{"id":199442,"date":"2026-08-05T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199442"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:04:25","slug":"ireland-forced-into-2027-odi-world-cup-qualifier-after-afghanistan-washout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199442","title":{"rendered":"Ireland forced into 2027 ODI World Cup Qualifier after Afghanistan washout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71310927\">Ireland\u2019s hopes of qualifying directly for the 2027 ODI World Cup ended on Wednesday after the first match of its five-ODI series against Afghanistan was washed out without a toss at Bready.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked 12th, Ireland needed a 5-0 whitewash and West Indies to lose both its matches against India before the September 30 cut-off. Those results could have carried Ireland above Zimbabwe, West Indies and Afghanistan into a direct qualification position. The washout closed that route.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/jos-buttler-mens-t20s-all-time-leading-run-scorers-top-five-list-pollard-gayle\/article71310764.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jos Buttler becomes leading run scorer in men\u2019s T20s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ireland must now negotiate the 10-team World Cup Qualifier. The winner will advance directly to the tournament\u2019s main 12-team stage, while the teams finishing second, third and fourth will enter the three-team Super Series, which forms the opening round of the World Cup. Only the Super Series winner will progress further.<\/p>\n<p>The Qualifier will include two eligible bottom-ranked Full Members, four leading Cricket World Cup League 2 teams and four sides from the Qualifier Playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland also missed the 2023 World Cup after being eliminated during the Super Six phase of the Qualifier in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Aug 05, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ireland-cricket-world-cup-2027-qualification-afghanistan-first-odi-washout-latest-news\/article71310927.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland\u2019s hopes of qualifying directly for the 2027 ODI World Cup ended on Wednesday after the first match of its five-ODI series against Afghanistan was washed out without a toss&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Britain_Cricket_269_5.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":199336,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=199336","url_meta":{"origin":199442,"position":0},"title":"IRE vs AFG, 1st ODI: When, where to watch the first ODI between Ireland and Afghanistan?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"August 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Afghanistan will kick start its tour of Ireland with the first ODI to be played in Bready on Wednesday. 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