The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B was a cricket tournament that was played in July 2022 in Zimbabwe, as one of two global tournaments that together formed the final stage of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 men's matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the Global Qualifiers were played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Global Qualifier B was contested by eight teams that advanced from their Regional Finals, were eliminated in the first round of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, or were one of the highest ranked sides not already qualified to this stage. The eight teams were placed in two groups, with two sides from each group advancing to the semi-finals. The two teams that reached the final of the Global Qualifier advanced to the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia.
The United States and Jersey announced that they would play a series of practice games against each other and Namibia in Windhoek before travelling to Zimbabwe. In June 2022, the ICC confirmed the full schedule for the Global Qualifier B tournament.
In Group A, United States and Zimbabwe both won their first two matches to secure their places in the semi-finals of the tournament. The Netherlands won their first two matches in Group B to also qualify for the semi-finals. Despite losing their final group match, Papua New Guinea became the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals, due to a superior net run rate over Hong Kong. The Netherlands and Zimbabwe reached the final of the tournament to qualify for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Hosts Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 37 runs in the final to win the tournament.
Teams and qualifications Sub-regional qualification stages were scheduled to begin on 24 June 2021 with the European qualifier in Finland. But a number of these regional tournaments were either postponed or cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 65 Associate Member teams participated in the regional qualification stage. The teams that advanced from this stage, joined Singapore and Zimbabwe, who had qualified via T20I rankings along with the Netherlands and Papua New Guinea who qualified via the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup.
+Means of qualificationDateHostBerthsQualifiedAutomatic qualificationsICC Men's T20I Team RankingsDecember 202022021 Men's T20 World Cup14 November 20212Regional qualificationsEurope15 – 21 October 20211Asia22–28 July 20191Americas7 – 14 November 20211Africa17 – 20 November 20211Total8
Squads The following squads were named for the tournament. Nizakat Khan (c) Zeeshan Ali Haroon Arshad Mohammad Ghazanfar Adit Gorawara Babar Hayat Aftab Hussain Aizaz Khan Ehsan Khan Scott McKechnie (wk) Yasim Murtaza Kinchit Shah Ayush Shukla Mohammad Waheed Shahid Wasif Charles Perchard (c) Daniel Birrell Dominic Blampied Harrison Carlyon Jake Dunford (wk) Nick Greenwood Jonty Jenner Elliot Miles Rhys Palmer Ben Stevens Julius Sumerauer Asa Tribe Zak Tribe Benjamin Ward Scott Edwards (c) Shariz Ahmad Philippe Boissevain Tom Cooper Bas de Leede Aryan Dutt Brandon Glover Fred Klaassen Paul van Meekeren Stephan Myburgh Teja Nidamanuru Max O'Dowd Tim Pringle Vikramjit Singh Logan van Beek Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Simon Atai Sese Bau Riley Hekure Semo Kamea Kabua Morea Alei Nao Damien Ravu Lega Siaka Chad Soper Norman Vanua Hila Vare Tony Ura Amjad Mahboob (c) Vinoth Baskaran Surendran Chandramohan Aman Desai (wk) Rezza Gaznavi Neil Karnik Anantha Krishna Arjun Mutreja Navin Param Janak Prakash Akshay Puri Rohan Rangarajan Manpreet Singh (wk) Aryaman Sunil Brian Masaba (c) Fred Achelam Frank Akankwasa Bilal Hassan Cosmas Kyewuta Juma Miyagi Roger Mukasa Dinesh Nakrani Frank Nsubuga Ronak Patel Riazat Ali Shah Henry Ssenyondo Simon Ssesazi Kenneth Waiswa Monank Patel (c) Aaron Jones (vc) Marty Kain Ali Khan Siva Kumar Jaskaran Malhotra Sushant Modani Yasir Mohammad Saurabh Netravalkar Nisarg Patel Gajanand Singh Cameron Stevenson Steven Taylor Rusty Theron Vatsal Vaghela Craig Ervine (c) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Tendai Chatara Luke Jongwe Innocent Kaia Wesley Madhevere Tadiwanashe Marumani Wellington Masakadza Tony Munyonga Blessing Muzarabani Richard Ngarava Sikandar Raza Milton Shumba Sean Williams
Ali Khan suffered a fractured forearm during the USA's match against Jersey when Jersey batter Ben Ward drove a full delivery straight back to Khan. He retired hurt immediately and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament. Siva Kumar was later named as Khan's replacement. Zimbabwe's Tendai Chatara fractured his collarbone, also in a match against Jersey, with Tony Munyonga replacing him for the remaining matches of the tournament.
Group stage
Group A
Advanced to the Semi-Finals Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
Group B
Advanced to the Semi-Finals Advanced to the Consolation play-offs
Consolation play-offs Bracket
5th Place semi-finals
7th-place play-off
5th-place play-off
Play-offs Bracket
Semi-finals
3rd-place play-off
Final
Final standings These were the final standings following the conclusion of the tournament.
Position Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Qualified for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
See also 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo