2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup

The 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup was a cricket tournament held between March 26 and April 3 in Nepal. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.^[1] Afghanistan has already qualified as an ODI nation while UAE has already qualified as host for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Hence, the tournament will, in reality, serve as qualifier for other top two teams from Asian region.

2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage with Finals
Host(s)	Nepal
Champions	Afghanistan (4th title)
Participants	10
Player of the series	Paras Khadka
Most runs	Waqas Barkat (280)
Most wickets	Tanwir Afzal (11)
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Group stage

Group A

Team P W L T NR Points NRR  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 0 8 +3.776    Nepal 4 3 1 0 0 6 +2.434  Malaysia 4 2 2 0 0 4 -0.007  Maldives 4 1 3 0 0 2 -3.587  Singapore 4 0 4 0 0 0 -2.662

Teams that qualified for the semifinals.

Fixtures

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26 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Malaysia  103/9 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 108/4 (20 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 22 (38) Nizakat Khan 2/19 (4 overs)		Irfan Ahmed 87 (39) Khizar Hayat 3/9 (3 overs)

Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Ram Yadav (Nep) Player of the match: Irfan Ahmed Hkg

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field

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26 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Nepal    171/5 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 95/7 (20 overs)
Pradeep Airee 59 (28) Mohammed Saafee 2/30 (4 Overs)		Neesham Nasir 20 (23) Paras Khadka 2/7 (3 Overs)

Nepal won by 76 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: I Kamaruzzaman(Tha) and AR Srinivasan (Oma) Player of the match: Pradeep Airee (Nep)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to field

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27 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Singapore  132/9 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 133/5 (16.4 overs)
Kshitij Shinde 33 (41) Ishan Jayakody 2/19 (3 overs)		Mohamed Rishwan 48 (29) Abhiraj Singh 2/9 (4 overs)

Maldives won by 5 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Adhip Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Mohamed Rishwan (Mdv)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to field

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27 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Nepal    115/9 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 116/4 (16.3 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 38 (39) Nadeem Ahmed 3/18 (4 Overs)		Nizakat Khan 42 (33) Basanta Regmi 3/23 (4 Overs)

Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and I Kamaruzzaman (Tha) Player of the match: Nadeem Ahmed (Hkg)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat

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28 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Singapore  171/6 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 172/4 (18 overs)
Chaminda Ruwan 47 (25) Hammad Ullah Khan 1/15 (3 overs)		Suhan Alagaratnam 70* (37) Shoaib Razzak 1/20 (3 overs)

Malaysia won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Adhip Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Suhan Alagaratnam (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field

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29 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Hong Kong  198/4 (20 overs)	v	Maldives 45 (10 overs)
Waqas Barkat 109 (83) Mihusan Hamid 2/39 (4 overs)		Hassan Haziq 17 (7) Tanwir Afzal 3/21 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 153 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Basu Karn (Nep) and Adhip Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Waqas Barkat (Hkg)

• Maldives won the toss and elected to field

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30 March 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Hong Kong  198/3 (20 overs)	v	Singapore 159/8 (20 overs)
Waqas Barkat 69* (51) Abhiraj Singh 2/15 (4 overs)		Chaminda Ruwan 57 (44) Aizaz Khan 2/22 (3 overs)

Hong Kong won by 39 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: AR Srinivasan (Oma) and Ram Yadav (Nep) Player of the match: Irfan Ahmed (Hkg)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat

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30 March 09:15 NPT (Scoreboard)

Nepal    163/8 (20 overs)	v	Malaysia 144/9(20 overs)
Paras Khadka 87 (54) Shahrulnizam Yusof 2/25 (4 Overs)		Shafiq Sharif 53* (38) Prithu Baskota 2/25 (4 Overs)

Nepal won by 19 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and I Kamaruzzaman (Tha) Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field

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31 March 2013 09:15 NPT (scoreboard)

Maldives  85 (19.4 overs)	v	Malaysia 88/2(11.2 overs)
Abdullah Shahid 27 (35) Khizar Hayat 3/12 (3.4 Overs)		Ahmed Faiz 46* (35) Ameel Mauroof 1/17 (3 Overs)

Malaysia won by 8 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Shailendra Nepal (Nep) Player of the match: Ahmed Faiz (Mas)

• Malaysia won the toss and elected to field

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31 March 09:15 NPT (scoreboard)

Nepal    210/5 (20 overs)	v	Singapore 89 (15.1 overs)
Binod Bhandari 54 (34) Anish Param 2/44 (4 Overs)		Saad Janjua 20 (12) Basanta Regmi 3/17 (4 Overs)

Nepal won by 121 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and AR Srinivasan (Oma) Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat

Group B

Team P W L T NR Points NRR  United Arab Emirates 4 4 0 0 0 8 +2.581  Afghanistan 4 3 1 0 0 6 +1.478  Kuwait 4 2 2 0 0 4 +0.164  Oman 4 1 3 0 0 2 -1.130  Bahrain 4 0 4 0 0 0 -3.041

Teams that qualified for the semifinals.

Fixtures

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26 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Afghanistan  150 (18.5 overs)	v	Oman 106/9 (19.1 overs)
Karim Sadiq 46 (27) Amir Ali 3/29 (4 overs)		Vaibhav Wategaonkar 31 (47) Mohammad Nabi 4/18 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 44 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat

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26 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Kuwait  172/7 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 176/5 (18.5 overs)
Yasar Idrees 46 (33) Fayyaz Ahmed 3/16 (4 overs)		Amjad Ali 39 (27) Hisham Mirza 2/36 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field

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27 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Bahrain  132 (18.4 overs)	v	Kuwait 135/7(19.1 overs)
Anasim Khan 27 (28) Hisham Mirza 4/13 (2.4 overs)		Saad Khalid 43 (35) Qamar Saeed 2/21 (4 overs)

Kuwait won by 3 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and AR Srinivasan (Oma) Player of the match: Sibtain Raza (Kuw)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat

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27 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Oman  82 (18.1 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 84/3(12.3 overs)
Vaibhav Wategaonkar 40* (45) Rohan Mustafa 3/11 (4 overs)		Bakhtiyar Palekar 28 (38) Ajay Lalcheta 1/14 (3 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Basu Karn (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field

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28 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Afghanistan  157/5 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 85 (15.5 overs)
Gulbodin Naib 46 (41) Sameer Yousuf 2/19 (2 overs)		Tahir Dar 14 (19) Gulbodin Naib 4/23 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 72 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Ram Yadav (Nep) Player of the match: Gulbodin Naib (Afg)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to field

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29 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Kuwait  187/7 (20 overs)	v	Oman 161 (18.5 overs)
Yasar Idrees 71 (39) Aamer Ali 3/27 (4 overs)		Zeeshan Siddiqui 36 (22) Syed Rizwan Ali 3/16 (4 overs)

Kuwait won by 26 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Shailendra Nepal (Nep) Player of the match: Yasar Idrees (Kuw)

• Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat

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30 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Afghanistan  143/8 (20 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 146/4 (19.2 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 72 (46) Amjad Javed 3/9 (4 overs)		Swapnil Patil 34 (32) Nasim Baras 1/15 (3 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Amjad Javed (UAE)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat

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30 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Bahrain  93 (17.4 overs)	v	Oman 96/4(14.4 overs)
Qamar Saeed 22 (25) Aamir Kaleem 4/6 (3 overs)		Ghazanfar Iqbal 33 (20) Vasantha Kunder 2/17 (4 overs)

Oman won by 6 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Shailendra Nepal (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Aamir Kaleem (Kuw)

• Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat

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31 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Kuwait  133 (19.2 overs)	v	Afghanistan 136/6 (19.1 overs)
Yasar Idrees 64 (40) Samiullah Shenwari 3/18 (4 overs)		Karim Sadiq 42 (37) Azmatullah Nazeer 2/24 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 4 wickets Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Basu Karn (Nep) Player of the match: Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss & elected to field

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31 March 13:15 NPT Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  226/5 (20 overs)	v	Bahrain 112/8 (20 overs)
Abdul Shakoor 84 (45) Imran Sajjad 1/32 (4 overs)		Arshad Latif 19 (24) Adil Reyal 2/27 (3 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 114 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: I Kamaruzzaman (Tha) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Abdul Shakoor (UAE)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss & elected to bat

Semi-finals

2 April 2013 09:15 NPT Scorecard

Hong Kong  109/9 (19 overs)	v	Afghanistan 112/3 (17.1 overs)
Waqas Barkat 17 (14) Hamza Hotak 3/14 (4 overs)		Najibullah Zadran 37* (42) Karan Shah 2/18 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Hamza Hotak (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss & elected to field

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2 April 2013 13:15 NPT Scorecard

United Arab Emirates 133/9 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 134/4 (19.1 overs)
Swapnil Patil 17 (14) Prithu Baskota 3/20 (4 overs)		Pradeep Airee 58 (57) Ahmed Raza 2/15 (4 overs)

Nepal won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and I Kamaruzzaman (Tha) Player of the match: Prithu Baskota (Nep) and Pradeep Airee (Nep)

• United Arab Emirates won the toss & elected to bat

3rd place play-off

3 April 09:15 NPT Scorecard

United Arab Emirates  166/7 (20 overs)	v	Hong Kong 134/8 (20 overs)
Amjad Javed 51* (25) Tanwir Afzal 3/13 (4 overs)		Waqas Barkat 41 (41) Shadeep Silva 3/21 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 32 runs Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Vinay Kumar (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Amjad Javed (UAE)

• Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
• United Arab Emirates won the 3rd place play-off

Final

3 April 13:15 NPT Scorecard

Nepal    135/6 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 137/3 (17.5 overs)
Paras Khadka 50 (40) Gulbodin Naib 2/20 (4 overs)		Gulbodin Naib 43* (42) Paras Khadka 1/13 (2 overs)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Imran Mustafa (Kuw) and I Kamaruzzamman (Tha) Player of the match: Gulbodin Naib (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Afghanistan won the 2012/13 ACC Twenty20 Cup

Statistics

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.^[2]

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s
Waqas Barkat	Hong Kong	280	6	56.00	126.69	109	1	1
Irfan Ahmed	Hong Kong	223	6	37.16	187.39	87	0	2
Paras Khadka	Nepal	207	6	41.40	141.78	87	0	2
Yasar Idrees	Kuwait	194	4	48.50	160.00	71	0	2
Abdul Shakoor	United Arab Emirates	193	6	32.16	155.64	84	0	1

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers.^[3]

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Tanwir Afzal	Hong Kong	11	6	10.18	10.9	5.60	3/13
Basanta Regmi	Nepal	10	6	13.60	14.4	5.66	3/17
Khizar Hayat	Malaysia	9	4	10.66	9.7	6.54	3/9
Fayyaz Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	9	6	13.11	14.6	5.36	3/16
Hisham Mirza	Kuwait	8	3	10.50	7.8	8.00	4/13

See also

• 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
• World Cricket League Africa Region