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Ireland can further reinforce their claim to being the leading Associate nation if they secure the ICC World Cup Qualifier trophy in the final against Canada, at Centurion Park, on Sunday

A round-up of matches from the final round in the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

We look at what is at stake for the leading Associates as the ICC World Cup Qualifiers come down to the wire

A round-up of matches from the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

A round-up of matches from the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

A round-up of matches from the Super Eights of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

Gordon Drummond replaced Gordon Goudie in the Scotland squad, Ashif Mulla replaced John Davison in the Canada squad and Phil Eaglestone replaced Andre Botha in the Ireland squad

A round-up of matches from the fifth day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

Eoin Morgan's call-up to the England World Twenty20 squad means Ireland face losing another of their talented players

A round-up of matches from the fourth day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

Eoin Morgan's mature and calculated 84, and a free-spirited 89 from Kevin O'Brien, led Ireland to a convincing six-wicket win, condemning Canada to their first loss of the tournament. Though both sides are already through to the Super 8s, which get underw

A round-up of matches from the third day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

A round-up of matches from the second day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

A round-up of matches from the first day of the World Cup Qualifiers tournament in South Africa

William Porterfield led from the front with a fine 101 as Ireland cruised to a seven-wicket thumping of their old rivals Scotland in the opening fixture of the World Cup Qualifiers. Ireland, chasing a below-par 233 on a flat deck, reached their target for

Several veteran players from the Associate nations have targeted adding another World Cup to their resume ahead of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers in South Africa

Will Luke previews the ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Ireland eased to an eight-wicket win over UAE in their final warm-up match ahead of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers, but Scotland went down by seven runs to Kenya

Ireland, stung by two dispiriting defeats, finally got their act together with a six-wicket win over Afghanistan in a hastily-arranged practice match

Ireland's preparations for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers continued to go off the rails as they were convincingly beaten by seven wickets by Zimbabwe A