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2016 Asia Cup Qualifier

{{short description|Cricket tournament}}

{{EngvarB|date=September 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date= September 2015}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| name = 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier

| image =

| fromdate = 19

| todate = 22 February 2016

| caption =

| administrator = Asian Cricket Council

| cricket format = Twenty20 International

| tournament format = Round-robin

| host = Bangladesh

| champions = {{cr|UAE}}

| participants = 4

| matches = 6

| most runs = {{cricon|HK}} Babar Hayat (194)

| most wickets = {{cricon|UAE}} Mohammad Naveed (7)

| previous_year = 2014

| previous_tournament = 2014 ACC Premier League

| next_year = 2018

| next_tournament = 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier

| website =

}}

The 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 19 to 22 February 2016. The event served as a qualifier for the 2016 Asia Cup, which was held in the same country later in the month. The tournament was played as a round-robin, with the participants being the four Asian associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with T20I status. The United Arab Emirates won all three of its matches, joining Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka in the main event.Peter Della Penna (4 November 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/936651.html "Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/975281.html | title=UAE storm to main draw with convincing win | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=22 February 2016}}

Background and teams

The Asia Cup Qualifier was originally scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates in November 2015.Peter Della Penna (4 September 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/917815.html "One Associate to feature in 2016 Asia Cup"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015. However, following a scheduling conflict, it was later decided to move the event, with it now serving as a lead-in to the main tournament. In previous years where associates have participated in the Asia Cup, no standalone qualifier has been held, with teams instead qualifying via the ACC Trophy (2004, 2008) or by invitation (2014).Paul Radley (4 January 2014). [http://www.thenational.ae/sport/afghanistan-cricket-boosted-with-spot-in-the-asia-cup "Afghanistan cricket boosted with spot in the Asia Cup"] – The National. Retrieved 5 November 2015. Of the four teams, Oman made their Asia Cup debut.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/973679.html |title=Afghanistan's pedigree, Oman's debut |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

;Teams

  • {{cr|Afghanistan|2013}}
  • {{cr|Hong Kong}}
  • {{cr|Oman}}
  • {{cr|UAE}}

Squads

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style="width=20%;"| {{cr|AFG|2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/970879.html |title=Shapoor, Hassan return to Afghanistan squad for World T20 |accessdate=9 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|HK}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/hkg/content/story/966333.html |title=Hong Kong pick ex-Australia keeper Campbell for WT20 |accessdate=28 January 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|Oman}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/972605.html |title=Oman Squad, Asia Cup 2016 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|UAE}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/972359.html |title=United Arab Emirates Squad, Asia Cup 2016 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

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Points table

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Pos

!width="220"| Team

!width="20"| {{Abbr | Pld | Played}}

!width="20"| {{Abbr | W | Won}}

!width="20"| {{Abbr | L | Lost}}

!width="20"| {{Abbr | T | Tied}}

!width="20"| {{Abbr | NR | No result}}

!width="20"| {{Abbr | Pts | Points}}

! Net run rate

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|1

style="text-align:left"|{{cr|UAE}}

| 3

30006+1.678
style="background:#fcc;"

|2

style="text-align:left"|{{cr|AFG|2013}}

| 3

21004+0.954
style="background:#fcc;"

|3

style="text-align:left"|{{cr|OMA}}

| 3

12002–1.222
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|4

style="text-align:left"|{{cr|HKG}}

| 3

03000–1.416

{{color box|#cfc}} Advance to 2016 Asia Cup

Matches

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 19 February 2016

| time = 15:00

| daynight =

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

| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}

| score1 = 176/4 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Rohan Mustafa 77 (50)

| wickets1 = Rashid Khan 3/25 (4 overs)

| score2 = 160 (19.5 overs)

| runs2 = Karim Sadiq 72 (48)

| wickets2 = Rohan Mustafa 3/19 (2.5 overs)

| result = United Arab Emirates won by 16 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966713.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

| umpires = Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)

| motm =

| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = The United Arab Emirates registered their first victory in the Asia Cup.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?id=14;type=trophy |title=Records: Asia Cup |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

  • Rohan Mustafa's 77 is the highest score for a UAE player in T20I matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/973889.html |title=Mustafa magic shocks Afghanistan |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
  • The United Arab Emirates scored their highest total in T20I matches.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=27;type=team |title=UAE scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

}}

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{{anchor|Oman vs Hong Kong}}

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 19 February 2016

| time = 19:30

| daynight = yes

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

| team2 = {{cr|HK}}

| score1 = 180/5 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Jatinder Singh 42 (35)

| wickets1 = Nadeem Ahmed 3/27 (4 overs)

| score2 = 175/7 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Babar Hayat 122 (60)

| wickets2 = Aamer Ali 1/6 (1 overs)

| result = Oman won by 5 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966735.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

| umpires = Enamul Haque (Ban) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)

| motm =

| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Oman made their debut in the Asia Cup and registered their first victory in the tournament.

  • Vaibhav Wategaonkar (Oman) made his T20I debut.
  • Both Oman and Hong Kong posted their highest totals in T20I matches.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pakvwi/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=37;type=team |title=Oman scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=19;no_redirect=true;type=team |title=HK scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
  • Babar Hayat became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in a T20I match and he scored the first century in an Asia Cup qualifier T20I match.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/hkg/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3;id=19;type=team |title=Hong Kong: Records: Twenty20 Internationals |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629140326/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/hkg/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3%3Bid%3D19%3Btype%3Dteam |archivedate=29 June 2015 }}
  • Mark Chapman (HK) was dismissed by Mankading.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974263.html |title=Debutants Oman survive Hayat 122 |accessdate=19 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974385.html |title=HK coach fuming at 'cowardly' Oman-kad |accessdate=20 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 20 February 2016

| time = 15.00

| daynight =

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

| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}

| score1 = 165/4 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Adnan Ilyas 54 (27)

| wickets1 = Gulbadin Naib 2/24 (4 overs)

| score2 = 168/7 (19.3 overs)

| runs2 = Noor Ali Zadran 63 (44)

| wickets2 = Mehran Khan 3/18 (4 overs)

| result = Afghanistan won by 3 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966737.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

| umpires = Anisur Rahman (Ban) and Sarika Prasad (Sin)

| motm =

| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Zeeshan Maqsood became the first player for Oman to score more than 50 runs in a T20I innings.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/oman/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3;id=37;type=team |title=Oman: Records: Twenty20 Internationals|accessdate=20 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 21 February 2016

| time = 15:00

| daynight =

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

| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}

| score1 = 146/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Babar Hayat 54 (45)

| wickets1 = Mohammad Naveed 3/14 (4 overs)

| score2 = 147/4 (18.3 overs)

| runs2 = Mohammad Shahzad 52 (39)

| wickets2 = Nadeem Ahmed 1/17 (4 overs)

| result = United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966739.html Scorecard]

| venue = Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

| umpires = Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)

| motm =

| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Hong Kong were eliminated as a result of this match.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974933.html |title=Naveed, Shahzad take UAE closer to Asia Cup berth |accessdate=21 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 22 February 2016

| time = 15:00

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG|2013}}

| team2 = {{cr|HK}}

| score1 = 178/7 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Najibullah Zadran 60* (35)

| wickets1 = Aizaz Khan 3/38 (4 overs)

| score2 = 112 (17.1 overs)

| runs2 = Anshuman Rath 41 (38)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Nabi 4/17 (4 overs)

| result = Afghanistan won by 66 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966741.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

| umpires = Enamul Haque (Ban) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)

| motm = Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)

| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Adil Mehmood and Tanveer Ahmed (HK) both made their T20I debuts.

}}

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{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 22 February 2016

| time = 19:30

| daynight = yes

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

| team2 = {{cr|OMA}}

| score1 = 172/6 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Muhammad Kaleem 50 (40)

| wickets1 = Aamir Kaleem 4/31 (3.4 overs)

| score2 = 101/8 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Zeeshan Maqsood 46 (42)

| wickets2 = Mohammad Naveed 2/14 (4 overs)

| result = United Arab Emirates won by 71 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966743.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

| umpires = Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Sharfuddoula (Ban)

| motm = Muhammad Usman (United Arab Emirates)

| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Oman and Afghanistan were eliminated as a result of this match, while United Arab Emirates qualified for the 2016 Asia Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/975281.html|title=UAE storm to main draw with convincing win |accessdate=22 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

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References

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{{Asia Cup}}

{{International cricket in 2015-16}}

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