The competition will be contested by six teams from Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands.

Richie Berrington struck an unbeaten 49 as Scotland comfortably beat the Netherlands by seven wickets in a T20 tri-series clash in Amstelveen on Tuesday.

A good allround performance by captain Peter Seelaar saw the Netherlands overcome Ireland by a narrow margin of four runs in a thrilling T20I tri-series clash in Rotterdam on Tuesday.

Emerging ODI sides, Nepal, Scotland, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have joined the 12 leading ODI nations on the expanded ICC ODI Team Rankings with effect from 1 June 2018.

A century from Calum MacLeod and his record 208-run stand for the third wicket with Richie Berrington gave Scotland, the defending champions, a comfortable seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the teams' opening match of the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.

The Netherlands team received a major boost with the news that Ryan ten Doeschate will once again play international cricket.

The Zimbabwe Select XI suffered a five-wicket defeat at the hands of the touring Netherlands side in the third and final match of the one-day series played at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.

A Zimbabwe Select side will face the Netherlands in three one-day matches in Harare next week.

Zimbabwe recorded a comfortable six-wicket win over the Netherlands in a one-day match played today at the Volharding RAP Amstels Cricket Ground in Amsterdam.