Dates | 22 April – 29 October |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | First-Class cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
Champions | Scotland (1st title) |
Runners-up | Canada |
Participants | 12 |
Matches | 15 |
Most runs | Fraser Watts (413) |
Most wickets | Ali Asad (24) |
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]
In order to encourage competitive play and avoid deadlocks, a point system including bonus points was used:
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 Scorecard |
(H) Namibia | v | |
23–25 July Scorecard |
v | Kenya (H) | |
1–3 October Scorecard |
v | Kenya (H) | |
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 Scorecard |
v | United States (H) | |
13 – 15 July Scorecard |
v | Bermuda (H) | |
13 – 15 August Scorecard |
(H) Canada | v | |
Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.5 |
Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
25 – 27 March Scorecard |
v | ||
23 – 25 April Scorecard |
v | Nepal (H) | |
17–19 September Scorecard |
v | Malaysia (H) | |
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 Scorecard |
(H) Scotland | v | |
13 July Scorecard |
(H) Netherlands | v | |
200 (80.5 overs) | 388/8 d (87 overs) | |
141 (56.1 overs) |
6 August Scorecard |
(H) Ireland | v | |
193 (59.4 overs) | 167 (59.1 overs) | |
178 (51.4 overs) | 206/2 (53.3 overs) |
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 Scorecard |
v | ||
17–19 November Scorecard |
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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 Scorecard |
v | ||
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* |
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 |
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