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ACC Twenty20 underway
The first ACC Twenty20 Cup is underway, and the first day’s play saw Nepal beat Malaysia, Afghanistan beat Qatar, the UAE beat Kuwait and Singapore beat Hong Kong. Read my full report on the days play at CricketEurope here.
So far on the second day, the UAE picked up their second win, beating Singapore, and Qatar […]
Posted: October 28th, 2007 under UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar.
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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 Fourteen
The penultimate part of our year in review sees us cover Qatar to Spain. Getting near the end now!
Qatar
Qatar finished eighth in this years ACC Trophy. Not as good a performance as fourth in 2004, but enough to secure them a spot in the elite division for 2008.
Samoa
No cricket for Samoa in what has […]
Posted: December 24th, 2006 under Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Samoa, Spain, Sierra Leone.
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Premier League relegation
The ACC Premier League tournament will have two teams relegated at the conclusion of this years event. They will be replaced by two teams chosen by looking at performances in other ACC tournaments. One assumes that Afghanistan are a shoe-in for one spot, though there could be problems with them hosting games due to the […]
Posted: November 24th, 2006 under Afghanistan, Oman, Qatar.
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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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Mixed bag at the ACC Trophy
There was one ridiculous mis-match in today’s matches, with Hong Kong scoring 442/2 against Myanmar, then bowling them out for just 20. Qatar beat Thailand by 7 wickets, but the other two matches were quite welcome.
Singapore beat the 2004 finalists Oman by 77 runs, and the tournament suprise team Saudi Arabia scored 298 against defending […]
Posted: August 17th, 2006 under UAE, Oman, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 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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