ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, UAE 2010

[laksh_01]

Group A:
Ireland (1)
Scotland (3)
Afghanistan (6)
USA (8)

Group B:
Netherlands (2)
Kenya (4)
Canada (5)
UAE (7)

Warm-Up Fixtures:

Feb 5:
Match 01: UAE V USA, Sharjah

Feb 7:
Match 01: Ireland V Canada, Sharjah
Match 02: Scotland V Kenya, Abu Dhabi
Match 03: Afghanistan V Sharjah XI, Sharjah
Match 04: UAE V USA, Abu Dhabi

Fixtures:

Feb 9:
Match 01: Scotland V USA, Abu Dhabi
Match 02: Ireland V Afghanistan, Dubai
Match 03: Kenya V UAE, Abu Dhabi
Match 04: Netherlands V Canada, Dubai

Feb 10:
Match 05: Afghanistan V Scotland, Abu Dhabi
Match 06: Canada V Kenya, Dubai
Match 07: USA V Ireland, Abu Dhabi
Match 08: UAE V Netherlands, Dubai

Feb 11:
Match 09: Canada V UAE, Abu Dhabi
Match 10: Afghanistan V USA, Dubai
Match 11: Netherlands V Kenya, Abu Dhabi
Match 12: Ireland V Scotland, Dubai

Feb 12:
Match 13: Super 4s - A1 V B2, Dubai
Match 14: Super 4s - B1 V A2, Dubai

Feb 13:
Match 15: Super 4s - A1 V B1, Dubai
Match 16: Super 4s - B2 V A2, Dubai
Match 17: Final, Dubai

(Both Finalists Qualify for 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies)

 

[laksh_01]

UAE V USA today... Interesting contest! Any predictions?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Scotland have been pretty awful in T20 lately, so I'd be surprised if they qualified.

Expecting it to be Ireland and any one of the top three seeds in the second group.

 

[laksh_01]

Usa started really well against UAE. 75/1 after 10 Overs.

 

[laksh_01]

So UAE defeat USA easily... At one stage USA were strong but the collapse was really bad. Should see how they fair in tomorrow's game.

 

[laksh_01]

Ireland - 138 in 20 n Canada - 94/6
Scotland - 149/6 in 20 n Kenya - 65/1

 

[Uppercut]

Looks like we may be onto something with George Dockrell, 17 year old LAO spinner. 2/11 off 4 on debut against Afghanistan, 4/20 off 4 today against Canada.

 

[laksh_01]

Looks like we may be onto something with George Dockrell, 17 year old LAO spinner. 2/11 off 4 on debut against Afghanistan, 4/20 off 4 today against Canada.

Thats really gud signs for Ireland!

 

[Uppercut]

USA! What an innings from Timroy Allen. USA 142/9 (19.2 ov, TP Allen 57*, Imran Awan 1*, Qasim Zubair 1/21) - Match over | Live Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

USA! What an innings from Timroy Allen.

Legend.

 

[The_roc]

UAE V USA today... Interesting contest! Any predictions?

I predict not too many home grown players on display

 

[laksh_01]

Crazzzy Isn't it? The tornament already got exciting before it even began! This is one of the tought tournament to predict the qualifiers! Kenya suddenly looking very gud to qualify too... Will it be Ireland's Consistency, Afghanistan's Spirit, Canada's blasters or Kenya's all-rounders??? Damn tough to pick!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Looks like we may be onto something with George Dockrell, 17 year old LAO spinner. 2/11 off 4 on debut against Afghanistan, 4/20 off 4 today against Canada.

Well Associate T20 in UAE is a pretty good scenario to do well in if you're even a half-decent finger spinner.

 

[laksh_01]

How to officialese this thread? Someone pls help?

 

[Steulen]

I've gone for the Dutch and Afghanistan.

The Dutch of course partially a patriotic pick, but they are IMO a very strong T20 team.

And Afghanistan because I don't think the Irish are lookign good atm, while the Afghanis might be the team best suited to the expected conditions in Arabia.

 

[laksh_01]

My prediction for today's matches:
Scotland
Afghanistan
Kenya
Netherlands

I knw its starange nt to pick Ireland but lets see...

 

[Kweek]

Scotland
Ireland
Kenya
Netherlands

 

[laksh_01]

Good effort from USA restricting Scotland for 120/7 in 20 Overs. Lets see if they can pull of an upset here...

 

[alvarez]

USA looking the goods for a win here.

 

[alvarez]

Huge win for the USA.