ACC TROPHY

'The ACC Trophy' or 'Asian Cricket Council Trophy' is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council for the non-test nations in Asia. It was most recently held in Malaysia in 2006.
The ACC Trophy is a 50-overs per side tournament played according to all normal ICC rules and regulations, and paves the way for Asian non-Test nations to attempt qualification for the Cricket World Cup.
The teams which are eligible to particpate for the ACC Trophy are the associate members: Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates, and the affiliate members: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.
The tournament format is in a four group stage, with the top two teams from each group prgressing into a knock-out stage.

Contents
Previous finals
ACC Trophy records
Team records
Individual records
Best Partnerships
Notes

Previous finals


Year Host nation Final venue Scores Result
1996 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Bangladesh 212 all out in 49.3 overs (Shahrier Hossain 58, Aminul Islam 43; Saleem Raza 3-?)
United Arab Emirates 104 all out 36.5 overs (Arshad Laiq 31
★ , Saleem Raza 20; Anisur Rahman 3-26, Sheik Salauddin 3-13)
Bangladesh won by 108 runs
1998 Nepal Kathmandu
Malaysia 83 all out in 37.2 overs (Rohan Selvaratnam 25; Aminul Islam 3-22)
Bangladesh 85 for 2 in 21.1 overs (Shahriar Hossain 51)
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
2000 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
Hong Kong 186 in 49.4 overs (R.Sharma 78; Asim Saeed 4-32)
United Arab Emirates 191 for 7 in 44 overs (Mehmood Pirbaksch 56, Miraj Khaliq 42
★ ; Mohammad Zubair 4-30)
UAE won by three wickets
2002 Singapore Singapore
Nepal 184 all out in 50 overs (PP Lohani 52, SP Gauchan 47;Arshad Ali4-24)
United Arab Emirates 185 for 4 in 38.3 overs (
★ Khuram Khan 60
★ , Asim Saeed 41, BK Das 2-27)
UAE won by six wickets
2004 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
United Arab Emirates 253 for 7 in 50 overs (Syed Maqsood 67,Naeemuddin 37; Hemal Mehta 3-38)
Oman 159 all out in 44 overs (Hemal Mehta 39; Ali Assad 4-38)
UAE beat Oman by 94 runs
2006 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong 174 for 8 in 50 overs (T.Smart 56, R. Sharma 45; A. Ali 3-35)
United Arab Emirates 175 for 5 in 35.3 overs (K.Khan 59
★ ; N. Ahmed 3-48)
UAE beat Hong Kong by 5 wickets

ACC Trophy records


Team records


★ Highest total:

★ Lowest total:

★ Most wins: UAE 4, Bangladesh 2
Individual records


★ Most runs in an innings: AN French
Hong Kong
Hong Kong 203


★ Most runs in a career: Arshad Ali
United Arab Emirates 461; ZA Shroff
Singapore
Singapore 309

★ Best batting average: Arshad Ali
United Arab Emirates 153.66

★ Best bowling in an innings:

★ Most wickets in a career: Shadeed Silva
United Arab Emirates14

★ Best bowling ave: Kashif Butt
United Arab Emirates 3.00

★ Most catches by an outfielder (career): Khuram Khan
United Arab Emirates 5

★ Most wicket-keeping dismissals (career):Mohammad Nadeem
United Arab Emirates 8

★ Most ACC Trophy appearances:

Best Partnerships



★ 1 Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia v
Brunei
Brunei 201


★ 2 Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for
Hong Kong
Hong Kong v
Singapore
Singapore 181

★ 3 Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for
Qatar
Qatar v
Thailand
Thailand 174

★ 4 Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for
Afghanistan
Afghanistan v
Malaysia
Malaysia 171

★ 5 Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for
Singapore
Singapore v
Bahrain
Bahrain 170

★ 6 Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for
Qatar
Qatar v Iran 174

★ 7 Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for
UAE v
Brunei
Brunei 166

★ 8 Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for
Hong Kong
Hong Kong v
Myanmar
Myanmar 161

★ 9 Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia v
Brunei
Brunei 158

★ 10 Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for
UAE v
Brunei
Brunei 152
RECORDS INCOMPLETE

Notes


Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.

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