Each regional team was allocated three National Team players and three Under-19 National Team players, with five National Team players acting as captains for the teams.
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Other teams which qualified for the tournament are USA, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Canada.
He was invited to play for Afghanistan to strengthen their batting by their coach Kabir Khan, the former left-arm fast medium bowler who played four Tests for Pakistan.He included in the 15-member Afghanistan team named ahead of the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifiers due to take place in South Africa.