The 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup was played from 27 October until 2 November 2007 in Kuwait.

The ten competing teams were: Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UAE.

Group stage

Group A

Group A saw eventual finalists Oman and Afghanistan finish in the top two and qualify for the semi-final stage. Malaysia failed to win a match, despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad.

TeamMWLTNRPts
Oman431006
Afghanistan431006
Qatar422004
Nepal422004
Malaysia404000

Group B

Group B was a closer group than Group A. The UAE topped the group after winning all four of their games, and hosts Kuwait joined them in the semi-finals after finishing ahead of Singapore.

TeamMWLTNRPts
United Arab Emirates440008
Kuwait422004
Singapore422004
Hong Kong413002
Saudi Arabia413002

Semi-finals

1 November 2007
Oman 160/9 (20 overs)vKuwait 122 all out (19.3 overs)
Adnan Ilyas 48 (36) Azmatullah 2/31 (4 overs)Azmatullah 41 (28 overs) Hemin Desai 3/22 (3 overs)
Oman won by 38 runsUnity Cricket Club Umpires: Vinay Jha, Siva Sarika Player of the match: Hemin Desai

1 November 2007
Afghanistan 163 all out (19.5 overs)vUnited Arab Emirates 116 all out (18.4 overs)
Nowroz Mangal 61 (30) Shadeep Silva 4/22 (3.5 overs)Amjad Javed 36 (20) Samiullah Shinwari 4/20 (3.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 47 runsUnity Cricket Club Umpires: Srinivasan, Riaz Chaudhari Player of the match: Nowroz Mangal

3rd place play-off

2 November 2007
Kuwait 126/7 (20 overs)vUnited Arab Emirates 123/8 (20 overs)
Yaseen Mughal 24* (25) Shadeep Silva 2/35 (4 overs)Saqib Ali 53 (38) Yaseen Mughal 4/21 (3 overs)
Kuwait won by 3 runsKOC Cricket Ground Umpires: not known Player of the match: Yaseen Mughal

Final

2 November 2007
Afghanistan 151/9 (20 overs)vOman 151/7 (20 overs)
Karim Sadiq 27 (24) Zeshan Ahmed 3/30 (3 overs)Nelesh Palmer 66 (56) Hameed Hasan 2/31 (4 overs)
Match tiedKOC Cricket Ground Umpires: Waseem Abbas, Naveed Malik Player of the match: Nelesh Palmer
  • Tournament regulations stated that a Bowl-out was to be used in the event of a tie, but due to the poor condition of the pitch after the match it was cancelled and the trophy shared

Final standings

PositionTeam
1stOman Afghanistan
3rdKuwait
4thUnited Arab Emirates
5thQatar
6thSingapore
7thNepal
8thSaudi Arabia
9thHong Kong
10thMalaysia

See also

External links

International cricket in 2007-08