# 2010 ACC Trophy Elite

The 2010 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket tournament in Kuwait, taking place between March 31 and April 9, 2010. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helps forms an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by Afghanistan, who defeated Nepal by 95 runs in the final on April 9.

## Teams

After the 2006 ACC Trophy 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. Bottom two teams were relegated from 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and top two teams from 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge were promoted. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:
| Hong Kong  Kuwait  Nepal  Oman  Singapore | Afghanistan  Bahrain  Bhutan  Malaysia  United Arab Emirates |

## Squads

| Afghanistan | Bahrain | Bhutan | Hong Kong | Kuwait |
| Nawroz Mangal (C) Asghar Afghan Dawlat Ahmadzai Hamid Hassan Karim Sadiq Mirwais Ashraf Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Nasratullah Nasrat Noor Ali Raees Ahmadzai Samiullah Shenwari Shabir Noori Shapoor Zadran | Bahrain withdrew from the tournament after being unable to field a team due to visa problems. | Damber Gurung (C) Tshering Dorji Kumar Subba Kencho Norbu (wk) Sonam Tobgay Phuntsho Wangdi Dampo Dorji Tandin Wangchuk Lakshmi Kami Sushil Luitel Tshering Tashi Dorji Loday Sanjog Chhetri Barun Wakhley | Najeeb Amar (C) Roy Lamsam Moner Ahmed Irfan Ahmed Nadeem Ahmed Waqas Barkat Hussain Butt Ilyas Gull Aizaz Khan Asif Khan Nizakat Khan Vikash Vaswani (wk) Nasir Hameed (wk) Jawaid Iqbal | Hashim Mirza (C) Khalid Butt Lasantha Dimuthu Saif Ullah Muhammad Amin Nikhil Kulkarni Saud Iqbal Muhammad Javed Saad Khalid Nalaka Dayan Muhammad Murad Muhammad Akhudzada (wk) Khalid Yamin Haroon Shahid |
| Malaysia | Nepal | Oman | Singapore | United Arab Emirates |
| Suhan Alagaratnam (C) Ahmed Faiz Faris Almas Rakesh Madhavan Damith Warusavithana Suresh Navaratnam Anwar Arudin Eszrafiq Azis Shukri Rahim Nik Arifin Shafiq Sharif (wk) Hassan Ghulam Norwira Rahim Shahrulnizam Yusof | Paras Khadka (C) Mehboob Alam Binod Bhandari Amrit Bhattarai Dipendra Chaudhary Mahesh Chhetri (wk) Binod Das Shakti Gauchan Gyanendra Malla Anil Mandal Basanta Regmi Sanjam Regmi Sharad Vesawkar Rahul Vishwakarma | Sultan Ahmed (C) (wk) Rafeeq Al-Balushi Yousuf Mahmood Sufyan Mahmood Hemin Desai Adnan Ilyas (wk) Vaibhav Wategaonkar Zeeshan Siddiqui Awal Khan Khalid Rasheed Aamer Ali Nileshkumar Parmar Tariq Hussain Aamir Khaleem | Munish Arora (C) Mohammad Ali Narender Reddy Chetan Suryawanshi (wk) Shoib Razak Mulewa Dharmichand Pramodh Raja Buddhika Mendis Saad Janjua Sagar Kulkarni Irfan Madakia Varun Varman Manbhir Singh Phil Childs | Khurram Khan (C) Naeemuddin Aslam Arshad Ali Saqib Ali Abdul Rehman (wk) Shadeep Silva Amjad Ali (wk) Salman Farooq Ahmed Raza Qassim Zubair Shoaib Sarwar Fayyaz Ahmed Qadar Nawaz Indika Sampath (wk) |

## Group stages
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Nepal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.592 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.030 |
| 3 | Oman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.049 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.852 |
| 5 | Singapore | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.789 |
* 31 March 2010 (scorecard)
| Kuwait 252 (49.4 overs) | v | Singapore 249/9 (50 overs) |
| Saad Khalid 68 (44) Mulewa Dharmichand 3/40 (10 overs) | | Munish Arora 90 (103) Muhammad Amin 4/17 (5 overs) |
* Kuwait won by 3 runs Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: L. Hariharan & Syed Kazmi Player of the match: Munish Arora (Singapore)
* 31 March 2010 (scorecard)
| Nepal 236/7 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 118 (33.4 overs) |
| Anil Mandal 72 (96) Nadeem Ahmed 3/51 (10 overs) | | Ilyas Gull 27 (29) Mehboob Alam 3/33 (7 overs) |
* Nepal won by 118 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Irfan Adil & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Anil Mandal (Nepal)
* 1 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Singapore 173 (47.5 overs) | v | Oman 174/2 (33.5 overs) |
| Munish Arora 43 (103) Awal Khan 4/29 (9.5 overs) | | Vaibhav Wategaonkar 60 (74) Saad Janjua 1/38 (8 overs) |
* Oman won by 8 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Imran Idress & Syed Kazmi Player of the match: Awal Khan (Oman)
* 2 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Kuwait 202 (49.5 overs) | v | Hong Kong 203/7 (43.5 overs) |
| Lasantha Dimuthu 51 (111) Ilyas Gul 4/33 (9 overs) | | Hussain Butt 82 (117) Khalid Butt 1/21 (7 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: L. Hariharan & Imran Idress Player of the match: Hussain Butt (Hong Kong)
* 2 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Oman 169/9 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 172/4 (38.3 overs) |
| Vaibhav Wategaonkar 56 (104) Rahul Vishvakarma 3/32 (8 overs) | | Anil Mandal 39 (45) Aamer Ali 3/48 (10 overs) |
* Nepal won by 6 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & Irfan Adil Player of the match: Paras Khadka (Nepal)
* 3 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Singapore 216 (49 overs) | v | Nepal 217/3 (43.2 overs) |
| Phil Childs 40 (51) Shakti Gauchan 2/26 (5 overs) | | Mahesh Chhetri 87 (111) Pramodh Raja 1/21 (7 overs) |
* Nepal won by 7 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Imran Mustafa & Younus Rasheed Player of the match: Mahesh Chhetri (Nepal)
* 4 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 194 (46.2 overs) | v | Singapore 149 (44 overs) |
| Moner Ahmed 44 (44) Narender Reddy 4/28 (8.2 overs) | | Monish Arora 52 (70) Nadeem Ahmed 5/35 (9 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 45 runs Sulabiya Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Nadeem Ahmed (Hong Kong)
* 4 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Kuwait 247 (49.5 overs) | v | Oman 249/5 (40.2 overs) |
| Khalid Butt 55 (44) Deep Trivedi 4/36 (8.5 overs) | | Adnan Ilyas 82* (84) Haroon Shahid 2/35 (3.2 overs) |
* Oman won by 5 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: F. Malik & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Deep Trividi & Adnan Ilyas (both Oman)
* 6 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Oman 168 (39 overs) | v | Hong Kong 169/9 (38.5 overs) |
| Deep Trividi 54 (98) Moner Ahmed 4/19 (7 overs) | | Nizakat Khan 57 (72) Tariq Hussain 3/41 (8 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 1 wicket Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Irfan Adil & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (Hong Kong)
* 6 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Kuwait 120 (42 overs) | v | Nepal 121/2 (26.4 overs) |
| Saud Iqbal 26 (48) Sanjam Regmi 4/26 (9 overs) | | Mahesh Chhetri 63 (83) Saud Iqbal 1/8 (1 over) |
* Nepal won by 8 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: R. Srinivasan & T Mahmood Player of the match: Sanjam Regmi (Nepal)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.600 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.512 |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.392 |
| 4 | Bhutan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −8.498 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
* ↑ Bahrain were forced to withdraw from the tournament after being unable to field a team due to visa problems.
* 31 March 2010 (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 471/5 (50 overs) | v | Bhutan 78 (32.5 overs) |
| Asghar Afghan 151 (83) Phuntsho Wangdi 2/78 (9 overs) | | Kumar Subba 41 (103) Hameed Hasan 6/18 (7.5 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 393 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: John Saloman & R. Srinivasan Player of the match: Asghar Stanikzai (Afghanistan)
* 1 April 2010 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 510/6 (50 overs) | v | Bhutan 76 (32.2 overs) |
| Saqib Ali 140 (90) Sonam Tobgay 2/82 (7 overs) | | Damber Gurung 25 (47) Shadeep Silva 3/13 (6.2 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 434 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: John Saloman & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Saqib Ali (UAE)
* 2 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 217/7 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 218/8 (49.1 overs) |
| Raees Ahmadzai 56 (100) Shadeep Silva 3/29 (9 overs) | | Saqib Ali 93* (103) Shapoor Zadran 3/28 (7 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 2 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & Farid Malik Player of the match: Saqib Ali (UAE)
* 3 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 236/9 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 235 (49.5 overs) |
| Raees Ahmadzai 64* (59) Nik Arifin 2/38 (9 overs) | | Suhan Alagaratnam 61 (73) Hameed Hasan 5/44 (10 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 1 run Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry & John Salomon Player of the match: Hameed Hasan (Afghanistan)
* 4 April 2010 (scorecard)
| Bhutan 68 (23.3 overs) | v | Malaysia 71/0 (5.2 overs) |
| Damber Gurung 10 (19) Ghulam Mustafa 4/18 (7.3 overs) | | Damith Warusavithana 53* (21) |
* Malaysia won by 10 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & M. Irfan Adil Player of the match: Damith Warusavithana (Malaysia)
* 6 April 2010 (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 152 (41 overs) | v | Malaysia 153/8 (27.1 overs) |
| Salman Farooq 40 (63) Suresh Navaratnam 4/29 (10 overs) | | Suhan Kumar 65 (65) Shoaib Sarwar 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Malaysia won by 2 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Naresh D'Souza Player of the match: Suhan Kumar (Malaysia)

## Play-offs
### 9th place play-off

* 8 April (scorecard)
| Singapore | v | Bahrain |
* Singapore won by a walkover Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City
* Bahrain were unable to field a team due to visa problems

### 7th place play-off

* 7 April (scorecard)
| Bhutan 131 (43 overs) | v | Kuwait 132/0 (11.5 overs) |
| Sonam Tobgay 48 (62) Muhammad Javed 3/31 (10 overs) | | Khalid Butt 85 (37) |
* Kuwait won by 10 wickets Doha Entertainment City Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Srinivasan Adachani & Younis Rasheed Player of the match: Khalid Butt (Kuwait)

### 5th place play-off

* 8 April (scorecard)
| United Arab Emirates 265 (48.3 overs) | v | Oman 193/3 (32.3 overs) |
| Khurram Khan 90 (71) Tariq Hussain 3/50 (10 overs) | | Vaibhav Wategaonkar 65* (76) Qasim Zubair 2/35 (6 overs) |
* Oman won by 34 runs (D/L) Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & Imran Mustafa Player of the match: Vaibhav Wategaonkar (UAE)

### 3rd place play-off

* 9 April (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 251/6 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 244/8 (50 overs) |
| Ilyas Gul 75 (102) Sharulnizam Yusof 2/35 (10 overs) | | Rakesh Madhavan 129 (137) Najeeb Amar 3/34 (10 overs) |
* Hong Kong won by 7 runs Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Naresh D'Souza & Irfan Adil Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (Hong Kong)

## Semi-finals

* 7 April (scorecard)
| Hong Kong 205 (48.1 overs) | v | Afghanistan 210/5 (44.4 overs) |
| Hussain Butt 63 (113) Mohammad Nabi 3/30 (9.1 overs) | | Asghar Afghan 55* (93) Nadeem Ahmed 2/29 (10 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 5 wickets Kuwait Oil Company Unity Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: T. Mahmood & John Saloman Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
* 7 April (scorecard)
| Nepal 271/6 (50 overs) | v | Malaysia 263 (49.4 overs) |
| Sharad Vesawkar 97* (66) Shahrulnizam Yusof 2/48 (10 overs) | | Suresh Navaratnam 115 (103) Paras Khadka 2/42 (10 overs) |
* Nepal won by 8 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: R. Chaudhary & F. Malik Player of the match: Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia)

## Final

* 9 April (scorecard)
| Afghanistan 224 (50 overs) | v | Nepal 129 (40 overs) |
| Karim Sadiq 58 (105) Binod Das 3/35 (8 overs) | | Sharad Vesawkar 35 (60) Nawroz Mangal 2/9 (3 overs) |
* Afghanistan won by 95 runs Kuwait Oil Company Hubara Ground, Kuwait City Umpires: Fareed Dalwai & John Saloman Player of the match: Raees Ahmadzai (Afghanistan)

## Final Placings

| Pos | Team | Relegation |
| 1st | Afghanistan |
| 2nd | Nepal |
| 3rd | Hong Kong |
| 4th | Malaysia |
| 5th | United Arab Emirates |
| 6th | Oman |
| 7th | Kuwait |
| 8th | Bhutan | Qualified for WCL82012 |
| 9th | Singapore | Relegated to ACC Trophy Challenge Division |
| 10th | Bahrain | Relegated to ACC Trophy Challenge Division |

## Statistics

| Most runs | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| Saqib Ali | 267 | Nadeem Ahmed | 17 |
| Karim Sadiq | 261 | Hameed Hasan | 16 |
| Asghar Afghan | 253 | Munir Dar | 11 |
| Vaibbhav Wategaonkar | 238 | Suresh Navaratnam | 10 |
| Anil Mandal | 236 | Sharul Nizam | 9 |

## Controversy

The tournament was beset with players struggling to get visas to gain access to Kuwait. Bahrain were forced to withdraw from the tournament as they were unable to field a team after a large number of their players were refused visas.
Mohammad Nabi, the Afghanistan all-rounder was refused as visa, as was Hong Kong captain Najeeb Amar. Both were later able to gain entry to Kuwait and take part in the later stages of the tournament.
The Cricket Association of Nepal President Binay Raj Pandey has said his board intends to raise the issue at the next meeting of the Asian Cricket Council after Nepal vice-captain Gyanendra Malla had been refused entry to the country. In response to this, Pandey intends to ask the ACC not to host future tournaments in countries where obtaining a visa is difficult.