about the wcl div 5 tournament, it looks like nepal & afghanistan will cruise through this tournament & the only thing which will be left of any interest will be who finishes 3rd & who out of nepal & afghanistan wins. nepal, just beat a very strong pcb xi which had 5 players who had recently played odis. when faced with academy teams of test playing nations, even teams of wcl div 1 & 2 struggle against them. also, some of afghanistan players have done well in pakistan domestic cricket, with 1 of them mohammad nabi even hitting a 100. nepal & afghanistan r at a standard well above the other 10 teams & they should cruise through wcl div 4 & 3 as well later this year & in 2009, should finish in the top 4 of the wc qualifiers & qualify for the 2011 wc
my picks for 2011 wc qualification will be ireland, scotland, nepal & afghanistan
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