ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-2017

The ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-17 was the seventh edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup , the international first-class cricket competition for national teams that do not have test match status and was held between May 10, 2015 and December 2, 2017. The competition was won by Afghanistan .

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The games took place between May 2015 and December 2017. In contrast to the previous edition, there are two new teams. The team from Papua New Guinea is taking part for the first time . Hong Kong is participating for the first time since 2005 . The winning team has been promised by the ICC that they will play a test series of four games against the worst-placed test team in 2018. Should the associate be victorious, that team would be given test status. As in the previous edition, two One-Day International will be held parallel to the games over four days , with the teams from Ireland and Afghanistan being replaced by Kenya and Nepal . These are games of the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015-17 and part of the qualification for the Cricket World Cup 2019 .

Preparations

Due to the lack of experience of the teams from Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea, it was possible for these two teams to compete against each other in a tour on neutral territory. This was held in November 2014 with one first class and two ODIs in Australia.

November 8, 2014 Scorecard	Townsville	Hong Kong 202 (48.3)	-	Papua New Guinea 203-6 (39)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 4 wickets

November 9, 2014 Scorecard	Townsville	Hong Kong 261 (49.3)	-	Papua New Guinea 264-7 (49.2)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 3 wickets

November 11-13 , 2014 Scorecard	Townsville	Papua New Guinea 469-7d (104) & 114-8d (23)	-	Hong Kong 205 (67.5) & 245 (71.5)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 133 runs

competition

table

	Sp.	S.	N	R.	R2	A.	FI	Q	Points
Afghanistan	7th	6th	0	1	0	0	5	2,187	121
Ireland	7th	5	1	0	1	0	6th	1,369	109
Netherlands	7th	3	2	0	2	0	4th	0.958	72
Hong Kong	7th	2	3	0	1	1	3	0.915	59
Ver. Arab. Emirates	7th	2	4th	1	0	0	2	0.816	47
Scotland	7th	0	2	3	1	1	2	0.840	46
Papua New Guinea	7th	2	4th	0	1	0	2	0.806	43
Namibia	7th	1	5	1	0	0	1	0.672	27

Win: 14 points; Draw: 7 points

Games

The tournament was played in seven rounds.

Round 1

Round 1 was held in May and June 2015.

May 10-13 , 2015 Scorecard	Windhoek	Namibia 272 (102.3) & 234-5d (89)	-	Hong Kong 203 (82.3) & 187 (75.2)
		Namibia wins with 114 runs

June 2-5, 2015 Scorecard	Malahide	Ireland 492 (118.3)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 213 (71.3) & 253 (100.4) (f / o)
		Ireland wins with one innings and 26 runs

June 2-5, 2015 Scorecard	Stirling	Scotland 233 (72.2)	-	Afghanistan 135 (61.4)
		draw

June 16-19, 2015 Scorecard	Amstelveen	Netherlands 209 (64.4) & 223 (60.3)	-	Papua New Guinea 128 (48.4) & 305-5 (76.3)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 5 wickets

round 2

Round 2 took place in August and November 2015.

October 24-27 Scorecard	Windhoek	Namibia 251 (97.1) & 212 (78.5)	-	Ireland 570-6d (128)
		Ireland wins with one innings and 107 runs

November 8-11 , 2015 Scorecard	The hague	Netherlands 210 (71.1) & 123 (43)	-	Scotland 133 (53.3) & 156 (64.2)
		Netherlands wins with 44 runs

November 11-14 Scorecard	Dubai	Hong Kong 378 (125.2) & 184 (51.4)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 181 (92.3) & 105 (29.2)
		Hong Kong wins with 276 runs

November 21st - 24th Scorecard	Sharjah	Afghanistan 144 (39.4) & 540 (127.2)	-	Papua New Guinea 295 (73.2) & 188 (61.5)
		Afghanistan wins with 201 runs

Round 3

Round 3 took place in February and June 2016.

January 21st - 24th Scorecard	Mongkok	Hong Kong	-	Scotland
		No result

January 21st - 24th Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Ver. Arab. Emirates 164 (51.4) & 276 (104.5)	-	Netherlands 314 (97.1) & 128-6 (42.5)
		Netherlands wins with 4 wickets

January 31 - February 3, 2016 scorecard	Townsville	Papua New Guinea 289 (104.4) & 244-5d (64)	-	Ireland 188 (84.3) & 200 (73.4)
		Ireland wins with 145 runs

April 10-13 Scorecard	Greater Noida	Namibia 172 (62.1) & 126 (35.3)	-	Afghanistan 334 (118.5)
		Afghanistan wins with one innings and 36 runs

Round 4

Round 4 took place in August and November 2016.

July 29th - August 1st scorecard	The hague	Netherlands 117 (39.4) & 159 (43.1)	-	Afghanistan 312 (102.2)
		Afghanistan wins with one innings and 36 runs

August 9-12 Scorecard	Aberdeen	Ver. Arab. Emirates 212-5 (66)	-	Scotland
		draw

August 30th - September 2nd scorecard	Belfast	Ireland 316 (86.1) & 230 (55.3)	-	Hong Kong 237 (101.4) & 239 (80.2)
		Ireland wins with 70 runs

October 17-20 scorecard	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea 311 (98.5) & 189 (57)	-	Namibia 146 (55.2) & 155 (61.1)
		Papua New Guinea wins with 199 runs

Round 5

Round 5 took place in February and June 2017.

February 10-13 Scorecard	Mong Kok	Hong Kong 527-9d (142.2) & 263-6d (53)	-	Netherlands 284 (65.2) & 393-5 (111)
		draw

March 28-30 scorecard	Greater Noida	Afghanistan 537-8d (138.5)	-	Ireland 261 (91.4) & 104 (40) (f / o)
		Afghanistan wins with one innings and 172 runs

April 7-10 Scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Papua New Guinea 194 (85.3) & 286 (86.4)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 441-8d (150.3) & 42-1 (5.5)
		United Arab Emirates win with 9 wickets

June 6-9 scorecard	Edinburgh	Namibia 403-7d (104)	-	Scotland 223-2 (57.2)
		draw

Round 6

Round 6 took place between July and November 2017.

August 15-18 Scorecard	Malahide	Ireland 477-6d (131) & 240-7d (52)	-	Netherlands 375 (113.5) & 186-4 (76)
		draw

September 16-19 Scorecard	Windhoek	Ver. Arab. Emirates 269 ​​(85.3) & 157 (48.5)	-	Namibia 212 (67.5) & 180 (66.2)
		United Arab Emirates wins with 34 runs

October 1st - 4th scorecard	Port Moresby	Papua New Guinea 404 (116.3) & 262-3 (68)	-	Scotland 514 (168.2)
		draw

October 20-23 Scorecard	Mong Kok	Hong Kong 142 (47) & 150 (39.4)	-	Afghanistan 465-5d (88)
		Afghanistan wins with one innings and 173 runs

Round 7

Round 7 was held in November and December 2017 at a common location.

November 29th - December 2nd scorecard	Sharja	Papua New Guinea 237 (77.3) & 82 (33.5)	-	Hong Kong 348 (139.3)
		Hong Kong wins with one innings and 29 runs

November 29th - December 2nd scorecard	Abu Dhabi	Afghanistan 510-9d (147) & 21-0 (5.3)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 197 (64.5) & 331 (100.3) (f / o)
		Afghanistan wins with 10 wickets

November 29th - December 2nd scorecard	Dubai	Netherlands 501-8d (117.4) & 223-5 (52.3)	-	Namibia 203 (72) & 290 (88.4)
		Netherlands wins with 231 runs

November 29th - December 2nd scorecard	Dubai	Ireland 251 (81) & 271 (68.4)	-	Scotland 141 (52.2) & 178 (57.3)
		Ireland wins with 203 runs

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Namibia, Hong Kong to kick off Intercontinental Cup . Cricinfo. May 6, 2015. Accessed July 20, 2015.
2. ↑ Tim Wigmore: Meet Hanuabada's latest flagbearer . Cricinfo. December 23, 2014. Accessed July 20, 2015.
3. ^ Associates to get a shot at Test cricket . Cricinfo. April 10, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
4. ↑ Eyes on Tests as major Associates begin Intercontinental Cup campaign . Cricinfo. June 1, 2015. Accessed May 20, 2015.