The ICC World Cup Qualifier 2023 is being played in Zimbabwe: here’s how to watch the tournament live, including TV channels and live streaming options.
The World Cup Qualifier will be the final stage of the qualification process for the main tournament and will decide the final two teams that will participate in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup later this year. The tournament will be held from June 18 to July 9, 2023.
Ten teams are featuring in the competition – two from the World Cup Qualifier Playoff, three from the Super League 2 and the bottom five from the World Cup Super League.
ICC World Cup Qualifier 2023: Which teams are participating?
The ten teams are as follows: West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Scotland, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America.
What are the venues?
Matches will be played in Harare and Bulawayo: the Harare Sports Club, the Takashinga Cricket Club, the Queens Sports Club and the Bulawayo Athletic Club.
What is the format?
Two groups A and B, with three teams from each group progressing to the Super Six stage. Here’s the complete schedule.
In India
Selected matches will be shown live on the Star Sports Network on the following channels: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD.
Live streaming will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app.
In Australia
Selected matches will be shown live on Fox Sports (Channel 501), with live streaming also available on the Foxtel Go, Foxtel Now and Kayo apps
In the UK
In the UK, selected matches will be shown live on Sky Sports. Since the Ashes is also being telecast live, the World Cup Qualifier will be shown on Sky Sports Mix.
Live streaming will be available on the Sky Go app.
In the USA and Canada
Catch selected matches live and exclusive across TV and Digital in the US and Canada with Willow.tv
ESPN+ will show the matches digitally in the US, Hotstar in Canada.
In Afghanistan
Matches will be live on Ariana TV. Live streaming will be available on arianatelevision.com, sports.afghan-wireless.com & ariananews.af
In the Caribbean islands
Select matches will be shown live on ESPN and ESPN2, while all matches will be streamed live on ESPN Play.
In Continental Europe and SEA (excluding Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong)
Yupp TV will show matches live.
In New Zealand
Selected matches live on Sky Sport 1-9, Sky Sport Select, Pop Up 1. All matches will be live on Sky Go and SkySports Now.
In Pakistan
PTV and ARY will telecast select matches. PTV Sports and ARY ZAPP apps will show all matches live.
In Sri Lanka
All matches live on TV1 or Sirasa TV, with live streaming on the Maharaja TV website.
In South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
Selected matches live on SuperSport GrandStand and SuperSport Cricket. All matches live on the SuperSport app.
