The enormous International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup qualifier in 2012 will be hosted by UAE.
In the qualifier tournament for the fourth edition of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup sixteen teams will going to participate in it, to be held in Sri Lanka, in two years' time.
Mazhar Khan, the administrator of the Emirates Cricket Board, told Gulf News that "We had successfully staged the 2010 ICC Twenty20 qualifier last year but only eight teams had contested in that tournament. It's a great honour to be selected to stage such a big event which is to be contested by 16 nations. The fact that we have been selected again for the qualifier and to stage such a big tournament reflects on our organisational ability to provide the best of facilities for the teams."
The UAE has also been selected to stage the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division two tournament in April 2011. "Namibia, the UAE, Bermuda, Uganda and two qualifiers from the division three tournament will take part in the World Cricket League. With cricket grounds in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah we have proved that we can successfully stage multi-national cricket tournaments," added Khan.
"The top six teams from the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers to be held here in January 2012 will join the ten full members for the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September 2012," he said.
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