2010_ACC_Trophy_Elite
The 2010 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket tournament in Kuwait, taking place between March 31 and April 9, 2010. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helps forms an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by Afghanistan, who defeated Nepal by 95 runs in the final on April 9.
Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | 50 overs per side |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin with playoffs |
Host(s) | Kuwait |
Champions | Afghanistan (1st title) |
Participants | 10 teams |
Matches | 21/21 |
Most runs | Saqib Ali (267) |
Most wickets | Nadeem Ahmed (17) |
Official website | Tournament home |
← 2008 2012 → |
After the 2006 ACC Trophy it was decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in the divisions was based on their final positions in the last ACC Trophy. The top ten teams went on to take part in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the remaining teams were placed in a lower division, the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. Bottom two teams were relegated from 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and top two teams from 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge were promoted. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:
Afghanistan | Bahrain | Bhutan | Hong Kong | Kuwait |
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Malaysia | Nepal | Oman | Singapore | United Arab Emirates |
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Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.592 |
2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.030 |
3 | Oman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.049 |
4 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.852 |
5 | Singapore | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.789 |
31 March 2010 (scorecard) |
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Kuwait won by 3 runs Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: L. Hariharan & Syed Kazmi Player of the match: Munish Arora (Singapore) |
31 March 2010 (scorecard) |
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Nepal won by 118 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Irfan Adil & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Nepal) |
1 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Oman won by 8 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Imran Idress & Syed Kazmi Player of the match: Awal Khan (Oman) |
2 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: L. Hariharan & Imran Idress Player of the match: Hussain Butt (Hong Kong) |
2 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Nepal won by 6 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Irfan Adil Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nepal) |
3 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Nepal won by 7 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Imran Mustafa & Younus Rasheed Player of the match: Mahesh Chhetri (Nepal) |
4 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Hong Kong won by 45 runs Sulabiya Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Nadeem Ahmed (Hong Kong) |
4 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Khalid Butt 55 (44) Deep Trivedi 4/36 (8.5 overs) |
Oman won by 5 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: F. Malik & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Deep Trividi & Adnan Ilyas (both Oman) |
6 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Hong Kong won by 1 wicket Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Irfan Adil & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (Hong Kong) |
6 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Nepal won by 8 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: R. Srinivasan & T Mahmood Player of the match: Sanjam Regmi (Nepal) |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.600 |
2 | Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.512 |
3 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.392 |
4 | Bhutan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −8.498 |
5 | Bahrain[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
- Bahrain were forced to withdraw from the tournament after being unable to field a team due to visa problems.
31 March 2010 (scorecard) |
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Afghanistan won by 393 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: John Saloman & R. Srinivasan Player of the match: Asghar Stanikzai (Afghanistan) |
1 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 434 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: John Saloman & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Saqib Ali (UAE) |
2 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 2 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & Farid Malik Player of the match: Saqib Ali (UAE) |
3 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Afghanistan won by 1 run Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & John Salomon Player of the match: Hameed Hasan (Afghanistan) |
4 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Damber Gurung 10 (19) Ghulam Mustafa 4/18 (7.3 overs) |
Damith Warusavithana 53* (21) |
Malaysia won by 10 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & M. Irfan Adil Player of the match: Damith Warusavithana (Malaysia) |
6 April 2010 (scorecard) |
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Malaysia won by 2 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Naresh D'Souza Player of the match: Suhan Kumar (Malaysia) |
9th place play-off
7th place play-off
7 April (scorecard) |
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Khalid Butt 85 (37) |
Kuwait won by 10 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Srinivasan Adachani & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Khalid Butt (Kuwait) |
5th place play-off
8 April (scorecard) |
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Oman won by 34 runs (D/L) Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Vaibhav Wategaonkar (UAE) |
3rd place play-off
9 April (scorecard) |
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Hong Kong won by 7 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & Irfan Adil Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (Hong Kong) |
7 April (scorecard) |
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Afghanistan won by 5 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: T. Mahmood & John Saloman Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) |
7 April (scorecard) |
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Nepal won by 8 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: R. Chaudhary & F. Malik Player of the match: Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia) |
9 April (scorecard) |
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Afghanistan won by 95 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & John Saloman Player of the match: Raees Ahmadzai (Afghanistan) |
Most runs[1] | Most wickets[2] | ||
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Saqib Ali | 267 | Nadeem Ahmed | 17 |
Karim Sadiq | 261 | Hameed Hasan | 16 |
Asghar Afghan | 253 | Munir Dar | 11 |
Vaibbhav Wategaonkar | 238 | Suresh Navaratnam | 10 |
Anil Mandal | 236 | Sharul Nizam | 9 |
The tournament was beset with players struggling to get visas to gain access to Kuwait. Bahrain were forced to withdraw from the tournament as they were unable to field a team after a large number of their players were refused visas.
Mohammad Nabi, the Afghanistan all-rounder was refused as visa, as was Hong Kong captain Najeeb Amar. Both were later able to gain entry to Kuwait and take part in the later stages of the tournament.
The Cricket Association of Nepal President Binay Raj Pandey has said his board intends to raise the issue at the next meeting of the Asian Cricket Council after Nepal vice-captain Gyanendra Malla had been refused entry to the country. In response to this, Pandey intends to ask the ACC not to host future tournaments in countries where obtaining a visa is difficult.[3]