ICC Intercontinental Cup

The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council as part of its cricket development program. It is designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play first-class cricket matches against teams of similar skill in a competition environment and prepare them for eventual promotion to Test cricket status.

Tournament history

2004

The inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup is currently being held in 2004.

The competition includes 12 teams, divided by geographical region into four groups of three:

Africa:

• Kenya
• Namibia
• Uganda

Americas:

• Bermuda
• Canada
• United States

Asia:

• Malaysia
• Nepal
• United Arab Emirates

Europe:

• Holland
• Ireland
• Scotland

Each team plays the other two teams in its group once each. The top team in each group then progresses to the semi-finals, and the winners of those to the final.

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

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