World Twenty20 qualifiers kick off
As cricket's top nations battle for the World Cup in the Indian sub-continent, the qualifying process starts in Africa for the 2012 World Twenty20 taking place in Sri Lanka.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: February 23, 2011 08:23 PM IST
As cricket's top nations battle for the World Cup in the Indian sub-continent, the qualifying process starts in Africa for the 2012 World Twenty20 taking place in Sri Lanka.
Cameroon, Gambia, Lesotho, Mali, Morocco, Rwanda and the Seychelles will play in an initial qualifier in Ghana from February 24 to 27.
It is the first regional qualifying event in a process that will lead to a 16-team global qualifier in the United Arab Emirates in 2012.
The six associate/affiliate members with one-day international status -- Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland -- have automatically qualified for this event.
Three teams from the Asia region, two teams from Africa, Americas and Europe, and one team from East Asia-Pacific will play in the global qualifying event.
There will be 16 teams at the 2012 World Twenty20, up from 12 at the 2010 edition in the West Indies.