Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group Stage with Finals |
Host(s) | Kuwait |
Champions | Afghanistan and Oman (1st title) |
Participants | 10 |
The 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup was played from 27 October until 2 November 2007 in Kuwait.
The ten competing teams were: Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UAE.
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, [1] despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad. [2]
Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
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Oman | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Qatar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nepal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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. [1]
Team | M | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
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United Arab Emirates | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Singapore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1 November 2007 (scorecard) |
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Adnan Ilyas 48 (36) Azmatullah 2/31 (4 overs) | Azmatullah 41 (28 overs) Hemin Desai 3/22 (3 overs) |
1 November 2007 (scorecard) |
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2 November 2007 (scorecard) |
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Saqib Ali 53 (38) Yaseen Mughal 4/21 (3 overs) |
2 November 2007 (scorecard) |
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Karim Sadiq 27 (24) Zeshan Ahmed 3/30 (3 overs) | Nelesh Palmer 66 (56) Hameed Hasan 2/31 (4 overs) |
Position | Team |
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1st | Oman Afghanistan |
3rd | Kuwait |
4th | United Arab Emirates |
5th | Qatar |
6th | Singapore |
7th | Nepal |
8th | Saudi Arabia |
9th | Hong Kong |
10th | Malaysia |
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International cricket in 2007-08