ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A, 2022: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know

by Saksham Mishra & Cricket World Wednesday 16 February 2022

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Eight teams are taking part in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A, 2022 (Feb 18 - Feb 24) to stake their claim for a berth in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

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Ireland and UAE are the favourites to emerge victors from the competition. The ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A, 2022 will be played at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1 & 2), Al Amerat in Oman between Feb 18 and Feb 24.

The recently-concluded Oman Quadrangular T20I Series, 2022 served as great preparation for some teams for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A, 2022.

Ireland ended up at the 2nd spot in the quadrangular T20I Series points table with 2 wins and one loss from their 3 matches of the competition. United Arab Emirates finished at the top spot in the recently-concluded Oman Quadrangular T20I Series, 2022 points table with 2 wins and one loss from their 3 matches.

While Oman ended up at the 3rd spot in the quadrangular T20I Series points table with one win and 2 losses from their 3 matches, Nepal found themselves at the 4th spot with one win and 2 losses.

Andy Balbirnie who was the top run-scorer for Ireland in the Oman Quadrangular T20I Series with 136 runs at a strike rate of 152 will be in contention to finish as the top batter in the competition.

Ireland's Craig Young who was the best bowler and picked up 6 wickets while bowling at an average of 8 and an economy rate of 6.25 and UAE's Rohan Mustafa who took 3 wickets while bowling at an average of 25 and an economy rate of 7.33 are in contention for the best bowler's spot in the qualifier.

Squads

Oman - Kashyap Prajapati, Jatinder Singh, Shoaib Khan, Ayaan Khan, Aamir Kaleem, Sandeep Goud, Naseem Khushi (wk), Khawar Ali (c), Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Khurram Nawaz, Nestor Dhamba, Mohammad Nadeem

United Arab Emirates - Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Muhammad Usman, Rohan Mustafa, Kashif Daud, Ahmed Raza (c), Akif Raja, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed, Mohammad Boota, Zahoor Khan, Zawar Farid, Alishan Sharafu

Ireland - Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, Shane Getkate, Lorcan Tucker (wk), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Simi Singh, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Harry Tector

Nepal - Gyanendra Malla, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Dipendra Singh Airee, Sharad Vesawkar, Kushal Malla, Lokesh Bam, Kushal Bhurtel, Abinash Bohara, Sandeep Lamichhane (c), Jitendra Mukhiya, Kamal Singh Airee, Shahab Alam, Bibek Yadav, Sagar Dhakal, Karan KC, Pradeep Airee, Aarif Sheikh

Philippines - Jonathan Hill (c), Jordan Alegre, Machanda Biddappa, Sivamohan Reddy, Richard Goodwin, Gurbhupinder Chohan, Grant Russ, Muzammil Shahzad, Henry Tyler, Daniel Smith, Hernie Isorena, Ajeet Kumar, Vimal Kumar, Huzaifa Mohammed, Jean Miguel Podosky

Canada - Ravinderpal Singh, Matthew Spoors, Navneet Dhaliwal (c), Junaid Siddiqui, Shreyas Movva, Hamza Tariq, Dillon Heyliger, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Jatinderpal Matharu, Salman Nazar, Rayyan Pathan, Kaleem Sana, Harsh Thaker, Saad Bin Zafar

Germany - Dylan Blignaut, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, Shoaib Azam Khan, Faisal Mubashir, Justin Broad, Nooruddin Mujadady, Michael Richardson, Venkatraman Ganesan (c), Ghulam Ahmadi, Vishnu Bharathi, Fayaz Khan Nasseri, Talha Khan, Dieter Klein, Muslim Yar

Bahrain - Fiaz Ahmed, Sikder Billah, Haider Butt, Shahi Fahim, Umar Toor, Muhammad Younis, Sarfaraz Ali (c), Imran Anwar, George Axtell, Shahbaz Badar, Prashant Kurup, Waseeq Ahmed, Junaid Aziz, Shahid Mahmood, David Mathias, Sathaiya Veerapathiran

Fixtures

Feb 18, Fri

Oman vs Nepal, 1st Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

Canada vs Philippines, 2nd Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

Ireland vs United Arab Emirates, 3rd Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Germany vs Bahrain, 4th Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Feb 19, Sat

Nepal vs Philippines, 6th Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

Oman vs Canada, 5th Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

United Arab Emirates vs Germany, 7th Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Ireland vs Bahrain, 8th Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Feb 21, Mon

Ireland vs Germany, 9th Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

United Arab Emirates vs Bahrain, 10th Match, Group B
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

Oman vs Philippines, 12th Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Nepal vs Canada, 11th Match, Group A
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Feb 22, Tue

TBC vs TBC, 5th Place Semi-Finals (A3 v B4)
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

TBC vs TBC, 7th Place Semi-Finals (B3 v A4)
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

TBC vs TBC, Semi-Final 1 (A1 v B2)
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

TBC vs TBC, Semi-Final 2 (B1 v A2)
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

Feb 24, Thu

TBC vs TBC, 5th Place Play-off
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

TBC vs TBC, 7th Place Play-off
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
11:30 AM

TBC vs TBC, 3rd Place Play-off
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2), Al Amerat
3:30 PM

TBC vs TBC, Final
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat