Chance to grab early WC super league points.

ISLAMABAD -- Bangladesh and former world champions West Indies kick off their qualification campaigns for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in Dhaka and Chittagong from Wednesday while Afghanistan and Ireland face off starting a day later with their series in Abu Dhabi.

The two three-match series, part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League that offers direct qualifying spots to the top seven teams apart from hosts India, is currently led by Australia with England second in the points table, said a press release issued here.

Introduced last year to add context to ODI cricket, the Super League sees each side play four home and four away three-match series. Australia (40 points) and England (30 points) have both played two series each while Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland and India have featured in one series each.

The tournament features the 12 ICC Full Members and the Netherlands, who qualified by winning the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015-17.

Teams get 10 points for a win, five for an abandonment/tie/no result and none for a loss, and ranked according to total points earned. The sides failing to qualify directly get a second shot through the Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier to be played in June and July of 2023.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh's leading names would be in focus as players get a chance to improve their positions in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings during the two...

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