2000 ACC Trophy

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2000 ACC Trophy
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format50 overs per side
Tournament format(s) Round robin and knockout
Host(s)Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
ChampionsFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the series Flag of Hong Kong.svg Rahul Sharma
Most runs Flag of Hong Kong.svg Rahul Sharma (323)
Most wickets Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammad Tauqir (11)
Official website CricketArchive
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The 2000 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament held from 15 to 24 November 2000 in the United Arab Emirates. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings.

Contents

The tournament was won by the host nation, who defeated Hong Kong in the final by three wickets. This was the United Arab Emirates' first title.

Teams

The following eight teams took part in the tournament:

Group stages

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.

Group A

TeamPldWLNR NRR Pts
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 33001.4426
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 32100.0714
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 3120-0.9832
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3030-0.5790
15 November 2000
(scorecard)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
209 all out (49.3 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
192 all out (49.5 overs)
Stewart Brew 59 (96)
Rohan Suppiah 3/32 (10 overs)
Yazid Imran 55 (54)
Sher Lama 3/27 (10 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 17 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Nasir Butt
Player of the match: Stewart Brew (Hong Kong)

15 November 2000
(scorecard)
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
257/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
260/7 (49 overs)
Andrew Scott 103* (152)
Z.N. Butt 2/30 (8 over)
Mohammad Nawaz 94 (94)
Rishi Kaul 3/38 (10 overs)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait won by 3 wickets
Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar
Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwait)

16 November 2000
(scorecard)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
270/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
217/6 (50 overs)
Rahul Sharma 95 (121)
Rishi Kaul 3/48 (10 overs)
Andrew Scott 58 (90)
Alexander French 3/43 (10 overs)

16 November 2000
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
236/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
231 all out (49.2 overs)
Suresh Navaratnam 56 (74)
Z.N. Butt 3/36 (10 overs)
Abdullah Iftikhar 66 (101)
Marimuthu Muniandy 3/35 (7.2 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won by 5 runs
Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai
Umpires: Manzoor Ali Hassan & Satyajit Sarkar
Player of the match: Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia)

18 November 2000
(scorecard)
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
128 all out (38.2 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
132/2 (21.2 overs)
Mohammad Nawaz 55 (79)
Jawaid Iqbal 3/30 (10 overs)
Saleem Malik 58 (57)
Z.N. Butt 2/32 (6 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 8 wickets
Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Nasir Butt
Player of the match: Jawaid Iqbal (Hong Kong)

18 November 2000
(scorecard)
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
196/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
200/7 (45.4 overs)
Andrew Scott 62 (103)
Rohan Suppiah 3/27 (10 overs)
Rohan Selvaratnam 84* (94)
Kapila Mendis 3/42 (9 overs)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar
Player of the match: Rohan Selvaratnam (Malaysia)

Group B

TeamPldWLNR NRR Pts
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 33001.2856
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 32100.8864
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 31200.4612
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3030-3.6530
15 November 2000
(scorecard)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
179 all out (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
180/9 (49.3 overs)
Ganesh Thakuri 68 (89)
Saeed-al-Saffar 5/41 (9.5 overs)
Saeed-al-Saffar 89 (117)
Jay Sarraf 2/20 (7 overs)

16 November 2000
(scorecard)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg
59 all out (26 overs)
v
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
60/2 (11.3 overs)
Tetsuo Fuji 9 (27)
Ahmed Amir 3/7 (3 overs)
Ali Azim 20 (26)
Jummei Hanada 1/10 (2 overs)
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Surjit Singh
Player of the match: Imad Ismail (Maldives)

17 November 2000
(scorecard)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg
133 all out (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
137/3 (20.3 overs)
Hirokazu Takahashi 28 (74)
Binod Das 3/24 (9 overs)
Kiran Agrawal 53* (63)
Ken Wadano 1/17 (2 overs)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal won by 7 wickets
Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad
Player of the match: Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

17 November 2000
(scorecard)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg
116 all out (45 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
117/3 (31.1 overs)
Ismail Nadheem 34 (73)
Ahmed Nadeem 3/14 (7 overs)
Nasir Siddiqi 50* (68)
Ismail Nihad 1/13 (5 overs)

19 November 2000
(scorecard)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg
191/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
192/5 (48.5 overs)
Ismail Nadheem 38 (27)
Jay Sarraf 3/50 (9 overs)
Kiran Agrawal 91 (130)
Moosa Kaleem 2/37 (10 overs)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad
Player of the match: Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

19 November 2000
(scorecard)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg
95 all out (35.1 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
98/4 (21 overs)
Hirokazu Takahashi 18 (47)
Mohammad Tauqir 6/10 (10 overs)
Babar Malik 30 (41)
Ken Wadano 2/18 (5 overs)

Semi-finals

21 November 2000
(scorecard)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
268/3 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
89 all out (24 overs)
Rahul Sharma 145* (136)
Mehboob Alam 1/18 (6 overs)
Raju Khadka 18 (16)
Stewart Brew 4/20 (5 overs)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong won by 179 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Mohammad Nazir
Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

22 November 2000
(scorecard)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
201 all out (49.1 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
204/4 (47.4 overs)
Shankar Retinam 59 (87)
Miraj Khaliq 4/33 (10 overs)
Kashif Tareen 69* (88)
Suresh Navaratnam 1/34 (10 overs)

Final

24 November 2000
(scorecard)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
186 all out (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
191/7 (44 overs)
Rahul Sharma 78 (129)
Asim Saeed 4/32 (10 overs)
Mahmood Pir Baksh 56 (89)
Mohammad Zubair 4/30 (10 overs)

Statistics

Most runs [1] Most wickets [2]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Rahul Sharma 323 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Mohammad Tauqir 11
Flag of Singapore.svg Andrew Scott 223 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Stewart Brew 10
Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammad Nawaz 185 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Asim Saeed 9
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Stewart Brew 183 Flag of Kuwait.svg Z.N. Butt 7
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Saleem Malik 179 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Saeed-al-Saffar 7

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