The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup

ICC Intercontinental Cup

The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...

 first class cricket tournament, an international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test

Test cricket

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 status by the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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. 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 all played in Sharjah

Sharjah (city)

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, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

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Points System

In order to encourage competitive play and avoid deadlocks, a point system including bonus points was used:

• Win: 14 points
• Tie
  Tie (draw)
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  : 7 points
• Draw or loss: 0 points
• Batting
  Batting (cricket)
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   bonus points: 0.5 points for each 25 runs scored in the first 90 overs
  Over (cricket)
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   of each innings
  Innings
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  , to a maximum of 6 points per innings.
• Bowling
  Bowling (cricket)
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   bonus points: 0.5 points per wicket
  Wicket
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   taken in each innings.

Africa Group

Team	P	W	L	D	Points
	2	1	0	1	45.5
	2	1	1	0	41
	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.
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Americas Group

Team	P	W	L	D	Points
	2	1	0	1	50
	2	1	1	0	47
	2	0	1	1	29

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Asia Group

Team	P	W	L	D	Points
	2	1	0	1	50.5
	2	1	0	1	42
	2	0	2	0	23

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Europe Group

Team	P	W	L	D	Points
	2	1	0	1	48.5
	2	1	1	0	43
	2	0	1	1	27

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Semi-Finals

The semifinals was played in UAE, but were delayed because the death of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Originally were schuled to start at November 16 and were moved to the 17. Canada and Scotland advanced to the final, both in draws by points.
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Final

The final started at November 21. 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.

Most Runs

Player	Matches	Runs	Average	HS
Fraser Watts Fraser Watts David Fraser Watts is an English-born Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonstrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports scholarship to Durham School where he completed the last...	4	413	68.83	146
Ravi Shah	3	366	122.00	187* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
Arshad Ali Arshad Ali Arshad Ali is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. Born in the Punjab region of Pakistan, Arshad has represented his adopted country at the 2004 Asia Cup of cricket.-References:**...	3	338	58.07	143
Ryan Watson	4	251	41.83	57
Andrew White Andrew White (cricketer) Andrew Roland White is an Irish cricketer, who played in the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, where Ireland reached the Super 8 stage. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played with Northamptonshire since 2005, and with Ireland since 2002...	2	230	115.00	152* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

Most Wickets

Player	Matches	Wickets	Average	BBI
Ali Asad Ali Asad Ali Asad is a Pakistani cricketer. A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he represents Karachi cricket teams, having played for their Whites, Blues, Zebras and Dolphins sides. He scored his maiden first-class century in only his third match, while opening the batting for Karachi Blues against...	3	24	15.95	9/74
John Davison	2	23	9.13	9/76
Asim Butt Asim Butt Asim Mohamood Butt was a Scottish and Pakistani cricketer who was primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler. He played 5 ODIs for Scotland, all in the 1999 Cricket World Cup...	3	16	10.62	5/47
Umar Bhatti Umar Bhatti Umar Bhatti is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler.Bhatti first played for Canada in the Under-19s World Cup of 2004, where he finished 30 not out in his debut World Cup performance, batting at number seven. He played in six games in...	3	13	14.00	5/43
Dwayne Leverock Dwayne Leverock Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock is a former Bermudian cricketer.Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in Bermuda, Leverock is a policeman and also drives a prison van. At the 2007 Cricket World Cup he was the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 20 stone...	2	13	20.23	7/57