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- ↑ "Unbeaten Vanuatu and Nigeria win promotion to WCL Division 6". Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ Botswana beat Ghana by three wickets in the opening game of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division Seven in Lobatse
