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Thursday, September 08, 2011

Match officials announced for Pepsi ICC WCL Div. 6 in Malaysia

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the match officials for the upcoming Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6 (WCL Div. 6) in Malaysia which includes Steve Davis who has been nominated for the ICC Umpire of the Year 2011 award and is a member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.Davis will be part of a team of officials from a wide-range of countries who will be officiating in a week-long tournament which begins on 17 September. During his time with the match officials, Davis will also be acting as a mentor and helping to educate and guide the umpires throughout the tournament, as part of an ICC initiative for umpires development outside the Full Members.The umpires standing in WCL Div.6 are:
Srinivasan Adachani (Oman)
Steve Davis (Australia)
Imran Haji (Kuwait)
Neil Harrison (Japan)
David Odhiambo (Kenya)
Durga Subhedi (Nepal)
Kalidass Viswanadan (Malaysia)
Former West Indies Test batsman, Adrian Griffith, will be the referee for the tournament which is taking place across three grounds in Kuala Lumpur ? Kinrara Oval, Selangor Turf Club and Bayuemas Oval. These venues were also used for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in Malaysia in 2008.
The finalists of the event, will be promoted to Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 which will be staged in Singapore in early 2012.The full schedule for WCL Div. 6 is as follows:
Fixtures
15 Sep - Team Arrivals
16 Sep - Practice
17 Sep - Guernsey v Jersey (Kinrara Oval), Malaysia v Kuwait (Selangor Turf Club), Fiji v Nigeria (Bayuemas Oval)
18 Sep - Malaysia v Nigeria (Kinrara Oval), Kuwait v Jersey (Selangor Turf Club), Guernsey v Fiji (Bayuemas Oval)
19 Sep - Reserve Day
20 Sep - Malaysia v Fiji (Kinrara Oval), Jersey v Nigeria (Selangor Turf Club), Kuwait v Guernsey (Bayuemas Oval)
21 Sep - Fiji v Kuwait (Kinrara Oval), Nigeria v Guernsey (Selangor Turf Club), Malaysia v Jersey (Bayuemas Oval)
22 Sep - Reserve Day
23 Sep - Malaysia v Guernsey (Kinrara Oval), Jersey v Fiji (Selangor Turf Club), Nigeria v Kuwait (Bayuemas Oval)
24 Sep - Final (Kinrara Oval), 3rd/4th Play-off (Selangor Turf Club), 5th/6th Play-off (Bayuemas Oval)
All matches are scheduled to start at 1030 local time


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