World Cricket League, Division - V

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Jersey holds World CL

ersey, in the Channel Islands, will host an ICC global event for the first time with the staging of the ICC World Cricket League Division Five from May 23-31 2008.

The 12-team event, including the United States of America, pacific island Vanuatu, Afghanistan and the Bahamas, will be staged across six venues involving two groups of six with the top two from each section progressing to the knock-out stage.

The finalists will be promoted to the ICC World Cricket League Division, joining Hong Kong, Fiji, Tanzania and Italy in a six-team event that will take place in the Tanzanian capital Dar Es Salaam from October 4-11.

In turn, the top two teams from that tournament will progress to Division Three and so on until the top four associate or affiliate teams in the world will book their place at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be staged in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Those four will join the 10 full members to decide the top one-day side in the world.

Group A: Germany, Mozambique, Nepal, Norway, USA, Vanuatu

Group B: Afghanistan, Botswana, Japan, Jersey, Bahamas, Singapore

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