The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the World Cup ODI Super League as a qualification pathway for the 2023 World Cup scheduled in India. The Super League aims to provide relevance and context to men’s ODI cricket between ICC OD World Cups, held once every four years.
Kickstarted with England and Ireland’s three-match ODI series in 2020, thirteen teams – 12 ICC Full Members and Netherlands – are taking part in the competition, with the Netherlands inside courtesy winning the ICC World Cricket League Championship back in 2017.
In the cycle, each team will be playing three-match ODI series against eight other teams across two series, one home and one away. Therefore, each participant is set to play 24 matches, and at the end of it all, the top seven will qualify alongside India for the 50-over World Cup 2023.
Each team will earn ten points for a win, five for a tie/no result/abandonment, and none for a loss. The final rankings will be determined according to the total points earned by all the teams across the eight series they have played. Meanwhile, being the hosts of the tournament, India has an automatic qualification.
Currently, with eight wins and five losses in 14 games, New Zealand occupies the top spot in the table (175 points), followed by England, Bangladesh (155), India (139), Australia (130), Pakistan (120), Afghanistan (115), South Africa (98), West Indies (88), Sri Lanka (81), Ireland (73), Zimbabwe (65), and Netherlands (35).
After the completion of the ODI series between Ireland and Bangladesh, the ICC Super League finally gets concluded. The visitors triumphed over Ireland in the third and final ODI in what was a close encounter held in Chelmsford on Sunday, May 14. Hence, the Bangla Tigers finished in the Third spot slightly ahead of Team India as per the points table after claiming the series 2-0 against Irish side as per the ICC. Consequently, New Zealand have been crowned as the champions of the inaugural tournament.
Notably, the 2019 World Cup runner-ups played 24 matches and won 16 out of them to finish at the helm of the points table, while the reigning World champions, England, ended up behind the Kiwis after winning 15 matches from as many games played by New Zealand. Meanwhile, Ireland’s chances were cut short after their first ODI had got washed out as rains favoured South Africa to claim the Eighth spot. As a result, they will now join other teams to compete in the ICC Men’s Cricket World
| Rank | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | No Result | Points | NRR |
| 1 | England | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 0.838 |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 0.322 |
| 3 | Australia | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0.666 |
| 4 | India | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0.051 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | -0.236 |
| 6 | Ireland | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 35 | -0.563 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2.352 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.527 |
| 9 | West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | -0.876 |
| 10 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | -0.06 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | -0.049 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13 | -0.573 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | -1.08 |
*Last Updated on 15th May, 2023