Dubai, 8 March 2009
Details of warm-up fixtures now confirmed
Accreditation process for the event has now closed
The ICC today confirmed a number of changes to the schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 to take place from 1 to 19 April.
The three ODI venues being used remain unchanged and will include Willowmoore Park in Benoni and Potchefstroom Cricket Ground for group and Super Eight matches and the Cricket Stadium, Centurion, for the final on 19 April.
The venue at Witrand is no longer being used and the four Group B matches that had been scheduled for that ground will now be split between Potchefstroom Cricket Ground, the Potchefstroom University ground and the Isak Steyl ground belonging to Vaal University of Technology at Vanderbijlpark.
In Group A, Willowmoore Park A has been replaced as a venue in the main draw by LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria and Wanderers Oval 2 has been replaced by the Witwatersand (WITS) University Cricket Ground. Willowmoore Park A will host two warm-up matches on 28 and 29 March along with Willowmoore Park B and Hofmeyr Park at the Pretoria High School Old Boys club.
The changes were made for logistical reasons and because the ICC and Cricket South Africa wanted to ensure that the best possible facilities were available for such an important event.
In total there are eight venues being used for 54 matches played over 19 days with 12 teams fighting it out for the four qualification places on offer in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
The full revised schedule is as follows:
Warm-up fixtures:
28 Mar – Oman v Afghanistan (Willowmoore Park A); Namibia v Bermuda (Willowmoore Park B); Canada v Netherlands (Hofmeyr Park, Pretoria High School Old Boys)
29 Mar – Uganda v Denmark (Willowmoore Park A); Scotland v Kenya (Willowmoore Park B); Ireland v UAE (Hofmeyr Park, Pretoria High School Old Boys)
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier match schedule:
1 Apr – Ireland v Scotland (ODI, Willowmoore Park, Benoni); Canada v Oman (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); Namibia v Uganda (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); Kenya v Netherlands (ODI, Potchefstroom Cricket Ground); Bermuda v UAE (Potchefstroom University); Denmark v Afghanistan (Vaal University)
2 Apr – Scotland v Namibia (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria), Ireland v Oman (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp), Canada v Uganda (WITS University); Netherlands v Denmark (Potchefstroom University); Kenya v UAE (Vaal University); Bermuda v Afghanistan (Potchefstroom Cricket Ground)
3 Apr – Reserve/training day
4 Apr – Canada v Namibia (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); Ireland v Uganda (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); Scotland v Oman (WITS University); Kenya v Afghanistan (Potchefstroom University); Bermuda v Denmark (Vaal University); Netherlands v UAE (Potchefstroom Cricket Ground)
5 Apr – Reserve/training day
6 Apr – Ireland v Canada (ODI, Willowmoore Park, Benoni); Oman v Namibia (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); Scotland v Uganda (WITS University); Kenya v Bermuda (ODI, Potchefstroom Cricket Ground); Netherlands v Afghanistan (Vaal University); UAE v Denmark (Potchefstroom University)
7 Apr – Reserve/training day
8 Apr – Scotland v Canada (ODI, Willowmoore Park, Benoni); Oman v Uganda (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); Ireland v Namibia (WITS University); Netherlands v Bermuda (ODI, Potchefstroom Cricket Ground); UAE v Afghanistan (Vaal University); Kenya v Denmark (Potchefstroom University)
9 Apr – Reserve/training day
10 Apr – Good Friday
11 Apr – A2 v B1 (Willowmoore Park, Benoni); A4 v B3 (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); A1 v B4 (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); A3 v B2 (WITS University); A5 v B6 (Potchefstroom Cricket Ground); A6 v B5 (Potchefstroom University)
12 Apr – Easter Sunday
13 Apr – A4 v B2 (Willowmoore Park, Benoni); A2 v B4 (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); A3 v B1 (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); A1 v B3 (WITS University); ninth/10th-place play-off (Potchefstroom Cricket Ground), 11th/12th-place play-off (Potchefstroom University)
14 Apr – Reserve/training day
15 Apr – A3 v B4 (Willowmoore Park, Benoni); A1 v B2 (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); A2 v B3 (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); A4 v B1 (WITS University)
16 Apr – Reserve/training day
17 Apr – A3 v B3 (Willowmoore Park, Benoni); A1 v B1 (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria); A4 v B4 (Stan Friedman Oval, Krugersdorp); A2 v B2 (WITS University)
18 Apr – Reserve/training day
19 Apr – Final (ODI, Centurion); third/fourth-place play-off (ODI, Potchefstroom Cricket Ground); fifth/sixth-place play-off (ODI, Willowmoore Park, Benoni); seventh/eighth-place play-off (LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria)
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