81.   He said results of previous Nations Cup tournaments have shown that host nations do not necessarily benefit from playing in front of their fans.

82.   An arbitrator ruled that International Ice Hockey Federation by-law prohibits Nabokov from competing for Russia because he has represented another country in a previous IIHF tournament.

83.   At previous tournaments it has not even won a match.

84.   Brazil can point with some justification to their almost impossibly high standards which had meant just one defeat across previous qualifying tournaments.

85.   Damm, who lost to Byron Black at the Korean Open final in April, had failed to advance past the second round in his nine previous tournaments.

86.   Draw The draw last September in Johannesburg divided the nations into four groups based on results from the previous three tournaments to prevent traditionally powerful teams being paired together.

87.   The previous five tournaments were won by teams batting first.

88.   They were playing in their third tournament and it was third time lucky against McGrath and Neiland who had beaten them at both their previous tournaments.

89.   Zambia, runners-up to Nigeria in the previous tournament two years ago, remain in Bloemfontein, playing Burkina Faso Saturday and Sierra Leone Wednesday.

90.   Marshall has no fears of Nicol, having beaten the rising star in each of their three previous tournament encounters.