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Qatar Cricket Association to hold U-19 selection trials

Published: 26 Apr 2018 - 02:05 am | Last Updated: 21 Nov 2021 - 07:53 pm

The Peninsula

DOHA: The Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) will hold trials to select players for the national camp and prepare them for the ICC Under-19 CWC Division 2 Asia Qualifier.
According to QCA Operations Manager Manzoor Ahmad, the trials will be held at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium today at 3.30 pm.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has invited Qatar to take part in the Asian qualifier to be held in Bangkok in December.
He also said in a press release that the QCA is committed to send a strong national team to the qualifying event and will organise an intensive training camp to prepare the bunch of talented players. Ahmad, while laying down the selection conditions, said the players, who are born on and after September 1, 2000, will only be eligible for the trials. Also they should be either born in Qatar or resident of Qatar.
The players who must have residence of 3 years (2015, 2016, 2017) and in each year they have not travelled out of Doha more than 60 days, can qualify to take part in the Asian qualifier.