ICC expands qualifiers for 2021 T20 World Cup to 16 teams

Opener carries his bat to keep floundering innings afloat before yorker barrage derails Hong Kong in thriller

They took two wickets each to restrict Nigeria to 81, which Hong Kong chased down with five wickets and 77 balls to spare

The inaugural edition of the tournament will now be played in Oman between December 2 and 12

Nizakat Khan and Scott McKechnie play the lead as Hong Kong recover from 81 for 6 to post winning total

Hong Kong are now winless after three matches while UAE have achieved two victories in three outings

The spinners took six wickets between them conceding just 38 in their combined eight overs

Hong Kong batsman Kinchit Shah top-scored in the match with 79, but found no support from his other batting partners

The former Hong Kong captain relocates to India where he hopes to qualify as a local and "one day play Test cricket"

The ICC also penalised their team-mate Haseeb Amjad for spot-fixing and he is out for five years

For the first time, even Full Members will go head-to-head in a bid to secure their World Cup spot - no more just depending on the rankings

Zeeshan Maqsood to lead the team, which has Davy Jacobs and Ali Khan among its biggest stars

PNG beat USA in third-place playoff, while Canada put it across Hong Kong

Canada needed to restrict USA to 211 if they were to regain ODI status, but USA's last-wicket pair denied them with a boundary in the final over

USA brush aside PNG to notch second win while Namibia overpower Canada

Oman comfortably overcame Canada and PNG held their nerve against Hong Kong on the second day of the World Cricket League tournament

Anshy Rath stars in Hong Kong's win over Canada while Namibia squeeze past PNG in low-scoring thriller

A bruising timer of the ball, one of the best death bowlers in Associate cricket, an offspinner, a legspinner are among our six picks

With the death of the World Cricket League after this event, the tournament gives teams a chance to resurrect, with ODI status also up for grabs for four teams

The increase in fixtures for Associates approved at the ICC meeting in Singapore may help players get regular time on the field and against good-quality opponents

Irfan Ahmed, Nadeem Ahmed and Haseeb Amjad have been charged by the ICC with breaching its anti-corruption code for a total of 19 counts

Hong Kong wicketkeeper-batsman Chris Carter has turned his back on international cricket in order to attend flight school in Australia

Slow surfaces, large boundaries, sapping heat and low totals were a deviation from the quotidian ODI run-fest

Hong Kong's captain calls for more exposure for Associates after his side nearly toppled India in the Asia Cup