2006–07 ICC Intercontinental Cup
Dates | 23 March 2006 – 23 May 2007 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | First-class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
Champions | Ireland (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 15 |
Most runs | Ryan ten Doeschate (686) |
Most wickets | Trent Johnston (26) Umar Bhatti (26) |
The 2006–07 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the third edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first-class cricket tournament, an international cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. Defending champions Ireland won the tournament after three wins and one drawn game, defeating Canada by an innings in the final, and stretched their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight.
The tournament lasted from 22 March 2006 to 23 May 2007. The number of participants was cut from 12 teams to eight following the 2005 edition, but the matches were lengthened from three to four days, and each team qualifying for the main stage played three games, instead of two in the 2005 and 2004 editions.[1]
The eight teams played in two groups of four, with the winners of each group proceeding to the final which was played between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road in Leicester.[2] The game was scheduled for 22 to 25 May 2007, but in the event Ireland won inside two days. All teams without Test status which qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup participated, along with the United Arab Emirates and the winner of the challenge match between Namibia and Nepal (runners-up in Africa and Asia in the 2005 edition).
Participating teams
Europe
Africa
Asia
North America
Tournament organisation
Each team played the other three teams in a group once in a round-robin format; the winners of each group qualified for the final.[3]
Points summary:.[4]
- 14 points were awarded for a win
- 7 points were awarded to both teams for a tie
- 6 points were awarded for a first-innings lead
- 3 points were awarded to both teams if they were tied on first innings
- 3 points were awarded for a draw if more than eight hours were lost to weather conditions; else no points for a draw
- 10 points were awarded to both teams in the event of an abandoned match (equivalent to a tie + a first innings tie)
Matches lasted four days, with a minimum over rate of 16 per hour, i.e. 96 a day. If the scheduled minimum was not met by the end of the day, an extra half-hour of play was allowed. Otherwise, the normal rules of first-class cricket applied.
Results
Challenge Match: Namibia v Nepal
23–26 March 2006
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272 (116.2 overs)
Deon Kotze 94 (270) 6/80 (30.2 overs)Binod Das |
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70/3 (24 overs)
Jan-Berrie Burger 2/12 (7 overs) |
- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Namibia qualified for the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Namibia were put in to bat at the
Group A
Team | Points | P | W | L | D | FI |
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Ireland | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Scotland | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Namibia | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
11–13 May 2006
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360 (104 overs)
Deon Kotze 3/53 (21 overs) | ||
127 (44.3 overs)
Kola Burger 28 (12) 5/14 (9 overs)Paul Hoffmann |
- Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dawid Botha, Henno Prinsloo, Louis van der Westhuizen (Nam), Neil McCallum and Ross Lyons (Sco) all made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Scotland 20, Namibia 0.
Namibia opened the group by playing two matches in Europe in May, the first against Scotland at
17–20 May 2006
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95 (32.5 overs)
Kola Burger 39 (20) 6/23 (9.5 overs)Trent Johnston |
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131 (48 overs)
Kola Burger 48 (32) 4/22 (14 overs)Dave Langford-Smith |
56/5 (22.5 overs)
Kola Burger 3/22 (9 overs) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Dave Langford-Smith and William Porterfield (Ire) both made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Ireland 20, Namibia 0.
The following week, Namibia became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament final after their defeat in Dublin. Despite a better effort from the bowlers, who took fifteen wickets (of which
17–20 August 2006
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Scotland 9, Ireland 3.
This match, held a week after the European Championship which Ireland won, saw Scotland win the toss and bat at Mannofield Park. Dave Langford-Smith took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, as Scotland were all out for 265.[8] Langford-Smith took the first three wickets as Scotland fell to 58 for four, before Ryan Watson (74) built a stand of 66 with Neil McCallum, the highest of the game; John Blain then made 53 before being last out.
In reply, Ireland reached 129 for two, before losing their last eight wickets for 45 runs as Dougie Brown took a five-wicket haul of his own. However, they reduced Scotland to 24 for four before the second day's close, with captain Trent Johnston taking three of the wickets; they were denied a fifth wicket when Danish umpire Niels Bagh turned down a loud appeal for an edge by McCallum.[9]
Overnight rain then seeped in under the covers, resulting in a damp pitch, and the third day's play was called off. Irish wicket-keeper Niall O'Brien reacted by having words with the Aberdeen groundsman, and a formal report was submitted on the incident.[9] Despite no more rain falling during the hours of play, the fourth day was also called off, and the match declared a draw with Scotland gaining nine points and Ireland three.[10]
8–11 December 2006
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96 (38 overs)
Ali Asad 24 (50) 3/12 (9 overs)Louis Klazinga |
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Namibia 20, United Arab Emirates 0.
31 January – 3 February 2007
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Scotland 6, United Arab Emirates 0.
9–12 February 2007
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Ireland 20, United Arab Emirates 0.
Group B
Team | Pts | P | W | L | D | FI |
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Canada | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Kenya | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Bermuda | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
29 March – 1 April 2006
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Netherlands 6, Kenya 0.
Kenya and the Netherlands opened the group stages in Nairobi. Kenya had come off losing all four ODIs in their series against
Netherlands made more runs on the second day, with van Troost and Edgar Schiferli sharing an Intercontinental Cup record ninth-wicket partnership worth 95.[15] During the partnership, the Dutch also surpassed the previous highest Intercontinental Cup total, of 444 for 4 between Ireland and UAE. They were eventually bowled out for 474, Schiferli hitting to Collins Obuya for 69, and Kenya got a chance to bat shortly before tea. They faced 52 second-day overs, with five batsmen making it into double figures, but only captain Steve Tikolo could convert it into a score past 25, as the Dutch snared five wickets. Darron Reekers got the best bowling figures, with two for 28. Reekers failed to take any wickets on the third day, however, when Kenya fought back – they scored 197 runs on that day, for the loss of four wickets (compared to 135 for 5 on the first), with Peter Ongondo lasting two and a half hours in a 123-run eighth-wicket stand with Tikolo. Netherlands then got two wickets in successive overs, and Kenya were 315 for 9, nine short of the follow on with the injured Modi still in the pavilion. He stepped out with one arm in a strap, batting one-handed to see out the day as Kenya totalled 332 for 9.
Modi and Tikolo put on 35 more before Modi was out to van Bunge, who thus ended with the best bowling figures for the Netherlands, with his three for 51, while Tikolo was not out on 212, his second double century in the Intercontinental Cup.[16] It left the Netherlands with a lead of 107, and as they did not want to give Kenya the 14 points available for the win, they batted out the day for a draw. Van Bunge ended unbeaten on 70, while five Kenyan bowlers got a wicket each, and when stumps were drawn on the final day Netherlands were 202 for 5.
29 July – 1 August 2006
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Canada 20, Kenya 0.
Kenya's next match was against Canada in
On the second day, Tanmay Mishra nearly emulated Ali; he also made an unbeaten half-century from number seven, but ran out of partners six runs short of Ali's tally. After a 41-run tenth-wicket stand, Varaiya was caught by Pubudu Dassanayake to leave Kenya four short of Canada's total, which gave the hosts six points for the first innings lead.
Canada closed the second day on 52 for one, with captain
Kenya were left needing 291 for victory, but lost two wickets before the end of the third day: recalled opener Kennedy Otieno completed a pair of ducks, and Brijal Patel was caught behind for 9. There was also a rejected stumping appeal against Tikolo.[18]
The final day's play "ebbed and flowed throughout".
12–15 August 2006
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- Canada won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Canada 20, Bermuda 0.
Umar Bhatti took his second successive ten-wicket haul, helping Canada to a nine-wicket win against Bermuda. In the highest-scoring match of the tournament, with 1292 runs for 31 wickets, Canada prevailed to further extend their lead in the group, putting Kenya out of the tournament.
Bermuda batted first, and lost both openers for single-figure scores, but
In response, Canada piled on hundreds. Davison made 165 opening the innings, leading Canada to 286 for three when he was dismissed, and sharing a stand of 230 with Ian Billcliff who went on to total 126. Ryan Steede grabbed four wickets, including Billcliff bowled, but could not stop the eighth-wicket stand between Abdool Samad (119) and Umar Bhatti (50). The two scored 149 for the eighth wicket, increasing Canada's first innings lead past 200, while Bermuda's spinner Dwayne Leverock had to bowl nearly 49 overs for two wickets, Bhatti and the No. 11 Ravishankar.
Bermuda closed the third day on 68 for one, with opener
5–8 November 2006
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- Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Days 3 and 4 were abandoned due to rain.
- Points: Kenya 9, Bermuda 3.
The match closed with two days of rain, though Bermuda had already lost their chance to qualify for the semi-finals early on the second day, after being bowled out for 133 and Kenya surpassed that score for the loss of three wickets. Thomas Odoyo took five wickets for Kenya in the first innings, and though Saleem Mukuddem responded with three on the first day and three on the second, Kenya made it to 205 all out after 66 from Steve Tikolo and 54 from Tanmay Mishra. After batting through 15 overs for no loss, Bermuda lost two wickets in an over to Hiren Varaiya and were 19 for two when bad conditions stopped play on the second day. The players could not return, and the game was called off as a draw.
21–24 November 2006
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Bermuda 6, Netherlands 0.
5–8 December 2006
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- Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Netherlands 20, Canada 0.
Final
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