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What is the World Cup Qualifier?

The tournament begins in Zimbabwe on Sunday and will continue across Harare, Bulawayo and Kwekwe until March 25. Here is everything you need to know about it

02-Mar-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Test-nation gravitas spices up World Cup Qualifier

This tournament will ask existential questions of almost every team: what would it mean for West Indies, winners of the inaugural World Cup in England more than 40 years ago, to miss out?

02-Mar-2018•Liam Brickhill

An offspinning allrounder, an ice-cool finisher, a teenaged legspinner

Four players from Canada, two each from Namibia, Nepal and Oman, and one from the champion side UAE make up ESPNcricinfo's team of the tournament

16-Feb-2018•Peter Della Penna

The Cardiac Kids from Nepal

Nepal have been the specialists of heart-stopping finishes in the WCL Division Two and their victory to seal a place in the World Cup Qualifier was a perfect example

15-Feb-2018•Peter Della Penna in Windhoek

The agony and ecstasy of World Cricket League

Two moments in the field - a run out in the match between UAE and Oman, and a fumble in the game between Kenya and Nepal - summed up the contrasting emotions in the tournament

13-Feb-2018•Peter Della Penna in Windhoek

Sandeep Lamichhane makes history as Nepal's first IPL player

The 17-year old rose to prominence in 2016, taking 14 wickets in six matches at the Under-19 World Cup, and later playing alongside Michael Clarke in the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

28-Jan-2018•Peter Della Penna

How the WCL affects places for World Cup 2019

Netherlands, the champions, have gained entry into the newly-proposed ODI league. They also join Hong Kong, Scotland and Papua New Guinea to play the qualifying tournament of the 2019 World Cup

07-Dec-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

ODI League berth, World Cup Qualifier slots at stake in final WCL Championship round

Five teams have a lot riding on the last round of the ICC WCL Championship matches in the UAE this week, from spots in the World Cup Qualifier to a berth in the new ODI League

05-Dec-2017•Peter Della Penna in Dubai

The Associate coach who changes fortunes

Pubudu Dassanayake has made a difference to every team he has led: Canada, Nepal and now the challenging and divisive USA

08-May-2017•Peter Della Penna

'It's time our administrators were as enthusiastic as our cricketers'

Nepal captain Paras Khadka talks about the road ahead for the game in his country

26-Jul-2016•Alan Gardner

Nepal turns its eyes to Dhaka

The country has turned its attention to a group of young boys who have taken the Under-19 World Cup by storm

04-Feb-2016•Vishal Dikshit

Lamichhane: Nepal's right-arm leg-break googly bowler

Like his idol Shane Warne, Sandeep Lamichhane appears to have the full repertoire. With a hat-trick against Ireland to seal Nepal's place in the quarter-finals, he couldn't have asked for a better start to his career

30-Jan-2016•Mohammad Isam

A glimpse of cricket's future

Two years after Kagiso Rabada and Mustafizur Rahman burst into world cricket's consciousness, the Under-19 World Cup returns to shine the limelight on the game's brightest young talents

26-Jan-2016•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

Unfazed Jenner, unsung Mooney and unimpressive Canada

After the conclusion of the league stage of the World T20 Qualifier in Scotland and Ireland, ESPNcricinfo looks at the top performers and the teams that failed to leave a mark in the tournament

20-Jul-2015•Peter Della Penna in Malahide

Nepal dare to dream again

About 70 days after the earthquake, the team is back together and looking to make it to its second World T20

10-Jul-2015•Sharda Ugra

Nepal's Vesawkar determined to overcome calamity

Though Nepal's preparations for the World T20 qualifier were hit by the recent earthquake, Sharad Vesawkar believes the tragedy has strengthened the players to succeed against all odds

28-May-2015•Amol Karhadkar

Two pairs of winners and plenty of losers

The ICC's Full Members have always been more equal than those below Test level, but now that same special treatment has crept into the Associate and Affiliate ranks as well

29-Jan-2015•Peter Della Penna

Redemption for Netherlands, regret for Nepal

January 23 was a Netherlands nightmare in 2014 but the same date turned into a Dutch dream in 2015

25-Jan-2015•Peter Della Penna

Increased squad depth crucial for Associates' success

Afghanistan have shown they can win even without their stars. Now Netherlands, Ireland and Nepal need to emulate them

27-Jul-2014•Peter Della Penna

No clarity on Dassanayake's tenure as Nepal coach

The Nepal board's financial state and investigations against a few members has hampered its ability to extend Dassanayake's contract, putting the administration "under turmoil", though there is progress on certain fronts

24-Jul-2014•Bishen Jeswant

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