ODI World Cup 2023 Qualifiers: Super Six Preview

As Group B teams played their final games yesterday, the group stage of the ODI World Cup 2023 Qualifiers came to a close. With four victories in four games, the hosts, Zimbabwe, won Group A, and Sri Lanka won Group B with four victories in four games as well. Here is a preview of the Super Six.

Two significant upsets occurred during the World Cup 2023 Qualifiers’ group stages. West Indies participated in both surprises by falling to the Netherlands and the hosts, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe overcame the West Indies by 35 runs, but their victory over the Netherlands was the bigger surprise.

West Indies vs The Netherlands

Batting in the first innings, West Indies had amassed 374 runs. The halfway point made the goal appear insurmountable. In order to reach the aim, the Netherlands would have had to surpass the second-highest total in ODI history. To win the game, the Netherlands needed to score 30 runs in the final two overs. They scored 21 runs in the penultimate over Roston Chase bowled, which required Alzarri Joseph to deliver the final over while holding the opposition to nine runs. Five runs had to be scored in five balls after the first ball went for a four. On the last ball, when only one run was needed to win, West Indies managed to dismiss Logan van Beek to send the game into Super Over.

In the Super Over, the Netherlands brought in van Beek to bat. Against Jason Holder, he scored 30 runs in the super over. West Indies’ response saw them only manage to score eight runs while losing two wickets. Beek completed his all-around effort by bowling in the Super Over as well.

West Indies finished the group with just two wins and in third place due to the losses to the Netherlands and Zimbabwe.

Super Six Points Table

Position	Team	Matches	Won	Loss	Points	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	2	2	0	4	+2.698
2	Zimbabwe	2	2	0	4	+0.982
3	Scotland	2	1	1	2	-0.060
4	Netherlands	2	1	1	2	-0.739
5	West Indies	2	0	2	0	-0.350
6	Oman	2	0	2	0	-3.042

Having placed third in their respective groups, West Indies and Oman enter the Super Six with 0 points, whereas Scotland and the Netherlands, who placed second, have two points. Group A and Group B table toppers Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka each have four points. 

Each Super Six squad will compete against the three teams from the opposing group. For the World Cup in India, the top two teams from the Super Six will advance. The clear favourites to qualify are Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe would both qualify for the Cricket World Cup 2023 with two victories out of three games. 

West Indies

West Indies would need to win all three contests by a sizable margin in order to advance. The Netherlands and Scotland would also need to lose at least one of their three games, while Sri Lanka, Scotland, and Oman would need to defeat Zimbabwe twice for them to qualify with three victories. 

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