1990 ICC Trophy


The 1990 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in the Netherlands between 4 June and 23 June 1990. It was the fourth ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and the first to be held outside England. It was also the first ICC Trophy competition to have a title sponsor, being known officially as the Unibind ICC Trophy. As in previous Trophies, matches were played over 60 overs a side and with white clothing and red balls.
Zimbabwe won the competition for the third successive time, beating the Netherlands in the final for the second time, and also winning every game they played in the tournament. The tournament served as the Cricket World Cup qualification process – as winners, Zimbabwe qualified for the 1992 World Cup. Shortly after the Trophy had been staged, Zimbabwe were in any case promoted to Full Member status of the ICC.

Teams and squads

Seventeen teams contested the tournament. All nineteen associate members of the International Cricket Council at the time were eligible to compete at the tournament, with Japan and West Africa the only ones not to send a team.

Teams

Group A

Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the second round.

Second round

Teams

Group A

Zimbabwe continued their winning ways with three victories to top the table. They started with a straightforward nine-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea: the Papuans, having won the toss and decided to bat, fell to 44/4 before recovering a little to post 133ao, but it was never likely to be enough and so it proved as the Zimbabweans reached 134/1 thanks to Andy Flower's 80*. In the next match, having put the USA in to bat, 5–22 from Eddo Brandes kept the Americans down to 131ao, with Zimbabwe then strolling to 132/3 and a seven-wicket win. Finally Zimbabwe were inserted by Kenya but compiled 259/9, tight bowling keeping their opponents down to 126/6, 133 runs adrift.
Kenya were the other qualifiers for the semi-finals, on run rate. They restricted the USA to 162ao after the Americans had chosen to bat, then an unbeaten 79 from Maurice Odumbe guided them to 163/4 and victory by six wickets. Next, however, Papua New Guinea, winning the toss and batting, posted 230ao thanks to 55 by Amini and no less than 54 extras; this profligacy with the ball cost them the game as they fell to 193ao and a 37-run defeat. Finally in Group A, the USA chose to bat first against the Papuans, and their choice was vindicated as their shaky-looking 190ao turned out to be more than sufficient, E Daley claiming 4–35 as the United States recorded a 67-run triumph.

Group B

The Netherlands won Group B on run rate from Bangladesh, despite losing their first match to Canada by 21 runs. Having put Canada in, Eric Dulfer's 5–38 was overshadowed by D Singh's 64 as the North Americans recovered from 79/6 to put up 199ao; the Dutch could manage only 178/8 from their 60 overs. The Netherlands made amends by annihilating Bangladesh by 161 runs in their next game, choosing to bat first and posting 309/7 despite having been 27/2 at one stage, before running through the entire Bangladeshi order for 148; then winning an all-European affair with Denmark. Again winning the toss and batting, the Dutch team were restricted to a moderate 176ao but ended up winning by 54 runs having bowled out the Danes for 122.
Bangladesh were the final side through to the semis. Asked to field first by Denmark, A From-Hansen made 57 and JS Jensen 50 out of the Danes' 233/9, but Nurul Abedin and Akram Khan were the Asians' heroes as they reached 235/7 with just two balls to spare. The Bangladeshis enjoyed a far more comfortable 117-run win against Canada in their other game: inserted by the Canadians, Bangladesh produced a total of 265/6 before dismissing their opponents for 148, only opener Ingleton Liburd showing fight for Canada. Finally, Denmark's decision to ask Canada to bat first proved correct as the Canadians were bowled out for 142, Denmark cruising to 143/4 for a six-wicket victory.

Second round group tables

Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the semi-finals.

Plate

Teams

Group G

Finals

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers are included in this table, ordered by runs, then by batting average, and then alphabetically.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Nolan Clarke523965.3715422
Roland Lefebvre315845.00109*11
Jason Marsden315745.0015010
Andy Flower311777.7580*03
Maurice Odumbe289748.1679*02

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Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBest
Eddo Brandes74.11812.7724.723.105/22
Salahuddin Tariq75.21618.2528.253.874/34
Roland Lefebvre63.0149.4227.002.093/16
Kevin Duers82.01413.2135.142.254/25
Zamin Amin63.31312.8429.302.624/29

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