# 2005 ACC Under-19 Cup

The 2005 ACC Under-19 Cup was an international under-19 cricket tournament held in Nepal from 8 to 19 November 2005. The sixth ACC under-19 tournament to be held, matches were played in the capital Kathmandu and three other cities in the Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur, Kirtipur, and Lalitpur.
The number of teams at the tournament increased to fifteen (from the ten at the previous edition), with Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brunei, Iran, and Saudi Arabia making their debuts. Coached by Roy Dias and captained by Paras Khadka, Nepal defeated Malaysia in the final at Kirtipur's Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, with an estimated 10–15,000 people in attendance, as well as television viewership of 1.5 million. The team won its second consecutive title (and third overall), and consecutively qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Kuwait and Qatar were the losing semi-finalists for the second tournament in a row. The leading runscorer at the tournament was Malaysian batsman Ariffin Ramly, while the leading wicket-taker was Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed. The tournament's semi-finals and final were broadcast live on Nepal Television.

## Group stages

Full fixtures:CricketArchive

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| Nepal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | +5.120 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +2.832 |
| Brunei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –6.973 |

#### Notes

* Group A was the only group to have three teams; all others had four.
* Bahrain scored 383/4 from 50 overs against Brunei, the highest team total of the tournament.
* Brunei were dismissed for 21 from 15.2 overs against Nepal, the lowest team total of the tournament.
* Two centuries were scored in Group A, both by Bahraini batsman against Brunei, with Gayan de Silva scoring 200 not out and Danish Jasnaik scoring 102 not out. De Silva's innings was the best individual batting performance at the tournament.
* One five-wicket haul was recorded in Group B, with Bahrain's Salman Sattar taking 8/15 against Brunei, the best individual bowling performance at the tournament.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | +2.937 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | +2.433 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +1.158 |
| Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –6.053 |

#### Notes

* Two centuries were scored in Group B, both against Iran – Kuwait's Habibullah Iftikhar scored 153 and the UAE's Shehan Dharmasena scored 109.
* Four five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group B – Afghanistan's Sanaullah Mohib took 5/17 against Iran, the UAE's Shoaib Sarwar took 5/21 against Iran, Kuwait's Ali Shahzad also took 5/21 against Iran, and the UAE's Mohammad Fawad took 5/26 against Afghanistan.

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | +1.211 |
| Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | –0.282 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –0.242 |
| Oman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –0.680 |

#### Notes

* Two five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group C – Singapore's Jayanth Ganapathy took 5/38 against Qatar and Oman's Mushtaq Syed against Singapore.

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | +3.607 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | +0.467 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | –0.807 |
| Maldives | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.267 |

#### Notes

* Three five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group D, all against the Maldives – Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed took 6/15, Malaysia's Darvin Muralitharan took 5/5, and Saudi Arabia's Imran Nasir took 5/28.

## Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| D1 | Malaysia | 176/9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | United Arab Emirates | 164 | | | | | | |
| B2 | United Arab Emirates | 164 | D1 | Malaysia | 218/6 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Qatar | 158 | | | |
| A2 | Bahrain | 123 | C1 | Qatar | 158 | | | |
| C1 | Qatar | 124/3 | | | | | | |
| C1 | Qatar | 124/3 | | | | D1 | Malaysia | 83 |
| | | | | | | A1 | Nepal | 87/3 |
| D2 | Hong Kong | 179/8 | | | | | | | A1 | Nepal | 87/3 |
| B1 | Kuwait | 183/8 | | | | | | |
| B1 | Kuwait | 183/8 | B1 | Kuwait | 146 | | | |
| | | | A1 | Nepal | 147/1 | | | |
| A1 | Nepal | 223/9 | A1 | Nepal | 147/1 | | | |
| C2 | Singapore | 123 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 16 November Scorecard
| Malaysia 176/9 (48 overs) | v | Kuwait 164 (44.2 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 12 runs Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur Umpires: Jahangir Alam and Suhas Phadkar Player of the match: Manrick Singh (Mal)
* UAE won the toss and elected to bowl.
* The match was reduced to 48 overs per side before the start of play.
* 16 November Scorecard
| Bahrain 123 (34.4 overs) | v | Qatar 124/3 (29.4 overs) |
* Qatar won by 7 wickets Pulchowk Campus Ground, Lalitpur Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Tamoor Sajjad (Qat)
* Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16 November Scorecard
| Hong Kong 179/8 (50 overs) | v | Kuwait 183/8 (45.1 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 2 wickets Tudikhel Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Jasbir Singh and Manzur Rahman Player of the match: Habibullah Iftikhar (Kuw)
* Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 16 November Scorecard
| Nepal 223/9 (50 overs) | v | Singapore 123 (44.4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 100 runs Tribhuvan University Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Karunaratne Boteju and Riazuddin Player of the match: Sharad Vesawkar (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

### Semi-finals

* 17 November Scorecard
| Malaysia 218/6 (50 overs) | v | Qatar 158 (42.2 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 60 runs Tudikhel Ground, Kathmandu Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz and Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Manrick Singh (Mal)
* Qatar won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 17 November Scorecard
| Kuwait 146 (39.2 overs) | v | Nepal 147/1 (37.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Jasbir Singh and Nadir Shah Player of the match: Amrit Bhattarai and Kanishka Chaugai (both Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl.

### Final

* 19 November Scorecard
| Malaysia 83 (25.5 overs) | v | Nepal 87/3 (25.5 overs) |
* Nepal won by 7 wickets Tribhuvan University Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: K. G. Lakshminarayan and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Bantu Bataju (Nep)
* Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Nepal won the 2005 ACC Under-19 Cup and qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Ariffin Ramly | Malaysia | 276 | 6 | 69.00 | 98* | 0 | 3 |
| Habibullah Iftikhar | Kuwait | 275 | 5 | 91.66 | 153* | 1 | 1 |
| Gayan de Silva | Bahrain | 229 | 3 | 114.50 | 200* | 1 | 0 |
| Eszrafiq Azis | Malaysia | 179 | 6 | 29.83 | 85 | 0 | 1 |
| Suhan Alagaratnam | Malaysia | 163 | 6 | 27.16 | 55 | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| Irfan Ahmed | Hong Kong | 33.0 | 14 | 8.14 | 14.14 | 3.45 | 6/15 |
| Amrit Bhattarai | Nepal | 42.0 | 13 | 9.23 | 19.38 | 2.85 | 4/38 |
| Tamoor Sajjad | Qatar | 34.4 | 12 | 6.41 | 17.33 | 2.22 | 4/6 |
| Imran Nasir | Saudi Arabia | 28.0 | 12 | 7.33 | 14.00 | 3.14 | 5/28 |
| Mohammad Fawad | United Arab Emirates | 33.0 | 12 | 8.16 | 16.50 | 2.96 | 5/14 |
Source: CricketArchive

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Status |
| 1 | Nepal | Qualified for 2006 Under-19 World Cup |
| 2 | Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kuwait | |
| 4 | Qatar | |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | |
| 6 | Hong Kong | |
| 7 | Singapore | |
| 8 | Bahrain | |
| 9 | Afghanistan | |
| 10 | Thailand | |
| 11 | Oman | |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | |
| 13 | Maldives | |
| 14 | Iran | |
| 15 | Brunei | |