Technical Committee confirms changes in squads at ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The ICC has confirmed the technical committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 has approved Zeeshan Siddiqui as a replacement player for Vaibhav Wategaonkar in Oman’s squad and Jacob Larsen as a replacement for Lars Andersen in Denmark’s squad for the tournament, which runs from 1 to 19 April in South Africa.

The confirmations were conveyed to the Oman and Denmark boards in emails sent on behalf of the tournament Technical Committee. Both players were ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

In addition, the technical committee has also approved Nasratullah Nasrat as the replacement for Afghanistan’s Riffatullah Momand, who was previously withdrawn from the squad by the Afghanistan Cricket Board.

Lists of all up-to-date squads can be found at the event website: http://iccworldcupqualifier.yahoo.net/.

The process required for approving any player involves that player’s home board making an application in writing to the tournament technical committee for permission.

Any injury-based replacement requires a written submission to the event technical committee along with a diagnosis from a medical practitioner as to the extent of the injury. Once replaced, a player cannot return to the squad.

As with all players in the tournament, the eligibility of a replacement player is subject to approval by the ICC before that player can be officially added to the squad.

The technical committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2009 consists of David Richardson (chairman – ICC Events Manager Chris Tetley will sit on the committee as Mr Richardson’s alternate), Don McIntosh (host tournament director), Richard Done (ICC representative), Elise Lombard (CSA representative), Devdas Govindjee (independent representative), Craig Matthews (independent representative)