The eight automatic qualifiers to the 2019 ICC World Cup are now confirmed following the West Indies' seven wicket defeat to England in Old Trafford on Tuesday. The result confirmed Sri Lanka as the eighth and final automatic qualifier to the 50 over World Cup.
Sri Lanka, world champions in 1996, now join Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa as the confirmed participants in the 2019 event, which will be held in England between May 30 and July 15.
West Indies, two-times champions in 1975 and 1979, must now compete in a 10-team qualifier in 2018, where they will be joined by the bottom three sides in the ICC team rankings - Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Ireland as well as the top four sides from the ICC World Cricket League Championship and the top two sides from the ICC World Cricket League Division 2. The top two sides will complete the World Cup line-up.
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