2008 ACC Trophy Elite
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The 2008 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket
tournament in Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia, taking place between 25 July and 3 August 2008. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council
experience of international one-day cricket and also forms part of the regional qualifications for the ICC World Cricket League
it was decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in the divisions was based on their final positions in the last ACC Trophy. The top ten teams went on to take part in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the remaining teams were placed in a lower division, the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge
. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
tournament in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, Malaysia, taking place between 25 July and 3 August 2008. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council
Asian Cricket Council
The Asian Cricket Council is a cricket organization which was established in 1983, to promote and develop the sport of cricket in Asia. It is the regional administrative body and is sub-ordinate to the International Cricket Council. The Conference became the Asian Cricket Council in 1995 and its...
experience of international one-day cricket and also forms part of the regional qualifications for the ICC World Cricket League
Teams
After the 2006 ACC Trophy2006 ACC Trophy
The 2006 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place between 14 August and 26 August 2006. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket....
it was decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in the divisions was based on their final positions in the last ACC Trophy. The top ten teams went on to take part in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the remaining teams were placed in a lower division, the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge
2009 ACC Trophy Challenge
The 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge was a cricket tournament in Chiang Mai, Thailand, taking place between 12 and 21 January 2009. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also formed part of the regional qualifications for the...
. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:
Squads
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| Nowroz Mangal Nowroz Mangal Nawroz Khan Mangal is a right-handed batsman who bowls off break. Mangal plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team.-Early career:... (Captain) Karim Khan Karim Khan (cricketer) Karim Khan Saadiq is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who plays as a wicketkeeper for the Afghan national team... Raees Ahmadzi Dawlat Ahmadzi Ahmed Shah Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Nabi Pashto:محمد نبي عيسی خېل is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler who plays for and captains Afghanistan... Noor Ali Noor Ali Noor Ali Zadran is an Afghan cricketer. Ali is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who currently plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team... Hasti Gul Hasti Gul Hasti Gul Abid is an Afghan cricketer. Gul is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace and plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team.... Samiullah Shenwari Samiullah Shenwari Samiullah Shenwari is a right-handed batsman and leg break bowler who plays for Afghanistan.Shenwari is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and... Asghar Stanikzai Hamid Hassan Noor ul Haq Noor-ul-Haq (cricketer) Noor-ul-Haq Malekzai is an Afghan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He currently represents the Afghanistan national cricket team.... Shaifqullah Shafaq Aimal Wafa Zarab Shah (Manager) Taj Malik (Coach) |
Fahad Sadeq (Captain) Mirza Yaqoob Azeem-ul-Haq Akmal Malik Muhammad Yaqoob Abdul Waheed Qamar Saeed Ashraf Mughal Tahir Dar Halal Abbasi Haroon Zafar Imran Sajjad Rizwan Baig Dharmesh Kumar M.H.M. Sadeq (Manager) Mukhtar Ahmed Yousuf (Coach) |
Tabarak Dar Tabarak Dar Tabarak Dar is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for Hong Kong. He is a specialist batsman, though his medium pace yielded seven wickets at the 2001 ICC Trophy, which was his international debut... (Captain) Zain Abbas Zain Abbas Zain Abbas is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played one One Day International for Hong Kong.He is currently playing for Ticknall CC in the Derbyshire County League Division 1 after joining from Aston-on-trent where he was the 3rd leading wicket taker in the Derbyshire Premier League with 44... Zafran Ali James Atkinson James Atkinson (cricketer) James John Atkinson is an international cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong. A wicket-keeper, he has also represented Hong Kong at Under 19s level, and was selected as part of their squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup... Ilyas Gul Ilyas Gul Ilyas Gul is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer.His best One Day International bowling performance is 3-46 against Bangladesh at Colombo in 2004; as of 2007, he remains the only Hong Kong player to take three wickets in an ODI... Roy Lamsam Roy Lamsam John Patrick Roy Lamsam is a Hong Kong cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals and four ICC Trophy matches between 1997 and 2008. He is a specialist batsman who has batted between five and eight in the batting order for Hong Kong, scoring 15 ICC Trophy runs and 24 One Day International... Shakeel Haq Ashish Gadhia Hussain Butt Hussain Butt Khaled Hussain Butt is a Pakistani-born cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong.- External links :**... Irfan Ahmed Irfan Ahmed Irfan Ahmed is a Pakistani-born international cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he was named Hong Kong's cricketer of the year in summer 2008–09.- External links :... Nadeem Ahmed Nadeem Ahmed Nadeem Ahmed is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer who appeared in one One Day International against Pakistan in 2004; he bowled 10 overs without taking a wicket and scored 1. He also appeared in two first-class matches in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup taking three wickets.-External links:*... Najeeb Amar Skhawat Ali Skhawat Ali Skhawat Ali is a cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong.- External links :**... Moner Ahmed Jawad Ashraf (Manager) Aaftab Habib (Coach) |
Hisham Mirza (Captain) Mustansar Hasan Saud Qamar Sibtain Raza Abdulrehman Liaqat Saad Khalid Mohammad Akhudzada Mohammad Murad Khalid Yameen Mohammad Ahsan Jagath Roshantha Mohammad Javed Faisal Nadeem Nadeem Malik Nadeem Malik Nadeem Malik , known by his last two names, is an English cricketer, a right-arm fast-medium seam bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman.... Emad Al Jassam (Manager) Tahir Khan Tahir Khan Mohammad Tahir Khan is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Karachi and has represented Pakistan A. He is a right-arm offbreak bowler and handy lower order batsman.-External links:... (Coach) |
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| Rohan Suppiah Rohan Suppiah Rohan Vishnu Suppiah is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1997... (Captain) Rakesh Madhavan Rakesh Madhavan Rakesh Madhavan is a Malaysian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1997.-Biography:... Suhan Alagaratnam Darvin Muralitharan Nasir Ali Ahmad Faiz Eszrafiq Azis Eszrafiq Azis Eszrafiq Abdul Azis is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 2002 and played a first-class match in 2004.-Biography:... Shukri Rahim Dinesh Sockalingham P. Wickramasinghe Suresh Navaratnam Suresh Navaratnam Suresh Navaratnam is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played more than 100 times for the Malaysia national cricket team since making his debut in 1993, scoring more runs and taking more wickets than any other player for Malaysia.-Early... M. Krishnamurthi Anwar Arudin Rosman Zakaria Ramesh Menon Ramesh Menon (cricketer) Ramesh Menon is a Malaysian former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler, he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1993 and 2001.-Biography:... (Manager) Romesh Kaluwitharana Romesh Kaluwitharana Romesh Shantha Kaluwitharana is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 49 Test and 189 ODIs from 1990 to 2004... (Coach) |
Binod Das Binod Das Binod Kumar Das is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he was the captain of the Nepal national cricket team, having played for them since 2000.-Biography:... (Captain) Paras Khadka Paras Khadka Paras Khadka is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2004... Gyanendra Malla Mahaboob Alam Mahaboob Alam Mahaboob Alam, also known as Mehaboob Alam is a Nepali cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2000.-Biography:... Mahesh Chhetri Mahesh Chhetri Mahesh Kumar Chhetri is a Nepali cricket wicket-keeper. He has played in the U-15 Asia Cup 2002/3, the ACC U-17 cup 2003/4, the ACC Fast track country's tournament 2005, the ACC Under-19 Cup 2005/6, the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, the 2006 ACC Trophy, the 2007 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup, the... Sanjam Regmi Sanjam Regmi Sanjam Regmi is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2001, including two first-class matches.-Biography:... Raj Kumar Pradhan Dipendra Chaudhary Dipendra Chaudhary Dipendra Chaudhary is a Nepali cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 1998, including two first-class matches.... Sharad Vesawkar Sharad Vesawkar Sharad Vesawkar is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2004.-Biography:Bornfesfs... Amrit Bhattarai Shakti Gauchan Shakti Gauchan Shakti Prasad Gauchan is a Nepali cricketer. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2002.-Biography:... Kanishka Chaugai Kanishka Chaugai Kanishka Chaugai is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2004.-Biography:... Paresh Lohani Paresh Lohani Paresh Prasad Lohani is a Nepalese cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he has played for the Nepal national cricket team since 2000.-Biography:... Basant Regmi Pawan Agarwal (Manager) Roy Dias Roy Dias Roy Luke Dias is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played 20 Test matches as a specialist batsman, and became the first Sri Lankan to hit 1,000 Test runs... (Coach) |
Omer Taj (Captain) Mohammad Jahangir Saleem Akhtar Abbas Khan Tamoor Sajjad Imtinan Mirza Faisal Noor Usman Malik Usman Malik Usman Malik is a Pakistani cricketer who played in the U-19 Cricket World Cup for Pakistan. After that he did not do anything in his life. Therefore his only claim to fame was U-19 World Cup in 2007.... Haroon Abbasi Sardar Badshah Rusharat Ali Zaheer-ud-din Ibrahim Anwar Packer Asram Muhammad Nazar Malik (Manager) Shamas u din Khadas (Coach) |
Sarfaz Ahmed (Captain) Suhrab Kilsingatakam Asif Shamshad Hammad Saeed Khashef Riaz Sajjad Hussain Abid Naseem Shafiq Ahmed Khalid Butt Hussain Anwar Mohammad Amjad Abbas Al-Nadwi Ahmed Al-Nadwi Ijaz Sagheer Nidal Khan (Manager) Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests and 41 ODIs from 1980 to 1990.... (Coach) |
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| Chaminda Ruwan Chaminda Ruwan Chaminda Ruwan Kumarage, usually known as Chaminda Ruwan is a Sri Lankan born cricketer, who is currently the captain of the Singapore national cricket team... (Captain) Glenn Meyer Muhammad Ali Narender Reddy Chetan Suryawanshi Chetan Suryawanshi Chetan Suryawanshi is an Indian born cricketer who currently plays for the Singapore national cricket team. Suryawanshi is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler, although his primary role is that of a wicketkeeper... Sagar Kulkarni Vivek Vedagiri Shoaib Razzak Rizwan Madakia Christopher Janik Irfan Madakia Dharmichand Mulewa Munish Arora Pramodh Raja Harnam Singh (Manager) M. Venkataramana M. Venkataramana Margasahayam Venkataramana, is a former Indian cricketer.Venkataramana was a right arm off-spinner who played for Tamil Nadu in first class cricket. He made his debut in the 1987-88 season when Tamil Nadu won the Ranji Trophy... (Coach) |
Khurram Khan Khurram Khan Khurram Khan is a United Arab Emirates cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals for the United Arab Emirates. He has been playing for the UAE since 2001 when he turned out for the team at the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada, where he played ten games over the course of the two-week tournament... (Captain) Mohammed Tauqir Saqib Ali Saqib Ali (cricketer) Saqib Ali is a Pakistani born cricketer who plays First-class cricket with the United Arab Emirates in the ICC Intercontinental Cup... Arshad Ali Arshad Ali Arshad Ali is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. Born in the Punjab region of Pakistan, Arshad has represented his adopted country at the 2004 Asia Cup of cricket.-References:**... Zahid Shah Zahid Shah Zahid Shah is Pakistani cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates. He also plays for the North-West Frontier Province. He is a Right-arm fast-medium bowler.... Amjad Ali Amjad Ali (cricketer) Amjad Ali Chaudhry is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. A left-handed batsman, right-arm medium pace bowler and wicket-keeper, he made his One Day International debut for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team in 2008... Shadeep Silva Shadeep Silva Elle Hennadige Shadeep Nadeeja Silva , usually known as Shadeep Silva, is a Sri Lankan born United Arab Emirates cricketer. A left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team in 2008... Salman Farooq Fahad Al Hashimi Shoaib Sarwar Shoaib Sarwar Shoaib Sarwar is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2006, including three first-class and two List A matches.... Riaz Khaliq Qasim Zubair Qasim Zubair Qasim Zubair is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2006, including three first-class matches.-Biography:... Rameez Shahzad Rameez Shahzad Rameez Shahzad is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2005, including three first-class matches.-Biography:... Muhammad Iqbal Mazhar Khan Mazhar Khan Mazhar Saleem Khan, born 11 September 1964 in Rawalpindi, is an Pakistan-born Omani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He made several appearances as a batsman in the 2005 ICC Trophy and has also played List A cricket for the Oman national cricket team.-References:... (Manager) Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Conniel Drakes is a West Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman.... (Coach) |
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| Tanvir Ahmed Tanvir Ahmed Tanvir Ahmed born is a Pakistani first-class cricketer. Ahmed is mainly a fast-bowler. He played for Pakistan in a first-class match against Worcestershire in the tour of England in 2010 He was later chosen to play in the second test in Pakistan's 2010 home series against South Africa in the UAE... (Bangladesh) D Ekanayake (Sri Lanka) SS Hazare (India) Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India... (Bangladesh) RR Jadeja (India) GF Labrooy (Sri Lanka) Khalid Mahmood (Pakistan) SJ Phadkar (India) BB Pradhan (Nepal) SS Prasad (Singapore) Anisur Rahman Anisur Rahman Anisur Rahman is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs from 1995 to 1998.-The early days:The tall left armer was a big success with the ball in the U-19 Asia cup in 1989. There he took 3/44 against India, and 3/36 against Pakistan.Impressed by his performances, the selectors quickly... (Bangladesh) Samiur Rahman Samiur Rahman Samiur Rahman is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 2 ODIs in 1986. The right arm medium pacer failed to take any wickets in those 2 ODIs, but over all he performed with great distinction for Bangladesh throughout the 80's. Apart from being a new ball swing bolwer, he was more than a... (Bangladesh) RJ Ratnayake (Sri Lanka) Aziz-ur-Rehman (Pakistan) Abdus Sami (Pakistan) SH Sarathkumara (Sri Lanka) Anis Siddiqi (Pakistan) Iqbal Sikander Iqbal Sikander Mohammad Iqbal Sikander Mohammad Iqbal Sikander Mohammad Iqbal Sikander (born December 19, 1958, Karachi, Sindh is a former Pakistani cricketer who played four ODIs, all of them in the 1992 Cricket World Cup and was part of the Pakistan squad that won it, but he was never selected again for... (Pakistan) |
Group A
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
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Fixtures and results
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Semifinals
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Final and Playoffs
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Final Placings
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Statistics
| Most Runs | Most Wickets | ||
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 Omer Taj |
294 |  Dinesh Sockalingham |
18 |
| Suhan Alagaratnam |
278 | Abbas Khan |
12 |
 Arshad Ali |
268 | Najeeb Amar |
12 |
 Paras Khadka |
209 |  Halal Abbasi |
11 |
| Najeeb Amar |
195 | Irfan Ahmed |
11 |