Oman And Italy Confirm Early Arrival For WCL
The Bermuda Cricket Board [BCB] have announced today [Mar 7] that both Oman and Italy will be arriving in Bermuda a week before the official start of the WCL 3 on April 26th.
Currently the BCB expects Oman to arrive on Thursday April 18 and Italy to arrive on Friday April 19th in their quest to pursue a place on the world stage.
Lloyd Fray President of BCB noted, “This is an incredibly important tournament that is instrumental in every countries future high performance program. From this competition nations will have a chance to:
- qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup;
- qualify for ODI status;
- be eligible to compete in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a 4 day format competition; and
- qualify to the ICC High performance program.
“It is not surprising with so much at stake that countries are investing time and considerable efforts in their preparation to succeed in WCL 3. The week before the tournament will be heavily loaded with warm-up games and practices of a very high standard.”
“I am pleased to recognise the boost to our local economy that sport is providing by creating this activity and demand for services.”
