ACC Twenty20 Cup

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The ACC Twenty20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket tournament for national teams from Asia. The first tournament was shared by Afghanistan and Oman.^[1]

Contents 1 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup 1.1 First round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.2 Semi-finals 1.3 3rd place play-off 1.4 Final 2 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup

The 2007 tournament took place from 27 October until 2 November in Kuwait. Ten teams participated.

[edit] First round

[edit] Group A

Group A saw eventual finalists Oman and Afghanistan finish in the top two and qualify for the semi-final stage. Malaysia failed to win a match,^[2] despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad.^[3]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
Oman	6	4	3	0	1	0
Afghanistan	6	4	3	0	1	0
Qatar	4	4	2	0	2	0
Nepal	4	4	2	0	2	0
Malaysia	0	4	0	0	4	0

[edit] Group B

Group B was a closer group than Group A. The UAE topped the group after winning all four of their games, and hosts Kuwait joined them in the semi-finals after finishing ahead of Singapore.^[2]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
United Arab Emirates	8	4	4	0	0	0
Kuwait	4	4	2	0	2	0
Singapore	4	4	2	0	2	0
Saudi Arabia	2	4	1	0	3	0
Hong Kong	2	4	1	0	3	0

[edit] Semi-finals

1 November 2007	Oman  160/9 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 122 all out (19.3 overs)	Oman won by 38 runs Unity Cricket Club Umpires: Vinay Jha, Siva Sarika Man of the Match: Hemin Desai
	Adnan Ilyas 48 (36) Azmatullah 2/31 (4 overs)		Azmatullah 41 (28 overs) Hemin Desai 3/22 (3 overs)

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1 November 2007	Afghanistan  163 all out (19.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 116 all out (18.4 overs)	Afghanistan won by 47 runs Unity Cricket Club Umpires: Srinivasan, Riaz Chaudhari Man of the Match: Nowroz Mangal
	Nowroz Mangal 61 (30) Shadeep Silva 4/22 (3.5 overs)		Amjad Javed 36 (20) Samiullah 4/20 (3.4 overs)

[edit] 3rd place play-off

2 November 2007	Kuwait  126/7 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 123/8 (20 overs)	Kuwait won by 3 runs KOC Cricket Ground Umpires: not known Man of the Match: Yaseen Mughal
	Yaseen Mughal 24* (25) Shadeep Silva 2/35 (4 overs)		Saqib Ali 53 (38) Yaseen Mughal 4/21 (3 overs)

[edit] Final

2 November 2007	Afghanistan  151/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 151/7 (20 overs)	Match tied KOC Cricket Ground Umpires: Waseem Abbas, Naveed Malik Man of the Match: Nelesh Palmer
	Karim Sadiq 27 (24) Zeshan Ahmed 3/30 (3 overs)		Nelesh Palmer 66 (56) Hameed Hasan 2/31 (4 overs)
Tournament regulations stated that a Bowl-out was to be used in the event of a tie, but due to damage caused to the pitch it was cancelled and the trophy shared.[1]

[edit] 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup

A second tournament is set to be held in November 2009, featuring all but the bottom two teams from the 2007 tournament. The top three teams from the 2009 tournament will join Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the cricket tournament at the 2010 Asian Games.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site