1996 ACC Trophy

The 1996 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Malaysia, which took place from 6 to 16 September 1996. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by Bangladesh who defeated the UAE in the final by 108 runs.

1996 ACC Trophy

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	50 overs per side
Tournament format(s)	Round robin with knockouts
Host(s)	Malaysia
Champions	Bangladesh (1st title)
Participants	12 teams
Matches played	33
Most runs	Shahriar Hossain (300)
Most wickets	Azhar Saeed (14)
Official website	CricketArchive

Teams

The teams were separated into two groups of six. The following teams took part in the tournament:

Bangladesh  Brunei  Fiji  Hong Kong  Japan    Nepal

Malaysia  Maldives  Papua New Guinea  Singapore  Thailand  United Arab Emirates

Group stages

The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	2.447	10
Fiji	5	4	1	0	2.372	8
Hong Kong	5	3	2	0	1.747	6
Nepal	5	2	3	0	-0.414	4
Brunei	5	1	4	0	-1.640	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	-5.099	0

6 September 1996 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  213/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 90/5 (39.2 overs)
Harunur Rashid 52 Raju Khadka 2/42 (? overs)		V. Karmacharya 24 Saiful Islam 2/12 (? overs)

Bangladesh won on faster scoring rate Kuala Lumpur

• When play was halted at 39.2 over, Nepal needed to have scored 168 runs to win. Scorecard not complete.

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6 September 1996 (scorecard)

Brunei  230/9 (50 overs)	v	Japan 71 all out (35 overs)
Stuart Alpe 58 Tomohiro Amino 3/28 (10 overs)		Hirokazu Takahashi 34 Manzur Ahmed 3/7 (5 overs)

Brunei won by 159 runs Kuala Lumpur

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6 September 1996 (scorecard)

Fiji  225 all out (49.1 overs)	v	Hong Kong 206/9 (47.4 overs)
Jone Sorovakatini 56 Stewart Brew 5/48 (? overs)		Stewart Brew 47 Lesi Sorovakatini 3/25 (? overs)

Fiji won by 19 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Stewart Brew (Hong Kong)

• Scorecard not complete

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7 September 1996 (scorecard)

Fiji  156 all out (48.3 overs)	v	Bangladesh 157/4 (39 overs)
Taione Batina 39 Salahuddin Ahmed 3/20 (10 overs)		Aminul Islam 44* Jone Sorovakatini 1/23 (? overs)

Bangladesh won by 141 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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7 September 1996 (scorecard)

Japan  72 all out (33 overs)	v	Nepal 73/2 (15 overs)
H. Minami 17 L.B. Chhetri 3/8 (6 overs)		Manish Raj Pandey 27 A. Funayama 1/16 (3 overs)

Nepal won by 8 wickets The Padang, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Manish Raj Pandey (Nepal)

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8 September 1996 (scorecard)

Brunei  129/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 133/1 (24 overs)
Sanjiv Sabharwal 22 Saiful Islam 4/21 (10 overs)		Harunur Rashid 66* Ian Campbell 1/3 (? overs)

Bangladesh won by 9 wickets Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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8 September 1996 (scorecard)

Fiji  257/7 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 134 all out (40.2 overs)
Lesi Sorovakatini 70 Mosharraf 3/35 (? overs)		Pawan Agrawal 33 Lesi Sorovakatini 2/21 (? overs)

Fiji won by 123 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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8 September 1996 (scorecard)

Japan  89 all out (47.3 overs)	v	Hong Kong 93/3 (12.4 overs)
Tetsuo Fuji 15 Stewart Brew 4/22 (10 overs)		Stewart Brew 50* A. Funayama 2/65 (6.4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 7 wickets Royal Military College, Sungai Besi

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10 September 1996 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  270/4 (42 overs)	v	Japan 56 all out (27 overs)
Shahriar Hossain 104 Tetsuo Fuji 2/34 (3 overs)		Hirokazu Takahashi 25 (29) Akram Khan 6/5 (6 overs)

Bangladesh won on faster scoring rate Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur

• Bangladesh innings reduced to 42 overs, Japan target was 242 runs in 37 overs

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10 September 1996 (scorecard)

Hong Kong  380/5 (50 overs)	v	Brunei 93 all out (30 overs)
Rahul Sharma 139		R. Somasundram 37* Rahul Sharma 3/11 (? overs)

Hong Kong won by 287 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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11 September 1996 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  224/7 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 116 all out (40.1 overs)
Shahriar Hossain 67 Stewart Brew 3/56 (9 overs)		Pat Fordham 27 Salahuddin Ahmed 3/29 (10 overs)

Bangladesh won by 108 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Saiful Islam (Bangladesh)

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11 September 1996 (scorecard)

Nepal    171 all out (45 overs)	v	Brunei 93 all out (30 overs)
Pawan Agrawal 80 Ian Campbell 3/35 (? overs)		Stuart Alpe 26 Musharaf Izhar 3/8 (? overs)

Nepal won by 64 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Pawan Agrawal (Nepal)

• Scorecard not complete

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11 September 1996 (scorecard)

Fiji  469/7 (50 overs)	v	Japan 89 all out (47.1 overs)
Joji Bulabalavu 150 Nobuyasa Yoshioka 2/67 (5 overs)		Kenichi Katohi 21 Seci Sekinini 3/11 (7 overs)

Fiji won by 380 runs Royal Military College, Sungai Besi Player of the match: Joji Bulabalavu (Fiji)

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12 September 1996 (scorecard)

Brunei  177/9 (50 overs)	v	Fiji 181/6 (30.1 overs)
Brett MacRae 40 Seci Sekinini 3/35 (? overs)		Joeli Mateyawa 67* R. Somasundram 2/30 (? overs)

Fiji won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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12 September 1996 (scorecard)

Nepal    137 all out (49 overs)	v	Hong Kong 139/4 (33.3 overs)
Musharaf Izhar 47 Ravi Sujanani 4/30 (? overs)		Mark Eames 43

Hong Kong won by 6 wickets Royal Military College, Sungai Besi

• Scorecard not complete

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
United Arab Emirates	5	5	0	0	1.769	10
Papua New Guinea	5	4	1	0	1.426	8
Malaysia	5	3	2	0	0.859	6
Singapore	5	2	3	0	-1.153	4
Maldives	5	1	4	0	-0.059	2
Thailand	5	0	5	0	-3.549	0

6 September 1996 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  172/8 (50 overs)	v	Malaysia 46 all out (23.2 overs)
Vai Kevau 46 Tan Kim Hing 2/28 (? overs)		Dinesh Ramadas 12 Rarua Ipi 5/16 (? overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 126 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Rarua Ipi (Papua New Guinea)

• Scorecard not complete

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6 September 1996 (scorecard)

Thailand  129 all out (46.4 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 130/2 (21.1 overs)
Saleem Raza 4/13 (? overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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7 September 1996 (scorecard)

Malaysia  114 all out (47.4 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 115/8 (47.4 overs)
Suresh Navaratnam 39 Saleem Raza 4/21 (? overs)		Azhar Saeed 25 Marimuthu Muniandy 5/29 (? overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 2 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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7 September 1996 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  183 all out (46.3 overs)	v	Maldives 149 all out (46.5 overs)
Aukuma Noka 56 Imad Ismail 3/34 (? overs)		Ahmed Kaleem 26 Vavine Pala 3/18 (? overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 34 runs Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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7 September 1996 (scorecard)

Thailand  140/9 (50 overs)	v	Singapore 141/2 (30.2 overs)
Varin Khaniyo 40 Anthon Ranggi 3/18 (? overs)		Thaiyar Mohamed 76*

Singapore won by 8 wickets Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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8 September 1996 (scorecard)

Maldives  190 all out (49.1 overs)	v	Singapore 191/5 (47.5 overs)
Faiz Sammad 45 Anthon Ranggi 4/42 (? overs)		T. Ravichandran 65 Imad Ismail 2/43 (? overs)

Singapore won by 5 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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8 September 1996 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  186/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 184/7 (41.1 overs)
Vavine Pala 65 Arshad Laeeq 4/32 (? overs)		Arshad Laeeq 57 Tuku Raka 3/40 (? overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Arshad Laeeq (UAE)

• Scorecard not complete

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10 September 1996 (scorecard)

Thailand  36 all out (29 overs)	v	Malaysia 37/1 (5.4 overs)
Shujaul Ansari 10 Marimuthu Muniandy 4/8 (8 overs)		Suresh Navaratnam 23*

Malaysia won by 9 wickets Royal Military College, Sungai Besi

• Scorecard not complete

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10 September 1996 (scorecard)

Maldives  167 all out (46.3 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 171/2 (31.2 overs)
Abdullah Shafeeu 48 Mohammad Hyder 5/34 (? overs)		Azhar Saeed 100*

United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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10 September 1996 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  178/5 (40.1 overs)	v	Singapore 85/9 (25 overs)
Vai Kevau 55 H. Rasheed 2/11 (? overs)		Kiran Deshpande 20 Rarua Ipi 4/15 (? overs)

Papua New Guinea won on faster scoring rate Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Ipi Morea (Papua New Guinea)

• Papua New Guinea innings reduced to 40.1 overs, Singapore target was 129 runs in 25 overs. Scorecard not complete.

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11 September 1996 (scorecard)

Malaysia  296/7 (50 overs)	v	Singapore 143/9 (50 overs)
Suresh Navaratnam 67 Dinesh Chelvathurai 4/51 (? overs)		Graham Wilson 38 Jeevandran Nair 5/22 (? overs)

Malaysia won by 153 runs Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur Player of the match: Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia)

• Scorecard not complete

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11 September 1996 (scorecard)

Maldives  271/9 (50 overs)	v	Thailand 114 all out (36.2 overs)
Ibrahim Hussain 87 Pradeep Gulati 3/43 (? overs)		Anil Tanwani 47 Mohamed Shahid 4/23 (? overs)

Maldives won by 157 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negari Selangor, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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12 September 1996 (scorecard)

Maldives  120 all out (46.5 overs)	v	Malaysia 122/5 (35 overs)
Ahmed Kaleem 30 Marimuthu Muniandy 4/26 (? overs)		Suresh Singh 65 Mohamed Shahid 3/35 (? overs)

Malaysia won by 5 wickets Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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12 September 1996 (scorecard)

Thailand  92 all out (45 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 94/4 (13.1 overs)
Mustaq Ahmed 37 Noel Kariko 5/9 (? overs)		James Maha 45

Papua New Guinea won by 6 wickets Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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12 September 1996 (scorecard)

United Arab Emirates  304/9 (50 overs)	v	Singapore 143/8 (50 overs)
Azhar Saeed 79 Shehzad Haque 3/36 (? overs)		Thaiyar Mohamed 55 Asim Saeed 4/20 (? overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 161 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur

• Scorecard not complete

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Semi-finals

13 September 1996 (scorecard)

Papua New Guinea  134 all out (37.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh 135/3 (30 overs)
Arua Uda 31 (61) Mohammad Rafique 3/10 (7.1 overs)		Habibul Bashar 45 (54) Vavine Pala 1/15 (7 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)

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14 September 1996 (scorecard)

Fiji  139 all out (36 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 140/5 (32.4 overs)
Taione Batina 35 (62) Azhar Saeed 4/16 (4 overs)		Saleem Raza 45 (35) Taione Batina 2/? (? overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Shakoor Rana & Udaya Wickremasinghe Player of the match: Azhar Saeed (UAE)

• Scorecard not complete

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Final

15 September 1996 (scorecard)

Bangladesh  212 all out (49.3 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 104 all out (36.5 overs)
Shahriar Hossain 58 (96) Saleem Raza 3/31 (10 overs)		Arshad Laeeq 31* Salahuddin Ahmed 3/13 (6 overs)

Bangladesh won by 108 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Shakoor Rana Player of the match: Khaled Mahmud (Bangladesh)

Statistics

Most runs[1]		Most wickets[2]
Shahriar Hossain	300	Azhar Saeed	14
Aminul Islam	257	Stewart Brew	14
Azhar Saeed	234	Marimuthu Muniandy	13
Joji Bulabalavu	227	Saleem Raza	12
Habibul Bashar	219	Mohammad Rafique	12

References

1. 1996 ACC Trophy batting records
2. 1996 ACC Trophy bowling records

External links

• CricketArchive tournament page