1997 ICC Trophy

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1997 ICC Trophy
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Cricket Format	Limited overs cricket
Tournament Format	Round-robin and Knockout
Hosts	Malaysia
Champions	Bangladesh
Participants	22
Matches Played	81
Most runs	Kenya Maurice Odumbe (493)
Most wickets	Kenya Aasif Karim (19) Netherlands Asim Khan (19)
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The Carlsberg 1997 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in March/April 1997. It was the qualification tournament for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Kenya, and for the first time, Bangladesh and Scotland all Qualified.

First round

The first round took the form of a group stage, with four groups, two of six teams and two of five teams. The top two teams from each group went through to the second round, whilst the remaining 14 teams took part in play-offs for the final standings.

Points tables

Group A Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Kenya	5	5	0	0	0	10	2.712
Ireland	5	4	1	0	0	8	1.682
United States	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.740
Sint Maarten	5	2	3	0	0	4	-1.066
Gibraltar	5	1	4	0	0	2	-2.134
Israel	5	0	5	0	0	0	-1.823

Group B Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	0	10	1.909
Denmark	5	4	1	0	0	8	0.931
United Arab Emirates	5	3	1	0	0	6	0.323
Malaysia	5	2	2	0	0	4	0.050
West Africa	5	1	4	0	0	2	-1.096
Argentina	5	0	5	0	0	0	-2.350

Group C Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Netherlands	4	4	0	0	1	7	2.932
Canada	4	3	1	0	1	7	0.850
Fiji	4	2	1	0	0	4	0.184
Namibia	4	1	2	0	0	2	-1.293
East & Central Africa	4	0	4	0	0	0	-0.984

Group D Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Scotland	4	4	0	0	0	8	1.646
Hong Kong	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.707
Bermuda	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.696
Papua New Guinea	4	1	3	0	0	2	-0.722
Italy	4	0	4	0	0	0	-2.359

Position of teams in the table is determined by:
1. Total points
2. Head-to-head result (if more than two teams level, head-to-head only applies if all those teams have played the same number of matches against each other)
3. Net run rate

Second round

The second round was also a group stage, this time with two groups of four. The top two teams went through to the semi final stage, whilst the third placed teams played off for fifth place, and the fourth placed teams played off for 7th place.

Group E matches

1 April Scorecard	Kenya 303/6 (50 overs)	v	Canada 143/8 (48 overs)	Kenya won by 141 runs Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Louis Hogan (Ireland) and Duco Ohm (Netherlands) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)
	Maurice Odumbe 148* (122) Shiv Seeram 3/46 (10 overs)		Ingleton Liburd 28 (71) Tony Suji 3/38 (7 overs)
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat

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1 April Scorecard	Scotland 167 (48 overs)	v	Denmark 122 (45.3 overs)	Scotland won by 45 runs RMC, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh) and H Whitlock (Hong Kong) Player of the match: George Salmond (Scotland)
	George Salmond 59 (115) Peer Jensen 4/25 (10 overs)		Johnny Jensen 21 (24) Ian Beven 4/23 (10 overs)
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat

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2 April Scorecard	Canada 99 (29.4 overs)	v	Scotland	No result Rubber Research Institute Ground, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh) and Duco Ohm (Netherlands)
	Ingleton Liburd 39 (80) Scott Gourlay 1/10 (6 overs)
Canada won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to rain

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2 April Scorecard	Kenya 33/4 (9.4 overs)	v	Denmark	No result Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: I Massey (England) and H Whitlock (Hong Kong)
	Kennedy Otieno 10 (14) Soren Sorensen 2/12 (5 overs)
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to rain

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4 April Scorecard	Denmark 126 (48.1 overs)	v	Canada 119 (27.2 overs)	Denmark won by 7 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: JK Kruger (Namibia) and Duco Ohm (Netherlands) Player of the match: Thomas Hansen (Denmark)
	Baljit Singh 29 (76) Ingleton Liburd 3/14 (5 overs)		Nigel Isaacs 43* (58) Thomas Hansen 5/51 (10 overs)
Denmark won the toss and elected to bat

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4 April Scorecard	Kenya 153 (48.2 overs)	v	Scotland 37/3 (23 overs)	Kenya won by 26 runs (D/L) Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Louis Hogan (Ireland) and H Whitlock (Hong Kong) Player of the match: Unknown
	Steve Tikolo 32 (59) Scott Gourlay 3/26 (9.2 overs)		Bryn Lockie 18* (63) Martin Suji 3/18 (10 overs)
Denmark won the toss and elected to bat Rain halted Scotland's innings; Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, Scotland needed to be at least 63 runs to win the match at this stage

Group F matches

1 April Scorecard	Hong Kong 145 (45.2 overs)	v	Bangladesh 148/3 (38.2 overs)	Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Johan Luther (Denmark) and William Smith (Scotland) Player of the match: Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)
	Riaz Farcy 38 (65) Mohammad Rafique 3/20 (7.2 overs)		Aminul Islam 53* (83) Stewart Brew 1/19 (6 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field

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1 April Scorecard	Netherlands 211/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 91/3 (23 overs)	Ireland won by 5 runs (D/L) Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Farid Malik (United Arab Emirates) and JK Kruger (Namibia) Player of the match: Unknown
	Peter Cantrell 53* (74) Peter Gillespie 2/20 (9 overs)		Dekker Curry 30 (32) Andre van Troost 1/11 (3 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field Rain halted Ireland's innings; Under the Duckworth-Lewis method, Ireland needed to be at least 87 runs to win the match at this stage

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2 April Scorecard	Ireland 129 (49.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh 24/0 (6.4 overs)	No result Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: JK Kruger (Namibia) and Johan Luther (Denmark)
	Neil Doak 32 (73) Hasibul Hossain 3/21 (10 overs)		Athar Ali Khan 8* (21) Mark Patterson 0/8 (3 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to a slippery outfield

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2 April Scorecard	Hong Kong 170 (47.5 overs)	v	Netherlands 16/0 (5.2 overs)	No result Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Tony Cooper (Fiji) and Makbul Jaffer (Kenya)
	Pat Fordham 32 (73) Asim Khan 4/28 (8.5 overs)		Bas Zuiderent 7* (16) Riaz Farcy 0/6 (2.2 overs)
Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to rain and lightning

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4 April Scorecard	Netherlands 171 (49.5 overs)	v	Bangladesh 141/7 (31.4 overs)	Bangladesh won by 3 wickets (D/L) Rubber Research Institute Ground, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Makbul Jaffer (Kenya) and I Massey (England) Player of the match: Akram Khan (Bangladesh)
	Robert van Oosterom 40 (59) Akram Khan 2/21 (4.5 overs)		Akram Khan 68* (92) Roland Lefebvre 3/8 (7 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field Rain interrupted Bangladesh's innings; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 141 runs in 33 overs for Bangladesh

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4 April Scorecard	Ireland 223/7 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 172 (45.3 overs)	Ireland won by 51 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Tony Cooper (Fiji) and Johan Luther (Denmark) Player of the match: Angus Dunlop (Ireland)
	Angus Dunlop 54 (61) Rahul Sharma 3/29 (10 overs)		Stewart Brew 50 (85) Paul McCrum 3/30 (10 overs)
Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field

Points tables

Group E Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Kenya	3	2	0	1	0	5	2.025
Scotland	3	1	1	1	0	3	0.045
Denmark	3	1	1	1	0	3	-0.380
Canada	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1.617

Group F Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No result	Abandoned	Points	Net RRA
Bangladesh	3	2	0	1	0	5	0.969
Ireland	3	2	0	1	0	5	0.471
Netherlands	3	0	2	1	0	1	-0.424
Hong Kong	3	0	2	1	0	1	-1.030

Plate championship & play-offs

14 Teams placed below second position from first round groups contested for the plate championship and play-offs. Champion team was awarded Philip Snow Plate named after legendary Fijian cricketer Philip Snow.

1 April Scorecard	Argentina 150 (46.3 overs)	v	Gibraltar 151/6 (41.1 overs)	Gibraltar won by 4 wickets Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Colin Hoare (Canada) and Khoo Chai Huat (Malaysia) Player of the match: Tim Buzaglo (Gibraltar)
	Bernardo Irigoyen 39 (60) Gary De'Ath 2/21 (10 overs)		Tim Buzaglo 48 (78) Diego Lord 2/16 (5 overs)
Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field Gibraltar advanced to 17th place play-off semi finals

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1 April Scorecard	West Africa 247/6 (50 overs)	v	Israel 57 (21.1 overs)	West Africa won by 190 runs RMC, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: D Ker (Argentina) and Hammy Reid (United States) Player of the match: Okon Ukpong (West Africa)
	Okon Ukpong 78* (91) Benzie Kehimkar 2/28 (10 overs)		Avi Talkar 16 (29) Daniel Vanderpuje-Orgle 5/31 (10 overs)
Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field West Africa advanced to 17th place play-off semi finals

17th place play-off semi finals

2 April Scorecard	East & Central Africa 232 (49.5 overs)	v	Italy	No result University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Bachitar Singh (Singapore) and AOD George (West Africa)
	Yekesh Patel 95 (98) Akhlaq Qureshi 3/30 (9.5 overs)
East and Central Africa won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to rain and a flooded ground East and Central Africa advanced on tournament net run rate

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2 April Scorecard	West Africa 132 (49.2 overs)	v	Gibraltar 10/1 (2 overs)	No result Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Farid Malik (United Arab Emirates) and W Maha (Papua New Guinea)
	Kome Agodo 36 (76) Gary De'Ath 4/25 (10 overs)		Rudolph Phillips 4* (5) Seye Fadahunsi 1/4 (1 overs)
Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field Match abandoned due to rain West Africa advanced on tournament net run rate

13th place play-off semi finals

1 April Scorecard	Papua New Guinea 134 (27.3 overs)	v	Namibia 129 (47.5 overs)	Papua New Guinea won by 5 runs University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: D Beltran (Gibraltar) and Naor Gudker (Israel) Player of the match: Vavine Pala (Papua New Guinea)
	Vavine Pala 39 (36) Mark Barnard 3/18 (5.3 overs)		Ian Stevenson 32 (82) Vavine Pala 5/16 (6.5 overs)
Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat

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2 April Scorecard	Malaysia 130 (48.2 overs)	v	Sint Maarten 54/3 (18.1 overs)	Sint Maarten won by 7 wickets (D/L) Rubber Research Institute Ground, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Randy Butler (Bermuda) and Naor Gudker (Israel) Player of the match: Unknown
	Santhara Vello 41 (78) Rod David 3/19 (10 overs)		Moiz Sithawalla 15 (41) Dinesh Ramadas 1/4 (3 overs)
Singapore won the toss and elected to field Rain interrupted Singapore's innings; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 54 runs in 20 overs for Singapore

Plate semi finals

1 April Scorecard	United Arab Emirates 189/8 (50 overs)	v	United States 155 (40.2 overs)	United Arab Emirates won by 34 runs Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Tony Cooper (Fiji) and VM Rafik (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Faoud Bacchus (United States)
	Ali Akbar 32 (80) Derek Kallicharran 2/32 (10 overs)		Faoud Bacchus 51 (45) Azhar Saeed 3/30 (9 overs)
United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat

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2 April Scorecard	Bermuda 146 (46 overs)	v	Fiji 46/3 (12.3 overs)	No result Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: D Beltran (Gibraltar) and C Sen (Malaysia)
	Arnold Manders 28 (51) Neil Maxwell 4/17 (9 overs)		Jone Sorovakatini 17 (17) Corey Hill 2/27 (6 overs)
Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat Match abandoned due to rain Bermuda advanced on tournament net run rate

20th place play-off

4 April Scorecard	Israel 64 (21.5 overs)	v	Argentina 65/1 (27.3 overs)	Argentina won by 9 wickets Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Randy Butler (Bermuda) and Hammy Reid (United States) Player of the match: Bernardo Irigoyen (Argentina)
	Yefeth Nagavkar 26 (32) Bernardo Irigoyen 4/27 (8.3 overs)		Brian Roberts 30 (86) Louis Hall 2/25 (8 overs)
Israel won the toss and elected to bat

17th place play-off

4 April Scorecard	East & Central Africa 158 (49.4 overs)	v	West Africa 113 (42.2 overs)	East & Central Africa won by 45 runs RMC, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: D Beltran (Gibraltar) and AS Peter (Malaysia) Player of the match: Imran Brohi (East & Central Africa)
	Arif Ebrahim 42 (116) Seye Fadahunsi 3/23 (8.4 overs)		Obo Omoigui 32 (72) Imran Brohi 3/6 (4 overs)
East and Central Africa won the toss and elected to bat

15th place play-off

4 April Scorecard	Malaysia 142 (48.3 overs)	v	Namibia 147/3 (35.3 overs)	Namibia won by 7 wickets Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: William Smith (Scotland) and Rafiq Valimahomed (East and Central Africa) Player of the match: Danie Keulder (Namibia)
	Suresh Navaratnam 41 (69) Rudie van Vuuren 4/27 (8.3 overs)		Danie Keulder 45 (59) Rohan Selvaratnam 2/25 (8 overs)
Namibia won the toss and elected to field

13th place play-off

5 April Scorecard	Papua New Guinea 166 (45.1 overs)	v	Sint Maarten 96 (41.4 overs)	Papua New Guinea won by 70 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Farid Malik (United Arab Emirates) and Colin Hoare (Canada) Player of the match: Toka Gaudi (Papua New Guinea)
	Navu Maha 45 (60) Graham Wilson 3/53 (10 overs)		Anthon Ranggi 14 (52) Toka Gaudi 4/23 (10 overs)
Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field

11th place play-off

5 April Scorecard	United States 193 (48.3 overs)	v	Fiji 197/5 (47 overs)	Fiji won by 5 wickets RMC, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (Bangladesh) and Ismail Khan (Malaysia) Player of the match: Waisake Tukana (Fiji)
	Aijaz Ali 44 (70) Waisake Tukana 5/31 (7 overs)		Joji Bulabalavu 37 (48) Derek Kallicharran 2/33 (10 overs)
United States won the toss and elected to bat

Plate final

5 April Scorecard	Bermuda 214/8 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 156 (40.2 overs)	Bermuda won by 58 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: D Ker (Argentina) and Khoo Chai Huat (Malaysia) Player of the match: Glen Smith (Bermuda)
	Janeiro Tucker 42 (68) Arshad Laeeq 4/28 (7 overs)		Saleem Raza 37 (32) Delano Hollis 3/20 (10 overs)
Bermuda won the toss and elected to bat

Finals & play-offs

7th place play-off

5 April Scorecard	Hong Kong 125 (42.4 overs)	v	Canada 126/6 (41.5 overs)	Canada won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Louis Hogan (Ireland) and Makbul Jaffer (Kenya) Player of the match: Muneeb Diwan (Canada)
	Stewart Brew 46 (90) Latchman Bhansingh 3/13 (5 overs)		Muneeb Diwan 35 (75) Ravi Sujanani 2/16 (7 overs)
Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat

5th place play-off

5 April Scorecard	Netherlands 198/8 (50 overs)	v	Denmark 200/7 (49.4 overs)	Denmark won by 3 wickets Rubber Research Institute Ground, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: S Kathiravel (Malaysia) and H Whitlock (Hong Kong) Player of the match: Thomas Hansen (Denmark)
	Asim Khan 48* (33) Morten Hedegaard 2/20 (10 overs)		Soren Henriksen 42 (72) Steven van Dijk 3/35 (10 overs)
Denmark won the toss and elected to field

Semi finals

The first semi final, between Ireland and Kenya was won by the Kenyans by just seven runs. Maurice Odumbe won the man of the match award for his 67 runs in Kenya's innings. The second semi final was won by Bangladesh, who beat Scotland by 72 runs.

6, 7 April Scorecard	Kenya 215/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 208/9 (50 overs)	Kenya won by 7 runs Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Darrell Hair (Australia) and Nigel Plews (England) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)
	Maurice Odumbe 67 (93) Paul McCrum 4/51 (9 overs)		Derek Heasley 51 (75) Aasif Karim 4/28 (10 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field Reserve day used Kenya qualified for the 1999 World Cup as a result of this match

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8, 9 April Scorecard	Bangladesh 243/4 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 171 (44.5 overs)	Bangladesh won by 72 runs Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Nigel Plews (England) and S. Venkataraghavan (India) Player of the match: Khaled Mashud (Bangladesh)
	Khaled Mashud 70 (136) Ian Beven 2/29 (10 overs)		Greig Williamson 39* (59) Mohammad Rafique 4/25 (5.5 overs)
Scotland won the toss and elected to field Reserve day used Bangladesh qualified for the 1999 World Cup as a result of this match

3rd place play-off

In the 3rd place play off, Scotland batted first, and scored 187 in 45 overs after rain delayed the start. Mike Smith top scored for Scotland with 49. The Duckworth-Lewis method set Ireland's target at 192 runs, but the Irish were bowled out for 141, Keith Sheridan taking 4/34 with his left arm spin. Scotland thus qualified for the 1999 World Cup.

10, 11 April Scorecard	Scotland 187/8 (45 overs)	v	Ireland 141/8 (39 overs)	Scotland won by 51 runs (D/L) Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Darrell Hair (Australia) and S. Venkataraghavan (India) Player of the match: Mike Smith (Scotland)
	Mike Smith 49 (88) Mark Patterson 2/42 (8 overs)		Justin Benson 26 (45) Keith Sheridan 4/34 (9 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to field Rain interrupted play and reduced the match to 45 overs per team; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 192 runs in 45 overs for Ireland Reserve day used Scotland qualified for the 1999 World Cup as a result of this match

Final

The final between Kenya and Bangladesh was also affected by rain and was played over two days. Kenya batted first and scored 241/8 from their 50 overs, Steve Tikolo top scoring with 147. The Bangladesh target was set at 166 from 25 overs by the Duckworth-Lewis method, a target they reached with the last ball of the match. They were not able to defend their title, as they were elected to Test status in 2000. This would also be Kenya's last appearance in the ICC Trophy being allocated ODI status in 2000, though they returned in the successor tournament, the ICC World Cup Qualifier in 2009.

12, 13 April Scorecard	Kenya 241/7 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 166/8 (25 overs)	Bangladesh won by 2 wickets (D/L) Kilat Kelab Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Darrell Hair (Australia) and S. Venkataraghavan (India) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Kenya)
	Steve Tikolo 147 (152) Mohammad Rafique 3/40 (6 overs)		Aminul Islam 37 (37) Tony Suji 2/26 (5 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field Bangladesh's innings shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 166 runs in 25 overs for Bangladesh Reserve day used

Final standings

Pos	Team	WC Qualification
1st	Bangladesh	Qualified for 1999 World Cup
2nd	Kenya
3rd	Scotland
4th	Ireland	Did not qualify
5th	Denmark
6th	Netherlands
7th	Canada
8th	Hong Kong
9th	Bermuda
10th	United Arab Emirates
11th	Fiji
12th	United States
13th	Papua New Guinea
14th	Sint Maarten
15th	Namibia
16th	Malaysia
17th	East & Central Africa
18th	West Africa
19th	Gibraltar
20th	Argentina
21st	Israel/ Italy

See also

• ICC Trophy
• 1999 Cricket World Cup

References

• 1997 ICC Trophy Official Site