2000 ACC Trophy

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 2000 ACC Trophy

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| administrator = Asian Cricket Council

| cricket format = 50 overs per side

| tournament format = Round robin and knockout

| host = United Arab Emirates

| champions = {{cr|UAE}}

| count = 1

| participants = 8

| matches = 15

| attendance =

| player of the series = {{cricon|Hong Kong}} Rahul Sharma

| most runs = {{cricon|Hong Kong}} Rahul Sharma (323)

| most wickets = {{cricon|UAE}} Mohammad Tauqir (11)

| website = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/UAE/2000-01_UAE_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01.html CricketArchive]

| previous_year = 1998

| previous_tournament = 1998 ACC Trophy

| next_year = 2002

| next_tournament = 2002 ACC Trophy

}}

The 2000 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament held from 15 to 24 November 2000 in the United Arab Emirates. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings.

The tournament was won by the host nation, who defeated Hong Kong in the final by three wickets. This was the United Arab Emirates' first title.

Teams

The following eight teams took part in the tournament:

*{{cr|Hong Kong}}

  • {{cr|Kuwait}}
  • {{cr|Malaysia}}
  • {{cr|Singapore}}

|

  • {{cr|Japan}}
  • {{cr|Maldives}}
  • {{cr|Nepal}}
  • {{cr|UAE}}

Group stages

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.

=Group A=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=175|Team

!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won"|W

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L

!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR

!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|NRR

!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Hong Kong}}

|3

3001.4426
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Malaysia}}

|3

2100.0714
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|KUW}}

|3

120|
0.9832
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|SIN}}

|3

030|
0.5790

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 15 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}

| score1 = 209 all out (49.3 overs)

| score2 = 192 all out (49.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}

| runs1 = Stewart Brew 59 (96)

| wickets1 = Rohan Suppiah 3/32 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Yazid Imran 55 (54)

| wickets2 = Sher Lama 3/27 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 17 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101491.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Mohammad Nazir & Nasir Butt

| motm = Stewart Brew (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 15 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SIN}}

| score1 = 257/6 (50 overs)

| score2 = 260/7 (49 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|KUW}}

| runs1 = Andrew Scott 103* (152)

| wickets1 = Z.N. Butt 2/30 (8 over)

| runs2 = Mohammad Nawaz 94 (94)

| wickets2 = Rishi Kaul 3/38 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|KUW}} won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101492.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai

| umpires = Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar

| motm = Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwait)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 16 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}

| score1 = 270/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 217/6 (50 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|SIN}}

| runs1 = Rahul Sharma 95 (121)

| wickets1 = Rishi Kaul 3/48 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Andrew Scott 58 (90)

| wickets2 = Alexander French 3/43 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 53 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101494.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Nasir Butt

| motm =

| rain =

}}

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{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 16 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 236/9 (50 overs)

| score2 = 231 all out (49.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|KUW}}

| runs1 = Suresh Navaratnam 56 (74)

| wickets1 = Z.N. Butt 3/36 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Abdullah Iftikhar 66 (101)

| wickets2 = Marimuthu Muniandy 3/35 (7.2 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 5 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101496.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai

| umpires = Manzoor Ali Hassan & Satyajit Sarkar

| motm = Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 18 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|KUW}}

| score1 = 128 all out (38.2 overs)

| score2 = 132/2 (21.2 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}

| runs1 = Mohammad Nawaz 55 (79)

| wickets1 = Jawaid Iqbal 3/30 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Saleem Malik 58 (57)

| wickets2 = Z.N. Butt 2/32 (6 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 8 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101499.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Nasir Butt

| motm = Jawaid Iqbal (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 18 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SIN}}

| score1 = 196/9 (50 overs)

| score2 = 200/7 (45.4 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}

| runs1 = Andrew Scott 62 (103)

| wickets1 = Rohan Suppiah 3/27 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Rohan Selvaratnam 84* (94)

| wickets2 = Kapila Mendis 3/42 (9 overs)

| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101500.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Lalith Jayasundara & Satyajit Sarkar

| motm = Rohan Selvaratnam (Malaysia)

| rain =

}}

----

=Group B=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=175|Team

!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won"|W

!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L

!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR

!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|NRR

!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|UAE}}

|3

3001.2856
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align="left"|{{cr|NEP}}

|3

2100.8864
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Maldives}}

|3

1200.4612
bgcolor="#ffcccc"

|align="left"|{{cr|Japan}}

|3

030|
3.6530

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 15 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}}

| score1 = 179 all out (49.5 overs)

| score2 = 180/9 (49.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 = Ganesh Thakuri 68 (89)

| wickets1 = Saeed-al-Saffar 5/41 (9.5 overs)

| runs2 = Saeed-al-Saffar 89 (117)

| wickets2 = Jay Sarraf 2/20 (7 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 1 wicket

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101493.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1, Dubai

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Sarika Prasad

| motm = Saeed-al-Saffar (UAE)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 16 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}

| score1 = 59 all out (26 overs)

| score2 = 60/2 (11.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|Maldives}}

| runs1 = Tetsuo Fuji 9 (27)

| wickets1 = Ahmed Amir 3/7 (3 overs)

| runs2 = Ali Azim 20 (26)

| wickets2 = Jummei Hanada 1/10 (2 overs)

| result = {{cr|Maldives}} won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101495.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Lalith Jayasundara & Surjit Singh

| motm = Imad Ismail (Maldives)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 17 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}

| score1 = 133 all out (49.5 overs)

| score2 = 137/3 (20.3 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}

| runs1 = Hirokazu Takahashi 28 (74)

| wickets1 = Binod Das 3/24 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Kiran Agrawal 53* (63)

| wickets2 = Ken Wadano 1/17 (2 overs)

| result = {{cr|NEP}} won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101497.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai

| umpires = Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad

| motm = Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 17 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}

| score1 = 116 all out (45 overs)

| score2 = 117/3 (31.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 = Ismail Nadheem 34 (73)

| wickets1 = Ahmed Nadeem 3/14 (7 overs)

| runs2 = Nasir Siddiqi 50* (68)

| wickets2 = Ismail Nihad 1/13 (5 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101498.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Manzur Rahman & Surjit Singh

| motm = Ahmed Nadeem (UAE)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 19 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}

| score1 = 191/8 (50 overs)

| score2 = 192/5 (48.5 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}

| runs1 = Ismail Nadheem 38 (27)

| wickets1 = Jay Sarraf 3/50 (9 overs)

| runs2 = Kiran Agrawal 91 (130)

| wickets2 = Moosa Kaleem 2/37 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|NEP}} won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101501.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Mohammad Nazir & Sarika Prasad

| motm = Kiran Agrawal (Nepal)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 19 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}

| score1 = 95 all out (35.1 overs)

| score2 = 98/4 (21 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 = Hirokazu Takahashi 18 (47)

| wickets1 = Mohammad Tauqir 6/10 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Babar Malik 30 (41)

| wickets2 = Ken Wadano 2/18 (5 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101502.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2, Dubai

| umpires = Manzur Rahman & Surjit Singh

| motm = Mohammad Tauqir (UAE)

| rain =

}}

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Semi-finals

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 21 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}

| score1 = 268/3 (50 overs)

| score2 = 89 all out (24 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}

| runs1 = Rahul Sharma 145* (136)

| wickets1 = Mehboob Alam 1/18 (6 overs)

| runs2 = Raju Khadka 18 (16)

| wickets2 = Stewart Brew 4/20 (5 overs)

| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 179 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101503.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Lalith Jayasundara & Mohammad Nazir

| motm = Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong)

| rain =

}}

----

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 22 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}

| score1 = 201 all out (49.1 overs)

| score2 = 204/4 (47.4 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 = Shankar Retinam 59 (87)

| wickets1 = Miraj Khaliq 4/33 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Kashif Tareen 69* (88)

| wickets2 = Suresh Navaratnam 1/34 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101504.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Mohammad Nazir

| motm = Nasir Siddiqi (UAE)

| rain =

}}

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Final

{{Limited Overs Matches

| date = 24 November 2000

| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}

| score1 = 186 all out (49.4 overs)

| score2 = 191/7 (44 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| runs1 = Rahul Sharma 78 (129)

| wickets1 = Asim Saeed 4/32 (10 overs)

| runs2 = Mahmood Pir Baksh 56 (89)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Zubair 4/30 (10 overs)

| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101505.html (scorecard)]

| venue = Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah

| umpires = Shyam Bansal & Lalith Jayasundara

| motm = Mahmood Pir Baksh (UAE)

| rain =

}}

Statistics

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" align="center" | Most runs[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/UAE/Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01/Batting_by_Average.html 2000 ACC Trophy batting records]

! colspan="2" align="center" | Most wickets[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/UAE/Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01/Bowling_by_Average.html 2000 ACC Trophy bowling records]

width=160 |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Rahul Sharmawidth=40 align=center | 323

| width=160 |{{flagicon|UAE}} Mohammad Tauqir

width=40 align=center | 11
{{flagicon|SIN}} Andrew Scottalign=center | 223

| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Stewart Brew

align=center | 10
{{flagicon|KUW}} Mohammad Nawazalign=center | 185

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Asim Saeed

align=center | 9
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Stewart Brewalign=center | 183

| {{flagicon|KUW}} Z.N. Butt

align=center | 7
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Saleem Malikalign=center | 179

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Saeed-al-Saffar

align=center | 7

References

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