ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2018, Zimbabwe : Squads

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Bulawayo is usually drier than Harare.. that's the only reason why I would pick Bulawayo because if you are telling me points are carried forward into the super 6 stage like I read somewhere a game against kenya/Namibia could be washed out for one of the favourites and that will really set them back. I hope there are rain days because this could really go down to the wire. There is too much at stake here

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Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) have announced their 15 man squad that will contest the World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe from March 3-27.


https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/604548

Team 4:

Netherlands Squad

Peter Borren (C), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Timm vd Gugten, Viv Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Sikander Zulfiqar.


Netherlands played some quality cricket over last few months as a result they got selected for the ICC World Odi Championship going to start from 2019. Netherlands team looks quite balanced, the return of allrounder Ryan Ten Doeschate is going to boost the side. Roelof van der Merwe, is another class in the side. Shane Snater, ex Zimbabwe Under 19 is a quality bowler, and is an important member who has played all his youth cricket in Zimbabwe.

Players like Meekeran, vd Gugten have experience in playing foreign league. However, there is no place for Tom Cooper and Alexi Karveezi in the team, but the team looks that it will be able to provide some competition to other side.



Title Won : Once in 2001

Performance in ICC World Cup Qualifiers :

Netherlands were defeated twice by Zimbabwe in final of the qualifiers of 1986 and 1990 and became Runners up.

It was 2001 ICC World Cup Qualifiers, when Netherlands beat Namibia by 2 wickets and won the title.


Recent Performances :

1)Netherlands got defeated by Zimbabwe 2-1 at home

2) Netherlands became the first team to be the part of ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2018, after they became table toopers in 2015-2017 ICC World Cricket League


3) Netherlands defeated Namibia twice in 2015-2017 ICC World Cricket League to finish top and qualify for the ICC Odi Championship 2019
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Cricket Scotland have announced their 15 man squad that will contest the World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe from March 3-27.


https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/612350

Team 5 :

Scotland Squad


Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Alasdair Evans, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Tom Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Stuart Whittingham



Scotland is the two time winners of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers. The Squad looked quite settled with Kyle Coetzer has been selected as captain and will lead the side against Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Zimbabwe, plus the final qualifier to be confirmed following World Cricket League Division 2 in February in Group B.Michael Jones and Tom Sole have both been selected after their maiden international tour to the UAE in January.Hampshire duo Brad Wheal and Chris Sole will add pace to the attack and will be accompanied by Safyaan Sharif, Stuart Whittingham and Alasdair Evans who will form a five-prong pace attack.

Richie Berrington, who has been named as vice-captain, Matthew Cross and Calum MacLeod are expected to play an important role with the bat and provide valuable experience in the field with 444 international caps between them.


Title Won : Twice in 2005 & 2014


Performance in ICC World Cup Qualifiers :


Scotland became champions first time in 2005 defeating Ireland and second time in 2014 defeating UAE by 41 runs


Recent Performances :


1) Scotland drawn the series against Zimbabwe 1-1.

2) Scotland won series against Papua New Guinea in UAE 2-0

3) Scotland have poor performance in UAE wining just one match in the Tri Nation Series 2018

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Shane Snater is not a quality bowler. He's standard seamer at best, who does nothing with it. He might be class in the Dutch side but not in any other side. He's not as good as Vitori, Jarvis and Chatara

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I wouldn't be surprised if the Netherlands came close to qualifying. This should be quite an exciting tournament - instead of just being a qualifier, it is basically a Division B World Cup.
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Tom Cooper wasn't even available for Dutch selection. He said in the media that he intends to stay on for the Redbacks in the second half of the Sheffield Shield season.
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sloandog wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:24 pm
Shane Snater is not a quality bowler. He's standard seamer at best, who does nothing with it. He might be class in the Dutch side but not in any other side. He's not as good as Vitori, Jarvis and Chatara
When did you last see him play? I had heard he was pretty useful.

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Shane Snater is a quality swing bowler, knows Zimbabwe conditions very well, his success will depend on the tracks, though pitches in Zimbabwe have been slow and pacers had the problem in not getting enough assistance of the pitch.

It seems Spinners going to play an important role then pacers in the qualifiers.
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The selection committee announced Afghanistan’s squad for the ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 which will be held in Zimbabwe from 4th – 25th March 2018


http://cricket.af/acb-news-info/473


Team 6 :

Afghanistan Squad


Asghar Stanikzai (c), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Nasir Jamal, Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shenwari, Ihsanullah Janat & Sharafuddin Ashraf


Reserve Players: Noor Ali Zadran, Karim Janat, Aftab Alam & Afsar Zazai



The team looks strong with the return of the aggressive Wicketkeeper Batsman Mohammad Shahzad followed by two stars Rashid Khan & Mohammad Nabi who are going to play an important role in the qualifiers. Afghanistan are thought to be one of the favourites along with the Windies to win this tournament.

Title Won : None

Performances in ICC World Cup Qualifiers :

Afghanistan played their first ICC Qualifiers Tournament in 2009 as a result of promotion through ICC World Cricket League, Divison 3, 2009, and finished in fifth spot.

Recent Performances :

1) Afghanistan quick rise has surprised the world as they beat Zimbabwe in odi series for 3 times, followed by two wins against Bangladesh, and 1-1 series draw in odi series in their innaugral carrabean tour
, and recently has been awarded with test status

2) Afghanistan recently suffered 2-1 series loss against touring Irish team in UAE and are going to feature in 5 match odi series against Zimbabwe in UAE, an important series before the qualifiers begin.

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Strong team, Afghans are probably going to win this tournament, only upsets can hamper them.
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