84 DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS EVENTS // ICC INTERCONTINENTAL CUP


ICC INTERCONTINENTAL CUP


 and the right to play Test cricket, but that did not diminish the competitiveness in  and second in the tournament, which ended in December 2017.


BELOW:


 ICC Intercontinental Cup 2015-2017.


As we came to June 2017, the ICC Intercontinental  last nine games.


In March, Afghanistan had beaten Ireland in Greater  would hold off all challenges to remain there when the tournament wound to a close, with Ireland  both teams earned Test status joining the 10 existing nations in the longest format of the game.


The game between Afghanistan and Ireland, at  Delhi, was the big one, with the points Afghanistan earned from their innings-and-172-run win propelling them clear of their closest rivals.


The job wasn’t done, of course. Afghanistan still had to achieve favourable results against Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, with both matches taking place away from home. Any slip-ups, and  home, and Scotland at the neutral Dubai Cricket Stadium – would be in a position to pounce.


However, Ireland would fall further behind after  of those games. Andy Balbirnie’s 205* helped Ireland declare on 477 for six, but Max O’Dowd led the resistance for the Dutch with an innings  days left, Ireland rattled along at a rate of 4.61,   a target of 343. There was just not enough time to force a result, with Stephan Myburgh’s 85 halting Ireland’s victory push.


Afghanistan, meanwhile, made their position even stronger in October by bowling Hong Kong out for 142 and 150 to win by an innings and 173 runs in   overs after opting to bat. Javed Ahmadi with 108 and Asghar Stanikzai, the captain, with 125, then added to Hong Kong’s woes to take Afghanistan   


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