Trevor Langa, Vanuatu's wicketkeeper, writes about the World Cricket League Division 8

Well my wish came true and we beat Zambia to make sure we remain in ICC WCL Div. 8 and that there are four East-Asia Pacific sides in the World Cricket League!

Today’s game was by no means easy for us – Zambia set us a decent total and their opening batsman Allan Nsensha really smashed the ball about the park to the disappointment of our bowling attack that had been strong all week.

We always knew when we went out to bat that we could make the total and even when we lost some batsmen we knew how well we could run between the wickets and that we still had some big hitters in the side, including myself and Patrick Matautaava and as it turns out Freddie Timakata too. He totally supported our captain Andrew Mansale out there today to help us win the game. Andrew’s century was awesome and it was definitely key to us winning today.

The mood in camp is really good tonight, we’ve just been for a team meal and everyone is really happy and pleased we won and are staying in Division 8. We leave here tomorrow afternoon for the long journey back to Port Vila.

I’m looking forward to seeing all my family and getting back to work at Vanuatu Cricket Association and getting more kids involved in cricket so that when we play Division 8 again Vanuatu comes back bigger, stronger and ready to be promoted!

Germany's Andre Leslie writes about the ICC WCL Division Eight.

Well, all good things have to come to an end. Our wonderful Kuwait experience is now over and - unfortunately - so is our winning streak. Kuwait were worthy winners of this tournament, no doubt about it, but I would be lying if I said that we were satisfied with our performance today.

After a good start, our top order - including yours truly - failed to capitalise. Losing wickets regularly always makes scoring a big total difficult. We still thought we had a chance though with 163 on the board, but we knew we would have to bowl well from the start. Kuwait were always going to come out guns blazing ... and this time their plan worked.

Still, I was really impressed by how the team fought their way back into the game and put the Kuwait batsmen under pressure despite the low total. Our spinners once again bowled well. In the end though our hosts played it sensibly to the end and got the runs comfortably. It was a disappointing end for our DCB side, even though we have managed our main goal of qualifying for Division 7 - of that we can be really proud.

This evening we get straight back on the plane to Frankfurt in Germany. It is a quick turn around for the squad. But, we all have jobs to get back to and lounging here in Kuwait will not pay the bills! Although I am looking forward to getting back to family and friends, I will definitely miss the warm weather here a bit.

I hope to catch you all in Botswana next May for the World Cricket League Division 7!

Germany's Andre Leslie writes about the ICC WCL Division Eight.

It's great to have finished top of our group after beating Bahamas in our third game on Tuesday. Our victory was a solid team effort, but the standout performance definitely came from our legspinner Kashif Haider. He bagged an amazing eight wickets.

I'm so pleased for Kashi. He regularly bowls well for us but often misses out on the wickets a bit. Against Bahamas, his turn and control was superb. If only we could improve his fashion sense, he might pass for Germany's next Shane Warne.

In the field yesterday, our energy levels were much better and there was plenty of encouragement. Because of our different backgrounds we have Urdu and Hindi, Punjabi, Sinhala and English speakers in the team. The only language that everyone speaks is German. The problem is, the language doesn't have too many cricket expressions. One German word for stumps translates to "wooden goal" for instance. That doesn't sound so good.

I shouldn't forget to give a special thanks to yesterday's two reserves - Tarun Rawat and Shafraz Samsudeen. They ran the drinks all day and boy, did we need it. Both of these guys have come up through the German junior sides and it's good to have them along on tour. An experience like this in Kuwait is invaluable. Even though they weren't in the starting eleven against Bahamas, they were in the middle of post-match celebrations yesterday.

We can't afford to get too excited yet though. Everything is still to play for in the match against Vanuatu. But first, we have a day off. I don't have any big plans. Mainly, I'm looking forward to getting up late and enjoying a big breakfast.

The ICC Development Committee has confirmed that the ICC World Cricket League Division 8 will take place in Kuwait.

For the tournament to be held in late 2010, the eight teams will be split into two groups of four, with the finalists gaining promotion to Division 7. Incidentally, the tournament will also be a qualification pathway to the 2015 World Cup.

In addition to Suriname and Gibraltar, the two relegated sides from the World Cricket League Division 7 tournament played in May 2009 in Guernsey, all regions will be represented by one additional team, apart from Asia, who have been allocated two berths based on the strength of the teams' performances in recent ICC World Cricket League events.

The ICC East Asia-Pacific region has already completed its qualifying tournament for the event – the ICC EAP Trophy - with Vanuatu being the top-ranked team outside the World Cricket League rankings, and they will be represent the region in Kuwait.

There are only two Asian countries - Kuwait and Bhutan - participating in the ACC Trophy Elite, who are already part of the ICC World Cricket League structure, and they will be Asia’s representatives at the event.

The other qualifying sides will be determined according to the results of the ICC Africa Division 2, the ICC Americas Division 2 and the ICC European Division 2 tournaments, all of which will be held in the first half of 2010.

Kuwait currently has four turf grounds and has successfully hosted a number of ACC tournaments, including the ACC Under-19 Trophy Elite earlier this year.