The 1994 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament that took place in Kenya in February/March 1994. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south It was the qualifying tournament for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The 1996 Cricket World Cup (aka Wills World Cup was won by Sri Lanka who beat Australia by 7 wickets at the final in Lahore.
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First round
The first round took the form of a group stage. The twenty teams were split into four groups of five. The top two teams from each group went through to the second round, the third and fourth placed teams went through to the Plate competition, whilst the 5th placed teams went through to the Wooden Spoon competition.
Second stage
Wooden Spoon
The Wooden Spoon competition was a four team round robin tournament. It was won by West Africa with Gibraltar suffering the ignomy of the last place finish in the whole tournament. The West African cricket team was a team representing the countries of Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone in international cricket The Gibraltar national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of Gibraltar in international Cricket.
Plate Competition
The eight teams in the plate competition were divided into two groups of four. It was originally intended that the winners of each group (Papua New Guinea and the USA) would play the plate final, but both those teams had booked their flights home, not expecting to qualify, so the final was played between Denmark and Namibia. The Papua New Guinea national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international Cricket matches The United States national cricket team is the team that represents the United States of America in international Cricket matches The Denmark national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Denmark in international Cricket matches The Namibia national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international Cricket matches Namibia won by 41 runs thanks to an innings of 106 from Gavin Murgatroyd. Gavin Bryan Murgatroyd (previously Bryan Murgatroyd; born October 19, 1969 in Walvisbaai) is a Namibian Cricketer He is
Main tournament
The second stage for the main tournament also took the form of two groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group qualified for the semi finals.
Semi finals
The first semi final saw Kenya take on Bermuda. The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international Cricket matches The Bermudian cricket team is the team representing Bermuda in the sport of Cricket, governed by the Bermuda Cricket Board. Kenya batted first and scored 318/5 from their 50 overs, Maurice Odumbe top scoring with an unbeaten 158. Maurice Omondi Odumbe (b June 15, 1969) is a Kenyan Cricketer who was suspended from cricket in August 2004 after being found guilty of receiving Clay Smith scored 108 in Bermuda's reply, but no one else passed fifty, and they could only score 254/9 from their 50 overs. Clay James Smith (born January 15 1971 in Bermuda) is a Bermudian Cricketer. In the second semi final, The Netherlands were dismissed for 194 by the UAE. The Dutch cricket team is a national Cricket team representing the Netherlands. The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United Arab Emirates in international Cricket matches They then took the top four UAE wickets quickly, but Mohammad Ishaq with 72, and Saleem Raza with 65 steered the UAE into the final. Mohammad Ishaq (born 7 March 1963 in Lahore, Punjab Pakistan) is a former Cricketer who played First-class cricket for Saleem Raza (born 5 July 1964, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan) is a former Cricketer After playing in eight first-class games
Third place play off
The third place play off saw the Netherlands secure their place in the World Cup with a big win over Bermuda. Batting first, an unbeaten 121 from Nolan Clarke saw them to a total of 306/2 from their 50 overs. Nolan Ewatt Clarke (born 22 June, 1948 in Saint Michael, Barbados) was a Dutch cricketer who played 5 One Day Internationals for Bermuda were never in the hunt and were dismissed for just 203.
Final
The final was a close fought afair that went into the last over. Kenya batted first and made 281, Maurice Odumbe again top scoring with 86 as Kenya made 281/6. Tony Suji took 4 wickets in the UAE innings, but it wasn't enough to stop the UAE from reaching the target from the first ball of the final over. Anthony (Tony Suji (born Otieno Suji Ondik on February 5, 1976 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan Cricketer He is a right-handed batsman
See also
References
1994 ICC Trophy page on Cricket Archive
The ICC World Cup Qualifier (formerly ICC Trophy) is an international One-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council The 1996 Cricket World Cup (aka Wills World Cup was won by Sri Lanka who beat Australia by 7 wickets at the final in Lahore.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic