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Battle of minnows in 2015 World Cup qualifier starts tomorrow

Wellington: The ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier beginning in New Zealand Monday sees 10 of the leading Associate and Affiliate sides lock horns for the final two qualification positions at the mega event in 2015.The


Meanwhile, Kenya's Collins Obuya in 77th position will start the tournament as the highest ranked batsman in the ODI batsmen rankings. Obuya is closely followed by team mate Alex Obanda, who is in 78th place.

The only other batsmen inside the top 100 likely to be in action during the tournament are Eric Szwarczynski in 92nd spot and Kyle Coetzer in 94th.

Outside the top 100, the other batsmen to play the tournament are Wesley Barresi (104th), Peter Borren (105th), Maurice Ouma (116th), Matt Machan (120th) and Stephan Myburgh (126th), Irfan Karim (140th), Rakep Patel (142nd), Richie Berrington (144th) and Jimmy Hansra (145th).

The Netherlands' paceman Mudassar Bukhari in 46th will be the highest ranked bowler in the tournament. The Netherlands has two other bowlers inside the top 100 in Pieter Seelaar (57th) and Peter Borren (61st).

The other bowlers in the top 100 are Majid Haq (49th), Hiren Varaiya (54th), Harvir Baidwan (69th) and Nehemiah Odhiambo (81st).