2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup

Group stage

Semi-finals

3rd place play-off

Final

Final standings

References

External links

Group A

Group B

2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage with Finals
Host(s)	Kuwait
Champions	Afghanistan and Oman (1st title)
Participants	10
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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 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,^[1] despite featuring Somerset player Arul Suppiah in their squad.^[2]

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.^[1]

1 November 2007
(scorecard)

Oman 160/9 (20 overs)	v	Kuwait 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 runs
Unity Cricket Club
Umpires: Vinay Jha, Siva Sarika
Player of the match: Hemin Desai

1 November 2007
(scorecard)

Afghanistan 163 all out (19.5 overs)	v	United 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 runs
Unity Cricket Club
Umpires: Srinivasan, Riaz Chaudhari
Player of the match: Nowroz Mangal

2 November 2007
(scorecard)

Kuwait 126/7 (20 overs)	v	United 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 runs
KOC Cricket Ground
Umpires: not known
Player of the match: Yaseen Mughal

2 November 2007
(scorecard)

Afghanistan 151/9 (20 overs)	v	Oman 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 tied
KOC 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


Position	Team
1st	Oman Afghanistan
3rd	Kuwait
4th	United Arab Emirates
5th	Qatar
6th	Singapore
7th	Nepal
8th	Saudi Arabia
9th	Hong Kong
10th	Malaysia

^ ^a ^b 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup Archived 2009-11-25 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
^ Malaysia squad Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council official website

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[2] Malaysia squad Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine at Asian Cricket Council official website

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