The 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the 20th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament, which took place in the United Arab Emirates in February and March 2023. It was a tri-nation series between United Arab Emirates, Nepal and Papua New Guinea with the matches played in the One Day International (ODI) format. The World Cup League 2 tournament forms part of the qualification process for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Nepal's 42-run win against the UAE in the final match of the series kept them in contention for the third and final automatic place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and confirmed that the UAE would have to earn a place via the World Cup Qualifier Play-off.
Squads Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Kushal Bhurtel Mousom Dhakal Pratis GC Gulsan Jha Sundeep Jora Sompal Kami Karan KC Sandeep Lamichhane Gyanendra Malla Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Assad Vala (c) Charles Amini Sese Bau Kiplin Doriga (wk) Riley Hekure Hiri Hiri Semo Kamea John Kariko Kabua Morea Alei Nao Chad Soper Gaudi Toka Tony Ura Norman Vanua Hila Vare (wk) Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c) Sabir Ali Vriitya Aravind (wk) Rahul Bhatia Hazrat Bilal Aayan Afzal Khan Asif Khan Zahoor Khan Aryan Lakra Karthik Meiyappan Rohan Mustafa Alishan Sharafu Junaid Siddique Muhammad Waseem
On 1 March 2023, Nepal's Mousom Dhakal was ruled out of series due to a shoulder injury, with Sandeep Lamichhane named as his replacement. On 5 March 2023, Nepal's Kushal Bhurtel was ruled out of series due to an injury.
Fixtures
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
References
Notes
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo