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ICC World Cricket League Division 5
The road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 continues next month
Fixtures and teams released for six-team Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5
Following the Pepsi World Cricket League Division 6 in Singapore last September, the next phase of qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 takes place in February with six teams competing in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 (WCL Div. 5) in Nepal.
The event, the third step on the road to Australia and New Zealand, will see WCL Div. 6 qualifiers Bahrain and Singapore join Jersey, Fiji, Nepal and USA to battle it out in the third tournament of a new WCL structure that will reach its climax at the next ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier which is scheduled for 2013.
The top two sides at this event, which will be played from 20 to 27 February in Kathmandu, will win promotion to the WCL Div. 4 to be played in Italy in August.
The sides are to be hosted on three grounds for the tournament – Tribhuvan University, Army School Ground and Engineering College.
The full schedule for WCL Div. 5 is as follows:
Fixtures
19 February – Practice and meetings
20 February – Bahrain v Singapore (Tribhuvan); Jersey v Nepal (Army School); Fiji v USA (Engineering)
21 February – Jersey v Fiji (Tribhuvan); USA v Bahrain (Army School); Nepal v Singapore (Engineering)
23 February – USA v Jersey (Tribhuvan); Nepal v Bahrain (Army School); Singapore v Fiji (Engineering)
24 February – Fiji v Nepal (Tribhuvan); Bahrain v Jersey (Army School); Singapore v USA (Engineering)
26 February – Nepal v USA (Tribhuvan); Jersey v Singapore (Army School); Fiji v Bahrain (Engineering)
27 February – Final (Tribhuvan); third/fourth play-off (Army School); fourth/fifth play-off (Engineering)
Note: If you are interested in receiving information on the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 or attending the event as an accredited member of the media, please contact Lucy Benjamin on lucy.benjamin@icc-cricket.com.
For more details on WCL Div.5 please visit www.icc-cricket.com
