- ACC Trophy
The ACC Trophy or Asian Cricket Council Trophy is a
one-day cricket tournament organised by theAsian Cricket Council for the non-test nations in Asia. It was most recently held in Malaysia in 2008.The ACC Trophy is a 50-overs per side tournament played according to all normal ICC rules and regulations, and paves the way for Asian non-Test nations to attempt qualification for the
Cricket World Cup .The teams which are eligible to participate for the ACC Trophy are the associate members: Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates, and the affiliate members: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
Before the 2008 tournament, the ACC split the ACC trophy into two divisions, an Elite division for the top 10 from the 2006 ACC Trophy and a Challenge division for the remaining Asian teams. [http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_08_trophyelite_results.cfm Asian Cricket, retrieved
03 August 2008 ] The Elite tournament format is a five team per group round robin stage, with the top two teams from each group progressing into a knock-out stage.Previous finals
ACC Trophy records
Team records
*Highest total:
*Lowest total:
*Most wins: UAE 4, Bangladesh 2Individual records
*Most runs in an innings: AN French cr|Hong Kong 203*
*Most runs in a career: Arshad Ali cr|United Arab Emirates 461; ZA Shroff cr|Singapore 309
* Best batting average: Arshad Ali cr|United Arab Emirates 153.66
*Best bowling in an innings:
*Most wickets in a career: Shadeed Silva cr|United Arab Emirates 14
*Best bowling ave: Kashif Butt cr|United Arab Emirates 3.00
*Most catches by an outfielder (career): Khuram Khan cr|United Arab Emirates 5
*Most wicket-keeping dismissals (career): Mohammad Nadeem cr|United Arab Emirates 8
*Most ACC Trophy appearances:Best Partnerships
# Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for cr|Saudi Arabia v cr|Brunei 201*
# Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for cr|Hong Kong v cr|Singapore 181
# Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for cr|Qatar v cr|Thailand 174
# Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for cr|Afghanistan v cr|Malaysia 171
# Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for cr|Singapore v cr|Bahrain 170
# Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for cr|Qatar v cr|Iran 174
# Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for cr|United Arab Emirates v cr|Brunei 166
# Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for cr|Hong Kong v cr|Myanmar 161
# Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for *cr|Saudi Arabia v cr|Brunei 158
# Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for cr|United Arab Emirates v cr|Brunei 152RECORDS INCOMPLETE
Notes
Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.
ee also
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ACC Twenty20 Cup References
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