Nepal cricket team, which won all the four practice matches in Sri Lanka tour that concluded on Thursday, is all set to play another four practice matches in New Zealand before participating in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.
Nepal will take on Canterbury Selection Side in all the four matches. Nepal will play the first practice match on Sunday and the second on Tuesday. Nepal will conduct training sessions before playing last two matches on January 6 and 7.
After having training sessions and playing practice matches in its 10-day long Sri Lanka tour, Nepal team left Sri Lanka on Thursday for New Zealand. Nepal has reached New Zealand almost two weeks ahead of the qualifiers to acclimatize in the condition.
Nepal will take on Namibia on January 10 and Kenya on the next day in the official warm-up matches ahead of the qualifiers that will be held from January 16 to February 1 in New Zealand.
Nepal is drawn alongside the UAE, Scotland, Canada and Hong Kong in the group A of the qualifiers of the 50-over (One-Dayers) World Cup. Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Namibia and Uganda are drawn in the group B.
Top three teams of both the groups will progress to the second round, super six play-offs. The top two teams at the end of the Super-Six stage will progress to the final and earn the two much-coveted places at the ICC CWC 2015.