| 1990 ICC Trophy | |
| Administrator: | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket Format: | Limited overs cricket |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Count: | 3 |
| Participants: | 17 |
| Most Runs: | Nolan Clarke (523) |
| Most Wickets: | Eddo Brandes (18) |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1986 ICC Trophy |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Next Tournament: | 1994 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. In July 1992, Zimbabwe were promoted to Full Member status of the ICC.[1]
See main article: 1990 ICC Trophy squads. Seventeen teams contested the tournament. All nineteen associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at the time were eligible to compete at the tournament, with Japan and West Africa the only ones not to send a team.
Note: the winning team is always given first. Italics indicate the side winning the toss.
Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the second round.
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.733 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.158 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.058 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.083 | 0 | |
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.156 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.439 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.312 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3.150 | 4 | |
| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.058 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.449 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.509 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.228 | 0 | |
| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5.466 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.270 | 12 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3.812 | 8 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2.285 | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.962 | 0 | |
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 (Grant Flower 52*) and a seven-wicket win. Finally Zimbabwe were inserted by Kenya but compiled 259/9 (AH Omarshah 69), 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 (MO Odumbe 64) 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 (KR Khan 52) turned out to be more than sufficient, E Daley claiming 4–35 as the United States recorded a 67-run triumph.
The Netherlands won Group B on the basis of better run rate than Bangladesh's, 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 (NE Clarke 83, RP Lefebvre 75) 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 (GJAF Aponso 54; SRM Sorensen 4–43) 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 (85) and Akram Khan (50) 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 (Nurul Abedin 105, Faruk Ahmed 56) before dismissing their opponents for 148, only opener Ingleton Liburd (60) 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.
Teams highlighted in yellow qualified for the semi-finals.
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.706 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.975 | 4 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.700 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.683 | 4 | |
| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.683 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.607 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.095 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.717 | 4 | |
Note: the winning team is always given first. Italics indicate the side winning the toss.
| Group G | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.175 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.450 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.255 | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2.578 | 0 | |
| Group H | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | RR | Pts |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.761 | 16 | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.317 | 12 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.118 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3.004 | 4 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2.836 | 4 | |
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The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table, ordered by runs, then by batting average, and then alphabetically.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523 | 9 | 65.37 | 154 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 315 | 8 | 45.00 | 109* | 1 | 1 | |||
| 315 | 7 | 45.00 | 150 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 311 | 7 | 77.75 | 80* | 0 | 3 | |||
| 289 | 7 | 48.16 | 79* | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | Best | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.1 | 18 | 12.77 | 24.72 | 3.10 | 5/22 | |||
| 75.2 | 16 | 18.25 | 28.25 | 3.87 | 4/34 | |||
| 63.0 | 14 | 9.42 | 27.00 | 2.09 | 3/16 | |||
| 82.0 | 14 | 13.21 | 35.14 | 2.25 | 4/25 | |||
| 63.3 | 13 | 12.84 | 29.30 | 2.62 | 4/29 |
Source: CricketArchive