2018 Asia Cup Qualifier
Dates | 29 August – 6 September 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International and Limited overs (50–over) |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | Hong Kong (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 16 |
Player of the series | Ahmed Raza[1] |
Most runs | Ashfaq Ahmed (224) |
Most wickets | Ahmed Raza (16) |
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The 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018.[2] The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup.[3][4][5] The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner progressing to the 2018 Asia Cup.[6] The fixture between the United Arab Emirates and Nepal on 30 August 2018 was a One Day International (ODI) match.[7] It was the first time both sides had played each other in an ODI match, with the UAE going on to win the fixture by 78 runs.[8]
The United Arab Emirates finished top of the group stage with eight points. They were joined in the final by Hong Kong, who finished second with seven points, and a better net run rate than Oman, who also finished with seven points.[9][10] Hong Kong won the final, beating the UAE by two wickets, to qualify for the 2018 Asia Cup.[11][12] Hong Kong's captain, Anshuman Rath, said afterwards that "all the hard work that has gone in this tournament over the last couple of months really has paid off".[13]
Squads
The following teams and squads were selected to take part:[5]
Prior to the tournament, Anshuman Rath replaced Babar Hayat as captain of Hong Kong.[20] Jhathavedh Subramanyan was ruled out of Hong Kong's squad with injury, and was replaced by Aftab Hussain.[21]
Points table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.289 | Advanced to the final |
2 | Hong Kong (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.530 | |
3 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.583 | |
4 | Nepal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.250 | |
5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.995 | |
6 | Singapore | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.175 |
Fixtures
Round 1
29 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Malaysia won by 3 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Pavandeep Singh (Mas) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
29 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Oman won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Khawar Ali (Oma) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
29 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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United Arab Emirates won by 215 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Chirag Suri (UAE) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
Round 2
30 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Subash Khakurel 50 (97) Ahmed Raza 4/37 (10 overs) |
United Arab Emirates won by 78 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Ahmed Raza (UAE) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Sagar Pun (Nep) made his ODI debut.
30 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Nadeem Ahmed (HK) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
30 August 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Oman won by 2 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Ajay Lalcheta (Oma) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
1 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Anish Paraam 77 (93) Bilal Khan 4/40 (10 overs) | Aqib Ilyas 108 (71) Manpreet Singh 1/23 (4 overs) |
Oman won by 8 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (Mas) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
1 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Nepal won by 19 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 30 overs per side due to rain.
1 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Rohan Mustafa 33 (42) Ehsan Khan 4/17 (6 overs) |
Hong Kong won by 182 runs UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match: Babar Hayat (HK) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
Round 4
2 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Mohammad Nadeem 54 (93) Ehsan Nawaz 4/39 (10 overs) | Christopher Carter 14* (21) |
No result Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Masudur Rahman (Ban) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during Hong Kong's innings.
2 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Sharvin Muniandy 16 (21) Ahmed Raza 4/28 (10 overs) |
United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
2 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Nepal won by 4 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Batumalai Ramani (Mas) Player of the match: Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
4 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Anish Paraam 100 (95) Syazrul Idrus 3/51 (7 overs) |
Singapore won by 29 runs Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Anish Paraam (Sin) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
4 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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United Arab Emirates won by 13 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
4 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Aarif Sheikh 18 (53) Ehsan Khan 4/15 (7.5 overs) |
Hong Kong won by 3 wickets UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (Mas) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
6 September 2018 09:30 Scorecard |
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Ashfaq Ahmed 79 (51) Aizaz Khan 5/28 (5 overs) |
Hong Kong won by 2 wickets (DLS method) Kinrara Academy Oval, Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Aizaz Khan (HK) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Hong Kong were set a revised target of 179 runs from 24 overs due to rain.
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External links
- Series home at ESPN Cricinfo