The 2006 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place between 14 August and 26 August 2006. It gave associate and affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience in international one-day cricket.
This was the last tournament in which all teams played in the same tournament. After this tournament, the Asian Cricket Council decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The top ten teams would be promoted to the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the rest of the teams would be relegated to the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge.
Teams
There were 17 teams that played in the tournament. These teams were non-test member nations of the Asian Cricket Council. The teams that played were:
Group stage
Top two from each group qualifies for the quarterfinals.
Group A
Points table
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Fixtures
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Suhrab Kilsingatakam 133 (120)
Ezrafiq Aziz 5/28 (5 overs)
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Stephen Whitely 16* (65)
Thushara Kodikara 2/19 (10 overs)
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Saqib Ali 132* (119)
Fahad Suleiman 2/39 (10 overs)
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 Brunei155 all out (41.3 overs) |
Sarfraz Ahmed 167* (95)
Muhamed Shereef 2/143 (10 overs)
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Bilal Javed 62 (42)
Fahad Suleiman 4/28 (10 overs)
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- Rain reduced Brunei's innings to 46 overs. Revised target is 470 in 46 overs.
Group B
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 Oman172/3 (34 overs) |
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Munish Arora 111 (126)
Shafeeq Ahmed 3/61 (9 overs)
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Ashraf Mughal 45 (64)
Buddhika Mendis 3/24 (7 overs)
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Oman127 all out (30.3 overs)
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Awal Khan 31 (55)
Pramodh Raja 3/24 (6.3 overs)
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Glenn Meyer 37 (81)
Abdulla Shahid 3/28 (7.4 overs)
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- Match abandoned due to rain.
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Oman264 all out (48.4 overs)
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Azeem-ul-Haq 102* (104)
Husham Ibrahim 2/45 (8 overs)
Abdulla Shahid 2/45 (10 overs)
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Moosa Kaleem 130* (131)
Shafeeq Ahmed 3/39 (8 over)
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Group C
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Fixtures
Bhutan  77 all out (30.4 overs)
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Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 16, nb 1) 22
Manoj Adhikari 15 (36)
Hussain Butt 4/20 (8 overs)
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Tim Smart 32* (49)
Phuntsho Wangdi 1/26 (4 overs)
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Abdul Rahman 31 (66)
Kashif Butt 2/6 (3 overs)
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Kashif Butt 60* (21)
Sharjeel 1/40 (2 overs)
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Bikash Luital 14 (20)
Binod Das 5/24 (8 overs)
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Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 9, nb 0) 9
Sharjeel 5 (4)
Najeeb Amar 6/2 (6 overs)
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Bhutan160 all out (46.1 overs)
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Saud Qamar 122 (77)
Lobzang Yonten 3/89 (10 overs)
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Manoj Adhikari 28 (69)
Saud Qamar 3/25 (10 overs)
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Mohamed 21 (27)
Jigme Singye 5/14 (8.4 overs)
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Bikash Sharma 34* (20)
Sulaiman 1/10 (1 over)
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Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 0) 5
Zarkariya 1 (20)
Mohammed 1 (3)
Ye Myo Tun 1 (11)
Zin Min Swe 1 (9)
Yusuf 1 (11)
Mehboob Alam 7/3 (6.1 overs)
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- Myanmar's score of 10 was the lowest in any level of men's international cricket.
Group D
Points table
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 Qatar173 all out (45.3 overs) |
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Abdul Rasheed 60 (93)
Naseer Khan 3/26 (9 overs)
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Kilat Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Gamini Silva (SRI) and Bhupinder Singh (Malaysia)
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Iran  152/9 (50 overs)
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Nariman Bakhtiar 57 (85)
Shyam Sideek 4/18 (6 overs)
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Richard Bowater 49* (87)
Najib Arjmandi 1/27 (10 overs)
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Iran 89/7 (42 overs)
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John Hottinger 50 (74)
Qamar Sadiq 3/37 (10 overs)
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Irfan Hussain 100 (97)
Zeeshan Khan 2/47 (10 overs)
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Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 15, nb 14) 35
Shyam Sideek 30 (83)
Dawlat Ahmadzai 3/20 (7 overs)
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Iran136/8 (50 overs)
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Omer Taj 178 (141)
Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour 2/70 (7 overs)
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Nariman Bakhtiar 68 (97)
Saleem Akhtar 3/21 (10 overs)
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Qatar won by 219 runs
Kilat Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Chandrasegaran (IND) and Riazuddin (PAK)
Player of the match: Omer Taj (Qatar)
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Quarterfinals
The teams that win their matches qualify for the semifinals. The losing teams compete for 5th place in the plate semifinals.
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Qatar239 all out (47.5 overs)
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Semifinals
The teams that win their matches qualify for the final. The losing teams compete in the third place playoff.
Nepal  103 all out (37 overs)
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- Due to rain, the match was abandoned after 35.2 overs of the Afghanistan innings at which point, to have won on the Duckworth-Lewis calculation, they would have needed to be on 126. Afghanistan, however, were on 108 for 7.
Final Placings
The top eight were ranked on their performance in the quarterfinals and playoffs. The rest were ranked based on the points and net run rate attained during the group stage.
Malaysia
United Arab Emirates (4th title)
