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World Cup Selection: Who misses out?

MACHEL HEWITT: The squad looks settled, and the roles look obvious. Is that clarity so far out from the competition enough to get West Indies over the line?

07.11.26, 22:24

The cricket world awaits the release of the ICC’s Future Tours Programme for 2027-29. However, for West Indies, the only dates that matter are the World Cup Qualifiers scheduled to take place between February 26th and March 21st in Namibia and South Africa.

For the third tournament in a row, West Indies must traverse the qualification route, a route that has seen them succeed in 2018 and fail quite spectacularly in 2023.

Back then, Daren Sammy could use the excuse that he had only been appointed head coach of the limited-overs side in May 2023, and but for a three-match series vs UAE in Sharjah (June), he had no real preparation time to get his side ready for the cut and thrust of a qualifier tournament.

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