2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup
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The 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the third 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
. Defending champions Ireland won the tournament after three wins and one drawn game, defeating Canada by an innings in the final, and stretched their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight.
The tournament lasted from 22 March 2006 to 23 May 2007. The number of participants was cut from 12 teams to eight following the 2005 edition
, but the matches were lengthened from three to four days, and each team qualifying for the main stage played three games, instead of two in the 2005 and 2004 editions .
The eight teams played in two groups of four, with the winners of each group proceeding to the final
which was played between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road
in Leicester
. The game was scheduled for 22 to 25 May 2007, but in the event Ireland won inside two days. All teams without Test status which qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup
participated, along with United Arab Emirates
and the winner of the challenge match between Namibia and Nepal
(runners-up in Africa and Asia in the 2005 edition).
Africa
Asia
North America
Points summary:.
Matches lasted four days, with a minimum over
rate of 16 per hour, i.e. 96 a day. If the scheduled minimum was not met by the end of the day, an extra half hour of play were allowed. Otherwise, the normal rules of first class cricket
applied.
Namibia were put in to bat at the Wanderers Cricket Ground
in Windhoek
after the first day's play was lost to rain, and made 272 despite six wickets from Nepal's captain Binod Das
. Deon Kotze
and Gerrie Snyman
shared the highest partnership with 97, and proceeded to bowl Nepal out for 143, with six bowlers getting at least one wicket. In Namibia's second innings, twelve sixes were hit, with Louis Burger
and Snyman both getting half-centuries before Namibia declared
on 239 for 6. Nepal batted out 24 overs to draw the match, but Namibia qualified nevertheless .
against Scotland
. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Namibia lost both openers to opposing captain Craig Wright
, and after Namibia's captain Deon Kotze
went for a half-hour three, Namibia were 73 for four. Gerrie Snyman
put on 70 with Sarel Burger
for the fifth wicket, but spinner Ross Lyons
got both of them out to end with figures of four for 10 in the first innings, and Paul Hoffmann
also got two wickets as Namibia were bowled out for 168. Scotland responded with 95 for three on the first day, with Ryan Watson being 62 not out
overnight, and he converted that into his maiden first class century
on a second day with only 48.5 of the stipulated 104 overs due to rain. Scotland were 274 for four overnight, then fell to 279 for six on the third morning when Neil McCallum
and Watson were out, but a partnership of 68 for the seventh wicket between Wright and Dewald Nel
helped Scotland put together a total of 360. Hoffmann then took five wickets in his opening spell, of which four were bowled
and a fifth lbw
, to end the match with figures of 9–4–14–5, and though Namibia recovered from 35 for five to an eventual total of 127, they still lost by an innings and 65 runs inside three days.
took nine) for fewer runs than they had conceded in Scotland, Namibia totalled 226 runs - 87 of them coming from No. 9 Kola Burger. The first day's play was called off due to rain, but on the second day Ireland bowled out Namibia for 95, with captain Trent Johnston
taking six for 23. Ian van Zyl
responded in kind on the following day, taking eight for 34, but Johnston's 71 helped his side from 87 for seven to a total of 173. Namibia then fell to 22 for six, still trailing by 56 runs, but with the help of 48 from Kola Burger they set a target of 54 to win, and Burger then took three wickets as Ireland lost their first four for 25. However, after 21 from Eoin Morgan
, Ireland made it to the target with the loss of just one further wicket.
. Dave Langford-Smith
took his first five-wicket-haul in first class cricket, as Scotland were bowled out for 265, and described as "struggling" by Cricinfo. Langford-Smith took the first three wickets as Scotland fell to 58 for four, before Ryan Watson built a stand of 66 with Neil McCallum
, the highest of the game. The bottom five partnerships contributed more than the top five, however, as Scotland managed 265 all out; John Blain
was last out, having made 53.
Dougie Brown
replied with a five-wicket-haul, however; Ireland got to 129 for two, then lost eight wickets for 45 runs, including a partnership of 30 between Andrew White
and Kyle McCallan
. Scotland lost four wickets before the second day's close, however, with Irish captain Trent Johnston
taking three as they were 24 for four after twelve overs, and with the umpire turning down "a huge shout" when Neil McCallum
edged the ball.
Overnight rain then seeped in under the covers, resulting in a damp pitch, and the third day's play was called off. Irish wicket-keeper
Niall O'Brien
reacted by having words with the Aberdeen groundsman, and a formal report has been submitted on the incident. Despite no more rain falling during the hours of play, the fourth day was also called off, and the match declared a draw with Scotland gaining nine points and Ireland three.
, and had dropped five players, including wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno who had played 71 ODIs and 29 first class games for Maurice Ouma
, following Otieno's total of eight runs on the Bangladesh tour. Otieno vowed to quit international cricket
as a result. For the Netherlands, Pieter Seelaar and Billy Stelling
were unavailable , while Bas Zuiderent recovered from a stomach upset to open the batting and make 26 after Dutch captain Luuk van Troost
won the toss at Nairobi Gymkhana and chose to bat. Three more players passed 25 on the first day; Ryan ten Doeschate
spent five hours at the crease and made 158, described as "faultless" by CricketEurope correspondent Rod Lyall, while Daan van Bunge
added 32 and captain van Troost was unbeaten on 29. First class debutant Ashish Karia got the best figures on the first day, with two for 18, but Lyall claimed Peter Ongondo was the pick of the bowlers. Hitesh Modi
broke his finger when attempting to catch Tim de Leede
, and according to Lyall, he was "unlikely to take any further part in the match".
Netherlands made more runs on the second day, with van Troost and Edgar Schiferli sharing an Intercontinental Cup record ninth-wicket partnership worth 95 . During the partnership, the Dutch also surpassed the previous highest Intercontinental Cup total, of 444 for 4 between Ireland and UAE. They were eventually bowled out for 474, Schiferli hitting to Collins Obuya for 69, and Kenya got a chance to bat shortly before tea. They faced 52 second-day overs, with five batsmen making it into double figures, but only captain Steve Tikolo
could convert it into a score past 25, as the Dutch snared five wickets. Darron Reekers got the best bowling figures, with two for 28. Reekers failed to take any wickets on the third day, however, when Kenya fought back – they scored 197 runs on that day, for the loss of four wickets (compared to 135 for 5 on the first), with Peter Ongondo lasting two and a half hours in a 123-run eighth-wicket stand with Steve Tikolo
. Netherlands then got two wickets in successive overs, and Kenya were 315 for 9, nine short of the follow on with the injured Modi still in the pavilion. He stepped out with one arm in a strap, batting one-handed to see out the day as Kenya totalled 332 for 9.
Modi and Tikolo put on 35 more before Modi was out to van Bunge, who thus ended with the best bowling figures for the Netherlands, with his three for 51, while Tikolo was not out
on 212, his second double century in the Intercontinental Cup. It left the Netherlands with a lead of 107, and as they did not want to give Kenya the 14 points available for the win, they batted out the day for a draw. Van Bunge ended unbeaten on 70, while five Kenyan bowlers got a wicket each, and when stumps were drawn on the final day Netherlands were 202 for 5.
, in what became a "tense" match. Canada opted to bat first on a "green and...underprepared pitch", and were 102 for seven after seamers Peter Ongondo, Thomas Odoyo and Nehemiah Odhiambo had shared out the opening seven wickets. Qaiser Ali
fought back with a first-class best of 91 not out
, however, eventually running out of batting partners as Ongondo, Steve Tikolo
and Kenya debutant Hiren Varaiya
, a slow left arm bowler, took the final wickets. However, Kenya lost their first four wickets for 14 runs in the poor light (which caused play to end 20 minutes early), with both openers out without having made a run. Henry Osinde
and Umar Bhatti
caused the damage, with two wickets each.
On the second day, Tanmay Mishra
nearly emulated Ali; he also made an unbeaten half-century from number seven, but ran out of partners six runs short of Ali's tally. After a 41-run tenth-wicket stand, Varaiya was caught by Pubudu Dassanayake
to leave Kenya four short of Canada's total, which gave the hosts six points for the first innings lead.
Canada closed the second day on 52 for one, with captain John Davison out caught, and lost nightwatchman
Bhatti for 6. However, opener Geoff Barnett
kept on batting, first putting on 84 with Stewart Heaney
(who contributed 12) and then 112 with Ashish Bagai
. Barnett, who had 11 first class appearances for Central Districts Stags
in New Zealand
without scoring a century, now brought up 136. In the end, however, first class debutant Odhiambo got him and four others to celebrate a five-wicket-haul on debut; Canada lost seven wickets, scoring 26 runs in the meantime, and posted a target of 291 for Kenya to chase in a little more than a day.
Kenya batted out the first day losing two wickets, with opener Kennedy Otieno completing a pair of ducks, and Brijal Patel
joining him as he was caught behind for nine. There was also a rejected stumping appeal against Tikolo.
Kenya were left to score 246 on the final day, and the Canadian coach Andy Pick
remarked that there was "[no movement
] once the ball los[t] it[s] shine." The day's play "ebbed and flowed throughout", with Kenya first putting on 51 for the third wicket before Tikolo was bowled
by Davison for 50, and Tony Suji followed after an 18-run fourth-wicket stand. Then Hitesh Modi
added 59 with Collins Obuya before getting caught and bowled by spinner Puvendra Ravishankar, who also took the next wicket half an hour later. With 102 required and four wickets in hand, Bhatti returned to bowl, and had Odoyo and Odhiambo caught within three minutes. Collins Obuya now had two batting partners remaining: Ongondo lasted for 40 minutes without scoring a single run, Obuya notching up 17 in that time, and Hiren Varaiya
lasted just as long as the tenth-wicket pairing ground out runs. However, Obuya was caught at slip
by Geoff Barnett for a first-class best 89, leaving Canada winners by 25 runs. Barnett and Bhatti shared the Man of the Match
award.
took his second successive ten-wicket-haul, helping Canada to a nine-wicket win against Bermuda. In the highest-scoring match of the tournament, with 1292 runs for 31 wickets, Canada prevailed to further extend their lead in the group, putting Kenya out of the tournament.
Bermuda batted first, and lost both openers for single-figure scores, but Clay Smith put on 99 with Irving Romaine before both were caught behind with the score stuck on 120. Dean Minors
was also caught for a single-figure score, Bhatti's fourth wicket, but after that he could not take any further wickets, and Janeiro Tucker
and Saleem Mukuddem
made their way towards half-centuries, sharing a stand of 83 for the sixth wicket. John Davison eventually had Mukuddem out, and also Lionel Cann
, two runs before he could reach his 50, and Henry Osinde
took the final wicket to bowl Bermuda out for 334.
In response, Canada piled on hundreds. Davison made 165 opening the innings, leading Canada to 286 for three when he was dismissed, and sharing a stand of 230 with Ian Billcliff
who went on to total 126. Ryan Steede
grabbed four wickets, including Billcliff bowled, but could not stop the eighth-wicket stand between Abdool Samad (119) and Umar Bhatti
(50). The two scored 149 for the eighth wicket, increasing Canada's first innings lead past 200, while Bermuda's spinner Dwayne Leverock
had to bowl nearly 49 overs for two wickets, Bhatti and the No. 11 Ravishankar.
Bermuda closed the third day on 68 for one, with opener Steven Outerbridge
on 35 not out
. He added nine before he was caught by a substitute fielder
, but Romaine, his batting partner, went on to make 65 before falling to the same fate. Clay Smith kept batting for the draw, but was seventh out to Davison, while Bhatti picked up six wickets for 104 to complete his second ten-wicket-haul in a month.
responded with three on the first day and three on the second, Kenya made it to 205 all out after 66 from Steve Tikolo
and 54 from Tanmay Mishra
. After batting through 15 overs for no loss, Bermuda lost two wickets in an over to Hiren Varaiya
and were 19 for two when bad conditions stopped play on the second day. The players could not return, and the game was called off as a draw.
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
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
status by the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
. Defending champions Ireland won the tournament after three wins and one drawn game, defeating Canada by an innings in the final, and stretched their streak of unbeaten matches in the Intercontinental Cup to eight.
The tournament lasted from 22 March 2006 to 23 May 2007. The number of participants was cut from 12 teams to eight following the 2005 edition
2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a cricket competition for 12 nations from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. All the games were scheduled for three days and were designated first class....
, but the matches were lengthened from three to four days, and each team qualifying for the main stage played three games, instead of two in the 2005 and 2004 editions .
The eight teams played in two groups of four, with the winners of each group proceeding to the final
which was played between Ireland and Canada at Grace Road
Grace Road
Grace Road is a cricket ground, in Leicester, England, home to Leicestershire County Cricket Club.-History:The land which Grace Road is built on was bought by Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 1877 from the then Duke of Rutland and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club,...
in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. The game was scheduled for 22 to 25 May 2007, but in the event Ireland won inside two days. All teams without Test status which qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
participated, along with United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United Arab Emirates in international cricket matches...
and the winner of the challenge match between Namibia and Nepal
Nepali cricket team
The Nepal national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Nepal in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1996, having previously been an affiliate member since 1988....
(runners-up in Africa and Asia in the 2005 edition).
Participating teams
Europe- , ,
Africa
- ,
Asia
North America
- ,
Tournament organisation
Each team played the other three teams in a group once in a round robin format; the winners of each group qualify for the final.Points summary:.
- 14 points were awarded for a win
- 7 points were awarded to both teams for a tie
- 6 points for a first-innings lead
- 3 points to both teams if the teams were tied on first innings
- 3 points for a draw if more than eight hours were lost to weather conditions; else no points for a draw
- 10 points to both teams in the event of an abandoned match (equivalent to a tie + a first innings tie)
Matches lasted four days, with a minimum over
Over (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession. An over is normally bowled by a single bowler. However, in the event of injury preventing a bowler from completing an over, it is completed by a teammate....
rate of 16 per hour, i.e. 96 a day. If the scheduled minimum was not met by the end of the day, an extra half hour of play were allowed. Otherwise, the normal rules of first class 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...
applied.
Challenge Match: Namibia v Nepal
| 23 March–26 March | 272 & 239/6d |
drew | 143 & 70/3 |
Namibia were put in to bat at the Wanderers Cricket Ground
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
Wanderers Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Windhoek, Namibia. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1990 when Namibia played the Netherlands....
in Windhoek
Windhoek
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level. The 2001 census determined Windhoek's population was 233,529...
after the first day's play was lost to rain, and made 272 despite six wickets from Nepal's captain Binod Das
Binod Das
Binod Kumar Das is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he was the captain of the Nepal national cricket team, having played for them since 2000.-Biography:...
. Deon Kotze
Deon Kotze
Deon Bosman Kotze is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler....
and Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One Day Internationals in the Cricket World Cup in 2003, and also played in the 2005 ICC Trophy...
shared the highest partnership with 97, and proceeded to bowl Nepal out for 143, with six bowlers getting at least one wicket. In Namibia's second innings, twelve sixes were hit, with Louis Burger
Louis Burger
Louis Jacobus Burger is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....
and Snyman both getting half-centuries before Namibia declared
Declaration and forfeiture
In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
on 239 for 6. Nepal batted out 24 overs to draw the match, but Namibia qualified nevertheless .
Group A
| Team | Points | P | W | L | D | FI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 May–13 May | 360 |
beat | 168 & 127 |
by an innings and 65 runs | |
| 17 May–20 May | 173 & 56/5 |
beat | 95 & 131 |
by five wickets | |
| 17 August–20 August | 265 & 24/4 |
drew | 174 |
||
| 8 December–11 December | 428 |
beat | 96 & 183 |
by an innings and 149 runs | |
| 31 January–3 February (2007) | 348 & 356/8d |
drawn | 373 & 137/6 |
||
| 9 February–12 February | 243 & 118 |
lost | 531/5d |
by an innings and 170 runs |
Scotland v Namibia
Namibia opened the group by playing two matches in Europe in May, starting at Mannofield ParkMannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
against Scotland
Scottish cricket team
The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They compete in the Clydesdale Bank 40 as the Scottish Saltires...
. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Namibia lost both openers to opposing captain Craig Wright
Craig Wright (cricketer)
Craig McIntyre Wright is a former Scottish cricket player who currently plays for Watsonian Cricket Club. He was a big hitting right-handed middle order batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.-Career:...
, and after Namibia's captain Deon Kotze
Deon Kotze
Deon Bosman Kotze is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler....
went for a half-hour three, Namibia were 73 for four. Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman
Gerrie Snyman is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played five One Day Internationals in the Cricket World Cup in 2003, and also played in the 2005 ICC Trophy...
put on 70 with Sarel Burger
Sarel Burger
Sarel Francois Burger is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler....
for the fifth wicket, but spinner Ross Lyons
Ross Lyons
Ross Thomas Lyons is a Scottish cricket player. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler.He made his debut for the Scottish national team on 26 August 2005 in a totesport league match against Derbyshire...
got both of them out to end with figures of four for 10 in the first innings, and Paul Hoffmann
Paul Hoffmann
Paul Jacob Christopher Hoffmann born 14 January 1970, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, is an Australian cricketer who has played for the cricket teams of Scotland...
also got two wickets as Namibia were bowled out for 168. Scotland responded with 95 for three on the first day, with Ryan Watson being 62 not out
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...
overnight, and he converted that into his maiden first class century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
on a second day with only 48.5 of the stipulated 104 overs due to rain. Scotland were 274 for four overnight, then fell to 279 for six on the third morning when Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum (cricketer)
Neil Francis Ian McCallum is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Scotland on 4 July 2000 against an England Amateur team. McCullum has since represented Scotland in One Day Internationals, his first match at this level coming against Pakistan in June 2006...
and Watson were out, but a partnership of 68 for the seventh wicket between Wright and Dewald Nel
Dewald Nel
Johan Dewald Nel is a South African-born Scottish cricketer. He is a primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, who also bats right-handed....
helped Scotland put together a total of 360. Hoffmann then took five wickets in his opening spell, of which four were bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
and a fifth lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
, to end the match with figures of 9–4–14–5, and though Namibia recovered from 35 for five to an eventual total of 127, they still lost by an innings and 65 runs inside three days.
Ireland v Namibia
The following week, Namibia became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament final after their defeat in Dublin. Despite a better effort from the bowlers, who took fifteen wickets (of which Ian van ZylIan van Zyl
Matheus Christiaan van Zyl, known as Ian van Zyl , is a Namibian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for the Namibian team against Uganda in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In the same competition the following year, he took 8-34 against Ireland, albeit in a losing cause...
took nine) for fewer runs than they had conceded in Scotland, Namibia totalled 226 runs - 87 of them coming from No. 9 Kola Burger. The first day's play was called off due to rain, but on the second day Ireland bowled out Namibia for 95, with captain Trent Johnston
Trent Johnston
David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston is an Australian-born Irish cricketer...
taking six for 23. Ian van Zyl
Ian van Zyl
Matheus Christiaan van Zyl, known as Ian van Zyl , is a Namibian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for the Namibian team against Uganda in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In the same competition the following year, he took 8-34 against Ireland, albeit in a losing cause...
responded in kind on the following day, taking eight for 34, but Johnston's 71 helped his side from 87 for seven to a total of 173. Namibia then fell to 22 for six, still trailing by 56 runs, but with the help of 48 from Kola Burger they set a target of 54 to win, and Burger then took three wickets as Ireland lost their first four for 25. However, after 21 from Eoin Morgan
Eoin Morgan
Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan is an Irish cricketer who plays for the England national cricket team. A left-handed batsman, he plays county cricket for Middlesex and has been selected for England's Test, ODI and Twenty20 squads. He originally represented his native Ireland at international level...
, Ireland made it to the target with the loss of just one further wicket.
Scotland v Ireland
This match, held a week after the European Championship which Ireland won, saw Scotland win the toss and bat at Mannofield ParkMannofield Park
Mannofield Park is a cricket ground Mannofield district of Aberdeen, Scotland. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures....
. Dave Langford-Smith
Dave Langford-Smith
David "Dave" Langford-Smith is an Australian-born Irish cricketer who, on 13 June 2006, became the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland, when he dismissed Ed Joyce at Belfast...
took his first five-wicket-haul in first class cricket, as Scotland were bowled out for 265, and described as "struggling" by Cricinfo. Langford-Smith took the first three wickets as Scotland fell to 58 for four, before Ryan Watson built a stand of 66 with Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum (cricketer)
Neil Francis Ian McCallum is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Scotland on 4 July 2000 against an England Amateur team. McCullum has since represented Scotland in One Day Internationals, his first match at this level coming against Pakistan in June 2006...
, the highest of the game. The bottom five partnerships contributed more than the top five, however, as Scotland managed 265 all out; John Blain
John Blain
John Blain is a Scottish first-class cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler....
was last out, having made 53.
Dougie Brown
Dougie Brown
Douglas Robert Brown is a former Scottish cricketer, currently employed as a coach for Warwickshire C.C.C.. He is an all-rounder who has represented both England and Scotland at One Day International level...
replied with a five-wicket-haul, however; Ireland got to 129 for two, then lost eight wickets for 45 runs, including a partnership of 30 between 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...
and Kyle McCallan
Kyle McCallan
William Kyle McCallan, MBE , usually known as Kyle McCallan, is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played more times for the Ireland cricket team than any other player, more than 40 caps ahead of the next player in the table, the retired Peter Gillespie...
. Scotland lost four wickets before the second day's close, however, with Irish captain Trent Johnston
Trent Johnston
David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston is an Australian-born Irish cricketer...
taking three as they were 24 for four after twelve overs, and with the umpire turning down "a huge shout" when Neil McCallum
Neil McCallum (cricketer)
Neil Francis Ian McCallum is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He made his debut for Scotland on 4 July 2000 against an England Amateur team. McCullum has since represented Scotland in One Day Internationals, his first match at this level coming against Pakistan in June 2006...
edged the ball.
Overnight rain then seeped in under the covers, resulting in a damp pitch, and the third day's play was called off. Irish wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
Niall O'Brien
Niall O'Brien (cricketer)
Niall John O'Brien is an Irish cricketer educated at Marian College, Ballsbridge. He is a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. O'Brien's brother Kevin plays with him in the Irish team...
reacted by having words with the Aberdeen groundsman, and a formal report has been submitted on the incident. Despite no more rain falling during the hours of play, the fourth day was also called off, and the match declared a draw with Scotland gaining nine points and Ireland three.
Group B
| Team | Pts | P | W | L | D | FI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 March–1 April | Kenya 367 |
drew | Netherlands 474 & 202/5 |
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| 29 July–1 August | Canada 235 & 286 |
beat | Kenya 231 & 265 |
by 25 runs | |
| 12 August–15 August | Canada 588 & 60/1 |
beat | Bermuda 334 & 310 |
by 9 wickets | |
| 9 November–12 November | Kenya 205 |
drew | Bermuda 133 & 19/2 |
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| 21 November–24 November | Netherlands 378 and 170-2 |
drew | Bermuda 620 |
in South Africa | |
| 5 December–8 December | Netherlands 409 & 181-3 |
beat | Canada 103 & 485 |
in South Africa |
Kenya v Netherlands
Kenya and the Netherlands opened the group stages in Nairobi. Brian Murgatroyd wrote on Cricinfo that the match "would be a tricky one to predict". Kenya had come off losing all four ODIs in their series against BangladeshBangladeshi cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...
, and had dropped five players, including wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno who had played 71 ODIs and 29 first class games for Maurice Ouma
Maurice Ouma
Maurice Amollo Ouma is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and also plays as a wicket-keeper. He has played for the Kenyan cricket team since 2000....
, following Otieno's total of eight runs on the Bangladesh tour. Otieno vowed to quit international cricket
International structure of cricket
There was no formal structure of international cricket until the early twenty first century. It had long been traditional for countries, without any intervention from a body such as the International Cricket Council , to organize for themselves the various cricket matches...
as a result. For the Netherlands, Pieter Seelaar and Billy Stelling
Billy Stelling
William Frederick Stelling , better known as Billy Stelling is a Dutch cricket player...
were unavailable , while Bas Zuiderent recovered from a stomach upset to open the batting and make 26 after Dutch captain Luuk van Troost
Luuk van Troost
Lucas Petrus van Troost is a former Dutch cricketer, who captained the national team. He usually batted between no. 6 and no...
won the toss at Nairobi Gymkhana and chose to bat. Three more players passed 25 on the first day; Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is a South African-born cricketer who plays internationally for the Netherlands due to his Dutch ancestry. He has played cricket for Essex since 2003....
spent five hours at the crease and made 158, described as "faultless" by CricketEurope correspondent Rod Lyall, while Daan van Bunge
Daan van Bunge
Daan Lodewijk Samuel van Bunge is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.Van Bunge has represented the Netherlands at many age levels, including at the Under-15 World Cup in 1996, and on their Under-17 tour of England in 1997...
added 32 and captain van Troost was unbeaten on 29. First class debutant Ashish Karia got the best figures on the first day, with two for 18, but Lyall claimed Peter Ongondo was the pick of the bowlers. Hitesh Modi
Hitesh Modi
Hitesh Subhash Modi is a former Kenyan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler....
broke his finger when attempting to catch Tim de Leede
Tim de Leede
Timotheus Bernardus Maria de Leede is a former Dutch cricketer.Most often batting in the middle order and bowling in the middle overs, De Leede is a capable cricketer, even at ODI level, where he leads the Netherlands for games played, wickets taken, and has a pair of half centuries, an unbeaten...
, and according to Lyall, he was "unlikely to take any further part in the match".
Netherlands made more runs on the second day, with van Troost and Edgar Schiferli sharing an Intercontinental Cup record ninth-wicket partnership worth 95 . During the partnership, the Dutch also surpassed the previous highest Intercontinental Cup total, of 444 for 4 between Ireland and UAE. They were eventually bowled out for 474, Schiferli hitting to Collins Obuya for 69, and Kenya got a chance to bat shortly before tea. They faced 52 second-day overs, with five batsmen making it into double figures, but only captain Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
could convert it into a score past 25, as the Dutch snared five wickets. Darron Reekers got the best bowling figures, with two for 28. Reekers failed to take any wickets on the third day, however, when Kenya fought back – they scored 197 runs on that day, for the loss of four wickets (compared to 135 for 5 on the first), with Peter Ongondo lasting two and a half hours in a 123-run eighth-wicket stand with Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
. Netherlands then got two wickets in successive overs, and Kenya were 315 for 9, nine short of the follow on with the injured Modi still in the pavilion. He stepped out with one arm in a strap, batting one-handed to see out the day as Kenya totalled 332 for 9.
Modi and Tikolo put on 35 more before Modi was out to van Bunge, who thus ended with the best bowling figures for the Netherlands, with his three for 51, while Tikolo was not out
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...
on 212, his second double century in the Intercontinental Cup. It left the Netherlands with a lead of 107, and as they did not want to give Kenya the 14 points available for the win, they batted out the day for a draw. Van Bunge ended unbeaten on 70, while five Kenyan bowlers got a wicket each, and when stumps were drawn on the final day Netherlands were 202 for 5.
Canada v Kenya
Kenya's next match was against Canada in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, in what became a "tense" match. Canada opted to bat first on a "green and...underprepared pitch", and were 102 for seven after seamers Peter Ongondo, Thomas Odoyo and Nehemiah Odhiambo had shared out the opening seven wickets. Qaiser Ali
Qaiser Ali
Qaiser Ali is a Canadian cricket player. He played one ListA match for Rawalpindi B in his native Pakistan in 1995, but moved to Canada later in life....
fought back with a first-class best of 91 not out
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...
, however, eventually running out of batting partners as Ongondo, Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
and Kenya debutant Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Ashok Varaiya is a Kenyan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm spin bowler. He made his debut for Kenya in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Canada at Maple Leaf Cricket Club on 29 July 2006. He has since represented Kenya in three One Day Internationals...
, a slow left arm bowler, took the final wickets. However, Kenya lost their first four wickets for 14 runs in the poor light (which caused play to end 20 minutes early), with both openers out without having made a run. Henry Osinde
Henry Osinde
Henry Osinde is a Ugandan-born Canadian cricketer who plays ODI cricket as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. His main achievement so far is taking three wickets against Kenya on 5 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada. He appeared in one match at the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland against Oman...
and 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...
caused the damage, with two wickets each.
On the second day, Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Mishra is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman and made his One Day International debut for Kenya in 2006 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. In 2007, Tanmay enrolled himself in an Indian University, and this prevented him from making any appearances for the...
nearly emulated Ali; he also made an unbeaten half-century from number seven, but ran out of partners six runs short of Ali's tally. After a 41-run tenth-wicket stand, Varaiya was caught by Pubudu Dassanayake
Pubudu Dassanayake
Pubudu Bathiya Dassanayake is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 11 Tests and 16 ODIs from 1993 to 1994. Chosen as the wicket keeper for the 1993 home Test series against South Africa he made his debut in the first match without making much of an impression, keeping solidly behind the wickets...
to leave Kenya four short of Canada's total, which gave the hosts six points for the first innings lead.
Canada closed the second day on 52 for one, with captain John Davison out caught, and lost nightwatchman
Nightwatchman (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...
Bhatti for 6. However, opener Geoff Barnett
Geoff Barnett (cricketer)
Geoffrey Edward Fulton Barnett is a Canadian and New Zealand cricket player who plays first-class cricket for the New Zealand Central Districts....
kept on batting, first putting on 84 with Stewart Heaney
Stewart Heaney
Stewart Paul Heaney is a Canadian cricketer.He currently plays cricket for the Australian Capital Territory.- External links :*...
(who contributed 12) and then 112 with Ashish Bagai
Ashish Bagai
Ashish Bagai is the captain of the Canadian cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who specializes as a wicketkeeper. He studied at St. Columba's School during his brief stay in Delhi, India...
. Barnett, who had 11 first class appearances for Central Districts Stags
Central Districts Stags
The Central Districts Stags are a New Zealand first class cricket team based in central New Zealand. It competes in the State Championship first class competition and the State Shield domestic one day competition...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
without scoring a century, now brought up 136. In the end, however, first class debutant Odhiambo got him and four others to celebrate a five-wicket-haul on debut; Canada lost seven wickets, scoring 26 runs in the meantime, and posted a target of 291 for Kenya to chase in a little more than a day.
Kenya batted out the first day losing two wickets, with opener Kennedy Otieno completing a pair of ducks, and Brijal Patel
Brijal Patel
Brijal Jagdish Patel, born 14 November 1977 in Nairobi, is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a part-time slow left-arm bowler, and has played in 31 One-Day International matches for Kenya, as well as first-class and List A cricket....
joining him as he was caught behind for nine. There was also a rejected stumping appeal against Tikolo.
Kenya were left to score 246 on the final day, and the Canadian coach Andy Pick
Andy Pick
Robert Andrew Pick is a former English cricketer, and is the former coach of the England Under-19 team and the Canadian national team. He is currently the ICC High Performance Manager for the Americas Region....
remarked that there was "[no movement
Swing bowling
Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. Practitioners are known as swing bowlers. Swing bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling.-Physics of swing bowling:...
] once the ball los[t] it[s] shine." The day's play "ebbed and flowed throughout", with Kenya first putting on 51 for the third wicket before Tikolo was bowled
Bowled
Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket.A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler...
by Davison for 50, and Tony Suji followed after an 18-run fourth-wicket stand. Then Hitesh Modi
Hitesh Modi
Hitesh Subhash Modi is a former Kenyan cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler....
added 59 with Collins Obuya before getting caught and bowled by spinner Puvendra Ravishankar, who also took the next wicket half an hour later. With 102 required and four wickets in hand, Bhatti returned to bowl, and had Odoyo and Odhiambo caught within three minutes. Collins Obuya now had two batting partners remaining: Ongondo lasted for 40 minutes without scoring a single run, Obuya notching up 17 in that time, and Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Ashok Varaiya is a Kenyan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm spin bowler. He made his debut for Kenya in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Canada at Maple Leaf Cricket Club on 29 July 2006. He has since represented Kenya in three One Day Internationals...
lasted just as long as the tenth-wicket pairing ground out runs. However, Obuya was caught at slip
Slip (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a slip fielder is placed behind the batsman on the off side of the field. They are placed with the aim of catching an edged ball which is beyond the wicket-keeper's reach. Many teams employ two or three slips...
by Geoff Barnett for a first-class best 89, leaving Canada winners by 25 runs. Barnett and Bhatti shared the Man of the Match
Man of the match
In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...
award.
Canada v Bermuda
Umar BhattiUmar 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...
took his second successive ten-wicket-haul, helping Canada to a nine-wicket win against Bermuda. In the highest-scoring match of the tournament, with 1292 runs for 31 wickets, Canada prevailed to further extend their lead in the group, putting Kenya out of the tournament.
Bermuda batted first, and lost both openers for single-figure scores, but Clay Smith put on 99 with Irving Romaine before both were caught behind with the score stuck on 120. Dean Minors
Dean Minors
Dean Anthony Minors is a Bermudian cricketer, who played as wicketkeeper with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006...
was also caught for a single-figure score, Bhatti's fourth wicket, but after that he could not take any further wickets, and Janeiro Tucker
Janeiro Tucker
Janeiro J Tucker is a Bermudian cricketer, who captained the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; Tucker took 2-29 off nine overs and scored 17 as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method...
and Saleem Mukuddem
Saleem Mukuddem
Saleem Mukuddem is a former Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; Mukuddem took two wickets and scored 5 runs as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
made their way towards half-centuries, sharing a stand of 83 for the sixth wicket. John Davison eventually had Mukuddem out, and also Lionel Cann
Lionel Cann
Lionel Olvin Bernard Cann is a Bermudian cricketer. He is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. In his 22 ODI games to date he has struck 28 sixes...
, two runs before he could reach his 50, and Henry Osinde
Henry Osinde
Henry Osinde is a Ugandan-born Canadian cricketer who plays ODI cricket as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. His main achievement so far is taking three wickets against Kenya on 5 August 2006 in Toronto, Canada. He appeared in one match at the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland against Oman...
took the final wicket to bowl Bermuda out for 334.
In response, Canada piled on hundreds. Davison made 165 opening the innings, leading Canada to 286 for three when he was dismissed, and sharing a stand of 230 with Ian Billcliff
Ian Billcliff
Ian Shaw Billcliff is a Canadian cricketer. Though born in Canada, he grew up in New Zealand.Billcliff made his debut in first-class cricket in 1991 for Otago in New Zealand domestic cricket, and in 1992 he played twice for the New Zealand Under-19 team. He later played for Wellington from 1995 to...
who went on to total 126. Ryan Steede
Ryan Steede
Ryan Devon Steede is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has played three One Day Internationals for Bermuda to date, also representing them in five ICC Intercontinental Cup games and the 2005 ICC Trophy.-References:* from CricketArchive...
grabbed four wickets, including Billcliff bowled, but could not stop the eighth-wicket stand between Abdool Samad (119) and 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...
(50). The two scored 149 for the eighth wicket, increasing Canada's first innings lead past 200, while Bermuda's spinner 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...
had to bowl nearly 49 overs for two wickets, Bhatti and the No. 11 Ravishankar.
Bermuda closed the third day on 68 for one, with opener Steven Outerbridge
Steven Outerbridge
Stephen Devonne Outerbridge is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He has played for Bermuda in seven One Day Internationals to date, making his debut at this level against Canada in August 2006. He has also represented Bermuda in four ICC...
on 35 not out
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...
. He added nine before he was caught by a substitute fielder
Substitute (cricket)
A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game...
, but Romaine, his batting partner, went on to make 65 before falling to the same fate. Clay Smith kept batting for the draw, but was seventh out to Davison, while Bhatti picked up six wickets for 104 to complete his second ten-wicket-haul in a month.
Kenya v Bermuda
The match closed with two days of rain, though Bermuda had already lost their chance to qualify for the semi-final early on the second day, after being bowled out for 133 and Kenya surpassed that score for the loss of three wickets. Thomas Odoyo took five wickets for Kenya in the first innings, and though Saleem MukuddemSaleem Mukuddem
Saleem Mukuddem is a former Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; Mukuddem took two wickets and scored 5 runs as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method...
responded with three on the first day and three on the second, Kenya made it to 205 all out after 66 from Steve Tikolo
Steve Tikolo
- Career :He is a right-handed middle order batsman and part time right-arm medium pace bowler. He bowls quite effective offspin in the shorter form of the game. Tikolo has previously represented Border in South African domestic cricket and has also spent time playing in England and Bangladesh...
and 54 from Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Mishra
Tanmay Mishra is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed aggressive middle-order batsman and made his One Day International debut for Kenya in 2006 against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. In 2007, Tanmay enrolled himself in an Indian University, and this prevented him from making any appearances for the...
. After batting through 15 overs for no loss, Bermuda lost two wickets in an over to Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Varaiya
Hiren Ashok Varaiya is a Kenyan cricket player. He is a right-handed batsman and a left arm spin bowler. He made his debut for Kenya in an ICC Intercontinental Cup game against Canada at Maple Leaf Cricket Club on 29 July 2006. He has since represented Kenya in three One Day Internationals...
and were 19 for two when bad conditions stopped play on the second day. The players could not return, and the game was called off as a draw.