A maiden first-class century for Steven Outerbridge was not enough to save Bermuda from defeat at the hands of Scotland in the ICC Intercontinental Cup match played at the National Stadium, Hamilton.
Having been dismissed for just 106 in the first innings, it was always going to be to
ugh for the home side to save the match as it chased Scotland ’s opening bid of 282.But Outerbridge did his best to do just that managing 113 before he was finally caught by wicketkeeper Colin Smith off the bowling of Dewald Nel for an innings that lasted 250 balls and included 13 boundaries.
For Scotland Ross Lyons bowled beautifully in the second innings, finishing with figures of 4-55 off 27.4 overs. He was well supported by Nel (3-64) as Bermuda was all out for 265 in its second dig and fell 107 runs short on the fourth and final day.
In the context of the ICC Intercontinental Cup table, this result changes little as Bermuda cannot qualify for the final and Scotland is still unlikely to do so. The Scots, however, do move up one place past the Netherlands , which lost its game last week to defending champion Ireland and as such, the 2004 champion’s slim hopes are kept alive by this comprehensive win.
With two matches remaining, Scotland knows it will have to gain maximum points from them and then hope that other results go its way.
ICC Intercontinental Cup table (as of 14 July)
Team P W L D Pts
Namibia 5 5 0 0 82
Ireland 4 3 0 1 69
Kenya 4 3 1 0 66
Scotland 5 2 1 2 52
Netherlands 6 3 3 0 48
UAE 7 1 5 1 29
Canada 5 1 4 0 26
Bermuda 6 1 5 0 26
Six points for first innings lead
14 points for a win (so, maximum of 20 points per match)
Three points for a draw
Top two sides qualify for the final at a venue to be confirmed
Remaining fixtures:
16-19 Jul – Canada v Scotland , King City , Toronto
7-10 Aug – Ireland v Canada , Clontarf, Dublin
7-10 Aug – Scotland v Kenya , Titwood, Glasgow
16-19 Aug – Netherlands v Kenya , Amstelveen , Netherlands
3-6 Sep – Namibia v Bermuda, Wanderers, Windhoek
5-8 Oct – Namibia v Ireland , Wanderers, Windhoek
12-15 Oct – Kenya v Ireland , Nairobi
TBC - Final
Full match scorecard
ICC Intercontinental Cup
At: Hamilton , Bermuda
SCOTLAND (first innings)
F Watts c Outerbridge b Leverock 93
D Lockhart c Edness b Leverock 22
Qasim Sheikh c Edness b O’Brien 13
R Berrington st Edness b Trott 11
C Smith c and b Leverock 17
N McCallum b Leverock 25
Majid Haq b Leverock 46
S Weeraratna c Bascome b Trott 7
G Goudie c Pitcher b Kelly 7
D Nel c Romaine b Leverock 22
R Lyons not out 12
Extras (2b, 1lb, 4nb) 7
TOTAL (all out, 111.3 overs) 282
Fall: 42, 65, 113, 145, 181, 209, 227, 242, 262
Bowling: O’Brien 16.3-5-35-1, Kelly 20-5-52-1, Leverock 44-10-120-6, Pitcher 3-0-6-0, Trott 20-4-56-2, Romaine 0.3-0-1-0, Outerbridge 5-2-9-0
BERMUDA (first innings)
C Foggo b Majid 53
O Bascome c Lyons b Weeraratna 6
J Celestine b Weeraratna 0
S Outerbridge c Smith b Weeraratna 4
O Pitcher c Weeraratna b Lyons 4
I Romaine c Watts b Lyons 0
J Edness c Lockhart b Nel 22
R Trott c Smith b Nel 3
D Leverock c McCallum b Nel 5
S Kelly not out 0
G O’Brien c and b Nel 2
Extras (1lb, 6nb) 7
TOTAL (all out) 106
Fall: 44, 49, 64, 68, 73, 74, 95, 103, 104
Bowling: Nel 12.2-2-27-4, Goudie 9-2-16-0, Majid 20-7-33-1, Weeraratna 5-1-14-3, Lyons 7-1-15-2
SCOTLAND (second innings)F Watts c Pitcher b Kelly 83D Lockhart lbw O'Brien 1Qasim Sheikh b O'Brien 9R Berrington c Edness b O'Brien 0C Smith b Kelly 38N McCallum not out 42Majid Haq c Romaine b Trott 5S Weeraratna c sub (Hollis) b Trott 5G Goudie run out (O'Brien) 6D Nel st Edness b Leverock 1Extras (1w, 2lb, 2b, 1nb) 6TOTAL (for 9 declared, 53.3 overs) 196
Fall: 1-1, 2-22, 3-22, 4-125, 5-158, 6-170, 7-186, 8-195, 9-196Did not bat: R Lyons
Bowling: O'Brien 12-2-39-3, Kelly 15-3-47-2, Leverock 20.3-3-76-1, Trott 5-0-22-2, Outerbridge 1-0-8-0
BERMUDA (second innings)
C Foggo c McCallum b Lyons 4O Bascome c McCallum b Goudie 3J Celestine lbw b Nel 11S Outerbridge c Smith b Nel 113OJ Pitcher lbw Lyons 6J Edness c Smith b Lyons 0R Trott c Watts b Majid 28
I Romaine b Berrington 27
D Leverock not out 19
S Kelly c Lyons b Nel 2
G O’Brien c Berrington b Lyons 32
Extras (2b, 7w, 6lb, 5nb) 20Total (all out, 102.4 overs) 265
Fall: 1-4, 2-20, 3-65, 4-65, 148, 153, 204, 217, 220
Bowling: Nel 23-7-64-3, Goudie 10-3-14-1, Weeraratna 9-2-23-0, Majid21-4-69-1, Lyons 27.4-13-55-4, Berrington 3-1-6-1
Scotland (20 points) beat Bermuda (0 points) by 107 runs
The ICC Intercontinental Cup has quickly grown in stature and profile since its inception three years ago and now the ICC’s premier first-class tournament is an integral part of the Associate Members’ cricket schedule.
Having previously been designed around a two-group, three-day format, the event has evolved into an eight-team, round-robin and truly global tournament featuring four-day cricket which gives those teams who do not play Test cricket the chance to experience the longer form of the game.
Scotland won the first ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2004, beating Canada in the final, while Ireland has been victorious in both events since then, beating Kenya in the 2005 decider and Canada in the 2006-07 event.
The final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2007-08 will take place in November 2008 at a venue yet to be confirmed.
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