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ICC Announce World T20 Qualifying Tournament Structure

The ICC has announced the dates and format of the qualifying tournament for the 2012 World Twenty 20, which will be held in Sri Lanka in September. The 16-team event will begin in the UAE on 13th March, and encompass five different grounds in three different emirates, before coming to its conclusion in a tournament final on 24th March in Dubai.
 

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It is time to celebrate some of the performances of top cricketers and teams who dazzled their way to stake their claims for the 2011 Cricket World Awards. Now you can nominate the batsman, bowler, and the team, who you think have produced outstanding performances on the cricket field either with the bat or the ball in the last 12 months.
Essex Head of Cricket Development, Tracey Davies will be heading up the CWB Country Manager role for Kenya. Fresh from returning from a two-week project in Kenya with CWB, Tracey has agreed to take on the Country Manager. The role will involve helping the CWB projects as well as helping maintaining and developing relationships with both existing and new stakeholders as well as working closely with Cricket Kenya.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board meeting has concluded in Dubai, making a number of key decisions affecting the world game. The board has decided to revert to a previous position with regard to the Decision Review System (DRS) and may have to delay the 2013 Test Championship until 2017.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that from 1st October, a number of amendments to the playing conditions in international cricket will come into effect. The amendments have been approved by the ICC Executive board after proposals were made by the ICC Cricket Committee in May.
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will run from 18th September to 9th October with four venues in Sri Lanka hosting the fourth edition of the tournament. Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele are the venues which will be used for the entirety of the men's competition while Galle will host the women's group games.
Netherlands had their lower-order batsmen to thank after they recovered from 123 for six to beat Kenya by two wickets in a rain-affected first One-Day International in Voorburg. Chasing a revised target of 198 after Kenya had posted 208 for eight from 50 overs, Peter Borren hit 40 and Mudassar Bukhari 37 not out to steer the Dutch home in 42 overs.
The ICC Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) has adopted a proposal from the ICC Development Committee to introduce a 50-over league to determine qualification for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. The top two teams in the league will qualiify automatically for the finals while the remaining two qualifiers will be decided at a qualifying tournament which will include the remaining teams and the teams finishing third and fourth in World Cricket League Division Two.
Six players from four countries have each been nominated in three different categories at the LG ICC Awards 2011. Zaheer Khan from India, Jonathan Trott and Graeme Swann from England, AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla from South Africa and Shane Watson from Australia feature prominently in the long-lists for the awards, which will take place at a dazzling ceremony in London, England on 12 September.
Three centuries in their second innings set the United Arab Emirates up for a convincing 266-run win over Kenya in their opening ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-2013 fixture in Nairobi. After Kenya opened up a six-run lead on first innings, Saqib Ali, Amjad Javed and Khurram Khan all passed three figures as the away side declared their second innings on 439 for eight to set Kenya 434 to win.
The 14-man squads for the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland have been named. Host Ireland will be joined by teams from Afghanistan, Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland, United States of America (USA) and Vanuatu.
The International Cricket Board (ICC) Executive Board has concluded the first day of its two-day meeting and reversed the decision to limit the 2015 World Cup to ten teams. The 2011 event included 14 teams and the 2015 tournament, to be held in Australia and New Zealand, will now feature the same number of countries.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that Namibia and the United Arab Emirates will be participating in the 2011-13 Intercontinental Cup. They were chosen by the ICC Development Committee to join Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland in an expanded eight-team tournament.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board is to review its decision to limit the 2015 World Cup to the ten Test-playing nations at the ICC Annual Conference in Hong Kong later this year. The decision to invite only the top ten Test sides, excluding Associate and Affiliate nations until at least the 2019 event, has attracted widespread outcry.
A look back at the final day of group matches at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which saw comprehensive wins for India over the West Indies, notwithstanding another batting collapse, and Zimbabwe over Kenya. Yuvraj Singh provided plenty of entertainment with a majestic century.
Zimbabwe completed their Cricket World Cup campaign with a comprehensive 161-run win over Kenya, who ended the tournament failing to score a point. Three batsmen scored half-centuries as Zimbabwe posted 308 for six and in reply, Kenya were dismissed for 147 in 36 overs having never threatened to get near their target.
Cricket TV - A look back at the latest ICC Cricket World Cup action which saw reigning champions Australia and perennial challengers New Zealand book their places in the quarter-finals with comprehensive wins over Kenya and Canada respectively.
David doesn't beat Goliath every day. Likewise in any World Cup, there are minnows who would invariably upset the apple cart. That is a given and we hope for more such moments, for they enliven the game and the spectacle as a whole.
Chetan Narula makes his predictions as to which teams will reach the quarter-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: As only one week of competition remains in the first round of the World Cup, it is indeed time to take a look at the different permutations...
Cricket TV - A look back at day 17 of the Cricket World Cup, where the winners - for only the second time - were Canada, thanks to a confident five-wicket win over Kenya. We also look ahead to the key match-up tomorrow between New Zealand and Pakistan.
Half-centuries from Ashish Bagai and Jimmy Hansra secured Canada their first win of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 as they beat Kenya by five wickets in a Group A clash in Delhi. Tanmay Mishra and Thomas Odoyo both scored half-centuries before Kenya were bowled out for 198 and Canada closed on 199 for five in 45.3 overs.