ACC Twenty20 Cup

The ACC Twenty20 Cup is a Twenty20 cricket tournament for national teams from Asia. The first tournament was shared by Afghanistan and Oman. [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000058/005894.shtml Thrilling tie a fitting climax in Kuwait] , by Andrew Nixon, 2 November 2007 at CricketEurope]

2007 tournament

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

First round

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, [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/ASIA2020/about.shtml 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup] at CricketEurope] despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad. [ [http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_07_2020_msia.cfm Malaysia squad] at Asian Cricket Council official website]

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.

emi-finals

Limited Overs Matches
date = 1 November 2007
team1 = cr-rt|Oman
score1 = 160/9 (20 overs)
score2 = 122 all out (19.3 overs)
team2 = cr|Kuwait
runs1 = Adnan Ilyas 48 (36)
wickets1 = Azmatullah 2/31 (4 overs)
runs2 = Azmatullah 41 (28 overs)
wickets2 = Hemin Desai 3/22 (3 overs)
result = cr|Oman won by 38 runs
venue = Unity Cricket Club
umpires = Vinay Jha, Siva Sarika
motm = Hemin Desai----Limited Overs Matches
date = 1 November 2007
team1 = cr-rt|Afghanistan
score1 = 163 all out (19.5 overs)
score2 = 116 all out (18.4 overs)
team2 = cr|UAE
runs1 = Nowroz Mangal 61 (30)
wickets1 = Shadeep Silva 4/22 (3.5 overs)
runs2 = Amjad Javed 36 (20)
wickets2 = Samiullah 4/20 (3.4 overs)
result = cr|Afghanistan won by 47 runs
venue = Unity Cricket Club
umpires = Srinivasan, Riaz Chaudhari
motm = Nowroz Mangal

3rd place play-off

Limited Overs Matches
date = 2 November 2007
team1 = cr-rt|Kuwait
score1 = 126/7 (20 overs)
score2 = 123/8 (20 overs)
team2 = cr|UAE
runs1 = Yaseen Mughal 24* (25)
wickets1 = Shadeep Silva 2/35 (4 overs)
runs2 = Saqib Ali 53 (38)
wickets2 = Yaseen Mughal 4/21 (3 overs)
result = cr|Kuwait won by 3 runs
venue = KOC Cricket Ground
umpires = not known
motm = Yaseen Mughal

Final

Limited Overs Matches
date = 2 November 2007
team1 = cr-rt|Afghanistan
score1 = 151/9 (20 overs)
score2 = 151/7 (20 overs)
team2 = cr|Oman
runs1 = Karim Sadiq 27 (24)
wickets1 = Zeshan Ahmed 3/30 (3 overs)
runs2 = Nelesh Palmer 66 (56)
wickets2 = Hameed Hasan 2/31 (4 overs)
result = Match tied
venue = KOC Cricket Ground
umpires = Waseem Abbas, Naveed Malik
motm = Nelesh Palmer
rain = 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.

2009 tournament

A second tournament is set to be held in 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. [ [http://www.asiancricket.org/h_0907_fixtures2020.cfm ACC Twenty20 fixtures announced] as Asian Cricket Council official website]

References

External links

* [http://www.asiancricket.org/cnt_07_2020.cfm Official Site]