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.
| 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 | 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:
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 | 
| .svg.png.webp) 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) | 
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- When play was halted at 39.2 over, Nepal needed to have scored 168 runs to win. Scorecard not complete.
|  6 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Stuart Alpe 58  Tomohiro Amino 3/28 (10 overs) | Hirokazu Takahashi 34  Manzur Ahmed 3/7 (5 overs) | 
|  6 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Jone Sorovakatini 56  Stewart Brew 5/48 (? overs) | Stewart Brew 47  Lesi Sorovakatini 3/25 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  8 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Pawan Agrawal 33  Lesi Sorovakatini 2/21 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  10 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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- Bangladesh innings reduced to 42 overs, Japan target was 242 runs in 37 overs
|  11 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Pawan Agrawal 80  Ian Campbell 3/35 (? overs) | Stuart Alpe 26  Musharaf Izhar 3/8 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  11 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Joji Bulabalavu 150  Nobuyasa Yoshioka 2/67 (5 overs) | Kenichi Katohi 21  Seci Sekinini 3/11 (7 overs) | 
|  12 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Musharaf Izhar 47  Ravi Sujanani 4/30 (? overs) | Mark Eames 43  | 
- Scorecard not complete
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) | 
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| Vai Kevau 46  Tan Kim Hing 2/28 (? overs) | Dinesh Ramadas 12  Rarua Ipi 5/16 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  7 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Aukuma Noka 56  Imad Ismail 3/34 (? overs) | Ahmed Kaleem 26  Vavine Pala 3/18 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  7 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Varin Khaniyo 40  Anthon Ranggi 3/18 (? overs) | Thaiyar Mohamed 76*  | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  8 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Faiz Sammad 45  Anthon Ranggi 4/42 (? overs) | T. Ravichandran 65  Imad Ismail 2/43 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  10 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Abdullah Shafeeu 48  Mohammad Hyder 5/34 (? overs) | Azhar Saeed 100*  | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  10 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Vai Kevau 55  H. Rasheed 2/11 (? overs) | Kiran Deshpande 20  Rarua Ipi 4/15 (? overs) | 
- Papua New Guinea innings reduced to 40.1 overs, Singapore target was 129 runs in 25 overs. Scorecard not complete.
|  11 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Ibrahim Hussain 87  Pradeep Gulati 3/43 (? overs) | Anil Tanwani 47  Mohamed Shahid 4/23 (? overs) | 
- Scorecard not complete
|  12 September 1996     (scorecard) | 
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| Mustaq Ahmed 37  Noel Kariko 5/9 (? overs) | James Maha 45  | 
- Scorecard not complete
Final
    
    
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 | 
External links
    
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
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