The finalists from that event at Belfast's Stormont ground will join the 10 Full Members at the next ICC World Twenty20 which will be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2009.
“The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa was a great success with two Associate teams – Kenya and Scotland – qualifying through the ICC World Cricket League Division 1,” said ICC global development manager Matthew Kennedy. “This event gives the top six Associates the opportunity to qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 in that format of the game. It will also give cricket fans in Ireland a great opportunity to see some thrilling cricket in this, the shortest and newest form of the international game.”
The 2008 schedule for the top Associates gets underway on 15 January when Kenya travels to Sharjah to take on the United Arab Emirates in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
