The 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the

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tournament, an international

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competition between nations who had not been awarded

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status by the

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. The first fixtures were played in July 2009. The format was changed since the previous edition, with a two division system being introduced. The

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also served as a qualifier for this tournament. The top six teams from the qualifier, along with a

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XI, would compete in a round robin top division. The teams ranked 7th–10th in the competition would contest the ICC Intercontinental Shield.

Table

*Win – 14 points *Draw if more than 10 hours of play lost – 7 points (otherwise 3 points) *First Innings leader – 6 points (independent of final result) *Abandoned without a ball played – 10 points.

Matches

2009 season

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2009–10 season

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2010 season

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2010–11 season

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Final

Summary

2009 season

The tournament began in July when Scotland beat Canada in

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, inside three days. Kenya then drew with Ireland in Eglinton.

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scored his first century in the first innings. In the third match

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scored 98 not for the Netherlands in the draw with Canada in

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. In August Kenya visited Canada in King City.

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had a brilliant performance, scoring two centuries in the match for a total of 326 runs, with Kenya winning the game by 247 runs. Afghanistan made their debut in first class cricket, visiting

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to play the Zimbabwe XI.

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scored two centuries in this match (230 runs), securing the draw.

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also scored two centuries for 279 runs. In a match reduced by rain on the final day, Scotland and Ireland played out a draw in

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and

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made centuries, but Regan West took seven Scottish wickets for 88 runs in Scotland's 2nd innings. In

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, Afghanistan secured their first win, beating the Netherlands by one wicket. Afghanistan's ninth 2nd Innings wicket fell with only six runs needed for victory;

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scored the winning runs with a four for the first victory for Afghanistan in first class cricket.

2009-10 Season

Zimbabwe XI defeated Kenya with a notable performance of

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, who scored 209 and 116 *. Afghanistan scored their second win versus Ireland in

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. Scotland made the target to obtain the win versus Kenya. Dewald Nel took 5 wickets, included to

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, who scored 106 runs in the second inning. In February Afghanistan in

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won on third occasion in the Intercontinental Cup by defeating Canada, with an amazing second innings of 494 runs. This was the ninth highest fourth-innings run chase in first-class cricket.

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contributed to the victory with 214 runs. The same day Kenya made a run chase of 320 runs versus Netherlands.

Statistics and records

Statistics and records for the 2009–10 Intercontinental Cup. Most runs Most wickets

References

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