# 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup

The 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup was played between 22 and 30 November 2009 in the United Arab Emirates.
The twelve competing teams were: Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UAE.
Afghanistan defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final to win the tournament for the second time, following their joint victory with Oman in 2007. In the third place playoff Oman defeated Kuwait, meaning they will join Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates for the cricket tournament at the 2010 Asian Games, along with the national teams of Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | M | W | L | Pts | NRR |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4.459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3.809 |
| Singapore | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.106 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −0.991 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | −0.808 |
| China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | −6.226 |

### Results

* 22 November (scorecard)
| China 37 (17.5 overs) | v | Afghanistan 41/1 (4 overs) |
| Song Yangyang 7 (15) Hameed Hasan 4/5 (4 overs) | | Karim Sadiq 26* (12) Wang Lei 1/16 (2 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 9 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Farid Malik & Iftikhar Ali Player of the match: Hameed Hasan (Afghanistan)
* 22 November (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 132–6 (20 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 135–9 (19.3 overs) |
| Roy Lamsam 53 (53) Hammad Saeed 2/19 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Ali 29 (22) Irfan Ahmed 4/24 (2 overs) |
* Saudi Arabia won by 1 wicket Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Sarika Prasad
* 22 November (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 219–5 (20 overs) | v | Singapore 157 all out (19.3 overs) |
| Amjad Javed 115 (58) Pramodh Raja 2/25 (4 overs) | | Buddhika Mendis 51 (35) Fayyaz Ahmed 3/47 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 62 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: AR Srinivasan & Riyaz Chowdry Player of the match: Amjad Javed (UAE)
* 23 November (scorecard)
| Singapore 96 all out (17.5 overs) | v | Afghanistan 100–2 (12 overs) |
| Chetan Suryawanshi 18 (8) Hameed Hasan 3/5 (4 overs) | | Karim Khan 68 (39) Mulewa Dharmichand 2/14 (2 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: AR Srinivasan & Sanjay Gurung
* 23 November (scorecard)
| Saudi Arabia 155–6 (20 overs) | v | China 100–7 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Abdullah 63 (49) Li Jian 3/19 (2.3 overs) | | Wang Lei 25 (17) Mohammad Nadeem 3/18 (4 overs) |
* Saudi Arabia won by 55 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: AR Srinivasan & Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Mohammad Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
* 23 November (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 137–9 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 110–9 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Iqbal 42 (26) Moner Ahmed 2/13 (4 overs) | | Hussain Butt 37 (31) Ahmed Raza 4/8 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 27 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Ahmed Raza (UAE)
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 222–5 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 102–9 (20 overs) |
| Mohammad Shahzad 74 (46) Najeeb Amar 2/44 (4 overs) | | Hussain Butt 17 (17) Samiullah Shenwari 2/11 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 120 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Saudi Arabia 101–6 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 102–1 (11 overs) |
| Mohammad Nadeem 29 (32) Moiz Shahid 2/3 (3 overs) | | Mohammad Iqbal 71 (37) Hussain Anwar 1/30 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Ashwin Rana Player of the match: Mohammad Iqbal (UAE)
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Singapore 225–6 (20 overs) | v | China 93–7 (20 overs) |
| Chetan Suryawanshi 102 (38) Zhang Peng 4/19 (3 overs) | | Wang Dianyi 34 (39) Mulewa Dharmichand 3/12 (2 overs) |
* Singapore won by 132 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Chetan Suryawanshi (Singapore)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| Saudi Arabia 72 all out (18.5 overs) | v | Afghanistan 73–1 (8 overs) |
| Mohammad Abdullah 15 (22) Mohammad Nabi 4/7 (2.5 overs) | | Mohammad Shahzad 31 (15) Hammad Saeed 1/12 (3 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 9 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Farid Malik & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 164–8 (20 overs) | v | Singapore 165–9 (19.5 overs) |
| Hussain Butt 35 (29) Mulewa Dharmichand 2/33 (4 overs) | | Chetan Suryawanshi 27 (59) Moner Ahmed 4/30 (4 overs) |
* Singapore won by 1 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Farid Malik & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Chetan Suryawanshi (Singapore)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 236–5 (20 overs) | v | China 27 all out (15.1 overs) |
| Khurram Khan 64 (30) Li Jian 2/21 (2 overs) | | Song Yangyang 5 (10) Ahmed Raza 3/2 (2 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 209 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sanjay Gurung & AR Srinivasan
* 28 November (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 144–8 (20 overs) | v | Afghanistan 145–9 (20 overs) |
| Arfan Hyder 34 (25) Hameed Hasan 2/18 (4 overs) | | Karim Khan 34 (23) Qasim Zubair 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 1 wicket Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sarika Prasad & Sanjay Gurung
* 28 November (scorecard)
| Singapore 181–7 (20 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 179–8 (20 overs) |
| Chaminda Ruwan 54 (39) Shoaib Ali 2/23 (4 overs) | | Kashif Riaz 55 (32) Buddhika Mendis 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Singapore won by 3 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Farid Malik & Ashwin Rana Player of the match: Buddhika Mendis (Singapore)
* 28 November (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 124–8 (20 overs) | v | China 49 all out (17.5 overs) |
| Roy Lamsam 23 (21) Wang Lei 3/15 (4 overs) | | Zhang Yufei 9 (13) Nadeem Ahmed 3/10 (3 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 75 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Wang Lei (China) & Nadeem Ahmed (Hong Kong)

### Group B

| Team | M | W | L | Pts | NRR |
| Oman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2.561 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1.445 |
| Nepal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −0.018 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −0.094 |
| Qatar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | −1.095 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | −2.961 |

### Results

* 22 November (scorecard)
| Oman 219–5 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 111–7 (20 overs) |
| Zeeshan Ahmed 55 (35) Sarfraz Ahmed 2/43 (4 overs) | | Aamar Shahzad 43* (47) Zeeshan Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 108 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddi Pradhan & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Zeeshan Ahmed (Oman)
* 22 November (scorecard)
| Nepal 112–7 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 113–4 (17.2 overs) |
| Mehboob Alam 31 (34) Dinesh Muthuraman 2/17 (4 overs) | | Ahmad Faiz 40* (34) Shakti Gauchan 1/15 (3 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: M Asif & Thassim Junkeer
* 22 November (scorecard)
| Kuwait 195–5 (20 overs) | v | Qatar 130 all out (17.5 overs) |
| Saad Khalid 53* (34) Rusharat Ali 2/29 (4 overs) | | Sajjad Ahmed 29 (19) Azmatullah Mohammed 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 65 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Farid Malik & Iftikhar Ali Player of the match: Azmatullah Mohammed (Kuwait)
* 23 November (scorecard)
| Qatar 178–8 (20 overs) | v | Oman 179–5 (18.3 overs) |
| Tamoor Sajjad 62 (38) Awal Khan 3/50 (4 overs) | | Adnan Ilyas 75 (40) Ameenullah Khan 1/19 (2 overs) |
* Oman won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ashwin Rana & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Adnan Ilyas (Oman)
* 23 November (scorecard)
| Malaysia 218–4 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 134–9 (20 overs) |
| Damith Warusavithana 51 (33) Huzaifa Akram 1/29 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Ashraf 63 (41) Suresh Navaratnam 3/39 (4 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 84 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Thusara Kodikara (Malaysia)
* 23 November (scorecard)
| Kuwait 123 all out (19.1 overs) | v | Nepal 123–7 (20 overs) |
| Hisham Mirza 34 (20) Dipendra Chaudhary 4/11 (3 overs) | | Mehboob Alam 32 (33) Khalid Yameen 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Match tied Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Ashwin Rana & Sarika Prasad
* Nepal won the bowl-out 3–2
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Oman 112–9 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 100 all out (19.1 overs) |
| Ghazanfar Iqbal 37 (31) Dipendra Chaudhary 4/19 (4 overs) | | Basanta Regmi 26 (32) Hemin Desai 3/14 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 12 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Hemin Desai (Oman)
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Qatar 164–6 (20 overs) | v | Bahrain 161–6 (20 overs) |
| Rusharat Ali 44* (20) Mirza Rizwan 2/20 (4 overs) | | Nouman Yousuf 41 (43) Sardar Badshah 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Qatar won by 3 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Rusharat Ali (Qatar)
* 24 November (scorecard)
| Kuwait 209–7 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 112 all out (16.2 overs) |
| Saad Khalid 79 (39) Thushara Kodikara 2/15 (4 overs) | | Rakesh Madhavan 33 (30) Saad Khalid 4/10 (3.2 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 97 runs Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Ashwin Rana Player of the match: Saad Khalid (Kuwait)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| Oman 197–5 (20 overs) | v | Malaysia 162–8 (20 overs) |
| Hemin Desai 67 (27) Suresh Navaratnam 2/50 (4 overs) | | Suresh Navaratnam 44 (25) Adnan Ilyas 3/23 (3 overs) |
* Oman won by 35 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Adnan Ilyas (Oman)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| Bahrain 174–6 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 175–1 (12.3 overs) |
| Ashraf Mughal 61 (41) Sanal Govind 2/26 (3 overs) | | Khalid Butt 142 (53) Huzaifa Akram 1/34 (3.3 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 9 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sanjay Gurung & AR Srinivasan Player of the match: Khalid Butt (Kuwait)
* 26 November (scorecard)
| Qatar 96 all out (19 overs) | v | Nepal 97–4 (18 overs) |
| Irfan Hussain 32 (39) Basanta Regmi 3/11 (4 overs) | | Gyanendra Malla 39 (44) Ameenullah Khan 2/18 (3 overs) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Basanta Regmi & Shakti Gauchan (both Nepal)
* 28 November (scorecard)
| Malaysia 182–5 (20 overs) | v | Qatar 166–7 (20 overs) |
| Suhan Kumar 85* (47) Ameenullah Khan 3/23 (4 overs) | | Habib Zada 52 (44) Dinesh Muthuraman 3/29 (4 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 16 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sarika Prasad & Sanjay Gurung
* 28 November (scorecard)
| Bahrain 157–8 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 159–3 (18 overs) |
| Haroon Nasir 53 (36) Binod Das 3/28 (4 overs) | | Gyanendra Malla 48 (30) Sameer Yousuf 2/43 (4 overs) |
* Nepal won by 7 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Ashwin Rana & Farid Malik Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nepal)
* 28 November (scorecard)
| Oman 217–4 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 131 all out (19.3 overs) |
| Hemin Desai 63 (28) Azmatullah 2/24 (4 overs) | | Sanal Govind 32 (17) Amir Ali 3/14 (4 overs) |
* Oman won by 86 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Hemin Desai (Oman)

## Semi-finals and Playoffs
### 11th/12th place playoff

* 29 November (scorecard)
| Bahrain 196–4 (20 overs) | v | China 103–3 (20 overs) |
| Ashraf Mughal 86 (59) Wang Jing 1/26 (2 overs) | | Song Yangyang 34 (52) Numan Yousaf 1/12 (1.3 overs) |
* Bahrain won by 93 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & MV Ramesh Player of the match: Ashraf Mughal (Bahrain)

### 9th/10th place playoff

* 29 November (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 148–9 (20 overs) | v | Qatar 149–3 (16.3 overs) |
| Hussain Butt 64* (46) Sajjad Ahmed 3/27 (4 overs) | | Umer Taj 50 (35) Moner Ahmed 2/24 (3.3 overs) |
* Qatar won by 7 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Sanjay Gurung Player of the match: Sajjad Ahmed (Qatar)

### 7th/8th place playoff

* 29 November (scorecard)
| Malaysia 201–7 (20 overs) | v | Saudi Arabia 196–8 (20 overs) |
| Damith Warusavithana 62 (35) Shafiq Ahmed 3/28 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Nadeem 36 (21) Nik Arifin 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 5 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Iftikhar Ali & Vinay Kumar Jha Player of the match: Damith Warusavithana (Malaysia)

### 5th/6th place playoff

* 29 November (scorecard)
| Singapore 89 all out (19.4 overs) | v | Nepal 90–1 (14.2 overs) |
| Saad Janjua 25 (22) Binod Das 3/21 (3.4 overs) | | Dipendra Chaudhary 49* (40 overs) Saad Janjua 1/13 (3 overs) |
* Nepal won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Farid Malik & Ashwin Rana Player of the match: Dipendra Chaudhary (Nepal)

### Semi-finals

* 29 November (scorecard)
| Kuwait 115 all out (17.1 overs) | v | Afghanistan 116–2 (16.3 overs) |
| Hisham Mirza 33 (28) Hameed Hasan 3/24 (4 overs) | | Nowroz Mangal 51* (48) Mohumed Ali 2/25 (3.4 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: AR Srinivasan & Buddhi Pradhan Player of the match: Nowroz Mangal (Afghanistan)
* 29 November (scorecard)
| Oman 50 all out (15.1 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 51–4 (8.1 overs) |
| Awal Khan 12* (29) Moiz Shahid 5/20 (4 overs) | | Arfan Haider 19 (15) Awal Khan 2/32 (4 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Al Dhaid Cricket Village, Al Dhaid Player of the match: Moiz Shahid (UAE)

## 3rd place playoff and Final
### 3rd/4th place playoff

* 30 November (scorecard)
| Oman 171–9 (20 overs) | v | Kuwait 148 all out (18.4) |
| Vaibhav Wategaonkar 50 (30) Azmatullah Mohammed 4/14 (4 overs) | | Saad Khalid 44 (30) Awal Khan 4/45 (3.4 overs) |
* Oman won by 23 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha & Sanjay Gurung

### Final

* 30 November (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 196–8 (20 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 112 all out (14.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Nabi 73 (38) Mohammad Tauqir 3/29 (3 overs) | | Naeemuddin Aslam 37 (30) Mohammad Nabi 4/7 (1.3 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 84 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan & Sarika Prasad Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Promotion |
| 1st | Afghanistan | Will take part in the 2010 Asian Games |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | Will take part in the 2010 Asian Games |
| 3rd | Oman | Will take part in the 2010 Asian Games |
| 4th | Kuwait |
| 5th | Nepal |
| 6th | Singapore |
| 7th | Malaysia |
| 8th | Saudi Arabia |
| 9th | Qatar |
| 10th | Hong Kong |
| 11th | Bahrain |
| 12th | China | 2010 Asian Games hosts |

## Statistics

| Most Runs | Most Runs | Most Wickets | Most Wickets |
| Khalid Butt | 268 | Mohammad Nabi | 16 |
| Adnan Ilyas | 255 | Hameed Hasan | 14 |
| Ashraf Mughal | 236 | Awal Khan | 13 |
| Saad Khalid | 208 | Ahmed Raza | 12 |
| Chetan Suryawanshi | 204 | Moiz Shahid | 12 |