The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each.

The first preliminary match was set by the team who won a coin toss.

Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced.

The team finished the preliminary matches ranked 13th out of 28 teams.

I was in the first of a four-round preliminary match.

This was followed by a preliminary round match of considerably better quality than the previous night's.

As well as this, they lost their first ever preliminary final match.

The total purse of the championship, which started with preliminary matches on July 31, was about $3 million.

To make the games more attractive, preliminary round matches were reduced from 90 to 60 minutes.

He started another preliminary match against Australia, and allowed 2 runs over 4.1 innings.