First-class cricket tournament
The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural 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. The tournament took place last from 25 March to 23 November 2004. The competition included 12 teams, divided by geographical region into four groups of three, followed by semi-finals and a final which were played 2 Venues In United Arab Emirates, The Sharjah Cricket Stadium In Sharjah and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium In Abu Dhabi.[1]
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
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.
- Points: Uganda 32, Namibia 16
- Kola Burger, Louis Burger, Sarel Burger, Danie Keulder, Deon Kotze, Nicolaas Scholtz, Gerrie Snyman, Stefan Swanepoel, Johannes van der Merwe, Melt van Schoor, Riaan Walters (Nam); Akbar Baig, Kenneth Kamyuka, Junior Kwebiha, Keith Legesi, Benjamin Musoke, Michael Ndiko, Frank Nsubuga, Richard Okia, Joel Olwenyi, Nand Kishore and Lawrence Sematimba (Uga) all made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Kenya 30, Uganda 9
- Tendo Mbazzi (Uga) made his first-class debut.
Americas Group
- Points: Canada 30.5, USA 15
- Ashish Bagai, Desmond Chumney, Haninder Dhillon, Ashish Patel, 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.
- Points: USA 32, Bermuda 16.5
- Dennis Archer, Glenn Blakeney, Delyone Borden, 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.
Asia Group
- Points: UAE 18, Nepal 14
- Mahaboob Alam, Raju Basnyat, Dipendra Chaudhary, Binod Das, Shakti Gauchan, Manoj Katuwal, Raju Khadka, Paresh Lohani, Raj Pradhan, Sanjam Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar (Nepal); Abdullah Hanif, Ali Asad, Arshad Ali, Asim Saeed, Ausaf Ali, Khurram Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohammad Tauqir, Naeemuddin Aslam and Rizwan Latif (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
- 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.
Europe Group
- Points: Scotland 17.5, Netherlands 16.5
- Adeel Raja, Tom de Grooth, Jacob-Jan Esmeijer, Sebastiaan Gokke, 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.
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200 (80.5 overs)
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141 (56.1 overs)
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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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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]
- Points: Scotland 19, Kenya 10.5
- Tanmay Mishra (Kenya) made his first-class debut.
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194/9 (55 overs) Kashif Khan 56 (71)Umar Bhatti 5/43 (13 overs) |
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]
Scotland (1st title)
Canada
Ali Asad (24)
