International cricket in 2003–04

The 2003–04 international cricket season lasted from September 2003 to March 2004.[1]

Season overview

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International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI
3 October 2003   Pakistan   South Africa 1–0 [2] 2–3 [5]
8 October 2003   India   New Zealand 0–0 [2]
9 October 2003   Australia   Zimbabwe 2–0 [2]
21 October 2003   Bangladesh   England 0–2 [2] 0–3 [3]
4 November 2003   Zimbabwe   West Indies 0–1 [2] 2–3 [5]
18 November 2003   Sri Lanka   England 1–0 [3] 1–0 [3]
29 November 2003   Pakistan   New Zealand 5–0 [5]
4 December 2003   Australia   India 1–1 [4]
12 December 2003   South Africa   West Indies 3–0 [4] 3–1 [5]
19 December 2003   New Zealand   Pakistan 0–1 [2] 4–1 [5]
13 February 2004   New Zealand   South Africa 1–1 [3] 5–1 [6]
19 February 2004   Zimbabwe   Bangladesh 1–0 [2] 2–1 [5]
20 February 2004   Sri Lanka   Australia 0–3 [3] 2–3 [5]
11 March 2004   West Indies   England 0–3 [4] 2–2 [7]
13 March 2004   Pakistan   India 1–2 [3] 2–3 [5]
International tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
23 October 2003   TVS Cup   Australia
9 January 2004   VB Series   Australia
Minor international tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
23 March 2004   Americas Affiliates Championship 2003–04   Bahamas
25 March 2004 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup   Scotland

Pre-season rankings

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The following are the rankings at the start of the season.

ICC Test Championship

Table in August 2003

ICC ODI Championship

Table in August 2003

Rank Team Rating Rank Team Rating
1   Australia 129 1   Australia 134
2   South Africa 119 2   South Africa 118
3   New Zealand 106 3   England 107
4   England 101 4   West Indies 106
5   India 94 5   New Zealand 106
6   Sri Lanka 91 6   Sri Lanka 105
7   Pakistan 90 7   Pakistan 105
8   West Indies 83 8   India 104
9   Zimbabwe 58 9   Zimbabwe 63
10   Bangladesh 2 10   Kenya 30
11   Bangladesh 3

October

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South Africa in Pakistan

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2046 3 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 8 runs
ODI 2047 5 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 42 runs
ODI 2048 7 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   South Africa by 13 runs (D/L)
ODI 2049 10 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   South Africa by 6 wickets
ODI 2050 12 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Mark Boucher Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   South Africa by 7 wickets
Test series
Test 1664 17–21 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 8 wickets
Test 1666 24–28 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match Drawn

New Zealand in India

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1660 8–12 October Sourav Ganguly Stephen Fleming Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Match Drawn
Test 1662 16–20 October Rahul Dravid Stephen Fleming Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Match Drawn

Zimbabwe in Australia

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1661 9–13 October Steve Waugh Heath Streak WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by an innings and 175 runs
Test 1663 17–20 October Steve Waugh Heath Streak Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 9 wickets

England in Bangladesh

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1665 21–25 October Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka   England by 7 wickets
Test 1667 29 October–1 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong   England by 329 runs
ODI series
ODI 2057 7 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong   England by 7 wickets
ODI 2059 10 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka   England by 7 wickets
ODI 2060 12 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka   England by 7 wickets

TVS Cup (India, Australia, New Zealand in India)

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Australia 6 5 1 0 28 +1.113
2   India 6 2 3 1 16 +0.110
3   New Zealand 6 1 4 1 10 –1.457
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2051 23 October   India Rahul Dravid   New Zealand Stephen Fleming M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai No Result
ODI 2052 26 October   India Rahul Dravid   Australia Ricky Ponting Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior   India by 37 runs
ODI 2053 29 October   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad   Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2054 1 November   India Rahul Dravid   Australia Ricky Ponting Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   Australia by 77 runs
ODI 2055 3 November   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Nehru Stadium, Pune   Australia by 2 wickets
ODI 2056 6 November   India Rahul Dravid   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   New Zealand by 4 wickets
ODI 2058 9 November   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Nehru Stadium, Guwahati   Australia by 44 runs
ODI 2061 12 November   India Sourav Ganguly   Australia Ricky Ponting M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore   Australia by 61 runs
ODI 2062 15 November   India Sourav Ganguly   New Zealand Chris Cairns Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad   India by 145 runs
Final
ODI 2064 18 November   India Rahul Dravid   Australia Ricky Ponting Eden Gardens, Kolkata   Australia by 37 runs

November

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West Indies in Zimbabwe

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1668 4–8 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare Match Drawn
Test 1669 12–16 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo   West Indies by 128 runs
ODI series
ODI 2065 22 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo   West Indies by 51 runs (D/L)
ODI 2066 23 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo   Zimbabwe by 6 wickets
ODI 2067 26 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 21 runs
ODI 2069 29 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare   West Indies by 72 runs (D/L)
ODI 2070 30 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare   West Indies by 8 wickets

England in Sri Lanka

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2063 18 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
ODI 2064a 21 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match abandoned
ODI 2066a 23 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match abandoned
Test series
Test 1670 2–6 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Galle International Stadium, Galle Match drawn
Test 1672 10–14 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Match drawn
Test 1675 18–21 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo   Sri Lanka by an innings and 215 runs

New Zealand in Pakistan

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2068 29 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 2071 1 December Yousuf Youhana Chris Cairns Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 124 runs
ODI 2072 3 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Pakistan by 51 runs
ODI 2073 5 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   Pakistan by 7 wickets
ODI 2074 7 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   Pakistan by 49 runs

December

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India in Australia

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1671 4–8 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly The Gabba, Brisbane Match drawn
Test 1673 12–16 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   India by 4 wickets
Test 1678 26–30 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1680 2–6 January Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Match drawn

West Indies in South Africa

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1674 12–16 December Graeme Smith Brian Lara New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 189 runs
Test 1679 26–29 December Graeme Smith Brian Lara Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by an innings and 65 runs
Test 1681 2–6 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Newlands, Cape Town Match drawn
Test 1682 16–20 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 10 wickets

Pakistan in New Zealand

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1676 19–23 December Stephen Fleming Inzamam-ul-Haq Seddon Park, Hamilton Match drawn
Test 1677 26–30 December Stephen Fleming Inzamam-ul-Haq Basin Reserve, Wellington   Pakistan by 7 wickets

January

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VB Series (AUS, IND, ZIM in AUS)

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Pos Team Pld W L NR BP Pts NRR
1   Australia 8 6 1 1 7 37 +1.100
2   India 8 5 3 0 4 29 +0.282
3   Zimbabwe 8 0 7 1 3 6 –1.326
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2077 9 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 18 runs
ODI 2079 11 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 99 runs
ODI 2080 14 January   India Sourav Ganguly   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Bellerive Oval, Hobart   India by 7 wickets
ODI 2082 16 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Bellerive Oval, Hobart   Australia by 148 runs
ODI 2084 18 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Sourav Ganguly The Gabba, Brisbane   India by 19 runs
ODI 2085 20 January   India Sourav Ganguly   Zimbabwe Heath Streak The Gabba, Brisbane   India by 24 runs
ODI 2086 22 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 2 wickets
ODI 2087 24 January   India Sourav Ganguly   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   India by 3 runs
ODI 2089 26 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 13 runs
ODI 2091 29 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   Zimbabwe Heath Streak Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne No result
ODI 2093 1 February   Australia Adam Gilchrist   India Sourav Ganguly WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 5 wickets
ODI 2095 3 February   India Rahul Dravid   Zimbabwe Heath Streak WACA Ground, Perth   India by 4 wickets
Finals
ODI 2097 6 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 2098 8 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 208 runs

West Indies in South Africa

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2088 25 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 209 runs
ODI 2090 28 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 16 runs
ODI 2092 30 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Kingsmead, Durban No result
ODI 2094 1 February Graeme Smith Brian Lara SuperSport Park, Centurion   West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 2096 4 February Graeme Smith Brian Lara New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 4 wickets

February

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Bangladesh in Zimbabwe

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1683 19–23 February Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 183 runs
Test 1684 26–29 February Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 2109a 6 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match abandoned
ODI 2109b 7 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match abandoned
ODI 2110 10 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Bangladesh by 8 runs
ODI 2111 12 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 14 runs
ODI 2113 14 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 3 wickets

South Africa in New Zealand

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The two abandoned ODI matches at Dunedin and Auckland were played the day after at the same venue. The ODI series was still revised to a six-game series

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2099 13 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 2100 17 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Jade Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI 2101 20 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Westpac Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 5 runs
ODI 2103a 24 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Carisbrook, Dunedin Match abandoned
ODI 2104 25 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Carisbrook, Dunedin   New Zealand by 6 wickets
ODI 2106a 28 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland Match abandoned
ODI 2107 29 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 2 runs (D/L)
ODI 2109 2 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith McLean Park, Napier   New Zealand by 5 wickets
Test series
Test 1686 10–14 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Westpac Park, Hamilton Match drawn
Test 1689 18–22 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 9 wickets
Test 1692 26–30 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Basin Reserve, Wellington   South Africa by 6 wickets

Australia in Sri Lanka

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2102 20 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   Australia by 84 runs
ODI 2103 22 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla   Sri Lanka by 1 run
ODI 2105 25 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   Australia by 5 wickets
ODI 2106 27 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   Australia by 40 runs
ODI 2108 29 February Marvan Atapattu Adam Gilchrist Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 3 wickets
Test series
Test 1685 8–12 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Galle International Stadium, Galle   Australia by 197 runs
Test 1688 16–20 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy   Australia by 27 runs
Test 1691 24–28 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo   Australia by 121 runs

March

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England in West Indies

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1687 11–14 March Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   England by 10 wickets
Test 1690 19–23 March Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   England by 7 wickets
Test 1694 1–3 April Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   England by 8 wickets
Test 1696 10–14 April Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 2118 18 April Ramnaresh Sarwan Michael Vaughan Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana   England by 2 wickets
ODI 2121 24 April Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad No result
ODI 2122a 25 April Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Match abandoned
ODI 2123a 28 April Brian Lara Michael Vaughan National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada Match abandoned
ODI 2125 1 May Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   West Indies by 5 wickets
ODI 2126 2 May Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 2127 5 May Brian Lara Michael Vaughan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   England by 5 wickets

India in Pakistan

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2112 13 March Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly National Stadium, Karachi   India by 5 runs
ODI 2114 16 March Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   Pakistan by 12 runs
ODI 2115 19 March Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar   Pakistan by 4 wickets
ODI 2116 21 March Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   India by 5 wickets
ODI 2117 24 March Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   India by 40 runs
Test series
Test 1693 28 March–1 April Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan   India by an innings and 52 runs
Test 1695 5–8 April Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 9 wickets
Test 1697 13–16 April Inzamam-ul-Haq Sourav Ganguly Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   India by an innings and 131 runs

2003–04 Americas Affiliates Championship

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No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Match 1 23 March   Bahamas NA   Turks and Caicos Islands NA Howard 2 Ground, Panama City   Bahamas by 8 wickets
Match 2 23 March   Belize NA   Suriname NA Howard 1 Ground, Panama City   Belize by 117 runs
Match 3 24 March   Belize NA   Turks and Caicos Islands NA Howard 2 Ground, Panama City   Belize by 207 runs
Match 4 24 March   Panama NA   Bahamas NA Howard 1 Ground, Panama City   Bahamas by 6 wickets
Match 5 25 March   Panama NA   Belize NA Howard 2 Ground, Panama City   Panama by 43 runs
Match 6 25 March   Suriname NA   Turks and Caicos Islands NA Howard 1 Ground, Panama City   Turks and Caicos Islands by 44 runs
Match 7 26 March   Bahamas NA   Belize NA Howard 1 Ground, Panama City   Bahamas by 3 wickets
Match 8 26 March   Panama NA   Suriname NA Howard 2 Ground, Panama City   Panama by 7 wickets
Match 9 27 March   Bahamas NA   Suriname NA Howard 2 Ground, Panama City   Bahamas by 7 wickets
Match 10 27 March   Panama NA   Turks and Caicos Islands NA Howard 1 Ground, Panama City   Panama by 70 runs

2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup

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Group stage

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Group stage
No. Date Group Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
First-class 25–27 March Asia   United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan     Nepal Raju Khadka Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Match drawn
First-class 23–25 April Asia     Nepal Raju Khadka   Malaysia Suresh Navaratnam Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur     Nepal by 9 wickets
First-class 23–25 April Africa   Namibia Deon Kotze   Uganda Junior Kwebiha Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek   Uganda by 5 wickets
First-class 28–30 May America   United States Richard Staple   Canada John Davison Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale   Canada by 104 runs
First-class 11–13 June Europe   Scotland Craig Wright   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Mannofield Park, Aberdeen Match drawn
First-class 13–15 July Europe   Netherlands Luuk van Troost   Ireland Kyle McCallan Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer   Ireland by an innings and 47 runs
First-class 13–15 July America   Bermuda Clay Smith   United States Richard Staple National Stadium, Hamilton   United States by 114 runs
First-class 23–25 July Africa   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Uganda Junior Kwebiha Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by an innings and 4 runs
First-class 6–8 August Europe   Ireland Jason Molins   Scotland Craig Wright Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin   Scotland by 8 wickets
First-class 13–15 August America   Canada John Davison   Bermuda Clay Smith Sunnybrook Park, Toronto Match drawn
First-class 17–19 September Asia   Malaysia Suresh Navaratnam   United Arab Emirates Mohammad Tauqir Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur   United Arab Emirates by 124 runs
First-class 1–3 October Africa   Kenya Hitesh Modi   Namibia Deon Kotze Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi Match drawn

Finals

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First-class
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1st Semi Final 17–19 November   Kenya Ragheb Aga   Scotland Craig Wright Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Match drawn,   Scotland progress on group points
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
2nd Semi Final 17–19 November   United Arab Emirates Mohammad Tauqir   Canada Ian Billcliff Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Match drawn,   Canada progress on group points
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Final 21–22 November   Canada Ian Billcliff   Scotland Craig Wright Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah   Scotland by an innings and 84 runs

References

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  1. ^ "Match/series Archive / 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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