2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup

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2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s) Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
ChampionsFlag of Oman.svg  Oman (2nd title)
Participants6
Matches15
Player of the series Flag of Kuwait.svg Aamir Javed
Most runs Flag of Kuwait.svg Aamir Javed (229)
Most wickets Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Shoaib Ali (15)
2013

The 2015 ACC Twenty20 Cup was an international cricket tournament that was held between 25 and 30 January 2015 in the United Arab Emirates. Oman won the round-robin tournament and qualified for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, along with Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Nepal and UAE who did not play in this tournament as their T20I status had qualified them directly to the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held in Ireland and Scotland. [1] The full members of the ACC (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) automatically qualify for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Contents

Squads

Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait [2] Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [3] Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives [4] Flag of Oman.svg  Oman [5] Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia [6] Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore [7]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 5410081.815
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 5410081.125
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 5320060.163
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 5230040.550
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 523004−0.183
6Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 505000−3.288
Source: [8]

Points Table:

Won - 2 points
Lost - 0 points
Tie or No Result- 1 points

Fixtures

25 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
100 (19.5 overs)
Ahmed Faiz 80 (54)
Hassan Ibrahim 3/22 (4 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 36 (29)
Derek Duraisingam 3/11 (3.5 overs)
Malaysia won by 56 runs
Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah
Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Shabbir Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Ahmed Faiz (Malaysia)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

25 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
167/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
116 (19.1 overs)
Jatinder Singh 45 (31)
Mohammad Nadeem 1/22 (4 overs)
Babar Hussain 24 (22)
Ajay Lalcheta 3/22 (4 overs)
Oman won by 51 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Ajay Lalcheta (Oman)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

25 January
14:00
Scorecard
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
160/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
150/9 (20 overs)
Usman Waheed 54* (34)
Suresh Appusamy 1/21 (4 overs)
Kshitij Shinde 43* (44)
Khalid Butt 4/26 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 10 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Vinay Kumar (Nepal)
Player of the match: Khalid Butt (Kuwait)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.

26 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
159 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
156/8 (20 overs)
Aamir Javed 44 (26)
Shoaib Ali 6/55 (4 overs)
Mohsin Shabbir 44* (42)
Sibtain Raza 2/20 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 3 runs
Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shabbir Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Kashif Sharif (Kuwait)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

26 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
128/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
60 (13.3 overs)
Saad Janjua 38 (32)
Ahmed Hassan 3/22 (4 overs)
Abdullah Shahid 21 (19)
Suresh Appusamy 4/16 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 68 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nepal) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)
Player of the match: Suresh Appusamy (Singapore)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

26 January
14:00
Scorecard
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
146/7 (20 overs)
Jatinder Singh 62 (41)
Suharril Fetri 1/10 (3 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 34 (21)
Aamir Kaleem 2/18 (4 overs)
Oman won by 46 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Vinay Kumar (Nepal)
Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oman)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

27 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
198/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
175/9 (20 overs)
Arjun Mutreja 79 (45)
Ajay Lalcheta 3/30 (4 overs)
Jatinder Singh 70 (37)
Selladore Vijayakumar 4/20 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 23 runs
Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Sharjah
Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nepal) and Shabbir Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Arjun Mutreja (Singapore)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

27 January
10:00
Scorecard
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
138/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
143/1 (8.5 overs)
Afzal Faiz 34 (35)
Sibtain Raza 5/27 (4 overs)
Mohammed Irfan 63* (26)
Mohamed Mahfooz 1/31 (3 overs)
Kuwait won by 9 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Sibtain Raza (Kuwait)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.

27 January
14:00
Scorecard
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
176/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
133/9 (20 overs)
Nasir Abbasi 65 (34)
Hassan Ghulam 3/22 (4 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 33 (24)
Shoaib Ali 5/19 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 43 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuwait) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)
Player of the match: Shoaib Ali (Saudi Arabia)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.

29 January
9:30
Scorecard
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
102/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
103/3 (9.1 overs)
Abdullah Shahid 24 (20)
Aamir Kaleem 3/17 (4 overs)
Adnan Ilyas 57* (21)
Ahmed Hassan 2/18 (3 overs)
Oman won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait)
Player of the match: Adnan Ilyas (Oman)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

29 January
13:00
Scorecard
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
146/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
138/7 (20 overs)
Hammad Saeed 30 (15)
Amjad Mahboob 2/22 (4 overs)
Chaminda Ruwan 45 (40)
Shoaib Ali 2/30 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 8 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)
Player of the match: Hammad Saeed (Saudi Arabia)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.

29 January
16:30
Scorecard
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
190/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
191/8 (19.3 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 86 (45)
Kashif Sharif 2/24 (4 overs)
Aamir Javed 60 (25)
Khizar Hayat 3/21 (4 overs)
Kuwait won by 2 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Aamir Javed (Kuwait)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

30 January
09:30
Scorecard
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
73 (18.1 overs)
v
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
74/7 (17.2 overs)
Ahmed Hassan 14 (26)
Adnan Liaquat 3/11 (3.1 overs)
Shoaib Ali 30* (37)
Ahmed Hassan 4/15 (4 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait)
Player of the match: Shoaib Ali (Saudi Arabia)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

30 January
13:00
Scorecard
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
149/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
138/9 (20 overs)
Adnan Ilyas 26 (14)
Hisham Mirza 2/20 (4 overs)
Abid Mushtaq 31* (23)
Aamir Kaleem 3/18 (4 overs)
Oman won by 11 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) and Rabiul Hoque (UAE)
Player of the match: Aamir Kaleem (Oman)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

30 January
16:30
Scorecard
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
140 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
144/4 (18 overs)
Anish Paraam 37 (31)
Hassan Ghulam 3/23 (4 overs)
Ahmed Faiz 56* (32)
Amjad Mahboob 3/23 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Imran Mustafa (Kuwait)
Player of the match: Ahmed Faiz (Malaysia)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

Final standing

PositionTeamStatus
1Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Qualified for 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
6Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Aamir Javed Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 229557.256002
Jatinder Singh Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 204540.807002
Ahmed Faiz Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 198549.508002
Suhan Alagaratnam Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 174534.808601
Kshitij Shinde Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 168584.0043*00

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average, are listed in this table.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Shoaib Ali Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 19.0159.467.67.476/55
Aamir Kaleem Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 19.11010.4011.55.423/17
Ahmed Hassan Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 15.099.7710.05.864/15
Ajay Lalcheta Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 20.0913.8813.36.253/22
Rajesh Ranpura Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 19.0914.7712.67.003/38

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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