Kathmandu, February 16
After finishing as runners-up in the World Cricket League Division Two, Nepal kick off their World Cup qualifiers campaign against hosts Zimbabwe on March 4.
Nepal have been drawn alongside Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Scotland and hosts Zimbabwe in group B. Nepal will play their group stage matches against Scotland on March 4, against Afghanistan on March 10. The final match against Hong Kong is on March 12.
Division two winners UAE have been drawn in Group A along with West Indies, the Netherlands, Papa New Guinea and Ireland.
Each side plays the other teams in their group once with the top three from the groups progressing to the Super Six stage. The teams each play three Super Six matches against the sides they did not meet in the group stage. All points won in the groups will be carried over to the Super Six stage apart from those gained against the bottom two from each group.
The finalists will both progress to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, whilst the Netherlands (ICC World Cricket League Championship winners) and the three highest finishing Associate Members will earn ODI status till 2022 upon the conclusion of the event.
Only the big matches in Harare during the group stage and the Super Six ties will be on TV. Zimbabwe, based in Bulawayo will not have any of their matches broadcast during the group stage.
Nepal will also play two warm-up matches before the qualifiers. First against UAE on February 27 and the other against Honk Kong on March 1.
