While Ireland misses out on the tournament proper for the first time since 2003, there is a team who lost the tournament for the first time in thirty-five years.

The team we are talking about is two times champion, Zimbabwe. Team's fate at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 was similar to that of Scotland, whom they tied against in the last game of the group stage. Zimbabwe got into the Super Sixes with three points and made it five when they got past Ireland in the first game of the second stage. After that, though, it all went south, with losses against Windies and the United Arab Emirates.  As a result, in 2019, Zimbabwe will not be a part of the World Cup for the first time since 1983.

World Cup Qualifiers Zimbabwe have almost thrown themselves out of the 2019 world cup qualifiers as they lost to UAE by three runs in a thrilling encounter. Chasing a revised target of 230 runs in 40 overs, the hosts managed only 226 runs. Mohammad Naveed was the star for UAE as he grabbed three wickets and also played a cameo of 22 runs off 10 balls.

Teams Qualified for ICC WC 2019

It was already confirmed that the hosts, England, along with the top seven teams in the ICC ODI rankings as of 30 September 2017 earned direct qualification and the remaining two spots were decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Along with England, India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh got a direct entry while West Indies and Afghanistan qualified through the World Cup qualifier.