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Tough Twenty20 draws for Kenya and Scotland
The draw has been made for the first Twenty20 World Cup, and Scotland and Kenya handed tough first round groups.
The tournament will feature four first round groups of three teams each. Kenya will be in Group C with New Zealand and Sri Lanka, whilst Scotland will be in Group D with India and Pakistan. The […]
Posted: March 19th, 2007 under Scotland, Kenya, Netherlands, Denmark, UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Canada, Oman, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar.
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Year in review: Part Seven
Our year in review series now moves onto the affiliates, looking at Afghanistan through to Bhutan.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan secured their status as the top Asian affiliate with a third placed finish in the ACC Trophy in August, giving them a spot in Division Five of the World Cricket League in 2008. The disappointment of losing to Bahrain […]
Posted: December 17th, 2006 under General, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Austria, Belize, Bahamas.
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Third to eight place decided in ACC Trophy
The penultimate day of the ACC Trophy was, like yesterday, heavily affected by rain, with all three games being decided by Duckworth/Lewis, who these days appear on cricket scorecards as often as Lennon/McCartney used to appear on hit records back in the sixties.
In the third place play-off, Afghanistan batted first against Nepal, and reached an […]
Posted: August 25th, 2006 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Qatar.
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UAE and Hong Kong set up repeat of 2000 final
The UAE and Hong Kong set up a repeat of the 2000 ACC Trophy final, and Hong Kong gain a place in Division Three of the ICC World Cricket League after yesterday’s semi-final action.
It was thought that the Nepal v UAE game would be a close fought affair, but the UAE did to Nepal what […]
Posted: August 25th, 2006 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Qatar.
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ACC Trophy Quarter Finals
The Semi-Finalists are pretty much as expected in the ACC Trophy after today’s quarter finals. Favourites UAE continued their excellent form with a 111 run win over Qatar. They will play 2002 finalists Nepal, who beat Bahrain by 24 runs in a close game. In the other quarter finals, Afghanistan beat Malaysia by nine wickets, […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2006 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Qatar.
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From the sublime to the ridiculous
Games at either end of the great/joke scale in the last lot of group stage games today. At the top end of the scale was the Hong Kong v Kuwait game which finished in a tie. Kuwait progress to the quarter finals on run rate. Next was the game between Bahrain and the Maldives to […]
Posted: August 20th, 2006 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar, Maldives, Myanmar, Iran.
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ACC Trophy Day Six
A welcome change at the ACC Trophy today with no ridiculously high scores, and even a very competive game. That game was the match between Bahrain and last years runner up Oman, which Bahrain won by 19 runs in a very close game that means Oman will be relying on the Maldives to beat Bahrain […]
Posted: August 19th, 2006 under UAE, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Maldives, Bhutan, Myanmar.
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ACC Trophy: Honors at Stake
The second-string nations of Asia would look for the ultimate prize of qualifying for the Asia Cup when the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy 2006 begins next week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Except for UAE and Oman, it’s also a chance for others to pave the way to the qualification to the 2011 World Cup. […]
Posted: August 4th, 2006 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Bhutan, Myanmar, Iran.
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