2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge

The 2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge was an international limited-overs cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates from 29 February to 6 March 2004. Matches were played in Dubai and Sharjah.

2004 ICC Six Nations Challenge

Dates	29 February – 6 March 2004
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	List A (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	UAE
Champions	United States (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	15
Most runs	Clayton Lambert (214)
Most wickets	John Blain (10)
← 2002

The tournament was the third and final edition of the ICC Six Nations Challenge, and featured six associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands had competed in the 2003 World Cup, while the three other teams invited were Scotland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.^[1] The six teams played each other once in a round-robin, with five teams finishing with three wins and two losses. The United States emerged as the winners based on net run rate, and consequently qualified for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy in England, making their One Day International (ODI) debut.^[2] American all-rounder Clayton Lambert led the tournament in runs, while Scotland's John Blain was the leading wicket-taker.^[3][4]

Squads

Each team named a squad of 14 players, one coach, one team manager, one physiotherapist, and one umpire.^[5]

Canada Coach: Bryan Mauricette	Namibia Coach: Kevin Curran	Netherlands Coach: Emmerson Trotman
Joseph Harris (c) Ashish Bagai Desmond Chumney Austin Codrington Sunil Dhaniram Zahid Hussain Shantha Jayasekera Ian Khan Ishwar Maraj Don Maxwell Asif Mulla Ashish Patel Kevin Sandher Zubin Surkari	Jan-Berrie Burger (c) Louis Burger Sarel Burger Danie Keulder Bjorn Kotze Deon Kotze Hugo Ludik Gerrie Snyman Stephan Swanepoel Johannes van der Merwe Burton van Rooi Melt van Schoor Rudi van Vuuren Riaan Walters	Luuk van Troost (c) Tim de Leede Jacob-Jan Esmeijer Sebastiaan Gokke Tjade Groot Feiko Kloppenburg Hendrik-Jan Mol Adeel Raja Darron Reekers Edgar Schiferli Chris Smith Jeroen Smits Daan van Bunge Bas Zuiderent
Scotland Coach: Tony Judd	United Arab Emirates Coach: Syed Abid Ali	United States Coach: Faoud Bacchus
Craig Wright (c) John Blain James Brinkley Dougie Brown Gavin Hamilton Majid Haq Paul Hoffmann Jamie Kerr Dougie Lockhart Gregor Maiden Ian Stanger Ryan Watson Fraser Watts Greig Williamson	Khurram Khan (c) Ahmed Nadeem Ali Asad Arshad Ali Asghar Ali Asim Saeed Fahad Usman Mohammad Afzal Mohammad Nadeem Mohammad Tauqir Naeemuddin Aslam Nasir Siddiqi Syed Maqsood Yogesh Mistry	Richard Staple (c) Amer Afzaluddin Rohan Alexander Aijaz Ali Zamin Amin Donovan Blake Jignesh Desai Nasir Javed Howard Johnson Mark Johnson Rahul Kukreti Clayton Lambert Steve Massiah Tony Reid

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
United States	5	3	2	0	0	6	+0.551
Scotland	5	3	2	0	0	6	+0.523
Namibia	5	3	2	0	0	6	+0.150
Netherlands	5	3	2	0	0	6	+0.127
United Arab Emirates	5	3	2	0	0	6	–0.056
Canada	5	0	5	0	0	0	–1.212

Fixtures

29 February Scorecard

Namibia  254/8 (50 overs)	v	United States 258/5 (46.5 overs)

United States won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (US)

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29 February Scorecard

Netherlands  198/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 163 (47 overs)

Netherlands won by 35 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Luuk van Troost (Ned)

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29 February Scorecard

Canada  157/9 (50 overs)	v	UAE 160/5 (33.3 overs)

UAE won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)

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1 March Scorecard

Netherlands  236/7 (50 overs)	v	Canada 169 (41.4 overs)

Netherlands won by 67 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Feiko Kloppenburg (Ned)

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1 March Scorecard

Scotland  160/8 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 67 (22.5 overs)

Scotland won by 93 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Paul Hoffmann (Sco)

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1 March Scorecard

United States  245/6 (50 overs)	v	UAE 246/5 (46 overs)

UAE won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)

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3 March Scorecard

Canada  126 (48.4 overs)	v	United States 127/4 (24 overs)

United States won by 6 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Mark Johnson (US)

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3 March Scorecard

Namibia  247/5 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 174 (46.3 overs)

Namibia won by 71 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Deon Kotze (Nam)

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3 March Scorecard

Scotland  258/6 (50 overs)	v	UAE 210 (45.1 overs)

Scotland won by 48 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Ryan Watson (Sco)

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4 March Scorecard

Scotland  214 (49.4 overs)	v	Canada 178 (45.1 overs)

Scotland won by 36 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Ian Stanger (Sco)

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4 March Scorecard

United States  248 (48.3 overs)	v	Netherlands 249/2 (48.1 overs)

Netherlands won by 8 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Edgar Schiferli (Ned)

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4 March Scorecard

Namibia  177 (46.4 overs)	v	UAE 107 (40 overs)

Namibia won by 70 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Danie Keulder (Nam)

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6 March Scorecard

Namibia  195 (49.4 overs)	v	Canada 190 (49.2 overs)

Namibia won by 5 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Player of the match: Deon Kotze (Nam)

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6 March Scorecard

Scotland  206 (49.4 overs)	v	United States 208/5 (47.2 overs)

United States won by 5 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Player of the match: Clayton Lambert (US)

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6 March Scorecard

Netherlands  290 (45.5 overs)	v	UAE 295/7 (49.1 overs)

UAE won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Player of the match: Syed Maqsood (UAE)

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Clayton Lambert	United States	214	5	107.00	64*	0	3
Steve Massiah	United States	212	5	53.00	92*	0	2
Syed Maqsood	United Arab Emirates	204	5	40.80	93	0	2
Gavin Hamilton	Scotland	199	5	39.80	70	0	2
Darron Reekers	Netherlands	190	5	38.00	85	0	2

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI
John Blain	Scotland	36.5	16	12.40	22.10	3.36	6/13
Deon Kotze	Namibia	47.0	9	12.11	31.33	2.31	3/4
Sarel Burger	Namibia	47.0	9	16.22	31.33	3.10	3/37
Edgar Schiferli	Netherlands	40.3	9	20.22	27.00	4.49	5/45
Khurram Khan	United Arab Emirates	43.3	9	21.00	29.00	4.34	4/35

Source: CricketArchive