2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
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Dates22 April – 29 October
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatFirst-Class cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Final
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| Dates | 22 April – 29 October |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | First-Class cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
| Champions |  Scotland (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Canada |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Most runs | Fraser Watts (413) |
| Most wickets |  Ali Asad (24) |
The 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup first class cricket tournament, an international cricket tournament contested by nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The tournament took place last from 25 March to 23 November 2004. The competition included 12 teams, divided by geographical region into four groups of three, followed by semi-finals and a final which were played at 2 venues in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.[1]
In order to encourage competitive play and avoid deadlocks, a point system including bonus points was used:
Results
Africa Group
| Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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 Kenya |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45.5 |
 Uganda |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
 Namibia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
The major surprise in the African group was the victory of Uganda over Namibia. Uganda's subsequent loss against Kenya paved the way for the Kenyans to the next round, despite a player's strike the day before their match against Namibia.
23–25 April Scorecard |
(H) Namibia |
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- Points: Uganda 32, Namibia 16
- Kola Burger, Louis Burger, Sarel Burger, Danie Keulder, Deon Kotze, Nicolaas Scholtz, Gerrie Snyman, Stefan Swanepoel, Johannes van der Merwe, Melt van Schoor, Riaan Walters (Nam); Akbar Baig, Kenneth Kamyuka, Junior Kwebiha, Keith Legesi, Benjamin Musoke, Michael Ndiko, Frank Nsubuga, Richard Okia, Joel Olwenyi, Nand Kishore and Lawrence Sematimba (Uga) all made their first-class debuts.
23–25 July Scorecard |
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Kenya (H) | |
- Points: Kenya 30, Uganda 9
- Tendo Mbazzi (Uga) made his first-class debut.
1–3 October Scorecard |
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Kenya (H) | |
- Points: Namibia 16.5, Kenya 15.5
- Amit Bhudia, Rajesh Bhudia, Kalpesh Patel (Ken); Jan-Berrie Burger, Hugo Ludik and Niel Rossouw (Nam) all made their first-class debuts.
Americas Group
| Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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| Canada |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
 United States |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
 Bermuda |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
28–30 May Scorecard |
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United States (H) | |
- Points: Canada 30.5, USA 15
- Ashish Bagai, Desmond Chumney, Haninder Dhillon, Ashish Patel, Easan Sinnathamby, Zubin Surkari (Canada); Aijaz Ali, Zamin Amin, Donovan Blake, Howard Johnson, Mark Johnson, Steve Massiah, Nasir Javed and Tony Reid (United States of America) all made their first-class debuts.
13–15 July Scorecard |
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Bermuda (H) | |
- Points: USA 32, Bermuda 16.5
- Dennis Archer, Glenn Blakeney, Delyone Borden, Mackie Crane, David Gibbs, Dwayne Leverock, Saleem Mukuddem, Steven Outerbridge, Irving Romaine, Clay Smith, Wendell White (Bermuda); Jignesh Desai and Naseer Islam (United States of America) all made their first-class debuts.
13–15 August Scorecard |
(H) Canada |
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- Points: Canada 19.5, Bermuda 12.5
- Jekon Edness, Kevin Hurdle, Oliver Pitcher, Ryan Steede, Reginald Tucker (Bermuda); Umar Bhatti, Austin Codrington, Don Maxwell and Kevin Sandher (Canada) all made their first-class debuts.
Asia Group
| Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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| Arab Emirates |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.5 |
 Nepal |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
 Malaysia |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
25–27 March Scorecard |
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- Points: UAE 18, Nepal 14
- Mahaboob Alam, Raju Basnyat, Dipendra Chaudhary, Binod Das, Shakti Gauchan, Manoj Katuwal, Raju Khadka, Paresh Lohani, Raj Pradhan, Sanjam Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar (Nepal); Abdullah Hanif, Ali Asad, Arshad Ali, Asim Saeed, Ausaf Ali, Khurram Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohammad Tauqir, Naeemuddin Aslam and Rizwan Latif (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
23–25 April Scorecard |
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Nepal (H) | |
- Points: Nepal 27.5, Malaysia 9.5
- Suriaprakash Ganesan, Rakesh Madhavan, Mohammad Shukri, Marimuthu Muniandy, Krishnamurthi Muniandy, Suresh Navaratnam, Suresh Sakadivan, Rohan Selvaratnam, Rohan Suppiah, Matthew William (Malaysia); Bikash Dali and Paras Khadka (Nepal) all made their first-class debuts.
17–19 September Scorecard |
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Malaysia (H) | |
- Points: UAE 32.5, Malaysia 13.5
- Eszrafiq Aziz, Ariffin Ramly, Shankar Retinam, Manrick Singh (Malaysia); Ahmed Nadeem, Kaif Ghaury, Mohammad Taskeen, Ramveer Rai, Sameer Zia and Syed Maqsood (United Arab Emirates) all made their first-class debuts.
Europe Group
| Team | P | W | L | D | Points |
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| Scotland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48.5 |
 Ireland |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
 Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
11 June Scorecard |
(H) Scotland |
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- Points: Scotland 17.5, Netherlands 16.5
- Adeel Raja, Tom de Grooth, Jacob-Jan Esmeijer, Sebastiaan Gokke, Henk-Jan Mol, Edgar Schiferli, Chris Smith, Jeroen Smits, Daan van Bunge, Luuk van Troost (Netherlands); Majid Haq, Paul Hoffmann, Steven Knox and Ryan Watson (Scotland) all made their first-class debuts.
13 July Scorecard |
(H) Netherlands |
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200 (80.5 overs) |
388/8 d (87 overs) | |
141 (56.1 overs) |
- Points: Ireland 30, Netherlands 10.5
- Jeremy Bray, Dom Joyce, John Mooney, Stephen Ogilby, Greg Thompson, Andrew White (Ireland); Feiko Kloppenburg and Maurits van Nierop (Netherlands) all made their first-class debuts.
6 August Scorecard |
(H) Ireland |
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193 (59.4 overs) |
167 (59.1 overs) | |
178 (51.4 overs) |
206/2 (53.3 overs) |
- Points: Scotland 31, Ireland 13
- Eoin Morgan (Ireland); Dewald Nel and Simon Smith (Scotland) all made their first-class debuts.