2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League

The 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League[1][2] will be the inaugural edition of the One Day International (ODI) league.[3] The league is scheduled to take place from May 2020 to March 2022, and will serve as part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification process.[4]

2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
Dates1 May 2020 – 31 March 2022
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Participants13
Matches played156

It will feature thirteen teams, the twelve Full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), and the Netherlands, who won the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship to qualify for this competition.[5] Each team will play an ODI series against eight of the twelve opponents, four series at home and four away. Each series will consist of three ODIs.[6]

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted on the start of the league, with several rounds of matches being postponed. In April 2020, following a Chief Executives' meeting, the ICC announced that it would look at the future of the league at a later date, once there is a better understanding of the impact of the pandemic on cricket.[7][8]

Teams and qualification pathway
Main articles: 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualification and 2023 Cricket World Cup

Thirteen teams qualified for the 2020–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League:

For the World Cup, the hosts (India), and the top seven sides thereafter, will qualify automatically. The remaining five teams will play in a qualifying event along with five Associate sides, from which two sides will go through to the final tournament.[10]

The top twelve teams in this Super League will qualify for the next Cricket World Cup Super League. The 13th ranked team in this Super League could be relegated to the next Cricket World Cup League 2. Of the 13th ranked team in this Super League and the champions of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, whichever of these two teams is ranked higher in the 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier will take the 13th spot in the next Super League while the team ranked lower will play in the next League 2.[11][12]

Schedule

The match schedule was announced by the ICC on 20 June 2018 as part of the 2018–23 ICC Future Tours Programme.[13][14]

Home \ Away
Afghanistan  — 3 matches
Mar 2022		 — — — 3 matches
Jan 2021		 3 matches
Dec 2021		 — 3 matches
Sept 2021		 — — — —
Australia  — — — — 3 matches
Nov 2020		 — — 3 matches
Jan 2021		 — 3 matches
Jan 2022		 — — 3 matches
June 2020
Bangladesh  3 matches
Feb 2022		 — — 3 matches
Oct 2021		 — — — — — — 3 matches
Dec 2020		 3 matches
Jan 2021		 —
England  — 3 matches
July 2020		 — — — 3 matches
Sept 2020		 — — 3 matches
July 2021		 — 3 matches
June 2021		 — —
India  3 matches
Mar 2021		 — — 3 matches
Sept 2020		 — — — — — 3 matches
Oct 2021		 — 3 matches
Jan 2022		 —
Ireland  — — 3 matches
Postponed		 — — — — 3 matches
June 2020		 — 3 matches
June 2021		 — — 3 matches
Aug 2021
Netherlands  — — — 3 matches
May 2021		 — 3 matches
July 2021		 — — 3 matches
July 2020		 — — 3 matches
July 2020		 —
New Zealand  — — 3 matches
Feb 2021		 — 3 matches
Mar 2022		 — 3 matches
Jan 2022		 — — — 3 matches
Feb 2021		 — —
Pakistan  — 3 matches
Feb 2022		 — — — — — 3 matches
Oct 2021		 — — — 3 matches
Dec 2021		 3 matches
Nov 2020
South Africa  — — 3 matches
Mar 2022		 3 matches
Mar 2021		 — — 3 matches
Sep 2021		 — 3 matches
Oct 2020		 — — — —
Sri Lanka  3 matches
July 2021		 — — — 3 matches
June 2020		 — — — — 3 matches
Postponed		 — — 3 matches
Oct 2020
West Indies  — 3 matches
June 2021		 — — — 3 matches
Jan 2022		 — 3 matches
July 2020		 — — 3 matches
Feb 2021		 — —
Zimbabwe  3 matches
Nov 2021		 — 3 matches
June 2021		 — 3 matches
Aug 2020		 — 3 matches
Sept 2020		 — — — — — —
First match(es) will be played on May 2020. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Therefore, the four countries that each side will not face in this tournament, are as follows.

Team Will not play
Afghanistan England  New Zealand  South Africa  and West Indies 
Australia Bangladesh  Ireland  Netherlands  and Sri Lanka 
Bangladesh Australia  India  Netherlands  and Pakistan 
England Afghanistan  New Zealand  West Indies  and Zimbabwe 
India Bangladesh  Ireland  Netherlands  and Pakistan 
Ireland Australia  India  Pakistan  and Sri Lanka 
Netherlands Australia  Bangladesh  India  and Sri Lanka 
New Zealand Afghanistan  England  South Africa  and Zimbabwe 
Pakistan Bangladesh  India  Ireland  and Sri Lanka 
South Africa Afghanistan  New Zealand  West Indies  and Zimbabwe 
Sri Lanka Australia  Ireland  Netherlands  and Pakistan 
West Indies Afghanistan  England  South Africa  and Zimbabwe 
Zimbabwe England  New Zealand  South Africa  and West Indies 

Coronavirus pandemic
Main article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports § Cricket

The coronavirus pandemic impacted on international cricket fixtures, including the start of the league. Bangladesh's matches against Ireland were postponed on 21 March 2020.[15] In April 2020, South Africa's tour to Sri Lanka was postponed.[16] The same month, Pakistan's tour of the Netherlands and the West Indies tour of the Netherlands were both postponed, after the Dutch government banned all events in the country, both sports and cultural, until 1 September 2020.[17] On 15 May 2020, Cricket Ireland confirmed that the tour by New Zealand had also been postponed.[18] However, Ireland's 3-match ODI series in England originally scheduled for September 2020 has been brought forward to July and August with all three matches taking place at Old Trafford, starting on 30 July 2020.[19][20][21]

On 12 June 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that it had called off their tours to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.[22]

League table
Pos Team Series Matches NRR Points 2023 World Cup Qualification 2027 World Cup Qualification
PWLDPWLNRT
1 Afghanistan00000000000Qualify for 2023 Cricket World Cup.
India qualify automatically as hosts		Qualify for the next Cricket World Cup Super League
2 Australia00000000000
3 Bangladesh00000000000
4 England00000000000
5 India00000000000
6 Ireland00000000000
7 Netherlands00000000000
8 New Zealand00000000000
9 Pakistan00000000000Advance to 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
10 South Africa00000000000
11 Sri Lanka00000000000
12 West Indies00000000000
13 Zimbabwe00000000000Determined by Qualifier

Fixtures

2020
Main article: International cricket in 2020

Ireland v Bangladesh
Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team against Ireland in 2020
14 May 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Postponed
Stormont, Belfast
16 May 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Postponed
Stormont, Belfast
19 May 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Postponed
Stormont, Belfast

Sri Lanka v South Africa
Main article: South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020
June 2020
v
Match Postponed
June 2020
v
Match Postponed
June 2020
v
Match Postponed

Ireland v New Zealand
Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Ireland in 2020
27 June 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Posponed
Stormont, Belfast
30 June 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Posponed
Stormont, Belfast
2 July 2020
Scorecard
v
Match Posponed
Stormont, Belfast

Sri Lanka v India
Main article: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020
June 2020
v
June 2020
v
June 2020
v

Netherlands v Pakistan
Main article: Pakistani cricket team in the Netherlands in 2020

West Indies vs New Zealand
Main article: New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 2020

England v Australia
Main article: Australian cricket team in England in 2020
11 July 2020
Scorecard
v

Netherlands v West Indies
Main article: West Indian cricket team in the Netherlands in 2020
July 2020
v
July 2020
v
July 2020
v

Australia v Zimbabwe
Main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2020
August 2020
v
August 2020
v
August 2020
v

Zimbabwe v India
Main article: Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2020
August 2020
v
August 2020
v
August 2020
v

Zimbabwe v Netherlands
Main article: Dutch cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2020
9 September 2020
v
11 September 2020
v
13 September 2020
v

England v Ireland
Main article: Irish cricket team in England in 2020
10 September 2020
Scorecard
v
12 September 2020
Scorecard
v
15 September 2020
Scorecard
v

2020–21
Main article: International cricket in 2020–21

India v England
Main article: English cricket team in India in 2020–21
September 2020
v
September 2020
v
September 2020
v

South Africa v Pakistan
Main article: Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2020–21
October 2020
v
October 2020
v
October 2020
v

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020–21
October 2020
v
October 2020
v
October 2020
v

Australia v India
Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
November 2020
v
November 2020
v
November 2020
v

Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Main article: Zimbabwean cricket team in Pakistan in 2020–21
November 2020
v
November 2020
v
November 2020
v

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2020–21
December 2020
v
December 2020
v
December 2020
v

Australia v New Zealand
Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
January 2021
v
January 2021
v
January 2021
v

Afghanistan v Ireland

Bangladesh v West Indies

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

India v Afghanistan

West Indies v Sri Lanka

New Zealand v Bangladesh

South Africa v England

2021
Main article: International cricket in 2021

Netherlands v England

West Indies v Australia

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh

England v Sri Lanka

Ireland v South Africa

Netherlands v Ireland

England v Pakistan

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan

Ireland v Zimbabwe

Afghanistan v Pakistan

South Africa v Netherlands

2021–22
Main article: International cricket in 2021–22

Bangladesh v England

India v South Africa

Pakistan v New Zealand

Zimbabwe v Afghanistan

Pakistan v West Indies

Afghanistan v Netherlands

West Indies v Ireland

Australia v South Africa

India v West Indies

New Zealand v Netherlands

Bangladesh v Afghanistan

Pakistan v Australia

New Zealand v India

South Africa v Bangladesh

Afghanistan v Australia

See also

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