india , pakistan and sri lanka competed Competition in the tournament ; bangladesh could not compete Competition because the icc had not granted Giving them test status .

this tournament was considered to be the predecessor to the test cricket world cup that the icc was planning Arranging for the nine member nations .

the unk icc intercontinental cup was the third edition of the icc intercontinental cup first-class cricket tournament Competition , an international cricket tournament Competition between nations who have not been awarded Giving test Testing status Becoming by the international cricket council .

the unk icc intercontinental cup was the third edition of the icc intercontinental cup first-class cricket tournament Competition , an international cricket tournament Competition between nations who have not been awarded Giving test Testing status Becoming by the international cricket council .

the unk icc intercontinental cup was the fifth edition of the icc intercontinental cup tournament , an international first-class cricket competition Competition between nations who had not been awarded Award test status by the international cricket council .

the unk icc intercontinental cup was the fifth edition of the icc intercontinental cup tournament , an international first-class cricket competition Competition between nations who had not been awarded Award test status by the international cricket council .

as a result of changes Change to the structure of international cricket announced Expressing_publicly by the icc in january 2014 , the winner of the unk intercontinental cup ( and following editions of the tournament ) were originally scheduled Arranging to play Participation four five-day matches Competition against the bottom ranked test nation ( two home and two away matches Competition ) , an event Competition known as the 2018 icc test challenge Confronting_problem .

as a result of changes Change to the structure of international cricket announced Expressing_publicly by the icc in january 2014 , the winner of the unk intercontinental cup ( and following editions of the tournament ) were originally scheduled Arranging to play Participation four five-day matches Competition against the bottom ranked test nation ( two home and two away matches Competition ) , an event Competition known as the 2018 icc test challenge Confronting_problem .

should the winner of the intercontinental cup go on to win Earnings_and_losses the icc test challenge Confronting_problem , they would have became Becoming the 11th test nation .

however , in february 2017 following Bringing an icc board meeting Social_event , changes Change were agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act in principle to expand Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the number of test nations to twelve .

both afghanistan and ireland were likely to be granted Receiving test status before the proposed Arranging 2018 icc test challenge Confronting_problem .

in june 2017 , the icc awarded both afghanistan and ireland full member status , making Action them eligible to play Participation test match Competition cricket .