2000 ACC Trophy

2000 ACC Trophy

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and knockout
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Participants	8
Matches	15
Player of the series	Rahul Sharma
Most runs	Rahul Sharma (323)
Most wickets	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.

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:

Hong Kong   Kuwait   Malaysia   Singapore

Japan   Maldives     Nepal   United Arab Emirates

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

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	1.442	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	0.071	4
Kuwait	3	1	2	0	-0.983	2
Singapore	3	0	3	0	-0.579	0

15 November 2000 (scorecard)

Hong Kong   209 all out (49.3 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 17 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Nasir Butt Player of the match: Stewart Brew (Hong Kong)

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15 November 2000 (scorecard)

Singapore   257/6 (50 overs)	v	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)

Kuwait won by 3 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwait)

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16 November 2000 (scorecard)

Hong Kong   270/8 (50 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 53 runs Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Nasir Butt

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16 November 2000 (scorecard)

Malaysia   236/9 (50 overs)	v	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)

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)

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18 November 2000 (scorecard)

Kuwait   128 all out (38.2 overs)	v	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)

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)

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18 November 2000 (scorecard)

Singapore   196/9 (50 overs)	v	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)

Malaysia won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar Player of the match: Rohan Selvaratnam (Malaysia)

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	1.285	6
Nepal	3	2	1	0	0.886	4
Maldives	3	1	2	0	0.461	2
Japan	3	0	3	0	-3.653	0

15 November 2000 (scorecard)

Nepal     179 all out (49.5 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 1 wicket Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)

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16 November 2000 (scorecard)

Japan   59 all out (26 overs)	v	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)

Maldives won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Surjit Singh Player of the match: Imad Ismail (Maldives)

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17 November 2000 (scorecard)

Japan   133 all out (49.5 overs)	v	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)

Nepal won by 7 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

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17 November 2000 (scorecard)

Maldives   116 all out (45 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Manzur Rahman & Surjit Singh Player of the match: Ahmed Nadeem (UAE)

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19 November 2000 (scorecard)

Maldives   191/8 (50 overs)	v	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)

Nepal won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

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19 November 2000 (scorecard)

Japan   95 all out (35.1 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai Umpires: Manzur Rahman & Surjit Singh Player of the match: Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)

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Semi-finals

21 November 2000 (scorecard)

Hong Kong   268/3 (50 overs)	v	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)

Hong Kong won by 179 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara & Mohammad Nazir Player of the match: Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

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22 November 2000 (scorecard)

Malaysia   201 all out (49.1 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Mohammad Nazir Player of the match: Nasir Siddiqi (UAE)

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Final

24 November 2000 (scorecard)

Hong Kong   186 all out (49.4 overs)	v	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)

United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Lalith Jayasundara Player of the match: Mahmood Pir Baksh (UAE)

Statistics

Most runs [1]		Most wickets [2]
Rahul Sharma	323	Mohammad Tauqir	11
Andrew Scott	223	Stewart Brew	10
Mohammad Nawaz	185	Asim Saeed	9
Stewart Brew	183	Z.N. Butt	7
Saleem Malik	179	Saeed-al-Saffar	7

References

1. 2000 ACC Trophy batting records
2. 2000 ACC Trophy bowling records

External links

• CricketArchive tournament page Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine