2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
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The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the
Points System
In order to encourage competitive play and avoid deadlocks, a point system including bonus points was used:
- Win: 14 points
- Tie: 7 points
- Draw or loss: 0 points
- Batting bonus points: 0.5 points for each 25 runs scored in the first 90 overs of each innings, to a maximum of 6 points per innings.
- Bowling bonus points: 0.5 points per wicket taken in each innings.
Results
Africa Group
Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45.5 |
Uganda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
Namibia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
The major surprise in the African group was the victory of Uganda over Namibia. Uganda's subsequent loss against Kenya paved the way for the Kenyans to the next round, despite a player's strike the day before their match against Namibia.
23–25 April
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(H) Namibia
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183/5 (44.1 overs)
Kola Burger 2/24 (13 overs) |
- Points: Uganda 32, Namibia 16
- Lawrence Sematimba(Uga) all made their first-class debuts.
23–25 July
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Kenya (H)
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307/6
Ravi Shah 135 (244) 4/83 (21.3 overs)Kenneth Kamyuka | ||
- Points: Kenya 30, Uganda 9
- Tendo Mbazzi (Uga) made his first-class debut.
1–3 October
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Kenya (H)
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259/3 (80 overs)
Deon Kotze 1/35 (16 overs) |
- Points: Namibia 16.5, Kenya 15.5
- Niel Rossouw(Nam) all made their first-class debuts.
Americas Group
Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
Bermuda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
28–30 May
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United States (H)
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- Points: Canada 30.5, USA 15
- Easan Sinnathamby, Zubin Surkari (Canada); Aijaz Ali, Zamin Amin, Donovan Blake, Howard Johnson, Mark Johnson, Steve Massiah, Nasir Javed and Tony Reid(United States of America) all made their first-class debuts.
13–15 July
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Bermuda (H)
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- Points: USA 32, Bermuda 16.5
- Mackie Crane, David Gibbs, Dwayne Leverock, Saleem Mukuddem, Steven Outerbridge, Irving Romaine, Clay Smith, Wendell White (Bermuda); Jignesh Desai and Naseer Islam(United States of America) all made their first-class debuts.
13–15 August
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(H) Canada
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- Points: Canada 19.5, Bermuda 12.5
- Jekon Edness, Kevin Hurdle, Oliver Pitcher, Ryan Steede, Reginald Tucker (Bermuda); Umar Bhatti, Austin Codrington, Don Maxwell and Kevin Sandher (Canada) all made their first-class debuts.
Asia Group
Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.5 |
Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
25–27 March
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213 (76 overs)
Ali Asad 9/74 (27 overs) | ||
141/5 (75 overs)
Ali Asad 4/52 (20 overs) |
- Points: UAE 18, Nepal 14
- (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
23–25 April
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Nepal (H)
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- Points: Nepal 27.5, Malaysia 9.5
- Suriaprakash Ganesan, Rakesh Madhavan, Mohammad Shukri, Marimuthu Muniandy, Krishnamurthi Muniandy, Suresh Navaratnam, Suresh Sakadivan, Rohan Selvaratnam, Rohan Suppiah, Matthew William (Malaysia); Bikash Dali and Paras Khadka (Nepal) all made their first-class debuts.
17–19 September
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Malaysia (H)
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231/9
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- Points: UAE 32.5, Malaysia 13.5
- Eszrafiq Aziz, Ariffin Ramly, Shankar Retinam, Manrick Singh (Malaysia); Ahmed Nadeem, Kaif Ghaury, Mohammad Taskeen, Ramveer Rai, Sameer Zia and Syed Maqsood(United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
Europe Group
Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48.5 |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
11 June
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(H) Scotland
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257 (75.4 overs)
Bas Zuiderent 78 (140) 5/74 (21.4 overs)Ryan Watson | ||
207/3 (76 overs)
2/17 (6 overs) |
- Points: Scotland 17.5, Netherlands 16.5
- Henk-Jan Mol, Edgar Schiferli, Chris Smith, Jeroen Smits, Daan van Bunge, Luuk van Troost (Netherlands); Majid Haq, Paul Hoffmann, Steven Knox and Ryan Watson(Scotland) all made their first-class debuts.
13 July
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(H) Netherlands
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200 (80.5 overs)
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388/8 d (87 overs)
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141 (56.1 overs)
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- Points: Ireland 30, Netherlands 10.5
- Dom Joyce, John Mooney, Stephen Ogilby, Greg Thompson, Andrew White (Ireland); Feiko Kloppenburg and Maurits van Nierop(Netherlands) all made their first-class debuts.
6 August
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(H) Ireland
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193 (59.4 overs)
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167 (59.1 overs)
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178 (51.4 overs)
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206/2 (53.3 overs)
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- Points: Scotland 31, Ireland 13
- Eoin Morgan (Ireland); Dewald Nel and Simon Smith (Scotland) all made their first-class debuts.
Final round
Semi-finals
The semifinals was played in UAE, but were delayed because the death of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Originally were scheduled to start on 16 November and were postponed one day.[2] Canada and Scotland advanced to the final, both in draws by points.[3]
17–19 November
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95 (31.5 overs)
Ravi Shah 32 (63) 5/5 (5.5 overs)Paul Hoffmann | ||
- Points: Scotland 19, Kenya 10.5
- Tanmay Mishra (Kenya) made his first-class debut.
17–19 November
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337/6
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- Points: Canada 19.5, UAE 15.5
- (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
Final
The final started at 21 November. Canada won the toss and elected to bat. However Canada had a poor start, losing Ashif Mulla to the last ball of the first over of the match, bowled by John Blain. In the same day, Scotland took advantage of 80 runs.[4] In the second day Scotland declared with 177 runs ahead. Canada only scored 93 runs for the easy victory of Scotland.[5]
21–22 November
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Stats
Most runs
Player | Matches | Runs | Average | HS |
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Fraser Watts | 4 | 413 | 68.83 | 146 |
Ravi Shah |
3 | 366 | 122.00 | 187* |
Arshad Ali | 3 | 338 | 58.07 | 143 |
Ryan Watson | 4 | 251 | 41.83 | 57 |
Andrew White |
2 | 230 | 115.00 | 152* |
Most wickets
Player | Matches | Wickets | Average | BBI |
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Ali Asad |
3 | 24 | 15.95 | 9/74 |
John Davison | 2 | 23 | 9.13 | 9/76 |
Asim Butt | 3 | 16 | 10.62 | 5/47 |
Umar Bhatti | 3 | 13 | 14.00 | 5/43 |
Dwayne Leverock | 2 | 13 | 20.23 | 7/57 |
References
- ^ "2004 Intercontinental Cup". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 4 October 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Intercontinental Cup semis delayed". ESPNcricinfo. 10 November 2004.
- ^ "Canada through to meet Scotland in final". ESPNcricinfo. 19 November 2004.
- ^ "Scotland take charge in Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. 21 November 2004.
- ^ "Scotland cruise to innings victory". ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2004.
- ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2004 – Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2004.
- ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2004 – Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2004.