2015–2017 ICC Intercontinental Cup

International cricket tournament March 2020 2015–2017 ICC Intercontinental Cup 10 May 2015 2 December 2017 International Cricket Council First-class cricket Round-robin Various (home and away) AFG 2013 2 8 28 HK Babar Hayat (712) UAE Ahmed Raza (32) 2011–2013 The 2015–2017 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, an international first-class cricket tournament comprising leading associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament took place from May 2015 to December 2017. It ran in parallel with the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship, but with slightly different teams. As Ireland and Afghanistan had qualified for the ICC One Day International Championship ranking qualification process, they were replaced by Kenya and Nepal in the limited over event; however they continued to play the four-day event. As a result of changes to the structure of international cricket announced by the ICC in January 2014, the winner of the 2015-17 Intercontinental Cup (and following editions of the tournament) were originally scheduled to play four five-day matches against the bottom ranked Test nation (two home and two away matches), an event known as the 2018 ICC Test Challenge.Is the ICC Test Challenge really the Holy Grail? http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/blogs/is-the-icc-test-challenge-really-the-holy-grail All Out Cricket 14 April 2014 Tim Brooks 14 April 2014 19 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419112504/http://www.alloutcricket.com/cricket/blogs/is-the-icc-test-challenge-really-the-holy-grail deadAssociates to get a shot at Test cricket http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/736467.htm ESPNcricinfo 11 April 2014 10 April 2014What do the ICC proposals mean for the Associates? http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/727223.html ESPNcricinfo 15 March 2014 Tim Wigmore 14 March 2014An 11th Test country? http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/714155.html ESPNcricinfo 31 January 2014 Nagraj Gollapudi 30 January 2014 Should the winner of the Intercontinental Cup go on to win the ICC Test Challenge, they would have become the 11th Test nation.https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/181475 Contenders ready to kick-start Intercontinental Cup 2015-17 31 May 2015 International Cricket Council However, in February 2017 following an ICC Board meeting, changes were agreed in principle to expand the number of Test nations to twelve. Both Afghanistan and Ireland were likely to be granted Test status before the proposed 2018 ICC Test Challenge.https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/323637 In Principle Agreement to Constitutional and Financial Changes to ICC 21 February 2017 International Cricket Councilhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1080769.html Radical schedule shake-up proposed at ICC meeting 21 February 2017 ESPN Cricinfo In June 2017, the ICC awarded both Afghanistan and Ireland Full Member status, making them eligible to play Test match cricket.https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/422449 Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform 22 June 2017 International Cricket Councilhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105347.html Afghanistan, Ireland get Test status 22 June 2017 ESPN Cricinfo As a result, the planned Test Challenge was scrapped.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1105382.html 'I think this sets a terrific example' - Ireland CEO Deutrom 22 June 2017 ESPN Cricinfo Afghanistan won the competition, after beating the United Arab Emirates by 10 wickets in their final game.http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8074/report/1126523/day/4/ Rashid rips through UAE to seal second I-Cup title for Afghanistan 2 December 2017 ESPN Cricinfo They finished with 121 points, with Ireland as runners-up on 109 points.https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/526672 Afghanistan crowned Intercontinental Cup champs 2 December 2017 International Cricket Council Rashid Khan, man of the match for Afghanistan in the final fixture, said that winning the Intercontinental Cup was "good preparation for Test cricket for us".http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21647717/winning-was-good-preparation-test-cricket-rashid-khan Winning was a good preparation for Test cricket - Rashid 3 December 2017 ESPN Cricinfo Teams The following were the 8 teams that participated in the competition based on the results from the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship, 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two. IRE (1st in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship) AFG 2013 (2nd in 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship) SCO (1st in 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier) UAE (2nd in 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier) HK (3rd in 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier) PNG (4th in 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier) The Netherlands (1st in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two) Namibia (2nd in 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Two) Preparations Of the eight teams participating in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup, only Papua New Guinea had never played a first-class match before.Meet Hanuabada's latest flagbearer - the rise of PNG's Lega Siaka by Tim Wigmore Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia, Scotland, the Netherlands and the UAE had all appeared before in the previous Intercontinental Cup of 2011–2013, while Hong Kong had last appeared in the 2005 Intercontinental Cup and last played in an international multi-day cricket tournament in late 2006 at the 2006/07 ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament. Though never having played a first-class match, Papua New Guinea (PNG) had played two-day cricket in the South Australian Premier League in 2013 and 2014. Though finishing at the bottom of the league in both seasons, the experience seemed to have hardened the team as they convincingly beat Hong Kong in a three-day match in Australia and one of PNG's openers admitted that participation in the league had been critical to exposing the players to multi-day cricket. 11–13 November 2014 PNG Papua New Guinea HK 469/7d (104 overs) Assad Vala 98 (117) Nadeem Ahmed 4/114 (28 overs) 205 (67.5 overs) Anshuman Rath 72 (112) Charles Amini 3/34 (14 overs) 114/8d (23 overs) Assad Vala 40* (13) Haseeb Amjad 3/35 (10 overs) 245 (71.5 overs) Jamie Atkinson 63 (87) Norman Vanua 5/36 (15.5 overs) Papua New Guinea won by 133 runs Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville Alu Kapa (PNG) and Nigel Morrison (Van) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat. Fixtures The breakdown of fixtures is as follows: http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/85592/icc-world-cricket-league-and-intercontinental-cup-fixtures-announced ICC World Cricket League and Intercontinental Cup Fixtures announced 14 February 2015 International Cricket Council 14 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150215053233/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/85592/icc-world-cricket-league-and-intercontinental-cup-fixtures-announced 15 February 2015 dead RoundWindowHome teamAway teamResult1May – June 2015NAMHKGNAM by 114 runsIREUAEIRE by an innings and 26 runsSCOAFG 2013Match drawnNEDPNGPNG by 5 wickets2September – November 2015NEDSCONED by 44 runsNAMIREIRE by an innings and 107 runsUAEHKGHKG by 276 runsAFG 2013PNGAFG 2013 by 201 runs3January – April 2016HKGSCONo resultUAENEDNED by 4 wicketsPNGIREIRE by 145 runsAFG 2013NAMAFG 2013 by an innings and 36 runs4July – October 2016NEDAFG 2013AFG 2013 by an innings and 36 runsSCOUAEMatch drawnIREHKGIRE by 70 runsPNGNAMPNG by 199 runs5February – June 2017HKGNEDMatch drawnAFG 2013IREAFG 2013 by an innings and 172 runsUAEPNGUAE by 9 wicketsSCONAMMatch drawn6August – October 2017IRENEDMatch drawnNAMUAEUAE by 34 runsPNGSCOMatch drawnHKAFG 2013AFG 2013 by an innings and 173 runs7 Simultaneous RoundNovember – December 2017AFG 2013UAEAFG 2013 by 10 wicketsIRESCOIRE by 203 runsHKGPNGHK by an innings and 29 runsNAMNEDNED by 231 runs Points table Pos Position Teamhttp://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/870857.html?view=pointstable Points table 1 December 2017 ESPN Cricinfo Pld Matches played W Won – 14 points L Lost T Tied – 7 points D Draw – 3 points; 7 points if more than 10 playing hours lost A Abandoned without a ball bowled – 10 points FI First Innings Leader - 6 points Pts Points NRR Net run rate1AFG 2013 7 6 0 0 1 0 5 121 2.1872IRE 7 5 1 0 1 0 6 109 1.3693NED 7 3 2 0 2 0 4 72 0.9584HKG 7 2 3 0 1 1 3 59 0.9155UAE 7 2 4 0 1 0 2 47 0.8166SCO 7 0 2 0 4 1 2 46 0.8407PNG 7 2 4 0 1 0 1 43 0.8068NAM 7 1 5 0 1 0 1 27 0.672 Win – 14 points Tie – 7 points Draw (if more than 10 hours of play lost) – 7 points (otherwise 3 points) Abandoned without a ball bowled – 10 points First Innings lead (independent of final result) – 6 points (3 points each in case of a first innings tie) Matches Round 1 The fixtures for round one were announced on 5 May 2015.http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/871321.html Namibia, Hong Kong to kick off Intercontinental Cup 6 May 2015 ESPN Cricinfo 10–13 May 2015 NAM HKG 272 (102.3 overs) Nicolaas Scholtz 85 (180) Haseeb Amjad 5/49 (23 overs) 203 (82.3 overs) Nizakat Khan 58 (158) JJ Smit 4/57 (15 overs) 234/5d (89 overs) Xander Pitchers 107* (269) Irfan Ahmed 2/29 (8 overs) 187 (75.2 overs) Skhawat Ali 43 (75) Bernard Scholtz 3/53 (24 overs) Namibia won by 114 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Xander Pitchers (Nam) Scorecard Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. Babar Hayat, Ehsan Nawaz, Haseeb Amjad, Roy Lamsam, Nizakat Khan, Skhawat Ali, Tanwir Afzal and Waqas Barkat (all Hong Kong) made their first-class debuts. 2–5 June 2015 IRE UAE 492 (118.3 overs) Ed Joyce 231 (232) Amjad Javed 4/117 (24.3 overs) 213 (71.3 overs) Shaiman Anwar 57 (90) John Mooney 3/36 (12 overs) 253 (100.4 overs) (f/o) Swapnil Patil 63 (110) George Dockrell 4/93 (34 overs) Ireland won by an innings and 26 runs Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Ed Joyce (Ire) Scorecard United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field. The start on day 1 was delayed by rain. Ed Joyce's score of 231 is the highest by an Ireland player in multi-day cricket and was the first double century scored by an Irish player on home soil.Joyce double-ton puts Ireland in command http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/883715.html ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 2 June 2015 2 June 2015 Intercontinental Cup: Ireland's Ed Joyce hits record 229 v UAE https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/32985233 BBC Sport BBC Sport 3 June 2015 3 June 2015 2–5 June 2015 SCO AFG 2013 233 (72.2 overs) Preston Mommsen 77 (126) Samiullah Shinwari 3/23 (13 overs) 135 (61.4 overs) Samiullah Shinwari 51* (152) Con de Lange 3/21 (14 overs) Match drawn New Williamfield, Stirling Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Allan Haggo (Sco) Samiullah Shinwari (Afg) Scorecard Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. No play was possible on day 1 due to rain. A wet outfield delayed the start of day 2 until 2pm. Rain delayed the start of day 3 until 2:50pm. Rain delayed the start of day 4 until after tea. Andrew Umeed (Sco) made his first-class debut. 16–19 June 2015 NED PNG 209 (64.4 overs) Paul van Meekeren 34 (66) Loa Nou 5/55 (18 overs) 128 (48.4 overs) Mahuru Dai 26 (47) Timm van der Gugten 6/29 (17 overs) 223 (60.3 overs) Timm van der Gugten 57 (96) John Reva 4/42 (15.3 overs) 305/5 (76.3 overs) Assad Vala 124* (199) Paul van Meekeren 3/44 (20 overs) Papua New Guinea won by 5 wickets VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Assad Vala (PNG) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field. Max O'Dowd (Ned), Charles Amini, Mahuru Dai, Willie Gavera, Vani Morea, Loa Nou, John Reva, Lega Siaka, Tony Ura, Assad Vala, Norman Vanua and Jack Vare (all PNG) made their first-class debuts. This was Papua New Guinea's maiden first-class match.Vala ton scripts historic win for Papua New Guinea http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/889087.html ESPNcricinfo ESPN Sports Media 18 June 2015 18 June 2015 Round 2 The fixtures for round two were announced in August 2015.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/911075.html T20 Qualifier co-champs face off in I-Cup and WCL Championship 19 August 2015 ESPN Cricinfo 8–11 September 2015 NED SCO 210 (71.1 overs) Roelof van der Merwe 73 (136) Josh Davey 3/36 (16 overs) 133 (53.3 overs) Robert Taylor 46 (75) Vivian Kingma 4/36 (16 overs) 123 (43 overs) Michael Rippon 37 (49) Josh Davey 3/43 (14 overs) 156 (64.2 overs) Richie Berrington 59 (143) Peter Borren 4/1 (3.2 overs) Netherlands won by 44 runs Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague Peter Nero (WI) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Scorecard Scotland won the toss and elected to field. No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield. Rahil Ahmed and Ben Cooper (both Ned) made their first-class debuts. 24–27 October 2015 NAM IRE 251 (97.1 overs) JP Kotze 78 (152) Tim Murtagh 2/44 (19 overs) 570/6d (128 overs) Ed Joyce 205 (201) Sarel Burger 2/73 (25 overs) 212 (78.5 overs) JP Kotze 48 (104) Tim Murtagh 4/18 (13 overs) Ireland won by an innings and 107 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Wynand Louw (Nam) Ed Joyce (Ire) Scorecard Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. 11–14 November 2015 HK UAE 378 (125.2 overs) Babar Hayat 113 (235) Asif Iqbal 3/38 (14 overs) 181 (92.3 overs) Swapnil Patil 75 (160) Anshuman Rath 4/34 (15 overs) 184 (51.4 overs) Babar Hayat 73 (130) Ahmed Raza 5/61 (22 overs) 105 (29.2 overs) Laxman Sreekumar 61 (78) Haseeb Amjad 4/10 (6.2 overs) Hong Kong won by 276 runs ICC Academy Ground, Dubai Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Babar Hayat (Hong Kong) Scorecard Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. Aizaz Khan, Anshuman Rath, Christopher Carter, Kinchit Shah (Hong Kong); Yodhin Punja, Qais Farooq, Raja Adeel and Laxman Sreekumar (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts. 21–24 November 2015 AFG 2013 PNG 144 (39.4 overs) Mohammad Shahzad 29 (39) Norman Vanua 4/36 (7 overs) 295 (73.2 overs) Mahuru Dai 129 (139) Zahir Khan 3/44 (11.2 overs) 540 (127.2 overs) Asghar Stanikzai 127 (163) Sese Bau 2/50 (16 overs) 188 (61.5 overs) Assad Vala 81 (151) Yamin Ahmadzai 4/41 (12.4 overs) Afghanistan won by 201 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Asghar Stanikzai (Afg) Scorecard Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. Zahir Khan (Afg), Sese Bau and Chad Soper (PNG) all made their first-class debuts. Round 3 The fixtures for round three were announced in December 2015.http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/952131.html Ireland to meet PNG in third round 14 December 2015 ESPN Cricinfo 21–24 January 2016 HK SCO Match abandoned Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Scorecard No toss. No play was possible due to a wet outfield and waterlogged ground with the match abandoned without a ball bowled.Intercontinental Cup: Scotland v Hong Kong abandoned due to rain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35374406 BBC Sport BBC Sport 23 January 2016 23 January 2016 21–24 January 2016 UAE NED 164 (51.4 overs) Swapnil Patil 41 (68) Michael Rippon 4/45 (13.4 overs) 315 (97.1 overs) Peter Borren 96 (144) Farhan Ahmed 5/78 (27.1 overs) 276 (104.5 overs) Shaiman Anwar 148 (266) Ahsan Malik 3/55 (27.5 overs) 128/6 (42.5 overs) Max O'Dowd 36 (67) Zaheer Maqsood 3/26 (9 overs) Netherlands won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi C. K. Nandan (Ind) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Scorecard United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat. Farhan Ahmed, Mohammad Shahzad, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Kaleem, Qadeer Ahmed and Saqlain Haider (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts. This was the first away win for the Netherlands in the Intercontinental Cup since they beat the UAE in January 2008.Dutch overcome Anwar ton to beat UAE http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/964823.html BBC Sport ESPN Cricinfo 23 January 2016 23 January 2016 31 January–3 February 2016 IRE PNG 289 (104.4 overs) Niall O'Brien 63 (168) Norman Vanua 5/59 (18.4 overs) 188 (84.3 overs) Assad Vala 120 (231) Tim Murtagh 4/33 (18.3 overs) 244/5d (64 overs) Kevin O'Brien 75* (95) Loa Nou 2/37 (8 overs) 200 (73.4 overs) Sese Bau 45 (114) Boyd Rankin 3/31 (15 overs) Ireland won by 145 runs Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field. 21 overs were lost on day 1 due to bad light and rain.Intercontinental Cup: Ireland edge day one against Papua New Guinea https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35454149 BBC Sport BBC Sport 31 January 2016 31 January 2016 Niall O'Brien (Ire) took his 50th dismissal in Intercontinental Cup matches.Intercontinental Cup: Ireland top after beating Papua New Guinea https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35481061 BBC Sport BBC Sport 3 February 2016 3 February 2016 10–13 April 2016 NAM AFG 2013 172 (62.1 overs) Pikky Ya France 46 (123) Mohammad Nabi 5/25 (20.1 overs) 334 (118.5 overs) Mohammad Shahzad 139 (245) Gerrie Snyman 4/78 (36 overs) 126 (35.3 overs) Pikky Ya France 40 (91) Zahir Khan 5/31 (8 overs) Afghanistan won by an innings and 36 runs Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) Scorecard Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. Round 4 The fixtures for round four were announced in April 2016.http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/997909.html Scotland to host UAE in August 14 April 2016 ESPN Cricinfohttp://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/94755/fixtures-for-round-4-of-icc-i-cup-and-icc-wcl-championship-announced Fixtures for Round 4 of ICC I-Cup and ICC WCL Championship announced 26 April 2016 ESPN Cricinfo dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160429090333/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/news/94755/fixtures-for-round-4-of-icc-i-cup-and-icc-wcl-championship-announced 29 April 2016 29 July–1 August 2016 NED AFG 2013 117 (39.4 overs) Pieter Seelaar 38* (75) Yamin Ahmadzai 5/29 (10.4 overs) 312 (102.2 overs) Hashmatullah Shahidi 83 (184) Michael Rippon 5/79 (24.2 overs) 159 (43.1 overs) Michael Rippon 80 (125) Zahir Khan 4/29 (10.1 overs) Afghanistan won by an innings and 36 runs Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pim van Liemt (Ned) Scorecard Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. Shane Snater (Ned) and Ihsanullah (Afg) both made their first-class debuts. Dawlat Zadran (Afg) took career-best match figures of 7/77.Zahir, Dawlat seal Afghanistan's innings win http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/1040815.html ESPN Cricinfo 30 July 2016 31 July 2016 9–12 August 2016 UAE SCO 212/5 (66 overs) Shaiman Anwar 78 (129) Josh Davey 2/37 (16 overs) Match drawn Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire) Scorecard Scotland won the toss and elected to field. Play was delayed on day 1 until 3pm due to a wet outfield. On day 2 only seven overs of play were possible with play being abandoned for the day due to rain.Rain has final say as teams split points http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/1045253.html ESPN Cricinfo 12 August 2016 12 August 2016 No play was possible on day 3 and day 4 due to rain. Mark Watt and Chris Sole (Sco); Mohammed Qasim (UAE) all made their first-class debuts. 30 August–2 September 2016 IRE HK 316 (86.1 overs) Gary Wilson 95 (141) Tanwir Afzal 4/63 (18.1 overs) 237 (101.4 overs) Anshuman Rath 73* (163) George Dockrell 3/46 (27.4 overs) 230 (55.3 overs) John Anderson 59 (112) Tanwir Afzal 3/53 (16 overs) 239 (80.2 overs) Nizakat Khan 123 (181) Tim Murtagh 3/29 (12 overs) Ireland won by 70 runs Stormont, Belfast Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Mark Hawthorne (Ire) Scorecard Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. Ehsan Khan, Ninad Shah, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Khan (HK) all made their first-class debuts. Nizakat Khan (HK) scored his maiden first-class century.Murtagh's four-for gives Ireland top spot http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/1053911.html ESPN Cricinfo 2 September 2016 2 September 2016 16–19 October 2016 PNG NAM 311 (98.5 overs) Assad Vala 144* (216) Bernard Scholtz 5/105 (31 overs) 146 (55.2 overs) Sarel Burger 52* (130) Lega Siaka 3/16 (8.2 overs) 189 (57 overs) Vani Morea 61 (86) Bernard Scholtz 6/65 (19 overs) 155 (61.1 overs) JP Kotze 36 (86) Lega Siaka 4/38 (12.1 overs) Papua New Guinea won by 199 runs Amini Park, Port Moresby Chris Brown (NZ) and Lakani Oala (PNG) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat. Dogodo Bau (Papua New Guinea) made his first-class debut. This was Papua New Guinea's first Intercontinental Cup match played at home.Vala ton sets up PNG win over Namibia http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1062229.html ESPN Cricinfo 19 October 2016 19 October 2016 Round 5 The fixture between Afghanistan and Ireland was announced by Cricket Ireland in July 2016.http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-and-afghanistan-confirm-nine-match-series Ireland And Afghanistan Confirm Nine Match Series 25 July 2016 Cricket Ireland 27 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160727122939/http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-and-afghanistan-confirm-nine-match-series dead The fixture between Hong Kong and the Netherlands was announced by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond in December 2016.http://kncb.nl/nederland-naar-dubai-en-hong-kong/ Nederland naar Dubai en Hong Kong 11 December 2016 Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond nl https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095939/http://kncb.nl/nederland-naar-dubai-en-hong-kong/ 20 December 2016 dead Cricket Scotland confirmed the venue for their fixture in February 2017.http://www.cricketscotland.com/news/article/namibia-series-dates-and-venues-announced/ Namibia Series - Dates and Venues Announced 23 February 2017 Cricket Scotland 10–13 February 2017 HK NED 527/9d (142.2 overs) Babar Hayat 173 (265) Vivian Kingma 4/125 (35 overs) 284 (65.2 overs) Roelof van der Merwe 135 (149) Ehsan Nawaz 2/8 (6 overs) 263/6d (53 overs) Anshuman Rath 88 (77) Vivian Kingma 1/38 (9 overs) 395/5 (111 overs) Ben Cooper 173* (317) Ehsan Nawaz 3/85 (22 overs) Match drawn Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Ben Cooper (Ned) Scorecard Netherlands won the toss and elected to field. Matt Stiller (HK) and Sikander Zulfiqar (Ned) both made their first-class debuts. Ben Cooper and Pieter Seelaar set a Dutch record for the highest partnership for any wicket in a first-class match (288).http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/1082369.html We've proven to ourselves we can put up big scores - Cooper 14 February 2017 ESPN Cricinfo It was also the highest sixth-wicket partnership in the history of the Intercontinental Cup.http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-intercontinental-cup-2015-17/content/story/1082191.html Record Dutch stand forces Hong Kong to settle for draw 13 February 2017 ESPN Cricinfo 28–31 March 2017 AFG 2013 IRE 537/8d (138.5 overs) Asghar Stanikzai 145 (209) George Dockrell 3/160 (45 overs) 261 (91.4 overs) Andrew Balbirnie 62 (88) Rashid Khan 5/99 (31 overs) 104 (40 overs) (f/o) Niall O'Brien 15 (15) Mohammad Nabi 6/40 (20 overs) Afghanistan won by an innings and 172 runs Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and C. K. Nandan (Ind) Asghar Stanikzai (Afg) Scorecard Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. Mohammad Nabi became Afghanistan's leading wicket-taker in the Intercontinental Cup.http://www.espncricinfo.com/afghanistan-v-ireland-2016-17/content/story/1089270.html Afghanistan smother Ireland on Nabi's record-setting day 30 March 2017 ESPN Cricinfo 7–10 April 2017 PNG UAE 194 (85.3 overs) Jack Vare 38 (59) Ahmed Raza 3/38 (18.3 overs) 441/8d (150.3 overs) Muhammad Usman 103 (183) Mahuru Dai 4/126 (52.3 overs) 286 (86.4 overs) Lega Siaka 142* (232) Mohammad Naveed 4/78 (20.4 overs) 42/1 (5.5 overs) Shaiman Anwar 32* (19) Norman Vanua 1/10 (3 overs) United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat. Nosaina Pokana (PNG) and Imran Haider (UAE) both made their first-class debuts. Muhammad Usman, Saqlain Haider (both UAE) and Lega Siaka (PNG) all scored their maiden first-class centuries.http://gulfnews.com/sport/uae/cricket/usman-s-maiden-ton-gives-uae-vital-lead-1.2007961 Usman's maiden ton gives UAE vital lead 10 April 2017 Gulf Newshttps://www.icc-cricket.com/news/366783 UAE eyes maiden win after Saqlain ton 10 April 2017 International Cricket Councilhttps://www.icc-cricket.com/news/367617 Siaka's battling century fails to prevent UAE win 10 April 2017 International Cricket Council 6–9 June 2017 NAM SCO 403/7d (104 overs) Jan Frylinck 158 (179) Safyaan Sharif 3/63 (20 overs) 223/2 (57.5 overs) George Munsey 100* (180) Stephan Baard 1/26 (7 overs) Match drawn Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr Allan Haggo (Sco) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Scorecard Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. No play was possible on days 1 and 3 due to rain. Rain prevented any play before lunch on day 4. Round 6 15–18 August 2017 IRE NED 477/6d (131 overs) Andrew Balbirnie 205* (336) Shane Snater 5/116 (36 overs) 375 (113.5 overs) Max O'Dowd 105 (151) Boyd Rankin 5/49 (19.5 overs) 240/7d (52 overs) William Porterfield 108 (140) Wesley Barresi 3/42 (7 overs) 186/4 (76 overs) Stephan Myburgh 85 (98) Simi Singh 2/19 (14 overs) Match drawn Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Heath Kearns (Jer) Scorecard Netherlands won the toss and elected to field. Daniel ter Braak, Tobias Visee and Saqib Zulfiqar (Ned) all made their first-class debuts. Andrew Balbirnie (Ire) scored his maiden first-class century and his maiden first-class double century.Ireland makes inroads after Balbirnie's 205 https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/453400 International Cricket Council 17 August 2017 17 August 2017 Andrew Balbirnie became the third batsman for Ireland to score an international double century.Intercontinental Cup: Andrew Balbirnie hit unbeaten 205 as Ireland dominate Dutch https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40954417 BBC Sport 16 August 2017 17 August 2017 16–19 September 2017 UAE NAM 269 (85.3 overs) Adnan Mufti 110 (186) JJ Smit 4/37 (17.3 overs) 212 (67.5 overs) Gerhard Erasmus 78* (112) Ahmed Raza 6/61 (19.5 overs) 157 (48.5 overs) Chirag Suri 41 (56) Craig Williams 5/22 (10.5 overs) 180 (66.2 overs) Craig Williams 48 (50) Rohan Mustafa 3/38 (16 overs) United Arab Emirates won by 34 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Bongani Jele (SA) and Andrew Louw (Nam) Scorecard United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat. Petrus Burger (Nam) and Chirag Suri (UAE) both made their first-class debuts. Adnan Mufti (UAE) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.Mufti's maiden first-class ton props up UAE https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/474388 International Cricket Council 16 September 2017 17 September 2017 1–4 October 2017 PNG SCO 404 (116.3 overs) Norman Vanua 64 (124) Safyaan Sharif 4/94 (26 overs) 514 (168.2 overs) Richie Berrington 129 (297) Mahuru Dai 3/91 (37 overs) 263/3 (68 overs) Lega Siaka 83 (135) Alasdair Evans 1/22 (5 overs) Match drawn Amini Park, Port Moresby Alu Kapa (PNG) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat. Damien Ravu (PNG) and Michael Leask (Sco) both made their first-class debuts. 20–23 October 2017 HK AFG 2013 142 (47 overs) Babar Hayat 39 (47) Rashid Khan 5/65 (18 overs) 465/5d (88 overs) Asghar Stanikzai 125 (129) Anshuman Rath 1/22 (2 overs) 150 (39.4 overs) Anshuman Rath 59* (92) Zahir Khan 4/16 (6.4 overs) Afghanistan won by an innings and 173 runs Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Rashid Khan (Afg) Scorecard Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. Haroon Arshad and Kyle Christie (HK) both made their first-class debuts. Round 7 The ICC announced the dates and venues for the final round of fixtures on 23 October 2017.Afghanistan leapfrog Ireland in ICC Intercontinental Cup with one round to go https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/500179 International Cricket Council 23 October 2017 23 October 2017 29 November–2 December 2017 PNG HK 237 (77.3 overs) Tony Ura 62 (104) Nadeem Ahmed 5/72 (29.3 overs) 348 (139.3 overs) Babar Hayat 214* (421) Chad Soper 4/33 (32 overs) 82 (33.5 overs) Tony Ura 16 (16) Ehsan Khan 5/13 (8.5 overs) Hong Kong won by an innings and 29 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Nigel Duguid (WI) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) Babar Hayat (HK) Scorecard Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat. Cameron McAuslan (HK) and Kiplin Doriga (PNG) both made their first-class debuts. Babar Hayat (HK) became the first batsman for Hong Kong to score a double century in first-class cricket.Babar Hayat hits Hong Kong’s first double century in first-class cricket https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2122491/babar-hayat-hits-hong-kongs-first-double-century-first-class-cricket South China Morning Post 1 December 2017 1 December 2017 29 November–2 December 2017 AFG 2013 UAE 510/9d (147 overs) Ihsanullah 124 (242) Ahmed Raza 5/148 (53 overs) 197 (64.5 overs) Shaiman Anwar 85 (158) Zahir Khan 3/30 (11 overs) 21/0 (5.3 overs) Ihsanullah 18* (16) 331 (100.3 overs) (f/o) Chirag Suri 81 (149) Rashid Khan 5/83 (36.3 overs) Afghanistan won by 10 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Allan Haggo (Sco) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Rashid Khan (Afg) Scorecard United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field. Amir Hayat (UAE) made his first-class debut. Ihsanullah and Rahmat Shah Zurmatai made the highest partnership for Afghanistan in first-class cricket, scoring 197 runs for the second wicket.Ihsanullah-Rahmat record stand puts Afghanistan in control http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8074/report/1126523/day/1/ ESPN Cricinfo 29 November 2017 29 November 2017 Rohan Mustafa and Chirag Suri made the highest opening partnership for the United Arab Emirates in the Intercontinental Cup (146).Suri, Mustafa frustrate Afghanistan with record stand http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8074/report/1126523/day/3/ ESPN Cricinfo 1 December 2017 1 December 2017 29 November–2 December 2017 NED NAM 501/8d (117.4 overs) Roelof van der Merwe 175 (193) Craig Williams 4/71 (17 overs) 203 (72 overs) Stephan Baard 111 (186) Vivian Kingma 3/22 (13 overs) 223/5d (52.3 overs) Peter Borren 85 (106) Danie van Schoor 2/39 (8.3 overs) 290 (88.4 overs) Sarel Burger 70 (139) Shane Snater 5/88 (18.4 overs) Netherlands won by 231 runs ICC Academy Ground 1, Dubai Akbar Ali (UAE) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Roelof van der Merwe (Ned) Scorecard Namibia won the toss and elected to field. Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards and Ali Ahmed (Ned) all made their first-class debuts. 29 November–2 December 2017 IRE SCO 251 (81 overs) Kevin O'Brien 78* (97) Stu Whittingham 3/23 (15 overs) 141 (52.2 overs) George Munsey 38 (59) Boyd Rankin 4/45 (13.2 overs) 271 (68.4 overs) Simi Singh 59 (116) Stu Whittingham 5/70 (14.4 overs) 178 (57.3 overs) Mark Watt 43 (61) Peter Chase 4/52 (11.3 overs) Ireland won by 203 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Huub Jansen (Ned) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Kevin O'Brien (Ire) Scorecard Scotland won the toss and elected to field. Mitchell Rao (Sco) made his first-class debut. 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