Peter Moores' men were pooled alongside South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Group B for the one-day tournament.
New Zealand and Sri Lanka had planned to play the first Twenty20 international but the tour was cut short because of the tsunami disaster.
Further down the road, said Brass, the group would be moving more of its Shenzhen business to new facilities in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
West Indies came through their first round group with a 100% record but have lost badly to Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka since then, prompting fierce criticism from supporters and ex-players.
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It is now three from five for a Super Six place with Tikolo's side joining South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies for what will be a fascinating final eight games in the pool.
Pakistan are now level on points with New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the top of Group F and, depending on other results, they could seal a last-four spot if they beat Ireland at The Oval on Monday.
"These have been very tough times for the national team and I acknowledge that we performed below expectation on the tours of New Zealand and Sri Lanka, " added Simons, who contemplated resigning in August following a tour to Sri Lanka.
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South Africa will point to tough road trips to Pakistan, New Zealand and now Sri Lanka in the past year, and it is true their only home series resulted in a big win over West Indies.
The tournament begins in Guyana on Friday with Sri Lanka facing New Zealand before West Indies entertain Ireland.
The New York Times has named Sri Lanka its top tourist destination for 2010.
Sri Lanka, New Zealand, even Pakistan and the West Indies, did not appear good enough when they were first granted Test status.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Bhutan, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Although some may criticise them for never really chasing their target with genuine belief, it was a vast improvement from the Kenyans, who were hammered by New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and well-beaten by Canada, in their first four matches of the tournament.
Tourists are turning up in droves Sri Lanka is the New York Times's top tourist destination for 2010 and foreign investment is beginning to trickle in.
Eight teams - Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies - will participate in the Champions Trophy.
Now things are looking up for the stadium, which was originally scheduled to stage the first three games of the triangular series involving Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand.
He went for nought for 92 off 10 overs, fourth on the all-time worst one-day bowling-figure list behind New Zealand's Martin Snedden, and Sri Lanka pair Ashantha De Mel and Sanath Jayasuriya.
The trial was launched last summer for India's tour of Sri Lanka and was also used in New Zealand's recent home series against West Indies.
The signs are encouraging, with victory in the four-nation Sharjah Cup, followed by a place in the final of a Tri-Series in Sri Lanka, where they lost to New Zealand.
They will go into the final in confident mood after a superb sequence of results which has seen them beat Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand in the second group stage and now Sri Lanka in the last four.
"Stephen has been a great leader for New Zealand for quite some time now, " said Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene.
But less than 12 months later, during which the team had won memorably in Sri Lanka but lost home and away to New Zealand, he had been replaced by Pietersen.
In New York, "engagement with member states regarding Sri Lanka was heavily influenced by what it perceived member states wanted to hear, rather than by what member states needed to know if they were to respond".
In south London, members of the Tamil community used the usual New Year parties at cricket clubs to help tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.
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Sharjah and Morocco are possible alternatives, with the latter set to stage a triangular series between Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa if a new stadium in Tangiers is approved by the International Cricket Council.
He strained his right hamstring when he dived while batting against New Zealand but still managed to take 4-25 in Sri Lanka's convincing 112-run victory to bring his wicket total in this World Cup to 11.
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The meeting was attended by experts from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia.
Sri Lanka made their highest total in a Test against New Zealand despite losing their last four wickets for 10 runs.
The regions have been divided into England and the West Indies, Bangladesh and Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe and Australia and New Zealand.
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