Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Twenty20 World Cup qualifying matches kick-off Channel Islands

The International Cricket Council wants to expand the next T20 World Cup among 16 teams. The council has decided to arrange a Division One League In the Channel Island of Europe .Guernsey and Jurnsey islands will host the Twenty20 ICC European Division 1 Championship. Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy and Norway are the other countries to take part in the championship. As a part of qualifying structure ICC has arranged this championship.

The winner and runner –up teams will join with other such teams coming from Division Two. Division Two Championship will be held in Belgium in June. Richard Holdsworth, ICC Regional Development Manager, said that the Channel Islands have a successful experience of arranging a number of world cricket tournament. He again says the new qualifying structure will give more countries an opportunity to achieve global qualification for the coming T20 World Cup.

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