ICC Intercontinental Cup and Shield

ICC Intercontinental Cup and ICC Intercontinental Shield ROY MORGAN Foreword by Haroon Lorgat ACS PUBLICATIONS The Intercontinental Cup is the first-class competition established by the International Cricket Council to provide cricketers from the leading Associate and Affiliate countries with experience of multi-day cricket. Starting in 2004 with 12 countries organised into four regional groups, the competition has since evolved into an eight-country all-play-all contest. Five tournaments involving 16 different countries had been played by December 2010. These, together with the short-lived Intercontinental Shield, comprise a body of some 101 international first-class matches. For the first time, the full scorecards of these matches are brought together in a single published volume. The scorecards have been corrected and updated and each card is accompanied by a match report describing the key features of each game. A comprehensive statistical section covers the tournament records, reviews of each country and the performances of every player in the competition. Short profiles are provided of all the players, on-field umpires and the grounds used. A brief introduction sets the context for the competition within the overall history of first-class cricket among the Associate and Affiliate countries. In the foreword, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat describes the importance of the competition in developing cricket beyond the Test-playing countries. £25.00