2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge - UAE (merged)

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6 nation tournament stating in UAE today, with Canada, Holland, Namibia, Scotland, United States & UAE taking part.

Associate members take centre stage

The strongest of cricket’s second tier of nations will be battling for the chance to join the big boys when the ICC Six Nations Challenge gets underway in the United Arab Emirates this Sunday (Feb 29). The winners will qualify for September’s ICC Champions Trophy, where they will face Australia and New Zealand in the first round.

The week-long tournament will include three teams that took part in the 2003 World Cup – Canada, Holland and Namibia – and three that didn’t, in Scotland, the United States and the UAE.

The tournament is a 50-over round-robin format, with matches in Sharjah and Dubai before the final on March 6. In the opening games Canada play the United Arab Emirates, Holland meet Scotland, and Namibia face the USA.

The tournament is part of the ICC’s high-performance programme for the leading associate countries. “We are seeing a high standard of cricket being played in a number of countries outside the elite level,” said Bob Woolmer, the ICC’s High Performance Manager. “The performances of the associate-level countries at the World Cup were highly encouraging, and this tournament provides another platform on which they can show their progress as well as giving them the essential international competition needed to allow them to continue to improve.”

http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/FEB/079964_WCI_27FEB2004.html

Tournament schedule

Sargodha-born spinner named in Canada team

Squads

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UAE beat Canada by 5 wickets

Canada 157 for 9 in 50 overs (Zubair Surkari 31, Aasish Bagai 53, Sunil Dhaniram 33n.o, Ali Asad 2 for 20, Arshad Ali 3 for 24)

UAE 160 for 5 in 33.3 overs (Asim Saeed 44, Khurram Khan 53n.o, Aashish Patel 3 for 37)

Man of the match: Khurram Khan

Holland beat Scotland by 35 runs

Holland 198 for 9 in 50 overs (Bas Zuiderent 34, Daan Van Bunge 29, L. Van Troost 58, John Blain 3 for 13, Craig White 2 for 39, Ryan Wastson 2 for 25)

Scotland 163 in 47 overs (Douglas Brown 37, Edger Schiferli 2 for 30, Adeel Raja 3 for 29)

Man of the match: L. Van Troost

http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=112540

USA beat Namibia in ICC Six Nations Challenge

USA won the toss and Namibia, asked to bat first, scored 254 for eight in the allotted 50 overs.

Gerrie Snyman top-scored with 62, off 57 balls with three fours and three sixes and, with Louis Burger (34 off 43 balls with a six), helped add 87 runs for the sixth wicket after his team had slumped to 132 for five. Medium-pacer Tony Reid took 3-40.

USA reached 258 for five in 45.5 overs. The left-handed Lambert, who is now 42 years old - he played five Tests and 11 One-day Internationals for the West Indies between 1991 and 1998-99, hammered an unbeaten 64 at number six, off just 49 balls with eight fours and a six. Steve Massiah scored 72 off 103 balls with eight fours and a six while Reid chipped in with 30 off 51 deliveries that included five boundaries.

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Monday 1st March 2004 Results:

** Holland bt Canada by 67 runs**

Good performance being showed by the UAE team, 2 matches 2 wins.

** UAE bt USA by 5 wickets **

MoM: Khurram Khan 103 not out for UAE…

** Scotland bt Namibia by 93 runs **

MoM: P. Hoffman 4/14 for Scots…

http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=112634

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COOL :smiley: 42 years old and still Lambert feeling young!

anyhow whoever wins the challenge will be demolished by New Zealand and Australia side when comes ICC Champions Trophy time around!

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USA Cricket Team to play Champions Trophy in England

The strongest nations in cricket outside the full international level competed for a chance to take on the powers of the game in the ICC Six Nations Challenge that kicked off Sunday, 29 February in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Team USA won the trophy by beating strong teams such as Scotland and Namibia.

I personally know and have played with a few of the players in the USA team and I am so very proud of the boys.

It would be great to see them compete against the powers of cricket such as Australia. I believe they will be placed in the same group.

GO USA, GO USA

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^ FGF you mean you will enjoy the massacre the US team will face when they meet Aussie team. It could be first time in the history of ODI’s that a team might declare before its 50 overs are up. :hehe:

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YES - COME ON USA! well done boys! very well done!

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Is ANY player in USA cricket team American really? :p They should change their name to World.

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It may not be the world.. but the world sure revolves around USA :smiley:

GO USA!!! :k: