ICC Intercontinental Cup
Player Figures Team Opponent Year
Ali Asad 9/74 UAE Nepal 2004
John Davison 9/76 Canada United States 2004
Ian van Zyl 8/34 Namibia Ireland 2006
Umar Bhatti 8/40 Canada Bermuda 2005
John Davison 8/61 Canada United States 2004
Records and statistics -- Individual records
Most runs Player Team Span Mat Inns Runs Avg Highest 100s 50s Steve Tikolo Kenya 2004–2010 19 32 1,918 63.93 220 6 7 Arshad Ali UAE 2004–2013 24 46 1,756 39.90 185 4 9 William Porterfield Ireland 2006–2017 24 39 1,743 47.10 186 5 8 Khurram Khan UAE 2004–2015 24 43 1,730 43.25 121* 4 10 Saqib Ali UAE 2006–2015 18 34 1,620 54.00 195 6 6 Highest scores Player Score Team Opponent Year Ryan ten Doeschate 259* Netherlands Canada 2006 David Hemp 247* Bermuda Netherlands 2006 Ed Joyce 231 Ireland UAE 2015 Gerrie Snyman 230 Namibia Kenya 2008 Steve Tikolo 220 Kenya Bermuda 2005 Highest partnerships № Runs Players For Against Year 1st 374 Raymond van Schoor & Ewald Steenkamp Namibia Bermuda 2010 2nd 326 William Porterfield & Ed Joyce Ireland Namibia 2015 3rd 360 Eoin Morgan & Andre Botha Ireland UAE 2007 4th 267 Steve Tikolo & Hitesh Modi Kenya Ireland 2005 5th 214* Kevin O'Brien & Andrew White Ireland Kenya 2008 6th 288* Ben Cooper & Pieter Seelaar Netherlands Hong Kong 2017 7th 219 David Hemp & Saleem Mukuddem Bermuda Netherlands 2006 8th 161 Vusi Sibanda & Regis Chakabva Zimbabwe XI Kenya 2009 9th 180 Sunil Dhaniram & Kevin Sandher Canada UAE 2007 10th 71 Khurram Chohan & Hiral Patel Canada Afghanistan 2010 Most wickets Player Team Span Mat Overs Wkts Avg Best 5 10 Trent Johnston Ireland 2004–2013 25 577.1 91 16.35 6/23 3 0 Umar Bhatti Canada 2004–2010 18 491.0 78 20.56 8/40 7 2 Hiren Varaiya Kenya 2006–2013 18 566.4 77 21.66 6/22 7 2 Louis Klazinga Namibia 2006–2013 18 491.4 74 21.14 5/20 3 0 Dwayne Leverock Bermuda 2004–2008 15 685.5 71 26.47 7/57 6 2 Best bowling figures
The ICC Intercontinental Cup is a first-class cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as part of its cricket development programme. It is designed to allow Associate Members of the ICC the chance to play first-class cricket matches over four days against teams of similar skill in a competition environment and prepare them for eventual promotion to Test cricket status. First run in 2004, two of the most successful teams in the history of the tournament, Ireland and Afghanistan were promoted to Full Member and Test status, in 2017. In October 2018, the ICC issued a media release asking for an expression of interest from teams who have competed in previous editions of the tournament, in a look to continuing the tournament.