2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup
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The 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup is the fifth edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup
tournament, an international first-class cricket
tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test
status by the International Cricket Council
. The first fixtures will be played in July 2009. The format has been changed since the previous edition
, with a two division system being introduced. The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
also served as a qualifier for this tournament. The top six teams from the qualifier, along with a Zimbabwe XI, will compete in a round robin top division. The teams ranked 7th–10th in the competition will contest the ICC Intercontinental Shield.
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, inside three days. Kenya then drew with Ireland in Eglinton
. Paul Stirling
scored his first century in the first innings. In the third match Daan van Bunge
scored 98 not for the Netherlands in the draw with Canada in Rotterdam
. In August Kenya visited Canada in King City
. Steve Tikolo
had a brilliant performance, scoring two centuries in the match for a total of 326 runs, with Kenya winning the game by 247 runs. Afghanistan made their debut in first class cricket, visiting Mutare
to play the Zimbabwe XI. Noor Ali
scored two centuries in this match (230 runs), securing the draw. Tatenda Taibu
also scored two centuries for 279 runs. In a match reduced by rain on the final day, Scotland and Ireland played out a draw in Aberdeen
. Qasim Sheikh
and William Porterfield
made centuries, but Regan West
took seven Scottish wickets for 88 runs in Scotland's 2nd innings. In Amstelveen
, Afghanistan secured their first win, beating the Netherlands by one wicket. Afghanistan's ninth 2nd Innings wicket fell with only six runs needed for victory; Samiullah Shenwari
scored the winning runs with a four for the first victory for Afghanistan in first class cricket.
, who scored 209 and 116*
. Afghanistan took they second win versus Ireland in Dambulla
. Scotland make the target to obtain the win versus Kenya. Dewald Nel
took 5 wickets, included to Maurice Ouma
, who scored 106 runs in the second inning. In February Afghanistan in Sharjah won by third occasion in the Intercontinental Cup. In this time, Afghanistan defeat to Canada, with an amazing second innings of 494 runs. This was the ninth highest fourth-innings run chase in first-class cricket. Mohammad Shahzad
contribuyed to the victory with 214 runs. The same day Kenya make a run chase of 320 runs versus Netherlands.
Most runs
Most wickets
ICC Intercontinental Cup
The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development programme...
tournament, an international first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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...
. The first fixtures will be played in July 2009. The format has been changed since the previous edition
2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup
The 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the fourth edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament, an international first class cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The first fixtures were played in June 2007, and the...
, with a two division system being introduced. The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
The 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place in April 2009 in South Africa. It was the final qualification tournament for the 2011 Cricket World Cup....
also served as a qualifier for this tournament. The top six teams from the qualifier, along with a Zimbabwe XI, will compete in a round robin top division. The teams ranked 7th–10th in the competition will contest the ICC Intercontinental Shield.
Table
| Team | Points | P | W | L | D | FI | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 89 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 72 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 43 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
- Win – 14 points
- Draw if more than 10 hours of play lost – 7 points (otherwise 3 points)
- First Innings leader – 6 points (independent of final result)
- Abandoned without a ball played – 10 points.
2009 season
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2009–10 season
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2010 season
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2010–11 season
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Final
2009 Season
The tournament began in July when Scotland beat Canada in AberdeenAberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, inside three days. Kenya then drew with Ireland in Eglinton
Eglinton, County Londonderry
Eglinton is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies east of Derry, to which it serves as a sleeper village, and west of Limavady. Many inhabitants of the village work in Derry city and send their children to school there. Eglinton had a population of 3,165 people in the 2001...
. Paul Stirling
Paul Stirling
Paul Robert Stirling is an Irish cricketer. He debuted in first-class cricket in March 2008, playing for Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup. The same year Stirling made his debut in One Day Internationals . Having represented Middlesex's youth sides and Second XI, Stirling signed a contract...
scored his first century in the first innings. In the third match 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...
scored 98 not for the Netherlands in the draw with Canada in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. In August Kenya visited Canada in King City
King City, Ontario
King City is an affluent, unincorporated village in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. It is the largest community in King Township, with 1,629 dwellings and a population of 4,902.-History:...
. 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...
had a brilliant performance, scoring two centuries in the match for a total of 326 runs, with Kenya winning the game by 247 runs. Afghanistan made their debut in first class cricket, visiting Mutare
Mutare
Mutare is the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe, with a population of around 170,000. It is the capital of Manicaland province.-History:...
to play the Zimbabwe XI. Noor Ali
Noor Ali
Noor Ali Zadran is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team...
scored two centuries in this match (230 runs), securing the draw. Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is a wicketkeeper and batsman, and can also bowl right arm off spin. On 6 May 2004, he became the youngest Test captain in history, when he captained his team against Sri Lanka....
also scored two centuries for 279 runs. In a match reduced by rain on the final day, Scotland and Ireland played out a draw in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
. Qasim Sheikh
Qasim Sheikh
Mohammad Qasim Sheikh is a Scottish cricketer.A left-handed batsman, he made his debut for Scotland in a game against the Netherlands in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup...
and William Porterfield
William Porterfield
William Thomas Stuart Porterfield in Donemana, Northern Ireland, is an Irish cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and the captain of the Ireland cricket team. He has played for the senior Ireland since 2006 and the Under-19s since 2003...
made centuries, but Regan West
Regan West
Regan West is a former New Zealander-born Irish cricketer. He played for the Central Districts and the Wellington in the State Championship in New Zealand. He bowled left-arm, either fast-medium or slow left arm orthodox, batted left-handed...
took seven Scottish wickets for 88 runs in Scotland's 2nd innings. In Amstelveen
Amstelveen
' is a suburban municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen,...
, Afghanistan secured their first win, beating the Netherlands by one wicket. Afghanistan's ninth 2nd Innings wicket fell with only six runs needed for victory; Samiullah Shenwari
Samiullah Shenwari
Samiullah Shenwari is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler who plays for Afghanistan.Shenwari is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and...
scored the winning runs with a four for the first victory for Afghanistan in first class cricket.
Points Table
| Team | Points | P | W | L | D | FI | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2009-10 Season
Zimbabwe XI defeated Kenya with a notable performance of Vusi SibandaVusi Sibanda
Vusimuzi "Vusi" Sibanda is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played international cricket for the Zimbabwe cricket team. He also plays for Midlands in the Logan Cup....
, who scored 209 and 116*
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...
. Afghanistan took they second win versus Ireland in Dambulla
Dambulla
The city of Dambulla is situated in the Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, situated 148 km north-east of Colombo and 72 km north of Kandy....
. Scotland make the target to obtain the win versus Kenya. 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....
took 5 wickets, included to 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....
, who scored 106 runs in the second inning. In February Afghanistan in Sharjah won by third occasion in the Intercontinental Cup. In this time, Afghanistan defeat to Canada, with an amazing second innings of 494 runs. This was the ninth highest fourth-innings run chase in first-class cricket. Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad is an Afghan cricketer who is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. Shahzad represents Afghanistan in international cricket....
contribuyed to the victory with 214 runs. The same day Kenya make a run chase of 320 runs versus Netherlands.
Statistics and records
Statistics and records for the 2009–10 Intercontinental Cup.Most runs
| Player | Matches | Runs | Average | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mohammad ShahzadMohammad Shahzad Mohammad Shahzad is an Afghan cricketer who is a right-handed batsman who plays primarily as a wicketkeeper. Shahzad represents Afghanistan in international cricket.... |
7 | 802 | 80.20 | 214* 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... |
| Nawroz Mangal |
7 | 593 | 49.41 | 168 |
| 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... |
6 | 557 | 69.62 | 144 |
| Noor Ali Noor Ali Noor Ali Zadran is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team... |
5 | 527 | 58.55 | 130 |
 Steve TikoloSteve 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... |
5 | 516 | 51.60 | 169 |
Most wickets
| Player | Matches | Wickets | Average | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hameed Hasan Hameed Hasan Hamid Hassan Khan Momand is a first-class cricketer. Hassan is a 6 feet 5 inches tall right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team... |
6 | 43 | 19.18 | 6/40 |
 Majid HaqMajid Haq Rana Majid Haq Khan , better known as Majid Haq, is a Scottish cricket player of Pakistani descent. He is a left-handed batsman and an off spin bowler. He has represented Scotland at Under 17, Under 19 and Under 23 levels, making his debut for the senior side on 20 July 2002 in a European... |
6 | 24 | 22.95 | 5/30 |
| Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi Pashto:محمد نبي عيسی خېل is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler who plays for and captains Afghanistan... |
6 | 22 | 32.63 | 4/33 |
| Trent Johnston Trent Johnston David Trent Johnston usually known as Trent Johnston is an Australian-born Irish cricketer... |
6 | 21 | 22.52 | 5/23 |
| Nehemiah Odhiambo |
6 | 21 | 37.57 | 3/60 |