1986 ICC Trophy


The 1986 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in England between 11 June and 7 July 1986. It was the third ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and as with the previous two tournaments, games between the 16 participating teams were played over 60 overs a team and with white clothing and red balls. All matches except the final were played in the Midlands. The final was held at Lord's, London.
The tournament served as the Cricket World Cup qualification process – Zimbabwe defeated the Netherlands to win their second ICC Trophy in a row and qualify for the 1987 World Cup. The weather was much better than the earlier competitions, and all matches were played to a result.

Competition format

The 16 teams were divided into two groups, one containing seven teams and the other containing nine. Each teams played each other team in its group once in matches played between 16 June and 5 July, scoring four points for a win and two for a no-result or abandoned entirely without a ball being bowled. The top two teams in each group went forward to the semi-finals, the top team in each group playing team with the runner-up from the other. Where teams finished with equal points totals, run rate was used to separate them.

Teams and squads

Group A

11 June

In a match reduced to 50 overs a team, Denmark easily defeated Argentina. Soren Henriksen made 56 for the Danes, while Ole Mortensen took 4-15. A fine knock of 135 by Andy Pycroft helped Zimbabwe to pile up 315/7 against Bangladesh who could manage only 171/8 in reply. Meanwhile, 56 from P Banerji and 4-27 from DP John got Malaysia through to a tight two-wicket victory over East Africa, despite DM Patel claiming 4-19.

13 June

58 from P Budin helped Malaysia to 226/9, but the real culprits were the Argentine bowlers, who sent down a staggering 26 wides in the innings; AH Gooding took 4-35 from six overs. In reply Argentina fell to 44/7 and DA Culley's 41 could do no more than delay the inevitable as they were bowled out for 88 to lose by 134 runs. The other match played on this date was much closer, Bangladesh successfully defending a small total of 143 by bowling out Kenya for 134.

16 June

Denmark recovered from 20/2 to post a total of 274/7, with S Mikkelsen making 60, Ole Mortensen 59 and Soren Henriksen 50. In reply, East Africa could manage only 161, to lose by the large margin of 113 runs. Some excellent Zimbabwean bowling saw them dismiss Kenya for 82, cruising to a seven-wicket triumph with more than half their overs remaining.

18 June

Argentina surprisingly reduced Zimbabwe to 98/5, but then a stand of 174 between Rawson and Gary Wallace saw the Africans through to a daunting 357/7. Argentina were never likely to threaten such a target, and so it proved as they were bowled out for 150 to lose by a massive 207 runs. In the other Group A game, Jahangir Shah took 4-37 for Bangladesh but could not stop Malaysia making 239 ; DP John took 5-40 as the Bangladeshis slid to a 57-run defeat despite Rafiqul Alam's 51.

20 June

Bangladesh made 162 against East Africa, with SM Lakha taking 4-31. In reply their opponents reached their target with only four wickets down, thanks largely to a stand of 125 for the third wicket between BR Bouri and FG Patel. 4-21 from England's future nemesis Eddo Brandes restricted Denmark to 146, a total which the Zimbabweans cruised past inside 35 overs, Grant Paterson making 86 not out. And 66 from Stevens helped Malaysia to 154, but it was insufficient as Kenya, 99/5 at one stage, recovered to win by five wickets.

23 June

Despite no player reaching fifty, East Africa's 261/8 was always likely to be too good for Argentina, and so it proved as the South Americans were dismissed 84 runs short for 177, A Kumar claiming 6-26. The other match on this day, playing in Leicestershire at Egerton Park, saw Malaysia bowled out for 89 by Zimbabwe who reached their target with little drama for the loss of just two wickets.

25 June

Extras top-scored with 29 in Argentina's poor total of 122 against Bangladesh; the Asians had no problem knocking off the runs, Raqibul Hasan hitting 47 not out as they glided to an eight-wicket victory with more than 20 overs in hand. An exciting second match saw Denmark overcome Kenya by one wicket: some tight bowling from Mortensen had restricted the Kenyans to 121, and although Denmark fell to 96/9, an unbroken last-wicket stand of 26 saw them through. For East Africa, GR Shariff made 72 and BR Bouri 31, but no one else passed 7 as Brandes wreaked havoc to dismiss them for 140. In reply, Zimbabwe reached 143/0 with 33 overs to spare, with David Houghton scoring 87 not out and Paterson 55 not out.

27 June

Solid contributions throughout the order guided Denmark to a good-looking 265/8 against Malaysia, despite Stevens' haul of 4-48, and it was too much for their opponents, who lost their first three wickets for 18 and were eventually dismissed off the penultimate ball for 178, 87 runs behind, despite V Vijiyalingam's 51, his only Trophy half-century. Anil Patel made 65 out of Kenya's 209/9 against local rivals East Africa, who had no chance once they had slumped to 33/5 and lost in the end by 63 runs.

30 June

Kenya's captain Tom Tikolo top-scored with 48 as the Africans reached 228 all out against Argentina, who were unable to cope with the bowling of Zahoor Sheikh and could do no better than 141, thus losing by 87 runs. Nehal Hasnain's 56 stood out for Bangladesh as Mortensen's 4-31 prevented their getting beyond 147; 49 for Johnny Jensen ensured a four-wicket victory for the Danes.

Group B

11 June

A completely one-sided match saw Bermuda amass 304/9 and then bowl out Fiji for just 69, with two men bowling unchanged throughout: A Edwards took 6-38 while T Burgess claimed 4-29. The USA's total of 152 looked vulnerable as Derek Abraham picked up 4-27, but Canada collapsed in reply and were dismissed for 79, Kamran Rasheed taking 4-22. An ICC Trophy record 172 from Simon Myles, who put on 174 for the third wicket with Nigel Stearns guided Hong Kong to 324/5, and 63 from Gibraltar's Gary De'Ath made no difference to the result as they finished on 180/5, 144 runs adrift. The Netherlands won another one-sided game as they made 271/6 and then ran through Papua New Guinea's batting, Paul-Jan Bakker taking 5-18 as PNG were bowled out for a mere 52.

13 June

Bermuda became the first team to pass 400 in the ICC Trophy as they flayed Hong Kong's bowlers to the tune of 407/8, with Noel Gibbons making 125 not out and Ricky Hill 84, though Bob Fotheringham did take 4-51. Martin Sabine top-scored for Hong Kong with 55, but they fell 227 runs short of their target on 180/6. Canada made a reasonable 225/6 against the Netherlands, but the Dutch recorded a six-wicket win with three overs to spare thanks to Rupert Gomes and Steven Lubbers. D Moss made 108 for Israel against Fiji, but the next highest score was Extras with 19 and they totalled a disappointing 155 and 68 not out from VSJ Campbell set Fiji on their way to a nine-wicket victory. Kamran Rasheed made 73 and NS Lashkari 50 as the USA beat Papua New Guinea by 49 runs.

16 June

Outstanding figures of 10-6-10-4 from Bermuda's T Burgess kept Israel's total down to a measly 86, and Winston Reid plundered 63 not out as the Bermudians raced to their target in under 14 overs for the loss of just one wicket. Paul Prashad hit an unbeaten 164 for Canada as they made their way to 356/6, ably supported by D Singh. Papua New Guinea showed fight in their response, Karo Ao and Taunao Vai compiling an opening stand of 126, but then F Waithe reduced them to 133/4 and there was no way back; Derick Etwaroo took 4-64 and PNG ended on 267/9. Future Woking F.C. FA Cup hero Tim Buzaglo made 88 for Gibraltar as they reached 185/8, but 55 from E Vakausausa made sure of victory for Fiji. And Bakker took 5-20 as the USA slid to 88 all out and a ten-wicket loss to the Netherlands.

18 June

Bermuda made 224/9, but despite no-one reaching 50 most of the USA team chipped in with useful runs and they won by three wickets with 16 balls to spare. 87 from Stearns and 80 from Myles helped Hong Kong to a good 261/7 against Canada, but a century opening partnership between Omadat Dipchand and Prashad, plus 51 from IF Kirmani, got them to their target with four wickets and three balls remaining. Papua New Guinea obliterated Gibraltar by the little matter of 369 runs, amassing a Trophy record 455/9. De'Ath took five wickets, but his 12 overs cost 88 runs. In reply Gibraltar had no chance, subsiding to 86 all out with Maha taking 5-12 and G Ravu 4-16. Another lop-sided game saw the Netherlands put on 251 for the first wicket against Israel, Steve Atkinson making 162 and Lifmann 110. Gomes added 64 not out and Lubbers 50 as the Dutch closed on 425/4. D Moss made 62 and Stanley Perlman 51 for Israel as they reached 111/1, but that was as good as it got: Elferink ran through the order with 6-22 and they lost by 267 runs.

20 June

Gibraltar were humiliated by Canada: Abraham took 5-9 as the Gibraltarians were dismissed for 46, the lowest total of the tournament, and it could have been worse as they were 17/7 at one point. In reply the Canadians smashed 48 from just 23 balls to record the easiest of ten-wicket wins. CAC Browne made 57 as Fiji posted a competitive total of 251 against the United States, but an unbeaten 104 by Lashkari and 74 from Kamran Rasheed ensured a five-wicket win for the Americans. The Dutch put on 200 for the second wicket against Hong Kong and their opponents could only manage 157/9 from their allotted overs. Finally, Harry made 162 and Maha 52 as Papua New Guinea destroyed Israel ; Amini took 5-19 for the Papuans.