Qualification
ICC regulations stipulate that all ten full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe, who no longer play test matches until the standard of their team improves. The ICC organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which associate members would participate in the 2011 event. Ireland, who had been the best-performing associate member since the previous World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya qualified by finishing third and fourth respectively.
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