ICC World Cup Qualifier - 1979 ICC Trophy, 1982 ICC Trophy, 1986 ICC Trophy, 1990 ICC Trophy, 1994 ICC Trophy, 1997 ICC Trophy, 2001 ICC Trophy, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: 1979 ICC Trophy, 1982 ICC Trophy, 1986 ICC Trophy, 1990 ICC Trophy, 1994 ICC Trophy, 1997 ICC Trophy, 2001 ICC Trophy, 2005 ICC Trophy, 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Cricket World Cup qualification. Excerpt: The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2.5 million 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 until the 2009 Trophy. On 7 July, Ireland, Bermuda, Scotland and Canada qualified for the semi-finals. With that, they also won places in the 2007 Cricket World Cup and, from 1 January 2006, official One Day International status. On 11 July the Netherlands also achieved this by beating the United Arab Emirates to finish fifth. Scotland won the tournament, beating Ireland by 47 runs in the final. Dutch batsman Bas Zuiderent was named as Player of the Tournament. The 12 teams were divided into two groups of six teams. Each team played each other team in its group once in five matches played between 1 July and 7 July. The resulting group tables were then each divided into three bands of two teams each. Combining the two groups, the four teams in each band then played a mini knock-out tournament consisting of two semi-finals, a championship, and a consolation match, so that the first- and second-ranked teams from each of the original groups were playing for first through fourth place...