[3] The league took place from July 2020 to May 2023,[4] and served as part of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process.

In April 2020, following a Chief Executives' meeting, the ICC announced that it would look at the future of the league at a later date, once there is a better understanding of the impact of the pandemic on cricket.

[10][11] In March 2022, as a result of the impact from the pandemic, the ICC agreed to extend the cut-off date for the tournament until May 2023, allowing the series between Ireland and Bangladesh to take place.

Each team were scheduled to play eight other opponents, four at home and four away, in series consisting of three ODI matches.

[23] All Super League fixtures scheduled for 2020 were postponed or rescheduled with considerations for pandemic-related restrictions.

[29] On 12 June 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that it had called off their tours to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.

[30] On 30 June, Cricket Australia confirmed that their planned home series against Zimbabwe had also been postponed due to the virus.

[40] England's tour of South Africa was postponed following an outbreak of COVID-19 among members of both teams and the hotel staff.

[12] In the event that one or more teams had the same number of points, the following tie-breaking procedure was used:[16] This series was originally scheduled for September 2020 but was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was postponed in January 2022 after Zimbabwe Cricket could not secure all the broadcasting services including the Decision Review System.

[56] The matches were originally scheduled to be played in December 2021,[57] but were postponed after multiple cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the West Indies team and support staff.

[66] However, the tour was postponed in January 2022 due to the uncertainty of the quarantine rules for when the New Zealand team return home.

[69] The tour was subsequently rescheduled to follow the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in November 2022.

[71] Afghanistan's tour of Sri Lanka was originally rescheduled for January 2023, but it was subsequently announced that the games would take place in November 2022.

England's tour of South Africa was then disrupted in December 2020, following an outbreak of COVID-19 among members of both teams and the hotel staff.