2005 ICC Trophy

2005 ICC Trophy

Logo of the 2005 ICC Trophy
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	List A cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Ireland
Champions	Scotland (1st title)
Runners-up	Ireland
Participants	12
Matches	42
Most runs	Bas Zuiderent (474)
Most wickets	Paul Hoffmann (17)
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The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served as the final part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process, coming with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2.5 million for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One-Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya (who had already been given official one-day status until the 2009 ICC Trophy and a spot in the 2007 World Cup).

For the first time, five spots were on offer for the World Cup, compared to three previously. On 7 July, the top 4 teams Scotland, Canada and for the first time Ireland and Bermuda qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup and, from 1 January 2006, gained official One-Day International status. On 11 July the Netherlands also achieved this by beating the United Arab Emirates to finish fifth. Scotland won the tournament, beating Ireland by 47 runs in the final.^[1]

Dutch batsman Bas Zuiderent was named the Player of the Tournament.

It was the final edition of this competition titled 'ICC Trophy' before it was renamed to the 'Cricket World Cup Qualifier' for 2009.