Dubai, Feb. 12 -- : Ireland men's cricket team head coach Graham Ford on Tuesday said qualifying for the 2023 World Cup will be a "huge priority".

"It is a busy year for our cricketers, but also an exciting and challenging phase for Cricket Ireland. Achieving results is something we all want but there is also an understanding of the importance of bringing through some of the younger lads. Their progress is vital to our cricketing future," ICC quoted Ford, as saying.

"We have the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League ahead of us in 2020 through to 2022, and of course qualification for the 2023 World Cup is a huge priority. We therefore need to have an eye on the future and give some of the younger talent an opportunity to play alongside some ...