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From the Globe and Mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It may have been over a decade since Canada was at international cricket\u2019s top table but the men\u2019s national cricket team moved a step closer to qualifying for the 2023 one-day international World Cup by winning the Cricket World Cup Challenge League A title with three games to spare in Malaysia last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having lost its ODI status in 2019, Canada was relegated to the International Cricket Council\u2019s lowest tier of List A competitions, but climbed out of it in remarkable fashion by winning 12 out of its past 13 games, four more than nearest rival Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Securing the title means it will now progress to the World Cup qualifier playoffs in Namibia next March, where it will be joined by CWC Challenge League B winners Jersey and the bottom four teams of the ongoing World Cricket League 2, potentially Papua New Guinea, the United States, Nepal and United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The six teams will then battle for the two spots up for grabs at the World Cup qualifier, a 10-team event to be held in Zimbabwe in June and July. Given the 10-team nature of the ODI World Cup in India next October, only two teams from the qualifier will progress to the showpiece event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Canada manages to reach the qualifier, it could be pitted against full members Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland or South Africa in what promises to be a cut-throat qualifying event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n