# 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge

The 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates from 29 February to 6 March 2004. Matches were played in Dubai and Sharjah.
The tournament was the third and final edition of the ICC Six Nations Challenge, and featured six associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands had competed in the 2003 World Cup, while the three other teams invited were Scotland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. The six teams played each other once in a round-robin, with five teams finishing with three wins and two losses. The United States emerged as the winners based on net run rate, and consequently qualified for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England, making their One Day International (ODI) debut. American all-rounder Clayton Lambert led the tournament in runs, while Scotland's John Blain was the leading wicket-taker.

## Squads

Each team named a squad of 14 players, one coach, one team manager, one physiotherapist, and one umpire.
| Canada Coach: Bryan Mauricette | Namibia Coach: Kevin Curran | Netherlands Coach: Emmerson Trotman |
| Joseph Harris (c) Ashish Bagai Desmond Chumney Austin Codrington Sunil Dhaniram Zahid Hussain Shantha Jayasekera Ian Khan Ishwar Maraj Don Maxwell Asif Mulla Ashish Patel Kevin Sandher Zubin Surkari | Jan-Berrie Burger (c) Louis Burger Sarel Burger Danie Keulder Bjorn Kotze Deon Kotze Hugo Ludik Gerrie Snyman Stephan Swanepoel Johannes van der Merwe Burton van Rooi Melt van Schoor Rudi van Vuuren Riaan Walters | Luuk van Troost (c) Tim de Leede Jacob-Jan Esmeijer Sebastiaan Gokke Tjade Groot Feiko Kloppenburg Hendrik-Jan Mol Adeel Raja Darron Reekers Edgar Schiferli Chris Smith Jeroen Smits Daan van Bunge Bas Zuiderent |
| Scotland Coach: Tony Judd | United Arab Emirates Coach: Syed Abid Ali | United States Coach: Faoud Bacchus |
| Craig Wright (c) John Blain James Brinkley Dougie Brown Gavin Hamilton Majid Haq Paul Hoffmann Jamie Kerr Dougie Lockhart Gregor Maiden Ian Stanger Ryan Watson Fraser Watts Greig Williamson | Khurram Khan (c) Ahmed Nadeem Ali Asad Arshad Ali Asghar Ali Asim Saeed Fahad Usman Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Nadeem Mohammad Tauqir Naeemuddin Aslam Nasir Siddiqi Syed Maqsood Yogesh Mistry | Richard Staple (c) Amer Afzaluddin Rohan Alexander Aijaz Ali Zamin Amin Donovan Blake Jignesh Desai Nasir Javed Howard Johnson Mark Johnson Rahul Kukreti Clayton Lambert Steve Massiah Tony Reid |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.551 |
| Scotland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.523 |
| Namibia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.150 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.127 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.056 |
| Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.212 |

## Fixtures

* 29 February Scorecard
| Namibia 254/8 (50 overs) | v | United States 258/5 (46.5 overs) |
* United States won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (US)
* 29 February Scorecard
| Netherlands 198/8 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 163 (47 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 35 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Luuk van Troost (Ned)
* 29 February Scorecard
| Canada 157/9 (50 overs) | v | UAE 160/5 (33.3 overs) |
* UAE won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)
* 1 March Scorecard
| Netherlands 236/7 (50 overs) | v | Canada 169 (41.4 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 67 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Feiko Kloppenburg (Ned)
* 1 March Scorecard
| Scotland 160/8 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 67 (22.5 overs) |
* Scotland won by 93 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Paul Hoffmann (Sco)
* 1 March Scorecard
| United States 245/6 (50 overs) | v | UAE 246/5 (46 overs) |
* UAE won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)
* 3 March Scorecard
| Canada 126 (48.4 overs) | v | United States 127/4 (24 overs) |
* United States won by 6 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Mark Johnson (US)
* 3 March Scorecard
| Namibia 247/5 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 174 (46.3 overs) |
* Namibia won by 71 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Deon Kotze (Nam)
* 3 March Scorecard
| Scotland 258/6 (50 overs) | v | UAE 210 (45.1 overs) |
* Scotland won by 48 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Ryan Watson (Sco)
* 4 March Scorecard
| Scotland 214 (49.4 overs) | v | Canada 178 (45.1 overs) |
* Scotland won by 36 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Ian Stanger (Sco)
* 4 March Scorecard
| United States 248 (48.3 overs) | v | Netherlands 249/2 (48.1 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 8 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Edgar Schiferli (Ned)
* 4 March Scorecard
| Namibia 177 (46.4 overs) | v | UAE 107 (40 overs) |
* Namibia won by 70 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Danie Keulder (Nam)
* 6 March Scorecard
| Namibia 195 (49.4 overs) | v | Canada 190 (49.2 overs) |
* Namibia won by 5 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Deon Kotze (Nam)
* 6 March Scorecard
| Scotland 206 (49.4 overs) | v | United States 208/5 (47.2 overs) |
* United States won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (US)
* 6 March Scorecard
| Netherlands 290 (45.5 overs) | v | UAE 295/7 (49.1 overs) |
* UAE won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Syed Maqsood (UAE)

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Clayton Lambert | United States | 214 | 5 | 107.00 | 64* | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Massiah | United States | 212 | 5 | 53.00 | 92* | 0 | 2 |
| Syed Maqsood | United Arab Emirates | 204 | 5 | 40.80 | 93 | 0 | 2 |
| Gavin Hamilton | Scotland | 199 | 5 | 39.80 | 70 | 0 | 2 |
| Darron Reekers | Netherlands | 190 | 5 | 38.00 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| John Blain | Scotland | 36.5 | 16 | 12.40 | 22.10 | 3.36 | 6/13 |
| Deon Kotze | Namibia | 47.0 | 9 | 12.11 | 31.33 | 2.31 | 3/4 |
| Sarel Burger | Namibia | 47.0 | 9 | 16.22 | 31.33 | 3.10 | 3/37 |
| Edgar Schiferli | Netherlands | 40.3 | 9 | 20.22 | 27.00 | 4.49 | 5/45 |
| Khurram Khan | United Arab Emirates | 43.3 | 9 | 21.00 | 29.00 | 4.34 | 4/35 |
Source: CricketArchive