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Old September 11, 2005, 03:44 AM
Trueblue Trueblue is offline
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This is not about the ICC Trophy. Instead it is part of the follow-up to that tournament.

cricinfo: Mini World Cup for second-tier nations?

"Bermuda is being lined up as a possible venue for a mini World Cup between the six second-tier cricketing nations. The top five finishers in the ICC Trophy in July - Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland - were granted ODI status by the ICC, joining Kenya who already held such a position.

The ICC is reportedly keen to stage a tournament ahead of the 2007 World Cup to help the six prepare for the main event in which they will all play, and Richard Done, the ICC's high performance manager, recently visited Bermuda to look at the facilities.

"We have discussed having it in this country; that's a possibility. South Africa is also on the agenda," he told the local media. "We have just got to decide where and when it will be."
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I have seen this referred to elsewhere as a World Cricket League and being held in the spring of next year.
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