Papua New Guinea are on the verge of qualifying for the World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Dubai after thumping USA by seven wickets in Hong Kong.The Pacific Islanders skittled out Steve Massiah’s side for a measly 44 runs at the WCL Division Three competition in Hong Kong yesterday, and then reached their winning target in just six overs.Unbeaten in the opening three games of the tournament, the win has almost guaranteed that PNG will finish in the top two and progress to April’s event where they will come up against UAE, Uganda, Namibia and Bermuda.USA meanwhile are bottom of the Division Three table, having lost twice, and seem certain to miss out on moving further up the Associate ladder, with Oman, Italy, Hong Kong and Denmark all above them.Second-placed Oman could book their spot alongside PNG at the Dubai event if they beat USA, while the US must win their two remaining games by big margins to have any hope of making it through.Arguably the shock of the tournament so far, not everyone is surprised with how well PNG are doing, and that includes Bermuda head coach David Moore. He’s had a chance to see some of the Island’s cricketers first hand at the academy in Australia and thinks they’ll give any team in Division Two a good run for their money.“I’ve coached some of them. They used to come to the cricket academy in Australia with the East Asia Pacific programme,” said Moore.“This is the difference, Australia gets them to come into their cricket academy every year and they run an intensive two-week training camp. And also an EAP select XI goes on and play in the Australian Cricket Country week, those guys get to play a lot of good quality cricket.“Those guys’ cricket, they’ve come on. It’s no surprise to me that they are, where they are, because they’re very strong, athletic men. They’re hard workers, they’re passionate. If they get to Division Two they’ll be a real handful, a real handful.“I would say that Papua New Guinea would give every team a shake if they get into Division Two. They’re a tough bunch.”PNG’s victory yesterday was built on the back of a sterling bowling performance from skipper Rarua Dikana, who took four wickets for just one run, and some atrocious batting by USA.Massiah (18) was the only America batsman to get into double figures, with the 12 wides that PNG bowled the next top scorer. USA’s total was their lowest since they were bowled out for 65 by Australia at the Champions Trophy in 2004, but was still higher than their record-low of 32, which came in 1997 against Kenya.In the days’s other games, Hong Kong bounced back from their first two defeats to beat Denmark by seven wickets as they bowled out the pre-tournament favourites for just 102. Oman meanwhile made it two wins in a row after they beat Italy in the highest-scoring game of the day.Italian skipper Alessandro Bonora hit an unbeaten 124 as his side posted a score of 240 at Kowloon Cricket Club, but on a small ground, that was never likely to be enough, and Oman eventually won by three wickets.n The Bermuda Cricket Board have been named by the ICC as having the 2010 Best Development Programme for the Americas region.It is the fourth year in a row that the Board have won the honour.n The BCB is looking to increase the pool of team managers for their national teams.A job description can be found on the Board’s website (www.cricket.bm). Applications must be received by close of business on Friday 4 February.n Umpires James McKirdy, Oscar Andrade, and Sean 'Bobby' Smith have all passed their WICUA Oral and Practical Exams and are now fully qualified umpires