the Qualifier and missed out on a spot within the event. (ANI)
