Six teams vying for the final two spots in World Cup Qualifier 2018

Jan.29 (CRICKETNMORE) - Six teams are competing in Namibia for a place at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The top two teams from ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 will qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Kenya who have been a regular feature in ICC Cricket World Cups most recently in 2011 will look to captain Rakep Patel to lead the way. Regarded as one of Kenya's finest cricketers at present with the bat; he has a best of 92 while his five for 16 runs against Hong Kong in Nairobi in November 2016 is his best return with the ball. Dependable seamer Nelson Odhiambo will seek to make an impact on the pace bowling attack in the tournament. Odhiambo has been the go to bowler when Kenya need wickets in the middle of innings, he has a habit of picking up wickets at crucial stages and setting up wins for Kenya.

Striving for participation in their third ICC Cricket World Cup, after 1996 and 2015 the United Arab Emirates have been competing in the tri-series in Dubai. It has provided valuable preparation for the team against tough opponents Ireland and Scotland, where they secured one victory against the Scots.

Namibia who last competed in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003 have been busy preparing in competition in South Africa. The team will look back to the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in 2015 where they claimed second spot as hosts and will hope to emulate that. Nepal who finished seventh in the ICC World Cricket League Championship with four wins from 14 matches will be aiming to improve on that to secure one of the two qualification spots to the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

The 18-match tournament will take place across three venues in Windhoek, Wanderers, WAP and Trustco UNITED.

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ICC Media Release