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2018 Asia Cup Qualifier

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2018 Asia Cup Qualifier
Dates29 August – 6 September 2018
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International and Limited overs (50–over)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Participants6
Matches16
Player of the seriesUnited Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza[1]
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Ashfaq Ahmed (224)
Most wicketsUnited Arab Emirates 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

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The following teams and squads were selected to take part:[5]

 Hong Kong[14]  Malaysia[15]    Nepal[16]  Oman[17]  Singapore[18]  United Arab Emirates[19]

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

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNCricinfo
(Q) Advance to 2018 Asia Cup

Fixtures

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Round 1

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29 August 2018
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
161 (46.4 overs)
v
 Malaysia
162/7 (42.5 overs)
Babar Hayat 58 (58)
Pavandeep Singh 3/13 (10 overs)
Shafiq Sharif 49 (63)
Nadeem Ahmed 4/25 (10 overs)
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
Nepal   
221/9 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
224/3 (48 overs)
Sagar Pun 83 (84)
Ajay Lalcheta 2/34 (10 overs)
Khawar Ali 84* (96)
Paras Khadka 1/24 (7 overs)
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
United Arab Emirates 
312/8 (49 overs)
v
 Singapore
97 (25.4 overs)
Chirag Suri 111 (124)
Amjad Mahboob 3/61 (10 overs)
Chetan Suryawanshi 51* (64)
Ahmed Raza 6/20 (8.4 overs)
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

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30 August 2018
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
254/9 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
176 (48.5 overs)
Chirag Suri 65 (91)
Sandeep Lamichhane 4/24 (10 overs)
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
Singapore 
150 (41.2 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
154/5 (34.2 overs)
Abhiraj Singh 42 (71)
Nadeem Ahmed 4/30 (8.2 overs)
Kinchit Shah 47* (72)
Selladore Vijayakumar 3/27 (10 overs)
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
Malaysia 
198/8 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
199/8 (49.2 overs)
Virandeep Singh 74* (110)
Bilal Khan 3/28 (10 overs)
Ajay Lalcheta 44* (58)
Rashid Ahad 4/30 (10 overs)
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

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1 September 2018
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
215/8 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
216/2 (26.4 overs)
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
Nepal   
188/7 (30 overs)
v
 Malaysia
169/9 (30 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 64* (48)
Syazrul Idrus 3/27 (6 overs)
Syed Aziz 34 (25)
Basanta Regmi 3/36 (6 overs)
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
Hong Kong 
275/8 (49 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
93 (24.5 overs)
Babar Hayat 107 (105)
Rohan Mustafa 3/55 (10 overs)
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

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2 September 2018
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
183 (50 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
25/0 (5 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 54 (93)
Ehsan Nawaz 4/39 (10 overs)
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
Malaysia 
92 (31.1 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
93/2 (8.1 overs)
Sharvin Muniandy 16 (21)
Ahmed Raza 4/28 (10 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 38* (26)
Syed Aziz 2/35 (3 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
Singapore 
151 (42 overs)
v
   Nepal
152/6 (28.1 overs)
Chetan Suryawanshi 60 (88)
Lalit Rajbanshi 3/27 (9 overs)
Anil Sah 43 (32)
Selladore Vijayakumar 2/33 (8 overs)
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

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4 September 2018
09:30
Scorecard
Singapore 
276/9 (50 overs)
v
 Malaysia
247 (49.5 overs)
Anish Paraam 100 (95)
Syazrul Idrus 3/51 (7 overs)
Shafiq Sharif 93 (101)
Amjad Mahboob 5/49 (10 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
United Arab Emirates 
208/8 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
195 (47.2 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 71 (104)
Zeeshan Maqsood 2/21 (5 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 43 (43)
Rohan Mustafa 2/31 (10 overs)
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
Nepal   
95 (37.5 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
96/7 (32.3 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 18 (53)
Ehsan Khan 4/15 (7.5 overs)
Anshuman Rath 52 (81)
Sandeep Lamichhane 5/27 (10 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

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6 September 2018
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
176/9 (24 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
179/8 (23.3 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 79 (51)
Aizaz Khan 5/28 (5 overs)
Nizakat Khan 38 (20)
Mohammad Naveed 2/47 (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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