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Mohammad Tauqir, the captain of the UAE team, has expressed the hope that playing more three-day first-class matches will help his team gain further experience in playing the longer version of the game

Rageb Aga, Kenya's stand-in captain, has warned that nothing less than victory will do, as they prepare for their Intercontinental Cup semi-final clash against Scotland

The semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup have been put back 24 hours following the death of the president of the United Arab Emirates

In an effort to qualify for the next World Cup, in West Indies in 2007, Scotland are to appoint a full-time coach, helped financed by Sport Scotland

An elbow injury has forced Dougie Brown who has had an unlucky time recently to withdraw from representing his native Scotland

John Davison, Canada's captain, will miss the crucial Intercontinental Cup finals in Sharjah after failing to persuade South Australia to release him to play

Namibia gain control with good all-round performance

Kenyan cricketers impress against Namibia despite negative support from home crowd

Selection for Intercontinental Cup semi-final raises a few eyebrows

Steve Tikolo slams the KCA following the omission of the 13 striking players from the Intercontinental Cup.

Canada are unsure whether John Davison, their captain and senior player, will be released to play for them in next month's ICC Intercontinental Cup semi-final against United Arab Emirates in Sharjah

Kenya's selectors have finally named their squad for next month's Intercontinental Cup semi-final against Scotland in Sharjah - and none of the players who went on strike earlier in the month are included

At the end of the first day Kenya were 23 for 1 in reply to Scotland's 300 for 5 declared, while UAE were 70 for 2 replying to Canada's 337 for 6 dec

Omar Henry, currently South Africa's convenor of selectors, is considering returning to Scotland to help the build on their victory in the ICC Intercontinental Cup

A spectacular second-innings collapse by Canada enabled Scotland to win the Intercontinental Cup final at Sharjah by an innings and 84 runs with more than a day to spare

Scotland took control on the first day of the inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup final at Sharjah, bowling Canada out for 110 and taking a lead of 70 by the close

Less than two years ago Kenya appeared in a World Cup semi-final

After both sides claimed winning draws in their semi-finals, Canada and Scotland will meet each other on Sunday when the three-day final of the inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup starts

Umar Bhatti's 5 for 43 blew United Arab Emirates away to ensure Canada meet Scotland in the final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup

Kenya must win to reach the final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup after Scotland dominated the second day at Abu Dhabi, while Canada held back UAE's first innings at Sharjah to be the more likley side to progress further