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unusual facts about ICC Trophy



Bulls Head Ground

The Bulls Head has also hosted ICC Trophy matches, starting in the 1979 ICC Trophy when it held a single match which was contested between Argentina and East Africa and in the 1986 ICC Trophy when it hosted a single match between Bangladesh and East Africa.

Jahangir Alam

He was also a member of the Bangladesh team that won the ICC Trophy in 1997.

Jamie Brazier

Jamie Brazier made his debut for Papua New Guinea in an ICC Trophy warm-up match against Scotland at the Kaiteur Cricket Club in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Jeffris Hopkins

He later appeared for Wales in their only ICC Trophy appearance in 1979, playing in three matches against the Netherlands, Israel and the United States.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club in 2005

The Scottish Saltires, playing their first National League match following their ICC Trophy victory, fell down to earth brutally at The Grange.

Rashid Zia

Rashid Zia first played for the United States in representative cricket in the 2001 ICC Trophy, and later was part of the team that played America's first two One Day Internationals in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England.

Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground

The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1994 when Young Kenya played Bangladesh in a warm-up match for the ICC Trophy which Kenya was hosting.


see also

2007 Cricket World Cup qualification

It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2,500,000 for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status till the 2009 Trophy.

Christopher Chappell

He made one final ICC Trophy appearance in the 1990 tournament, like his first against Malaysia, scoring 3 not out.

Mitchells and Butlers' Ground

From 1979 to 1986, the ground hosted 4 ICC Trophy matches, the last of which saw Denmark play the Netherlands in the 1986 ICC Trophy.