ICC Trophy 2005

The ICC Trophy 2005 was the qualifying tournament of the non-test nations for the Cricket World Cup 2007 . The tournament was played in Ireland between July 1st and 13th, 2005. The winner was Scotland , who beat hosts Ireland in the final with 47 runs. Furthermore, qualified Canada , Bermuda and the Netherlands for the World Cup. The five qualified people also received ODI status for the years 2006 to 2009.

Attendees

A total of 12 associate and affiliate members of the ICC took part in the tournament:

Bermuda  Denmark Ireland Canada Namibia Netherlands

Papua New Guinea  Oman Scotland  Uganda Ver. Arab. Emirates  United States

format

First, two preliminary round groups of six teams were formed, in which everyone competed against each other. The group first and second of the two groups qualified for the semi-finals and were qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The third and fourth group played for fifth to eighth place and the fifth and last group for ninth to twelfth place. All placements were played out.

competition

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Ireland	5	4th	0	1	9	+1,494
Bermuda	5	3	1	1	7th	+0.695
Ver. Arab. Emirates	5	2	2	1	5	+0.432
Denmark	5	2	2	1	5	-0.210
Uganda	5	1	3	1	3	-1,047
United States	5	0	4th	1	1	-1,385

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Scotland	5	5	0	0	10	+2,065
Canada	5	4th	1	0	8th	+0.789
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	6th	+1,451
Namibia	5	2	3	0	4th	+0.311
Papua New Guinea	5	1	4th	0	2	–2,201
Oman	5	0	5	0	0	-2,590

Semifinals

Places 1 to 4

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Canada 238-9 (50)	-	Ireland 241-6 (49.2)
		Ireland wins with 4 wickets

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Bermuda 219-9 (50)	-	Scotland 222-4 (46.5)
		Scotland wins with 6 wickets

Places 5 to 8

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Netherlands 314-6 (50)	-	Denmark 225 (48.3)
		Netherlands wins with 89 runs

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Namibia 240-7 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 242-6 (47)
		United Arab Emirates wins with 4 wickets

Places 9 to 12

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Oman 181 (49.1)	-	Uganda 175 (48.5)
		Oman wins with 6 runs

July 9th scorecard	Dublin	Papua New Guinea 171 (43.1)	-	United States 175-2 (32)
		United States wins with 8 wickets

Placement games

Game for 11th place

July 11th scorecard	Dublin	Papua New Guinea 203 (49.5)	-	Uganda 202-9 (50)
		Papua New Guinea wins by 1 run

Play for 9th place

July 11th scorecard	Dublin	United States 345-6 (50)	-	Oman 348-7 (49.1)
		Oman wins with 3 wickets

Game for 7th place

July 11th scorecard	Dublin	Namibia 230-9 (50)	-	Denmark 127 (37.3)
		Namibia wins with 103 runs

Play for 5th place

July 11th scorecard	Dublin	Netherlands 287-4 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 142 (41.3)
		Netherlands wins with 145 runs

3rd place match

July 11th scorecard	Dublin	Bermuda 195 (48.5)	-	Canada 197-5 (43.2)
		Canada wins with 5 wickets

final

July 13th scorecard	Dublin	Scotland 324-8 (50)	-	Ireland 277-9 (50)
		Scotland wins with 47 runs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate