The squads for the sixth round of the ICC Pepsi World Cricket League (WCL) and ICC Intercontinental were released on Thursday (July 25 ) by the ICC. Canada hosts the United Arab Emirates in this round. The UAE is in contention for second position in the World Cricket League, but Canada is not. In order to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup, Canada will need to capture one of the two spots available in the 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.
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\nICC Pepsi WCL Championship
\nThe top two sides from the World Cricket League (WCL) Championship qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which is to be to be held in Australia and New Zealand. Ireland seized the first qualification spot after a dramatic tie against the Netherlands in the previous round of matches. This leaves four sides \u2013 Scotland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, and UAE \u2013 with the potential to claim the critical second position.
\nThe bottom six teams from the WCL Championship will receive a second chance to qualify at next year\u2019s ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand, when they lock horns with Hong Kong, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Uganda for the final two spots in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
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\nCanada will host sixth-placed United Arab Emirates (UAE) for two WCL Championship 50-over matches on 6 and 8 August at Maple Leaf, Toronto, an encounter that UAE must win to keep itself in contention for a top-two finish.
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\nCanada: Ashish Bagai, Harvir Baidwan, Rizwan Cheema, Damodar Daesrath, Parth Desai, Jeremy Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Amarbir (Jimmy) Hansra, Nitish Kumar, Usman Limbada, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Cecil Pervez and Junaid Siddiqui.
\nUnited Arab Emirates (UAE): Khurram Khan (captain), Fayyaz Ahmed, Arshad Ali, Shaiman Anwar, Muhammad Azam, Nasir Aziz, Haroon Iftikhar, Amjad Javed, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Naveed, Swapnil Prakash Patil, Asadullah Shareef, Abdul Shakoor and Shadeep Silva.
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\nICC Intercontinental Cup (Canada v UAE is on August 1 thru 4 at Maple Leaf CC)
\nCanada: Ashish Bagai, Harvir Baidwan, Rizwan Cheema, Damodar Daesrath, Parth Desai, Jeremy Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Amarbir Hansra, Nitish Kumar, Usman Limbada, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Cecil Pervez and Junaid Siddiqui
\nUAE: Khurram Khan (captain), Fayyaz Ahmed, Arshad Ali, Shaiman Anwar, Muhammad Azam, Nasir Aziz, Haroon Iftikhar, Amjad Javed, Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Naveed, Swapnil Prakash Patil, Asadullah Shareef, Abdul Shakoor and Shadeep Silva
\n(Based on ICC Media Release, July 25, 2013)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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