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India meet Kenya in opener
Kenya, India, England, India, West Indies and Sri Lanka will be involved in the opening qualifying rounds between October 3 and 5, of which three winners will proceed to the quarter-finals, joining the seeded countries 8212; Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh, which received cricket Test status from the International Cricket Council ICC last month, open their campaign against England in Nairobi on October 5.
8220;As a means of producing the schedule, a seeding system has been introduced whereby a country is positioned according to its performance in the 1999 World Cup played in Britain,8221; Richards said.
The schedule 8212; Oct 3: India v Kenya, Oct 4: Sri Lanka v West Indies, Oct 5: England v Bangladesh, Oct 7: Australia v India or Kenya, Oct 8: Pakistan v Sri Lanka or West Indies, 0ct 9: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, 0ct 10: South Africa V England or Bangladesh.
Tribute to Marshall
LONDON: Some of the most famous names in world cricket will be taking part in a special charity match here on Thursday in memory of Malcolm Marshall.
The former West Indies8217; fast bowler died of cancer last November aged 41 and all proceeds from the match at the Honorurable Artillery Company ground in the city of London will go into a trust set up to support Marshall8217;s seven-year-old son Mali.
Players from England, Australia, India, Pakistan, plus ahost of Marshall8217;s former West Indies team-mates will be involved in a 40-over match between an International Professional Cricketers Association XI, captained by Robin Smith, a long-time colleague of Marshall8217;s at Hampshire, and a Malcolm Marshall XI led by Vivian Richards.
Sri Lankan lads triumph
KARACHI: Sri Lanka lifted the inaugural International Cricket Council ICC Under-17 cricket tournament on Tuesday beating hosts Pakistan by 57 runs in the final.
The 10-nation event was held from July 15-25 under the ICC development programme.
Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 229 in 44.3 overs Ishan Mutalip 72, Harish Ratnayake 80; Munir Ansari 4-54 bt 173 in 40 overs Salman Butt 73, Khalid Latif 39; Ishara Dilshan 3-25 by 57 runs.
