Teams geared up for ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 – Cricket News Update
As the race for the final two spots in the ICC World Cup T20 gathers pace, administrator of the Emirates Cricket Board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-Khan-c75459, was thrilled regarding the prospect of staging the ICC World T20 qualifiers, which starts from March 13, 2012 at Dubai.
The competition officially began with a ceremony at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai on Sunday evening, where the International Cricket Council’s Chief Executive, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, attended the function, along with the captains, coaches and managers
of all the Associate and Affiliate teams.
“With 16 teams participating, we are hosting an enormous tournament. Right now, only two teams get an opportunity to qualify for the T20 World Cup. We expect at least six teams to be qualified for the 2014 event” said Lorgat.
Mazhar http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 further welcomed all the guest teams on behalf of the UAE board and expressed his gratitude towards the highest governing body for honoring the country by letting them host such an exciting event.
“I would like to thank all of you for giving us the opportunity to host this wonderful tournament in the UAE,” said Khan.
This remains one of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 are the ODI members as they qualified directly for the tournament,
whereas the other remaining sides have all come through 12 regional qualifying competitions across the globe.
The sixteen teams are divided into two groups with the last year finalists Afghanistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Namibia-c2964,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759) join Ireland in group B.
The 72-match contest will be held across 5 venues in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah from March 13 to 24. Eight matches will take place on the first day of the tournament; with defending champion Afghanistan taking on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 at Dubai International
Cricket stadium.
The finalists will get pink slips to the Twenty20 World Cup, to be held in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
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