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The next stage in the long road to World Cup qualification gets underway in Buenos Aires tomorrow, with Division 3 of the World Cricket League.

Afghanistan qualified from Division 4 in October, as they indeed did from Division 5 back in May. Their progress this far has been remarkable given the obvious obstacles they face.

Hong Kong, [...]

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Hong Kong and Afghanistan have both qualified from the World Cricket League Division 4, and will now head off to Argentina for the next stage of qualification for the 2011 World Cup. The two sides are playing each other today, but the result is mainly academic.
Meanwhile, Jersey and Fiji were relegated to Division 5, [...]

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The next stage (Divison 4) of the inaccurately-named World Cricket League gets underway tomorrow, with Jersey and Afghanistan (qualifiers from Division 5 – see highlights here) joining Hong Kong, Italy, Fiji and hosts Tanzania in the battle for two spots in the Division 3 tournament (to be held in Buenos Aires).

Jersey’s squad has four sets [...]

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Today was all about the minnows. The UAE took on Bangladesh, whilst Hong Kong were up against Pakistan.
The results were never really in doubt, but there were at least some creditable performances. Not least of these was from Hong Kong’s young left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed, who took 4-51, and (as has been mentioned elsewhere) those [...]

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The Asia Cup 2008 gets underway on Tuesday, with the ‘established’ Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and ’semi-established’ Bangladeshi (no link because the official site ‘may harm your computer‘) teams competing against the ‘emerging’ UAE and Hong Kongese sides.
Group A

Sri Lanka will be looking to recapture the One-Day form that brought victory over England, but which [...]

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