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Contents Leading Associate Members in for 2 ICC World the ICC Division 1 League explained 3 Competition Structure 4 World Championships 07 5 ICC Winter Training Camp 6 7 8 Ireland 9 Kenya 10 The 11 Scotland 12 World Cricket League schedule Kenyan players celebrate getting to semi-final of the ICC 2003. Kenya will be keen to maintain its status as one Associate team at this ICC WCL Div 1 event. Follow the action The six leading Associate sides in 16 matches nine World Championship in South along with online at www. days at three venues - welcome to US$250,000 each, the participation fee for that event. icc-cricket.com the ICC World Cricket League Division 1. Every one of these 16 matches has one-day international With live Scores This tournament, taking place for the first time, is the (ODI) status, part of the dramatic increase in the program of all matches. perfect start to the year for Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, of top-class action for these top six Associates which will hosts Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland, all whom are see them play at least 64 ODIs - many of them already set to compete in the ICC Cricket World Cup (ICC CWC) in contested, some against Full Members - ahead of the the West Indies in March and April. ICC CWC. It will give the winning team a massive shot The tournament is the pinnacle of the World Cricket of confidence ahead of the trip to the but it League, which gives each of the ICC’s 87 Associate and holds much more significance than simply bragging rights. Affiliate Members a clearly defined pathway to progress and develop.Every one of them aspires to be in Division 1; For the two sides that reach the final on 7 February there is these six sides are there and now it is time to find out the chance to play in September’s inaugural Twenty20 which of them is best.

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ICC World Cricket League Explained Welcome Messages

Never before have there been so many opportunities for the ICC’s Associate Members to play meaningful cricket in John Davison, seen here making a rapid 75 for Canada against during the ICC Cricket a competitive environment. World Cup 2003, will be hoping his side can make a big impression at the inaugural WCL Div. 1. For the six teams involved in this ICC WCL Division 1 the event is no doubt being used as preparation for the The ICC World Cricket League is to Success will be rewarded with upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.In give regular global one-day cricket promotion and the ICC World Cricket addition, the top two teams from this event will qualify for opportunities to the top 18 non-Test League will allow ICC to identify the the inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Championships in South countries.This tournament in relative strengths of these member involves the best six countries on a more regular basis Africa in September.So the stakes are high and the Associates - Kenya plus the top five than ever before. competition will be fierce. finishers at the ICC Trophy 2005, I thank for its hard work in putting on this It means, for example, that Papua who were Scotland, Ireland, Canada, event and I have no doubt it will be a resounding success. Bermuda and the Netherlands. New Guinea, currently the strongest team in the East Asia-Pacific region, Percy Sonn But the ICC World Cricket League is will be able to test itself against ICC President about more than just those top six similarly ranked teams from high-performance teams.At present, in Africa and qualifiers from Europe it is a five-division tournament It is a great pleasure to be able to welcome you here to and the Americas. designed to afford teams of various Nairobi for the inaugural ICC World Cricket League Division 1. standards the opportunity to play Before the introduction of the ICC Cricket in Kenya has been going through a period of regular one-day cricket against World Cricket League these matches transition over recent years but we are very optimistic for the similarly ranked opponents would only take place every four future of the game in this country and part of the regardless of where in the world years.Now these opportunities will they are located. come around for all countries twice development process for us is being able to host tournaments like this. It will also ensure that the as often, and even more frequently qualifying pathway for the ICC for some. I’d like to welcome all our guests from overseas - I hope Cricket World Cup is open to the Apart from Division 1, the next whether you are players, managers, supporters, members majority of the 87 ICC Associate and eight best from the ICC Trophy 2005 of the media or administrators that you have a wonderful Affiliate members. have been allocated into Divisions 2, time here in Nairobi.May the best team win. 3, 4 and 5 with the top teams from This new structure of one-day Samir Inamdar cricket will sit on top of regional the five regional qualifying events. Cricket Kenya Chairman qualifying events to create a Promotion and relegation will be pyramid structure in which all possible between divisions as each teams will have an opportunity to team seeks to move up the world For more information go to develop and an incentive to improve. cricket rankings. www.icc-cricket.com

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ICC World Cricket League Structure

ICC World Cricket League Divisions 1 - 5 Structure for 2006 - 2009

Initial Qualifying System ICC World Cricket League ICC World Cricket League ICC World Cricket League 2005/06 2007 2008 2009

Europe Division 1 Division 5 Division 3

Qualifier / next highest ranked to Nairobi, Kenya – 6 teams Venue tbc – 8 Teams Venue tbc – 6 Teams Division 3 2007 30 January to 7 February Likely between January and June Likely in January and February • Kenya, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, • Afghanistan, , , • 5th & 6th Division 2 2007 Norway from regional qualifiers/rankings Bermuda, • 3rd & 4th Division 3 2007 the Netherlands from ICC Trophy 2005 from regional qualifiers/rankings, , , and one other • 1st & 2nd Division 4 2008 Asia EAP qualifier to be confirmed Qualifier / next highest ranked to 3 2007 Division 3 Division 1st & 2nd promoted to WCL 1st & 2nd promoted to Darwin, – 8 teams Division 4 2008 ICC World Cup Qualifier 2009 27 May to 2 June • USA, PNG, Uganda from ICC Trophy 2005 Division 4 ICC World Cup Qualifier Africa • , Fiji, , , from regional qualifiers/rankings Venue tbc – 6 Teams UAE – 12 Teams Qualifier / next highest ranked to Likely between July & November April Division 3 2007 • 1st & 2nd Division 5 2008 • 1st-6th (Kenya, Ireland, Scotland, 1st & 2nd promoted to WCL 5 8 3 2008 Canada, Bermuda, the Netherlands) Division 2 2007 • th- th Division from 2007 Division 1 • 1st-4th Division 2 2007 Americas Division 2 • 1st & 2nd Division 3 2009 Qualifier / next highest ranked to , – 6 teams 3 2007 1 2 Division 23 November to 1 December st & nd promoted to WCL Division 3 2009 • 1st & 2nd Division 3 2007 • UAE, Namibia, Denmark, from ICC Trophy 2005 EAP

Qualifier / next highest ranked to Division 3 2007 • 1st - 4th promoted to ICC World Cup Qualifier 2009 • 5th & 6th to WCL Division 3 2009

ICC World Cricket League Regional Structure

Europe Asia East Asia-Pacific Africa Americas

ECC Division 4 Champs ACC Trophy EAP Cricket Cup Africa WCL Division 3 Americas WCL Division 3 Aug 26-30 Belgium Aug 12-31 KL, Sept 23-29 `05 23-30 April 12-19 February Port Vila, Vanuatu Benoni, Paramaribo, 1.Finland 1.UAE 2 1 2.Cyprus .Hong Kong 1.Japan .Mozambique 1.Suriname, 3 2 2 3.Luxembourg .Afghanistan 2.Cook Islands .Sierra Leone .Turks & Caicos Islands 4.Nepal 3 3 4.Slovenia 3.Vanuatu .Ghana .Chile 5 4 .Singapore 4.Tonga .Malawi 4.Brazil 6.Bahrain 5 5.Indonesia . 1st (Finland) and 2nd (Cyprus) 7 .Malaysia 6 6.Rwanda 8 . promoted to .Qatar 7.Gambia 1st (Suriname) promoted to 9-17 ECC Division 3 2007 .Bhutan 8.Lesotho Americas WCL Division 2 9-17.Brunei 1st (Japan) & 2nd (Cook Islands) ECC Div 2 Champs 9-17.Iran 3 9 9-17 qualify for EAP Cricket Trophy 2 Aug - Glasgow, Scotland . 1st (Mozambique) promoted Americas WCL Division 9-17 2-9 1.Norway .Maldives 2 April 9-17 to Africa WCL Division 2.Jersey .Myanmar EAP Cricket Trophy , Argentina 9-17 3.Germany .Oman 27 June - 2 July 1 9-17 2 .Argentina 4.Gilbraltar .Saudi Arabia Brisbane, Australia Africa WCL Division 9-17 23 27 2.Bahamas 5. .Thailand - August 1.Fiji 3.Panama 6.Israel Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2.Cook Islands 4.Suriname 7 1 .France • 1st/next highest ranked 3 .Tanzania 5 8 .Japan .Belize .Greece (Hong Kong) promoted to 2.Botswana 3 WCL Division 3 2007 .Mozambique 1 1st (Norway) and 2nd (Jersey) • 1st (Fiji) promoted to WCL 4.Zambia st (Argentina) promoted to • Next highest ranked 1 Division 3 2007 5.Nigeria Americas WCL Division promoted to (Afghanistan) promoted to 5 2008 WCL Division WCL Division 5 2008 • Next highest (from qualifier 1 in 2007) promoted to WCL • 1st (Tanzania) promoted to Americas WCL Division ECC Division 1 Champs 21 27 Division 5 2008 WCL Division 3 2007 - August Aug 4-9 Glasgow, Scotland Toronto, Canada • Next highest 1 .Ireland 1.Bermuda 2 (Botswana) promoted to .Scotland 5 2008 2.USA 3 WCL Division .Netherlands 3.Cayman Islands 4.Denmark 4.Canada 5.Italy ACA Africa Cup 5.Argentina • Kenya, Namibia, Uganda - ACA 1st/next highest (Italy) to confirm venue and date • 1st/next highest promoted to (Cayman Islands) promoted WCL Division 3 2007 to WCL Division 3 2007 • Next highest (Argentina) promoted to WCL Division 5 2008

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ICC Twenty20 World Championships 2007

The way Twenty20 has captured the The inaugural ICC Twenty20 World Geographically it means that the imagination on a large scale in Championships takes place in South games will be staged in three corners recent seasons has been a Africa in September and cricket fans of the country, Cape Town in the south, phenomenon that is changing the around the globe are already looking Durban in the east and way the game is viewed and the top forward to what should be an in the north, giving an enormous two teams from the ICC World exhilarating event. number of people the opportunity to Cricket League will win the right to go and watch the games live. play alongside the top ten teams in South Africa is no stranger to running the ICC Twenty20 World major sporting occasions.It was the And what an extravaganza that should Championships later this year. scene of the IRB Rugby World Cup in be.It’s likely that all the hard-hitters 1995, the ICC Cricket World Cup in will be there: , Kevin While Twenty20 is not seen as being 2003 and will be the venue for the Pietersen, , , a replacement for Test or ODI cricket, next FIFA World Cup in 2010.From it is certainly proving a very popular Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Herschelle rugby, soccer and cricket to golf, addition.Players, spectators and Gibbs, and Sanath hockey and swimming, South Africa commercial partners are all being Jayasuriya, to name just a few. is a sports-mad country and it is brought along in a wave of surely the ideal place to host the first And joining them will be the top two enthusiasm that is sweeping the Associate teams as determined at cricket-playing world. ICC Twenty20 World Championships. this ICC World Cricket League And with the white ball flying in all Newlands in Cape Town, Kingsmead in Division 1 in Nairobi. directions as batsmen swing the Durban and the Wanderers in Johannesburg have been named as One country, three venues, 12 teams, willow with devastating abandon, of two weeks, plenty of sixes, even more who could blame them? It’s thrill-a- the three venues for the tournament. South Africa hits out minute cricket and the ICC has taken They are wonderful cathedrals of sport during the Twenty20 fours and no shortage of excitement. the popular decision to bring this in cities that have been associated International against That’s what the ICC Twenty20 World game to a world audience. with cricket for a long time. Australia in 2006. Championships 2007 will be all about.

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ICC Winter Training Camp

Twenty-four players from the leading Associate countries fine- tuned their preparations for the ICC World Cricket League by attending the ICC Winter Training Camp (WTC). The camp, coordinated by the ICC’s High Performance Manager, Richard Done, ran for seven weeks in Pretoria, South Africa, through October and November 2006, and provided an ideal opportunity for players to receive coaching from some of the world’s leading coaching experts. ‘I was really pleased with the results of the 2006 Winter Training Camp and believe that we have made some real progress in preparing players for the challenges that lie ahead both this year, and for the rest of their careers,’ said Done. Leicestershire’s Tim Boon was head coach for the WTC and he received expert support from several top coaches and former players such as Australia and Academy boss and former South Africa players and . This was the second year that the WTC was held and the focus this time ICC High Performance Manager, The ICC Winter Players who attended the around was on improving one-day Richard Done was delighted by the Training Camp in Pretoria is a chance Winter Training Camp skills and strategies, particularly with progress made by players attending the 2006 ICC WTC. for some of the top the ICC Cricket World Cup just around Associate players to Bermuda the corner and the vast majority of hone their skills and ‘It was good to see players applying Kwame Tucker, Irving Romaine, the WTC players involved heading to develop their talents the skills that they acquired during Kevin Hurdle, the West Indies for that event. the camp to match-day situations, under the watchful eyes of some of and this was reflected in their Towards the end of the WTC, eight the best coaches in Canada excellent results against strong the world. Here former Sunil Dhaniram, Kevin Talvinder matches were arranged against South African opposition, but they Test player Kepler Sandher, Abdool Mudassar Samad, quality SA provincial opposition to also learned some important off- Wessels shows Irving Ashish Bagai provide players with ample field lessons in the dedication that is Romaine (left) of opportunity to put the skills and Bermuda and Ireland’s needed to become a top-class Ireland techniques they learned during the international cricketer,’ said Done. Kevin O’Brien, , camp into practice. how it’s done. ‘The players who attended the camp William Porterfield, The ICC WTC team won four will now be able to share the skills, matches and lost two, with two of knowledge and experience that they Kenya the matches being rained off. have picked up in their seven weeks Amollo Morris Ouma, at the Winter Training Camp within , Hiren Varaiya, During the course of the seven-week their own National team camp, apart from the important environment. cricket sessions and matches, the The Netherlands ‘The ICC World Cricket League is an players also underwent ideal competitive environment to Daan LS van Bunge, Mark Jonkman, comprehensive physiological continue to put into practice what Alexei Kervezee, Muhammad Kashif testing, strength and fitness they have learnt and help prepare Scotland training, biomechanical testing, them for the biggest challenge of psychological/life skills sessions, their cricketing careers at the ICC Omer Hussain, Ross Lyons, nutrition advice, and video analysis. Cricket World Cup.’ Dewald Nel,

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Bermuda

Bermuda was the surprise package of the ICC Trophy 2005 and managed to get through to the last four, beating the likes of the , USA and Denmark along the way. An island of just 65,000 people, Bermuda has by far the smallest population of the top six Associates but cricket plays a big part in the life of the nation and as a there is no shortage of interest generated by the performances of ’s men. At the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Bermuda is drawn in the same group as India, and Bangladesh and will play its matches at Port of Spain, Trinidad. Facing such talent from their sub- continent opponents, it will not be easy for the Bermudan players but on the other hand they will probably be more used to the conditions and will surely be favourites with the local crowds. The ICC World Cricket League Division 1 gives Bermuda a good chance to find out where it stands in the world of Associate cricket and with two places up for grabs at the ICC Twenty20 World Championships Low-down Wicketkeeper it is all to play for. , seen Bermuda Squad • Finished fourth at the ICC Trophy here taking a catch 1 Irving Romaine (C) ‘All the guys are really looking 2005, to secure its first appearance at during the ICC Trophy forward to the ICC World Cricket semi-final against the ICC Cricket World Cup. 2 Stefan Kelly League,’ said coach Gus Logie. Scotland, is a useful • top scored for middle-order batsman 3 ‘It is an excellent chance for us to (© cricket Europe). Kevin Hurdle Bermuda in the event with 232 runs, get in some last-minute preparation at an average of 46.40, while Saleem 4 Lionel Cann ahead of the World Cup.It will be a Mukuddem was the leading good gauge for me as coach to see taker for his country with six . 5 Stephen Outerbridge how we are faring against the other top Associates and the added • has scored 759 runs at an 6 Arthur Pitcher pressure of being in a meaningful average of 39.94 in the ICC Trophy and tournament will be helpful as we is the seventh highest scorer in the 7 head towards the big one in the competition of all time (and the 8 Dean Minors West Indies.’ leading run scorer for his country). 9 Clay Smith • , the Glamorgan skipper, Dwayne Leverock scored a career best 247 in the ICC was Bermuda’s leading 10 OJ Pitcher Intercontinental Cup match against wicket-taker in the the Netherlands in November 2006 ICC Trophy in Ireland 11 (© cricket Europe). Delyone Borden • Irvine Romaine became the first 12 David Hemp Bermudan to score an ODI when he posted 101 v Canada at 13 Saleem Mukuddem Toronto in August 2006. 14 Janeiro Tucker • Gus Logie, Bermuda’s coach, who led the West Indies to victory at the ICC 15 Champions Trophy 2004.

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Canada

Canada will be looking to the World Canada is coached by , a Cricket League as the ideal former Nottinghamshire County opportunity to fine tune its bowler, who also coached England preparations for the ICC Cricket under-19s to two ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2007. World Cup semi-finals. And it will be hoping to have as much impact in the tournament in Low-down the Caribbean, as it did on the 2003 • Canada finished third in the ICC event in South Africa, which saw Trophy 2005, defeating Bermuda in Canada register its first ODI victory the 3rd/4th play off by five wickets. over Bangladesh by 60 runs. • Canada has a 1/8 win-loss record at But what Canada will be most the ICC Cricket World Cup, with its remembered for at that event is John only victory coming against Davison hammering a swashbuckling Bangladesh in the opening game of century off 67 balls - the fastest in ICC its 2003 campaign. Cricket World Cup history - against the West Indies that included eight • As well as scoring the fastest Cricket boundaries and half a dozen sixes. World Cup hundred, against New Zealand in CWC 2003, John Davison Canada prepared for the ICC World scored the third fastest CWC fifty of all Cricket League in Pretoria where it time (25 balls, nine fours, four sixes). played a tri-nation series that also involved Bermuda and the • The team won its first ODI game in Netherlands.Canada won both its three and a half years when it games against Bermuda but lost defeated Bermuda by five wickets at successive matches to the Netherlands. Potchefstroom in November 2006.

For the WCL, Canada has retained 12 • played 63 ODI of the 14 players who played in matches for the West Indies, scoring that series, including Ashish Bagai, 478 runs and taking 78 wickets, an outstanding wicketkeeper / including taking 12 wickets at the batsman who is also the most capped CWC 1992. He has also taken five ODI player with 16, and the new-ball wickets against India in an ODI game. Austin Codrington duo of Umar Bhatti and Henry Osinde. in action for Canada Canada Squad during the tri-series Canada is strengthened with the • Don Maxwell is one of only three 1 John Davison (C) players to make two double centuries in Trinidad. inclusion of veteran Anderson 2 Cummins who is set to make his in a Canadian season - one of the George Codrington others is Don Bradman (while there Canadian debut in a lead-up tri- 3 Desmond Chumney series in Mombassa. on tour with Australia in 1932). 4 Sundeep Jyoti Wicketkeeper/ batsman Ashish Bagai 5 is an important part of the Canada line-up. 6 Don Maxwell 7 Abdool Samad 8 Kevin Sandhar 9 Henry Osinde 10 Austin Codrington 11 Ashish Bagai 12 Ashif Mulla 13 Sunil Dhaniram 14 Umar Bhatti 15 Anderson Cummins

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Ireland

The defending ICC Intercontinental Cup champions come into the ICC World Cricket League as one of the favourites to take top honours.Ever since Adrian Birrell took over as national coach in 2001, the squad has been steadily improving and there is now a real confidence among the players. After a very disappointing ICC Trophy in 2001, Ireland very quickly turned their fortunes around, registering some impressive victories, including (by 10 wickets, 2003),West Indies (by six wickets, 2004) and Surrey (by five wickets, 2004). Being included in the new round-robin format of the domestic one-day tournament in England has been invaluable for providing the team with regular first-class opposition and although Ireland did not consistently perform to its best ability in the 2006 competition, a win over Gloucestershire at Bristol and a close defeat to Glamorgan at Cardiff were positives. Winning the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005 in Namibia was an enormous boost to cricket in Ireland and helped to change the way the team viewed itself in the context of the top Associates.The fact that the team also managed to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 by getting to the final Low-down , seen of the ICC Trophy in 2005 made that here against Scotland Ireland Squad year perhaps the most successful in • The Irish squad contains the same 15 sweeping a ball for four, the 150-year history of the Irish players who led Ireland to European is an important part of 1 (C) national side. Championship glory in Glasgow in 2006. Ireland’s top order. 2 The team has plenty of potential • Its squad includes two sets of match-winners, including skipper Trent brothers from - there are the 3 Jeremy Bray Johnston, fast bowler Dave Langford- O’Briens, wicketkeeper Niall and Smith, Middlesex left-hander Eoin all-rounder Kevin, and the Mooneys, 4 Kenneth Carroll Morgan and former Kent medium-pace bowlers Paul and John. wicketkeeper-batsman Niall O’Brien. 5 • Its top run scorer at the ICC Trophy Birrell’s side will believe it has a good 2005, was , who scored 399 6 David Langford-Smith chance of taking the inaugural ICC runs at an average of 99.75, but he WCL and will certainly be eyeing a has since committed his playing 7 place in the final and qualification for Kyle McCallan career to England. the ICC Twenty20 World 8 Championships in September. • scored 338 runs at an John Mooney average of 67.60 at the ICC U/19 9 Cricket World Cup 2006 - he was the John Mooney is second highest run scorer at the event. congratulated by his 10 brother Paul after taking Eoin Morgan • Ireland’s last appearance in Kenya at a wicket during Ireland’s 11 an ICC tournament was at the ICC ODI against England Kevin O’Brien Trophy 1994. Ireland progressed in 2006. 12 through the opening round with wins Niall O’Brien over PNG, Gibraltar and Malaysia, 13 William Porterfield before losing all three Second Round matches to UAE, Bermuda and Canada. 14 William Rankin • Ireland will be one of two debutants at 15 the ICC Cricket World Cup in March Andrew White along with Bermuda.

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Kenya

Kenya will start off as odds-on Kenya hosted the ICC Champions favourites to win the ICC World Trophy in 2000 and then co-hosted Cricket League having an experience the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.In of 82 one-day internationals under 2006 Kenya played 16 ODIs, winning its belt, not to mention the fact that seven of these matches. it will be enjoying home advantage during the tournament. Semi-finalists of ICC Cricket World Low-down Cup 2003, Kenya is coached by • The sixth-wicket stand between former West Indies batsman Roger and Alpesh Vadher, Harper with as . against Sri Lanka in CWC 1999 is a Tikolo has missed just four games for CWC record. It is also the highest Kenya since making his debut in 1996 partnership for Kenya in a CWC for and remains his country’s most all wickets. accomplished batsman with over 2,000 ODI runs, including two • Kenya’s famous 73-run win over the centuries - against Bangladesh (106*) West Indies at CWC 1996 was its first and Bermuda (111). ever in an ODI and fourth win by an Thomas Odoyo, who has appeared in Associate country in a CWC match. every ODI, is Kenya’s most successful bowler with 88 wickets while Collins • Kenya reached the semi-finals of the Obuya has the best figures CWC 2003, with a string of impressive of 5-24. performances, including a 53-run win over former world champions Sri A number of Kenyans took part on the ICC CWC 1975 as part of the East Lanka, with Collins Obuya’s 5-24 the Africa side and again returned under best bowling performance by a that banner in the inaugural ICC Kenyan at the CWC. They lost their Trophy 1979.But in 1982 Kenya was semi-final to India by 91 runs. playing under its own flag. • Steve Tikolo (569), Maurice Odumbe In the ICC CWC 1996, Kenya’s finest (452), (427) and Ravi hour came when it trounced two- Shah (419) are the only Kenyans to pass time former world champions West the 400-run mark for their country in Peter Ongondo Indies by 73 runs.Kenya’s 19 ODI smacks a six while Kenya Squad victories have all been against Full CWC matches. Bangladesh 1 Members - six against Bangladesh, Steve Tikolo (C) • Steve Tikolo, Kennedy Otieno and wicketkeeper looks three against Zimbabwe, two on helplessly. 2 against India and one each against Martin Suji have played all 20 CWC Thomas Odoyo Sri Lanka and West Indies. matches that Kenya has competed in. 3 Ravindu Shah Steve Tikolo has 4 been one of the best Tanmay Mishra batsmen outside of the Test countries for the 5 Collins Obuya past 10 years. 6 Peter Ongondo 7 Nehemiah Odhiambo 8 Maurice Ouma 9 Malhar Patel 10 Hiren Varaiya 11 David Obuya 12 Rajesh Bhudia 13 Jimmy Kamande 14 Tony Suji 15

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The Netherlands

The Netherlands only just qualified for this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup, Low-down by coming a disappointing fifth in • The Netherlands qualified for the CWC the ICC Trophy 2005 in Ireland. by beating the United Arab Emirates in The Dutch had won the Trophy four the 5th/6th play-off place match at the year’s before, in a thrilling final ICC Trophy 2005 by 145 runs, thanks to against Namibia in Canada, and an undefeated 116 by Bas Zuiderent. might reasonably have hoped to repeat the performance.But instead • scored 291 runs at the team had to battle just to win the ICC Trophy 2005, making him the the fifth and final qualifying spot for fifth leading run scorer at the event, the CWC. while is the third highest ICC Trophy run scorer of all time. Since then, however, the Netherlands has been steadily • It has won one of its 11 CWC improving.The emergence of all- matches, with its only victory coming rounder has over Namibia at CWC 2003 when it been an important part of that won by 64 runs. process and there is plenty of talent coming through at present, such as • In that match the Dutch scored the 17-year-old batsman Alexei Kervezee 17th highest team total in CWC history and right-arm fast bowler Mark (314-4), with the 228-run second wicket Jonkman, who celebrates his 21st stand between Klaas-Jan Van Noortwijk birthday two days after the (134*) and Feiko Kloppenburg (121) Netherlands plays Scotland in St being the highest partnership for the Kitts on 18 March. Netherlands in a CWC. The ICC World Cricket League will be a welcome chance for Peter • Tim de Leede and Bas Zuiderent Cantrell’s side to re-establish itself at are the only players to have played the forefront of Associate cricket every CWC game for the Netherlands and bring it back to the glory days (11 matches). Ryan ten Doeschate is an influential player with bat and ball. when then captain accepted the ICC Trophy from ICC The Netherlands Squad Chief Executive Malcolm Speed at the Toronto Cricket Club less than 1 Luuk van Troost (C) six years ago. 2 ‘This tournament is another chance for us to go up against similarly 3 ranked opposition,’ said Cantrell. 4 Daan van Bunge ‘The Associates are getting much more opportunities to compete 5 Ryan ten Doeschate against each other than ever before and I think that can only be a good 6 Mark Jonkman thing as we try to raise the 7 standards of the game outside of Muhammad Kashif the top eight or ten countries.’ 8 Alexei Kervezee And with difficult matches against 9 two of the tournament favourites, Tim de Leede Australia and South Africa, to come 10 in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, it is vital that The Netherlands find 11 Darron Reekers form in Kenya to raise confidence levels in the side ahead of their 12 Edgar Schiferli Caribbean adventure. 13 Billy Stelling 14 Eric Szwarczynski

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Scotland

Those in charge of Scottish cricket at the moment have been mixing pragmatism with a desire to dream. As Australia and South Africa await them in Group A of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in March, Scotland certainly has its work cut out if it is to get through to the latter stages of the tournament. But this is a huge opportunity for Peter Drinnen’s team to show that it has come a long way in recent times and that it has the ability to be competitive against the better sides. A very encouraging ODI performance against in Edinburgh last June, coupled with some excellent performances in the C&G Trophy, show how this Scotland team is improving. The ICC Trophy 2005 champions struggled to replicate that form when they embarked on the country’s first overseas ODI tour to Bangladesh in December.The team was well beaten in both matches by an improving Bangladesh side but the Scots will have gained plenty of experience from that trip and it will surely stand to them for this ICC World Cricket League (WCL) and beyond. As far as the WCL is concerned, Scotland - ranked 12th in the world - Scotland players Scotland Squad will see no reason why it cannot win Low-down celebrate winning the 2005 ICC Trophy in Kenya and then go to St Kitts 1 • Scotland won the ICC Trophy 2005, in Dublin. (C) brimming with confidence. beating Ireland by 47 runs, thanks to 94 2 ‘The ICC World Cricket League is our from man of the match Ryan Watson. chance to demonstrate again that 3 David Watts we have a good claim to be the • Paul Hoffmann was the leading leading Associate nation,’ said wicket taker at ICC Trophy 2005, 4 Colin Smith captain Craig Wright. taking 17 wickets, including 6-12 against Oman on his ICC Trophy 5 Douglas Lockhart ‘To progress to a higher level, we debut (and he also scored 39, opening need to ensure we do not behind 6 Glenn Rogers the others, then learn how to make the in that match). an impact against the established 7 • Ryan Watson scored the third fastest Paul Hoffmann cricketing countries.’ hundred of all time when he hit a 100 8 John Blain off 43 balls against Somerset in Ryan Watson is one National League in 2003, hitting of Scotland’s leading 9 Gavin Hamilton seven sixes and ten fours. batsmen - his 94 in the final of the 2005 ICC 10 Dewald Nel • Gavin Hamilton is the only Trophy went a long way to securing victory 11 Scottish player to have scored a for his side. ICC Cricket World Cup fifty 12 Ross Lyons (twice - against Pakistan and Bangladesh) 13 Neil McCallum • Warwickshire all-rounder Dougie 14 Navdeep Poonia Brown coached Namibia at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. 15

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ICC World Cricket League Division 1 - Schedule

Date Day Ruarka Jaffrey Gymkhana 30 January 2007 1 Canada v Netherlands Kenya v Bermuda (29 Jan) Scotland v Ireland 31 January 2007 2 Canada v Scotland Bermuda v Ireland Kenya v Netherlands 01 February 2007 3 Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve 02 February 2007 4 Kenya v Ireland Netherlands v Scotland Canada v Bermuda 03 February 2007 5 Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve 04 February 2007 6 Netherlands v Bermuda Ireland v Canada Kenya v Scotland 05 February 2007 7 Scotland v Bermuda Kenya v Canada Ireland v Netherlands 06 February 2007 8 Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve Rest/ Reserve 07 February 2007 9 Final/ Reserve Final/ Reserve Final/ Reserve

Playing Times Official Suppliers

First 09:30 - 13:00 Interval 13:00 - 13:45 Second Session 13:45 17:15

Points The following shall apply: Win 2 Tie or No Result 1 Loss 0

In the event of teams finishing on equal points at the end of the league matches the positions on the table will be determined as follows: • If there are teams with equal points then in such case the team with the higher net in the league matches will be placed in the higher position. • If following the calculation there are teams which are still equal, then the team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the league matches in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position. • If still equal, the team which was the winner of the head to head match played between them will be placed in the higher position.

Venues Gymkhana has played host to 40 One-Day International matches including the ICC Knockout in 2000 and Kenya’s famous ICC Cricket World Cup victory over Sri Lanka in 2003. Ruarka played host to the ICC Trophy final in 1994.All three ICC and Cricket Kenya thank the Official Suppliers and the venues have been approved to host One-Day International many hard-working volunteers who have contributed to the cricket by ICC. staging of the event.

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