2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup

2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
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 stage

Group A

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
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

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
United Arab Emirates	4	4	0	0	0	8
Kuwait	4	2	2	0	0	4
Singapore	4	2	2	0	0	4
Hong Kong	4	1	3	0	0	2
Saudi Arabia	4	1	3	0	0	2

Semi-finals

1 November 2007 (scorecard)

Oman  160/9 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 122 all out (19.3 overs)
Adnan Ilyas 48 (36) Azmatullah 2/31 (4 overs)		Azmatullah 41 (28 overs) Hemin Desai 3/22 (3 overs)

Oman won by 38 runs Unity Cricket Club Umpires: Vinay Jha, Siva Sarika Player of the match: Hemin Desai

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1 November 2007 (scorecard)

Afghanistan  163 all out (19.5 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 116 all out (18.4 overs)
Nowroz Mangal 61 (30) Shadeep Silva 4/22 (3.5 overs)		Amjad Javed 36 (20) Samiullah Shinwari 4/20 (3.4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 47 runs Unity Cricket Club Umpires: Srinivasan, Riaz Chaudhari Player of the match: Nowroz Mangal

3rd place play-off

2 November 2007 (scorecard)

Kuwait  126/7 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 123/8 (20 overs)
Yaseen Mughal 24* (25) Shadeep Silva 2/35 (4 overs)		Saqib Ali 53 (38) Yaseen Mughal 4/21 (3 overs)

Kuwait won by 3 runs KOC Cricket Ground Umpires: not known Player of the match: Yaseen Mughal

Final

2 November 2007 (scorecard)

Afghanistan  151/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 151/7 (20 overs)
Karim Sadiq 27 (24) Zeshan Ahmed 3/30 (3 overs)		Nelesh Palmer 66 (56) Hameed Hasan 2/31 (4 overs)

Match tied KOC Cricket Ground Umpires: Waseem Abbas, Naveed Malik Player of the match: Nelesh Palmer

• Tournament regulations stated that a Bowl-out was to be used in the event of a tie, but due to the poor condition of the pitch after the match it was cancelled and the trophy shared

Final standings

Position	Team
1st	Oman Afghanistan
3rd	Kuwait
4th	United Arab Emirates
5th	Qatar
6th	Singapore
7th	Nepal
8th	Saudi Arabia
9th	Hong Kong
10th	Malaysia

See also

• ACC Twenty20 Cup
• ACC Trophy

References

1. 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
2. Malaysia squad Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council official website

External links

International cricket in 2007-08