The 2014 World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh will be expanded from 12 to 16 teams, giving a boost to associate members who want more involvement in the shortest format of the game.
It was a good month for the spinners as tweakers Sunil Narine, Shakib Al-Hasan and Saeed Ajmal make our Team of the Month for March.
Afghanistan qualified for the 2012 World Twenty20 on Thursday on the back of a 47-run win over Namibia.
While Australian-born batsmen turning out for Holland and South African-bred bowlers playing for Scotland are pretty commonplace in cricket these days, the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier on the go in the United Arab Emirates poses a few other cosmopolitan combinations.
Afghanistan are determined to use their resentment over being snubbed for the Asia Cup to fire them to a second appearance at the World Twenty20.