First tournament 1996 | Format 50-over Last tournament 2012 | |
Most successful United Arab Emirates (5 titles) |
The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but has been replaced by the three-division ACC Premier League as the primary limited-overs competition for non-Test-playing ACC members. The finalists of the 2000 and 2006 tournaments qualified for the Asia Cup, where matches had One Day International (ODI) status.
Contents
- Team records
- Individual records
- Best Partnerships
- Participating teams
- Champions and runners up
- References
The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in Malaysia in 1996, and featured 12 teams in a single division. The single-division format continued until the 2006 tournament, which featured a record 17 teams. The ACC Trophy was then split into "Elite" (first-grade) and "Challenge" (second-grade) divisions, with the first editions held under this format being the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge (the latter tournament was the only one to be held in an odd year). The two-division format continued until the final tournament in 2012, with promotion and relegation between divisions.
Only six teams – Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Maldives, Nepal, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates – competed in all nine editions of the ACC Trophy, although the Maldives and Singapore were relegated to the "Challenge" tournament at various stages after the introduction of two divisions. The UAE was by far the most successful ACC Trophy team, with five wins (and four consecutive victories from 2000 to 2006). Bangladesh won the first two tournaments, but were rendered ineligible after gaining Test status.
Team records
Individual records
Best Partnerships
Note: Records are incomplete.
- Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for Saudi Arabia v Brunei 201*
- Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for Hong Kong v Singapore 181
- Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for Qatar v Thailand 174
- Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for Afghanistan v Malaysia 171
- Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for Singapore v Bahrain 170
- Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for Qatar v Iran 174
- Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for United Arab Emirates v Brunei 166
- Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for Hong Kong v Myanmar 161
- Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for * Saudi Arabia v Brunei 158
- Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for United Arab Emirates v Brunei 152
Participating teams
Champions and runners-up
Notes: Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.