The ten Full Members of the ICC are taking part in the event after accepting invitations to do so, but Kenya and Scotland had a much tougher route to South Africa.
The two Associate countries qualified on the back of reaching the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 – a six team competition between Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland – in Nairobi in January and February 2007.
The round robin event, which also served as a vital final stage of team’s preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup, saw the top two teams qualify for a Final, where Kenya defeated Scotland by eight wickets, and that has earned both teams, in common with the ten ICC Full Members, a $US 250,000 windfall as a participation fee for the tournament.
Altogether there are five global divisions in the ICC World Cricket League which sit on top of a regional tournament structure that opens the qualifying pathway to the ICC Cricket World Cup to almost all ICC Members.
The ICC World Cricket League Division 3 took place in Darwin, Australia in May 2007, with Division 2 scheduled for Windhoek, Namibia in November 2007, building up to a World Cup qualifying event in 2009. |
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