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Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland will take part with the finalists qualifying for the World Twenty20 in England in 2009.

The three-day event, from 2-4 August, will see three matches played each day.

"This will give cricket fans in Ireland a great opportunity to see the shortest and newest form of the international game," said an ICC spokesman.

"The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa was a great success with Kenya and Scotland qualifying through the ICC World Cricket League Division 1," added ICC Global Development Manager Matthew Kennedy.

Warren Deutrom, Chief Executive of the Irish Cricket Union, welcomed the announcement.

"The ICU is excited at the prospect of hosting this inaugural Associate World Twenty20 on home soil in Stormont," he said.

"Three games a day for three days in this highly popular form of the game will surely attract the interest of the Irish public."