The 2002 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament held from 10 to 21 July 2002 in Singapore. 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 United Arab Emirates, who defeated Nepal in the final by six wickets. This was the UAE's second consecutive title.

Teams

The following ten teams took part in the tournament:

Kuwait Nepal Oman Qatar United Arab EmiratesHong Kong Malaysia Maldives Singapore Thailand

Group stages

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

Group A

TeamPldWLNRBPNRRPts
United Arab Emirates440032.18711
Nepal431031.7189
Kuwait42202-0.2446
Oman41301-1.5123
Qatar40400-2.3480
10 July 2002
United Arab Emirates 196/8 (38 overs)vOman 58 all out (22.3 overs)
Khurram Khan 76 (71) Ameet Sampat 2/15 (4 overs)C. Tanki 15 (21) Ahmed Nadeem 4/17 (8 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 138 runsThe Padang, Singapore
  • Match was reduced to 38 overs per side
11 July 2002
Qatar 100 all out (31 overs)vKuwait 102/2 (16.5 overs)
Mohammad Jahangir 35 (60) Abdullah Khan 3/6 (1 over)Ghayoor Ahmed 48* (54) Iftikhar Hussain 2/25 (3.5 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wicketsKallang Ground, Singapore
12 July 2002
Nepal 153/9 (50 overs)vOman 48 all out (35.3 overs)
Shakti Gauchan 37 (95) Hemal Mehta 4/17 (10 overs)Jitendra Redkar 12 (69) Mehboob Alam 3/13 (8 overs)
Nepal won by 105 runsThe Padang, Singapore
14 July 2002
United Arab Emirates 289/9 (50 overs)vKuwait 123 all out (41.3 overs)
Khurram Khan 113 (99) Zakar Anwar 3/44 (10 overs)Ghayoor Ahmed 33 (49) Arshad Ali 5/10 (5.3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 166 runsKallang Ground, Singapore
14 July 2002
Nepal 210 all out (47.5 overs)vQatar 80 all out (35.2 overs)
Shakti Gauchan 53 (114) Iftikhar Hussain 4/45 (9 overs)Ameenullah Khan 15 (20) Mehboob Alam 5/24 (6 overs)
Nepal won by 130 runsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
15 July 2002
Oman 267/6 (50 overs)vQatar 171 all out (43.5 overs)
Rakesh Sharma 92 (96) Usman Malik 3/23 (10 overs)Irfan Shahid 46 (46) Maqbool Moosa 2/34 (8 overs)
Oman won by 96 runsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
16 July 2002
Kuwait 66 all out (23 overs)vOman 68/2 (14.5 overs)
Rakesh Sharma 24 (33) Waheed Janjua 3/24 (10 overs)Waheed Janjua 36* (41) Ali Akbar 1/4 (1.5 overs)
Kuwait won by 8 wicketsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
16 July 2002
Nepal 159/9 (50 overs)vUnited Arab Emirates 162/4 (44.4 overs)
Parash Luniya 35 (60) Khurram Khan 2/19 (10 overs)Arshad Ali 67 (104) Bardan Chalise 1/15 (3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wicketsThe Padang, Singapore
17 July 2002
Nepal 288/6 (50 overs)vKuwait 164 all out (35.1 overs)
Dipendra Chaudhary 80* (96) Hasan Arif 4/57 (10 overs)Waheed Janjua 43 (33) Basanta Regmi 3/31 (9.1 overs)
Nepal won by 124 runsThe Padang, Singapore
17 July 2002
Qatar 158/9 (50 overs)vUnited Arab Emirates 159/4 (34 overs)
Ameenullah Khan 38 (32) Mohammad Tauqir 3/32 (9 overs)Asim Saeed 68 (91) Irfan Shahid 2/27 (10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wicketsThe Padang, Singapore

Group B

TeamPldWLNRBPNRRPts
Malaysia440031.86811
Hong Kong431021.7368
Singapore422011.4415
Maldives413010.2123
Thailand40400-5.3750
10 July 2002
Malaysia 271/6 (40 overs)vThailand 77 all out (25.4 overs)
Yazid Imran 109 (47) A.J. Khan 3/32 (8 overs)R. Suchakankha 15 (49) Chew Pok Cheong 4/17 (5 overs)
Malaysia won by 194 runsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
  • Match was reduced to 40 overs per side
11 July 2002
Hong Kong 222/5 (36 overs)vSingapore 206/8 (36 overs)
Tabarak Dar 56 (61) Sunder Mani 2/36 (8 over)Zubin Shroff 101* (99) Sher Lama 5/34 (7 overs)
Hong Kong won by 6 runs (D/L)Kallang Ground, Singapore
  • Match was reduced to 36 overs per side, Singapore target was 213 runs
11 July 2002
Singapore 206 all out (48.2 overs)vMaldives 144/8 (25 overs)
Zubin Shroff 42 (62) Afzal Faiz 4/20 (4.2 overs)Moosa Kaleem 55 (53) Sunder Mani 3/34 (5 overs)
Singapore won by 7 wickets (D/L)The Padang, Singapore
  • Maldives target was 152 runs in 25 overs
12 July 2002
Hong Kong 326/5 (48 overs)vThailand 95 all out (36.1 overs)
Rahul Sharma 105 (66) Varin Silpadhanichkun 3/63 (10 overs)S. Suphavadeeprasit 36 (93) Rahul Sharma 3/13 (6.1 overs)
Hong Kong won by 231 runsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
  • Match was reduced to 48 overs per side
12 July 2002
Malaysia 161 all out (39.4 overs)vMaldives 119 all out (35.1 overs)
Yazid Imran 35 (41) Ismail Nihad 3/25 (7 overs)Moosa Kaleem 31 (50) Chew Pok Cheong 3/22 (8 overs)
Malaysia won by 42 runsKallang Ground, Singapore
  • Match was reduced to 40 overs per side
14 July 2002
Hong Kong 159 all out (48.5 overs)vMalaysia 160/9 (48.5 overs)
Ravi Sujanani 31 (81) Suresh Navaratnam 4/27 (10 overs)Yazid Imran 37 Sher Lama 3/24 (9.5 overs)
Malaysia won by 1 wicketThe Padang, Singapore
15 July 2002
Hong Kong 347/2 (50 overs)vMaldives 259 all out (48.2 overs)
Alexander French 203 (158) Abdullah Shahid 1/63 (10 overs)Moosa Kaleem 91 (85) Jawaid Iqbal 3/41 (10 overs)
Hong Kong won by 88 runsKallang Ground, Singapore
15 July 2002
Malaysia 203/5 (50 overs)vSingapore 109 all out (42.4 overs)
Rakesh Madhavan 72 (114) Rishi Kaul 2/24 (10 overs)Suneth Mendis 25 (46) Marimuthu Muniandy 4/9 (6.4 overs)
Malaysia won by 94 runsThe Padang, Singapore
16 July 2002
Singapore 440/2 (50 overs)vThailand 115 all out (41.3 overs)
Kapila Mendis 191 (139) H.D. Singh 2/61 (5 overs)A.J. Khan 24 (26) Rishi Kaul 3/17 (8 overs)
Singapore won by 325 runsKallang Ground, Singapore
17 July 2002
Thailand 121 all out (48.5 overs)vMaldives 125/2 (16 overs)
Anil Tanwani 52 Ahmed Amir 3/14 (7.5 overs)Moosa Kaleem 51* Varin Silpadhanichkun 1/30 (6 overs)
Maldives won by 8 wicketsIndian Association Ground, Singapore

Semi-finals

19 July 2002
United Arab Emirates 280/7 (50 overs)vHong Kong 193 all out (48.2 overs)
Asim Saeed 55 (73) Rahul Sharma 2/37 (7 overs)Saleem Malik 52 (38) Khurram Khan 4/46 (9.2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 87 runsKallang Ground, Singapore
19 July 2002
Nepal 181/9 (50 overs)vMalaysia 156 all out (47.2 overs)
Shakti Gauchan 67 (110) Noor Roslee 2/30 (8 overs)Eszrafiq Aziz 50 Raj Pradhan 3/39 (? overs)
Nepal won by 25 runsIndian Association Ground, Singapore
  • Malaysia innings scorecard incomplete

Final

21 July 2002
Nepal 184 all out (50 overs)vUnited Arab Emirates 185/4 (38.3 overs)
Paresh Lohani 52 (79) Arshad Ali 4/24 (6 overs)Khurram Khan 60 (63) Binod Das 2/27 (7 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 6 wicketsKallang Ground, Singapore

Statistics

Most runsMost wickets
United Arab Emirates Arshad Ali12
United Arab Emirates Khurram Khan299Nepal Mehboob Alam11
Hong Kong Rahul Sharma272Malaysia Suresh Navaratnam11
Singapore Kapila Mendis260United Arab Emirates Mohammad Tauqir11
Nepal Shakti Gauchan248United Arab Emirates Ahmed Nadeem10

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