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ICC President Sharad Pawar has thanked the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) for hosting a fantastic ICC World Twenty Qualifier UAE 2012, for the second successive time.

Aftab Alam of Afghanistan has been reprimanded and warned of his future conduct for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his country's five wickets defeat against Ireland in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 final on Saturday at the DICS.

Ireland beat Afghanistan by five wickets in the Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 to emerge champion at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Saturday evening.

Ireland became the second side to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 when it comprehensively beat Namibia by nine wickets in the 2nd Qualifying Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Saturday afternoon.

Ireland inched closer to its target of joining Afghanistan in the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 when it beat The Netherlands by seven wickets in the Preliminary Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Friday morning.

Ireland inched closer to its target of joining Afghanistan in the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 when it beat Netherlands by seven wickets in the Preliminary Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Friday.

Scotland claimed a consolation victory over Canada in its fifth/sixth play-off of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 when the side won by four wickets on Friday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in a last ball thriller that saw the side requiring four runs off the last ball of the match.

Nepal skipper Paras Khadka led from the front to star in a six-wickets win over PNG in a play-off contest in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier on Saturday.

Kenya beat Italy by 38 runs to take the ninth place in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012.

Hong Kong ended its campaign in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier with a comprehensive 77 runs win over USA on Friday.

Janeiro Tucker hit an unbeaten 62 off 41 balls to lead Bermuda to a 41 runs victory over Uganda to seal the 13th place in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012.

Afghanistan qualified for its second successive ICC World Twenty20 when it comprehensively beat Namibia by 47 runs in the 1st Qualifying Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) on Thursday afternoon.

The ICC has confirmed the Event Technical Committee (ETC) of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 has approved Tim Murtagh to replace the injured Alex Cusack in the Ireland squad.

Afghanistan has secured its place at the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 after the side beat Namibia in the first qualifying final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 by 47 runs at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Ireland continued its assault on ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 qualification on Thursday at the side defeated Canada by ten wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

Netherlands kept its hopes of making the ICC World Twenty20 alive with a three-wicket win over Scotland at the ICC Global Cricket Academy Oval 1 in a Twenty20 International on Thursday.

Nepal beat Kenya by five wickets in a play-off match at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012.

Papua New Guinea held its nerves to beat Italy by 12 runs and thereby gained the seventh spot in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012.

Irfan Ahmed's all-round show (3-32 and 55) helped Hong Kong claim the 11th spot in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

USA captain Sushil Nadkarni led his side to a fine 34 runs victory in a play-off match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Oman beat Denmark by 17 runs to take the 15th place in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012.

The ICC today announced the match official appointments for the 22 March fixtures of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012.

Apart from earning the right to play alongside the 10 Full Members in one of the hottest formats of the sport today, the two qualifiers will also receive substantial funding from the ICC to prepare for the Sri Lanka event.

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 will this week become the first ICC Development event, featuring only Associate and Affiliate Members, to be shown on a live global television broadcast.

As one of the iconic images in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, nobody will ever forget the unlikely sight of Bermuda's Dwayne Leverock throwing himself at full stretch to catch India's Robin Uthappa to claim one of the catches of the tournament.

After 56 high quality matches in eight days, defending champion Afghanistan and seventh-seed Namibia have reached the 1st Qualifying Final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 after they topped their respective groups following the conclusion of the first round matches on Tuesday.

Afghanistan reached Thursday's 1st Qualifying Final after topping Group A of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 following its 15 runs victory over Bermuda at the ICC GCA Oval 1 on Tuesday.

Namibia defeated Italy by 27 runs to finish unbeaten in Group B and set up a 1st Qualifying Final date with Afghanistan in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the ICC GCA Oval 1 on Tuesday.

The United States of America (USA) produced the biggest shock of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 when it defeated Scotland by seven wickets in a Group B fixture at the ICC GCA Oval 2, Dubai Sports City, Dubai, on Tuesday.

Ireland rounded off its Group B fixtures today (20 March) with a 44-run win over Oman at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012.

Nepal lost out on an opportunity to feature in the play-offs of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Netherlands ended the league stage of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2012 with six wins out of its seven games.

Kenya bounced back from its loss to Namibia yesterday with a nine-wicket win against the United States of America (USA) in its Group B fixture played at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Monday in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012.

Papua New Guinea finished in fourth place in Group A after winning their third game of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012, a 14 runs victory over Denmark, who finished bottom.

Berrington, Gunasekera, Porterfield hit sparkling half-centuries; Zadran, Odhiambo, Dockrell share bowling honours; Burger shines with both bat and ball

Namibia prevailed yet again in a tight contest, this time over Oman by 36 runs in a Group B match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah.