The six match tri-series on the road to the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 sees USA and Namibia make their debuts in the Men’s CWC League 2 competition, with PNG participating in their second series. Teams will play four ODIs each in 11 days in Fort Lauderdale between 13 and 23 September and will be aiming to make their mark on the league table.

With teams two steps away from India 2023 and qualification to the Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2022 for the top three teams in League 2 there is a great deal at stake in this series. Four of the 36 ODIs that USA, PNG and Namibia will play each, over the two and half year competition take place in Fort Lauderdale with a maximum of eight points up for grabs for each team.

Tri-series 1 of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 took place last month with a winless PNG looking to earn their first point of the competition in the USA. Scotland sit above Oman on net-run-rate with both teams winning three games each.

PNG will also use the series to start collecting points for the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings.

The match schedule, three squads and match officials for the tri-series 2 of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2, between 13 and 23 September 2019 are as follows:

Match Schedule

13 September - USA v PNG (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

17 September - USA v Namibia (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

19 September- USA v PNG (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

20 September- USA v Namibia (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

22 September- PNG v Namibia (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

23 September - PNG v Namibia (Broward County Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)

All games start at 09h45 local time.

Squads

USA: Saurabh Netravalkar (captain); Monank Patel; Karima Gore; Nosthush Kenjige; Sagar Patel; Nisarg Patel; Jessy Singh; Juan "Rusty" Theron; Aaron Jones; Elmore Hutchinson; Jaskaran Malhotra; Steven Taylor; Timil Patel; Xavier Marshall

PNG: Assadollah Vala (captain); Tony Ura; Gaudi Toka; Lega Siaka; Charles Amini; Chad Soper; Kipling Doriga; Jason Kila; Norman Vanua; Hiri Hiri; Nosaina Pokana; Alei Nao; Simon Atai; Riley Hekure

Namibia: Merwe Erasmus (captain); Stephan Baard; Karl Birkenstock; Craig Williams; Jan Frylinck; Zane Green; Zhivago Groenewald; JP Kotze; Tangeni Lungamene; Bernald Scholtz; JJ Smit; Christi Viljoen; Pikkie ya France; Ben Shikongo

Match Officials

Match Referee – David Jukes

Neutral Umpire – Jacqueline Williams

Local umpires will be confirmed by USA Cricket