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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

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

Ian Billcliff, Canada's captain, has said that John Davison's absence would be felt during their ICC Intercontinental Cup semi-final against UAE at Sharjah, but that it would give others a chance to display their skills

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

A five-hour unbeaten 187 from Ravindu Shah enabled Kenya to draw their Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia in Nairobi, and so progress to a semi-final clash with Scotland in Sharjah next month

Namibia ended the first day of their Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya at the Aga Khan Club in a strong position

United Arab Emirates will meet Canada in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup after a convincing win over Malaysia

On the second day of the Intercontinental Cup match at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, an astonishing collapse by Malaysia's lower order, in which seven wickets fell for 48 runs, handed the initiative back to United Arab Emirates

Malaysia ended the opening day of their Intercontinental Cup tie against United Arab Emirates at the Selangor Turf Club Ground in a commanding position

Scotland will play meet the qualifier from the Africa region while Canada will face the winner of the Asian group in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup in Sharjah in November

Tillakaratne Dilshan, a key allrounder for Sri Lanka, has been passed fit to play in Sri Lanka's first Champions Trophy match against Zimbabwe on Tuesday

In a woefully one-sided match, Australia bowled out USA for 65 and then knocked off the runs in 7.5 overs

The dismissal of Herschelle Gibbs yesterday - he was the only batsman the Bangladesh bowlers managed to get out - highlighted the plight of a man who 18 months ago was considered one of the most devastating batsmen in international one-day cricket

Anand Vasu previews Australia's match against USA at Southampton

Canada narrowly failed to secure an outright win in their league match against Bermuda in Toronto, but a draw was still enough to win them a semi-final berth in the ICC Intercontinental Cup

Canada took firm control of their ICC Intercontinental Cup match on the second day at Sunnybrook Park in Toronto, bowling Bermuda out for 107 and opening up a lead of 234 by the end of the second day

Bermuda took the honours on a shortened first day at Sunnybrook Park, restricting Canada to 158 for 6, although the untested Sunnybrook wicket may have had something to do with their bowling success

Canada take on Bermuda in their final group match of the ICC Intercontinental Cup on Friday, knowing that victory is essential if they are to progress to the semi-final stage of the competition

Scotland booked their place in the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Cup after beating Ireland by eight wickets at Clontarf in Dublin

Scotland closed the second day of their Intercontinental Cup match at Clontarf in Dublin with all the aces as they went some way towards avenging their European Championship defeat to Ireland last month