Ireland will take on Namibia tomorrow (6 September) in the re-scheduled
first round fixture of the ICC Intercontinental Cup in Belfast.The two sides were scheduled to play in June but visa issues prevented
the Namibia side from arriving in time to play the first round fixture.In the absence of William Porterfield, Kevin O'Brien will be leading the
Ireland side in its first Intercontinental Cup fixture of the year.Meanwhile, Kenya travel to the Netherlands to face the Dutch side in its
second-round fixture in Deventer which begins on 7 September.Canada will travel to Dublin to face Ireland in its second round of the
Intercontinental Cup next week when the sides face-off from 13 to 16
September.Squads and officials for Namibia v Scotland and Afghanistan v UAE will be announced in due course.ICC Match Referee David Jukes will be acting remotely for all three of the games listed below.Squads and match officials for Ireland v Namibia, First Round Intercontinental Cup, 6 to 9 September, BelfastIRELAND (squad): Kevin O'Brien (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell,
Phil Eaglestone, Nigel Jones, Graeme McCarter, John Mooney, Andrew
Poynter, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew
White, Gary Wilson NAMIBIA (squad): Craig Williams (captain), Raymond van Schoor, Chris
Coombe, Gerrie Snyman, Stephen Baard, Andre Englebrecht, Merwe Erasmus,
Pieter Rossouw, Louis Klazinga, Stephanus Ackerman, Louis van der
Westhuizen, Christoffel Viljoen, Pikky Ya FranceUmpires: Buddhi Pradan and Richard Smith of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.
Match referee: David JukesSquads and match officials for Netherlands v Kenya, Second Round Intercontinental Cup, 7 to 10 September, DeventerNETHERLANDS (squad): Peter Borren (captain), Wesley Barresi, Mudassar
Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Wilfred Diepeveen, Tom de Grooth, Tim Gruijters,
Tom Heggelman, Stephan Myburgh, Ahsan Malik, Pieter Seelaar, Michael
Swart, Eric Szwarczynski, Vinoo TewarieKENYA (squad): Collins Obuya (captain), Rakep Patel, Tamnay Mishra,
Lameck Ngoche, Irfan Karim, Duncan Allan, Emmanuel Ringera, Ibrahim
Akello, Lucas Ndandason, Hiren Varaiya, Runish Gudhka, David Obuya,
Seren Waters, Dominic WesongaUmpires: Ian Ramage a of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires'
Panel and Johan Cloete of the Emirates International Panel of ICC
Umpires.Match referee: David JukesSquads and match officials for Ireland v Canada, Second Round Intercontinental Cup, 13 to 16 September, LeinsterIRELAND (squad): Kevin O'Brien (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell,
Phil Eaglestone, Nigel Jones, Graeme McCarter, John Mooney, Andrew
Poynter, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew
White, Gary WilsonCANADA (squad): Jimmy Hansra, Harvir Baidwan, Usman Limbada, Hamza
Tariq, Rizwan Cheema, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Junaid Siddiqui,
Zeeshan Siddiqui, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Khurram Chohan, Marinder Aulakh,
Nitish Kumar, Zahid Hussain
Umpires: Niels Bagh and Mark Hawthorne of the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpires' Panel.
Match referee: David Jukes
An up-to-date points table plus all the results in the competition will be available
here:http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/intercontinental_cup/points_table.php
The ICC Intercontinental Cup has quickly grown in stature and profile since its inception seven years ago. The ICC's premier first-class tournament is an integral part of the Associate Members' cricket schedule.There will be a total of US$254,000 in prize money for the Associate and Affiliate teams taking part in the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 with US$100,000 for the winners and US$40,000 for the runners-up. Teams finishing in third and fourth place with receive US$20,000 and US$10,000 respectively while an outright win by any team during the course of the round-robin stage will see it walk away with US$3,000 per match.Having previously been designed around a two-group, three-day format, the event then evolved into an eight-team, round-robin and truly global tournament featuring four-day cricket which gives those teams who do not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.
This year's format will include eight teams - Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia and United Arab Emirates.Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the final, while Ireland has been victorious in three events since then, beating Kenya in the 2005 decider, Canada in the 2006-07 event, Namibia in 2007-08 while in 2009-10 Afghanistan won the competition
The ICC Intercontinental Cup has quickly grown in stature and profile since its inception seven years ago. The ICC's premier first-class tournament is an integral part of the Associate Members' cricket schedule.There will be a total of US$254,000 in prize money for the Associate and Affiliate teams taking part in the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2011-13 with US$100,000 for the winners and US$40,000 for the runners-up. Teams finishing in third and fourth place with receive US$20,000 and US$10,000 respectively while an outright win by any team during the course of the round-robin stage will see it walk away with US$3,000 per match.Having previously been designed around a two-group, three-day format, the event then evolved into an eight-team, round-robin and truly global tournament featuring four-day cricket which gives those teams who do not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.
This year's format will include eight teams - Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia and United Arab Emirates.Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the final, while Ireland has been victorious in three events since then, beating Kenya in the 2005 decider, Canada in the 2006-07 event, Namibia in 2007-08 while in 2009-10 Afghanistan won the competition
