# 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup

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.

## 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 |
| 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
* Uganda won by 5 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia Umpires: Gerrie Pienar (SA) & Shaid Wadvalla (SA) Player of the match: Frank Nsubuga (Uganda)
* 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.
* 23–25 July Scorecard
* Kenya won by an innings and 4 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Earl Hendrikse (SA) & Muhammed Nanabhay (SA) Player of the match: Ravi Shah (Kenya)
* Points: Kenya 30, Uganda 9
* Tendo Mbazzi (Uga) made his first-class debut.
* 1–3 October Scorecard
* Match drawn Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Zed Ndamane (SA) & Craig Shoof (SA) Player of the match: Ravi Shah (Kenya)
* Points: Namibia 16.5, Kenya 15.5
* Amit Bhudia, Rajesh Bhudia, Kalpesh Patel (Ken); Jan-Berrie Burger, Hugo Ludik and Niel Rossouw (Nam) all made their first-class debuts.

### Americas Group

| Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
| Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Bermuda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
* 28–30 May Scorecard
* Canada won by 104 runs Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, USA Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Norman Malcolm (WI)
* 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.
* 13–15 July Scorecard
* USA won by 114 runs National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda Umpires: Hubert Smythe (Cay) & Courtney Young (Cay) Player of the match: Steve Massiah
* 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.
* 13–15 August Scorecard
* Match drawn Sunnybrook Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Umpires: Hubert Smythe (Cay) & Courtney Young (Cay) Player of the match: Haninder Dhillon
* 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 |
| 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
* Match drawn Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: Shakeel Khan (PAK) & Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Ali Asad (UAE)
* 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.
* 23–25 April Scorecard
* Nepal won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, Nepal Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) & Zameer Haider (PAK) Player of the match: Mehboob Alam (Nepal) & Shakti Gauchan (Nepal)
* 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 Scorecard
* UAE won by 124 runs Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Umpires: Shishir Chowdhury (BAN) & Manzur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)
* 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 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48.5 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
* 11 June Scorecard
* Match drawn Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Trevor Henry (Ire) & Richard Illingworth (Eng)
* 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.
* 13 July Scorecard
* Ireland won by an innings and 47 runs Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer, the Netherlands
* Points: Ireland 30, Netherlands 10.5
* Jeremy Bray, 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 Scorecard
* Scotland won by 8 wickets Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland
* 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. Canada and Scotland advanced to the final, both in draws by points.
* 17–19 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) & Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Paul Hoffmann (Scotland)
* Points: Scotland 19, Kenya 10.5
* Tanmay Mishra (Kenya) made his first-class debut.
* 17–19 November Scorecard
* Match drawn Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: Siddiq Khan (Pak) & Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Zubin Surkari (Canada)
* Points: Canada 19.5, UAE 15.5
* Ashif Mulla, Jason Patraj, Sanjayan Thuraisingam (Canada); Mohammad Atif and Zahid Shah (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. In the second day Scotland declared with 177 runs ahead. Canada only scored 93 runs for the easy victory of Scotland.
* 21–22 November Scorecard
* Scotland won by an innings and 84 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: Gamini Silva (SL) & Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: John Blain (Scotland)

## Stats
### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Runs | Average | HS |
| 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 |
| 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 |