ICC Trophy
See also: 2005 ICC Trophy
The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of USD 2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams other than Kenya. Kenya have already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.
On 7 July, Ireland, Bermuda, Scotland and Canada qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 cricket World Cup and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July the Netherlands also achieved this by beating the UAE to finish fifth. Scotland won the tournament, beating Ireland in the final.
Dutch batsman Bas Zuiderent was named as Player of the Tournament, following his 474 runs in seven matches.
2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. Teams: Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, UAE, Uganda, USA. Trophy winners: Scotland
| Group A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result |
| ICCT 421 | 1 Jul 2005 | Denmark ] | Carsten Pedersen | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | Muckamore | Denmark by 28 runs |
| ICCT 422 | 1 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | Bermuda | Clay Smith | Stormont, Belfast | Ireland by 97 runs |
| ICCT 425 | 1 Jul 2005 | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | United States | Richard Staple | Downpatrick | United Arab Emirates by 55 runs |
| ICCT 426 | 2 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Janeiro Tucker | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Lisburn | Bermuda by 30 runs |
| ICCT 428 | 2 Jul 2005 | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | United States | Richard Staple | Armagh | Denmark by 96 runs |
| ICCT 429 | 2 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | Comber | Ireland by 127 runs |
| ICCT 432 | 4 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Janeiro Tucker | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | Greenisland | Bermuda by 93 runs |
| ICCT 434 | 4 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Stormont, Belfast | Ireland by 2 wkts |
| ICCT 437 | 4 Jul 2005 | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | United States | Richard Staple | Lurgan | Uganda by 6 wkts |
| ICCT 438 | 5 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Janeiro Tucker | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | Comber | NO RESULT |
| ICCT 439 | 5 Jul 2005 | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Bangor | NO RESULT |
| ICCT 437a | 5 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | United States | Richard Staple | Waringstown | ABANDONED |
| ICCT 443 | 7 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Janeiro Tucker | United States | Richard Staple | Waringstown | Bermuda by 113 runs |
| ICCT 445 | 7 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | Bangor | Ireland by 73 runs |
| ICCT 448 | 7 Jul 2005 | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Lurgan | United Arab Emirates by 63 runs |
| Final Table - Group A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| Ireland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.49 | |
| Bermuda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +0.70 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +0.43 | |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -0.21 | |
| Uganda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -1.05 | |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1.39 | |
| Group B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result |
| ICCT 420 | 1 Jul 2005 | Canada | John Davison | Namibia | Deon Kotze | Belfast | Canada by 2 runs |
| ICCT 423 | 1 Jul 2005 | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | Belfast | Netherlands by 9 wkts |
| ICCT 424 | 1 Jul 2005 | Oman | Azhar Ali | Scotland | Craig Wright | Belfast | Scotland by 6 wkts |
| ICCT 427 | 2 Jul 2005 | Canada | John Davison | Scotland | Craig Wright | Bangor | Scotland by 7 wkts |
| ICCT 430 | 2 Jul 2005 | Namibia | Deon Kotze | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | Belfast | NAM by 96 runs |
| ICCT 431 | 2 Jul 2005 | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Oman | Azhar Ali | Carrickfergus | Netherlands by 258 runs |
| ICCT 433 | 4 Jul 2005 | Canada | John Davison | Oman | Azhar Ali | Muckamore | Canada by 2 wkts |
| ICCT 435 | 4 Jul 2005 | Namibia | Deon Kotze | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Belfast | Netherlands by 6 wkts |
| ICCT 436 | 4 Jul 2005 | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | Scotland | Craig Wright | Belfast | Scotland by 5 wkts |
| ICCT 440 | 5 Jul 2005 | Canada | John Davison | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Eglinton | Canada by 2 wkts |
| ICCT 441 | 5 Jul 2005 | Namibia | Deon Kotze | Scotland | Craig Wright | Limavady | Scotland by 27 runs |
| ICCT 442 | 5 Jul 2005 | Oman | Azhar Ali | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | Drummond | Papua New Guinea by 93 runs |
| ICCT 444 | 7 Jul 2005 | Canada | John Davison | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | Downpatrick | Canada by 160 runs |
| ICCT 446 | 7 Jul 2005 | Namibia | Deon Kotze | Oman | Azhar Ali | Comber | Namibia by 6 wkts |
| ICCT 447 | 7 Jul 2005 | Scotland | Craig Wright | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Stormont, Belfast | Scotland by 98 runs |
| Final Table - Group B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| Scotland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.07 | |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +0.79 | |
| Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +0.43 | |
| Namibia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.31 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2.20 | |
| Oman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | -2.59 | |
| Knock-Out Stages | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result | Type of match |
| Semi-Finals | ||||||||
| ICCT 449 | 9 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Clay Smith | Scotland | Craig Wright | The Hills, Dublin | Scotland by 6 wkts | |
| ICCT 450 | 9 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Jason Molins | Canada | John Davison | Clontarf, Dublin | Ireland by 4 wkts | |
| 5th Place Semi-Finals | ||||||||
| ICCT 451 | 9 Jul 2005 | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | County Dublin | Netherlands by 89 runs | |
| ICCT 452 | 9 Jul 2005 | Namibia | Deon Kotze | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Malahide | United Arab Emirates by 4 wkts | |
| 9th Place Semi-Finals | ||||||||
| ICCT 453 | 9 Jul 2005 | Oman | Azhar Ali | Uganda | Joel Olwenyi | Rathmines | Oman by 6 runs | |
| ICCT 454 | 9 Jul 2005 | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | United States | Richard Staple | Merrion | United States by 8 wkts | |
| Placement Matches | ||||||||
| ICCT 455 | 11 Jul 2005 | Bermuda | Clay Smith | Canada | John Davison | Malahide | Canada by 5 wkts | 3rd Place Play-off |
| ICCT 457 | 11 Jul 2005 | Netherlands | Luuk van Troost | United Arab Emirates | Khuram Khan | Clontarf, Dublin | Netherlands by 145 runs | 5th Place Play-off |
| ICCT 456 | 11 Jul 2005 | Denmark | Carsten Pedersen | Namibia | Deon Kotze | The Hills, Dublin | Namibia by 103 runs | 7th Place Play-off |
| ICCT 458 | 11 Jul 2005 | Oman | Azhar Ali | United States | Richard Staple | County Dublin | Oman by 3 wkts | 9th Place Play-off |
| ICCT 459 | 11 Jul 2005 | Papua New Guinea | Rarua Dikana | United States | Richard Staple | Merrion | United States by 8 wkts | 11th Place Play-off |
| ICCT 460 | 13 Jul 2005 | Ireland | Kyle McCallan | Scotland | Craig Wright | Clontarf, Dublin | Scotland by 47 runs | Final |
Note: All national codes used are IOC codes, except for Scotland (SCO) who do not compete in the Olympics.
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