Fixtures
The tournament was intended to be held in a direct knock-out format for all the test playing countries of the time. There were 9 countries eligible which meant that 2 countries would play a qualifier knockout to determine the final 8 teams. Initially, it was announced that the 9 teams would be ranked according to the 1996 Cricket World Cup seedings. However, the draw eventually released appeared to have been tweaked in favour of some of the team with bigger fan following.
According to the final fixtures, New Zealand had to play Zimbabwe to qualify for the main draw.
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