2019 ACC Western Region T20

2019 ACC Western Region T20

Dates	20 – 24 January 2019
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round Robin, Final
Host(s)	Oman
Champions	Saudi Arabia
Runners-up	Qatar
Participants	5
Matches	11
Player of the series	Tamoor Sajjad
Most runs	Ravija Sandaruwan (177)
Most wickets	Tamoor Sajjad (10)
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The 2019 ACC Western Region T20 was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Oman from 20 to 24 January 2019. The five participating teams were Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The matches were all played at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium in Muscat. ^[1] All participating nations made their T20I debuts during the tournament, following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019. ^[2] Saudi Arabia defeated Qatar – who had been unbeaten in the round-robin stage – in the final by 7 wickets. ^[3] Qatar's Tamoor Sajjad was named the player of the tournament. ^[4]

Round-robin

Points table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Qatar	4	4	0	0	0	8	+1.694
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.489
Bahrain	4	2	2	0	0	4	–0.035
Kuwait	4	2	2	0	0	4	–0.060
Maldives	4	0	4	0	0	0	–2.075

Matches

20 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Bahrain   176/4 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 135/9 (20 overs)
Imran Ali 58 (53) Usman Ali 1/24 (4 overs)		Muhammad Naeem 42 (36) Babar Ali 2/18 (3 overs)

Bahrain won by 41 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Afzalkhan Pathan (Oma) and Zahid Usman (Kuw) Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
• Fiaz Ahmed, Babar Ali, Imran Ali, Sarfaraz Ali, Imran Anwar, Shahbaz Badar, Tahir Dar, Adil Hanif, Anasim Khan, Ammad Uddin, Qasim Zia (Bhr), Mohammad Adnan, Shoaib Ali, Usman Ali, Sajid Cheema, Muhammad Hamayun, Ibrarul Haq, Faisal Khan, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Naeem, Abbas Saad and Abdul Wahid (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.

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20 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Maldives   102 (18.4 overs)	v	Kuwait 103/2 (10.3 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 25 (23) Imran Ali 3/16 (3 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 68* (36) Ameel Mauroof 1/11 (3 overs)

Kuwait won by 8 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Fiaz Ahmad, Imran Ali, Mohammad Amin, Mohammed Asghar, Meet Bhavsar, Muhammad Kashif, Wasantha Kumaranayaka, Arjun Makesh, Ravija Sandaruwan, Morshed Mostafa Sarwar, Diju Sheeli (Kuw), Umar Adam, Mohamed Azzam, Muaviath Ganee, Ahmed Hassan, Ibrahim Hassan, Mohamed Mahfooz, Ameel Mauroof, Ibrahim Nashath, Hassan Rasheed, Mohamed Rishwan and Shafee Saeed (Mdv) all made their T20I debuts.

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21 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Maldives   141/4 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 142/8 (18.4 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 54 (52) Imran Anwar 2/24 (4 overs)		Sarfaraz Ali 59 (35) Ibrahim Hassan 5/24 (3.4 overs)

Bahrain won by 2 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Zahid Usman (Kuw) Player of the match: Sarfaraz Ali (Bhr)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ibrahim Hassan became the first bowler for Maldives to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.

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21 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Saudi Arabia   126 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 127/6 (15.3 overs)
Sajid Cheema 47 (41) Tamoor Sajjad 3/11 (4 overs)		Faisal Javed 43 (26) Muhammad Nadeem 3/16 (3 overs)

Qatar won by 4 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Tamoor Sajjad (Qat)

• Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
• Iqbal Hussain, Zaheer Ibrahim, Inam-ul-Haq, Faisal Javed, Kamran Khan, Awais Malik, Mohammed Nadeem, Mohammed Rizlan, Tamoor Sajjad, Nouman Sarwar and Muhammad Tanveer (Qat) all made their T20I debuts.

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22 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Qatar   155/6 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 155/8 (20 overs)
Muhammad Tanveer 53* (39) Imran Ali 3/26 (4 overs)		Muhammad Kashif 53 (43) Awais Malik 1/21 (3 overs)

Match tied (Qatar won the Super Over) Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Rahul Asher (Oma) Player of the match: Muhammad Tanveer (Qat)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

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22 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Maldives   139/7 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 140/4 (17 overs)
Mohamed Rishwan 67 (54) Ibrarul Haq 3/28 (4 overs)		Ibrarul Haq 49 (26) Ibrahim Hassan 2/26 (4 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 6 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Afzalkhan Pathan (Oma) Player of the match: Ibrarul Haq (Sau)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mihusan Hamid, Ibrahim Rizan (Mdv), Nawazish Jezuli, Ibrahim Khan and Shamsudheen Purat (Sau) all made their T20I debuts.

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23 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Maldives   134/9 (20 overs)	v	Qatar 135/2 (14.5 overs)
Ahmed Hassan 53 (45) Awais Malik 3/19 (4 overs)		Inam-ul-Haq 73* (50) Ahmed Hassan 1/8 (1 over)

Qatar won by 8 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Afzalkhan Pathan (Oma) and Zahid Usman (Kuw) Player of the match: Inam-ul-Haq (Qat)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
• Hassan Rasheed (Mdv) became the second batsman to be given out for obstructing the field in a T20I.

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23 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Bahrain   188/3 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 189/3 (19.1 overs)
Fiaz Ahmed 62* (37) Muhammad Kashif 1/25 (3 overs)		Ravija Sandaruwan 103 (59) Muhammad Rafique 1/32 (3 overs)

Kuwait won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Vinod Babu (Oma) Player of the match: Ravija Sandaruwan (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
• Muhammad Rafique (Bhr) and Jandu Hamoud (Kuw) both made their T20I debuts.
• Ravija Sandaruwan became the first batsman for Kuwait to score a century in T20Is. ^[5]

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24 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Kuwait   135/8 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 137/3 (9.1 overs)
Arjun Makesh 57 (39) Ibrarul Haq 2/18 (4 overs)		Faisal Khan 83* (28) Muhammad Kashif 2/22 (1.1 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 7 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Faisal Khan (Sau)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
• Yasar Idrees (Kuw) made his T20I debut.

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24 January 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Qatar   205/5 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 157 (18.2 overs)
Faisal Javed 60 (29) Babar Ali 2/33 (4 overs)		Fiaz Ahmed 39 (26) Iqbal Hussain 3/23 (3 overs)

Qatar won by 48 runs Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat Umpires: Osama Saad Alnadwi (Sau) and Zahid Usman (Kuw) Player of the match: Faisal Javed (Qat)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
• Zeeshan Abbas (Bhr) made his T20I debut.

Final

24 January 2019 19:00 Scorecard

Qatar   157/6 (20 overs)	v	Saudi Arabia 163/2 (15.3 overs)
Tamoor Sajjad 68 (38) Muhammad Nadeem 2/33 (2 overs)		Shamsudheen Purat 88* (48) Awais Malik 1/31 (2 overs)

Saudi Arabia won by 8 wickets Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Zahid Usman (Kuw) Player of the match: Shamsudheen Purat (Sau)

• Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "ACC Western Region T20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
2. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
3. "Saudi Arabia win ACC Western T20 tournament". cricketeurope.com. Cricket Europe. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
4. "Saudi Arabia Stuns Qatar to Claim ACC T20 Western Region Crown". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
5. "Cricket: Qatar stretches lead at top, Kuwait wins battle of super bats against Bahrain". Times of Oman. Retrieved 23 January 2019.