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.

2005 ACC Under-19 Cup
Dates8 – 19 November 2005
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Group stage, playoffs
Host(s)   Nepal
Champions   Nepal (3rd title)
Participants15
Matches played28
Most runs Ariffin Ramly (276)
Most wickets Irfan Ahmed (14)

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.[1] 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.[2] The team won its second consecutive title (and third overall), and consecutively qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka.[3] Kuwait and Qatar were the losing semi-finalists for the second tournament in a row.[4][5] The leading runscorer at the tournament was Malaysian batsman Ariffin Ramly, while the leading wicket-taker was Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed.[6][7] The tournament's semi-finals and final were broadcast live on Nepal Television.[1]

Group stages

Full fixtures:CricketArchive

Group A
Team Pld W L BP CP Pts NRR
   Nepal2202012+5.120
 Bahrain211106+2.832
 Brunei202000–6.973
Notes
  • Group A was the only group to have three teams; all others had four.[8]
  • Bahrain scored 383/4 from 50 overs against Brunei, the highest team total of the tournament.[9]
  • Brunei were dismissed for 21 from 15.2 overs against Nepal, the lowest team total of the tournament.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 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.[12]

Group B
Team Pld W L BP CP Pts NRR
 Kuwait3302017+2.937
 United Arab Emirates3212113+2.433
 Afghanistan312106+1.158
 Iran303000–6.053
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.[11]
  • 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.[12]

Group C
Team Pld W L BP CP Pts NRR
 Qatar3212113+1.211
 Singapore3211011–0.282
 Thailand312016–0.242
 Oman312016–0.680
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.[12]

Group D
Team Pld W L BP CP Pts NRR
 Malaysia3303018+3.607
 Hong Kong3212012+0.467
 Saudi Arabia312106–0.807
 Maldives303000–3.267
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.[12]

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

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Ariffin Ramly Malaysia276669.0098*03
Habibullah Iftikhar Kuwait275591.66153*11
Gayan de Silva Bahrain2293114.50200*10
Eszrafiq Azis Malaysia179629.838501
Suhan Alagaratnam Malaysia163627.165502

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Irfan Ahmed Hong Kong33.0148.1414.143.456/15
Amrit Bhattarai   Nepal42.0139.2319.382.854/38
Tamoor Sajjad Qatar34.4126.4117.332.224/6
Imran Nasir Saudi Arabia28.0127.3314.003.145/28
Mohammad Fawad United Arab Emirates33.0128.1616.502.965/14

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

References
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