2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup

The 2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup was the inaugural edition of the ACC Men's Challenger Cup, hosted by Thailand in February and March of 2023.[1] The tournament was part of the qualification pathway for the 2023 Asia Cup.[1]

2023 ACC Men's Challenger Cup
Dates24 February 2023 – 5 March 2023
Cricket format50 overs
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockouts
Host(s) Thailand
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Bahrain
Participants8
Matches15
Most runsIndonesia Padmakar Surve (199)
Most wicketsSaudi Arabia Ishtiaq Ahmad (12)
Bahrain Abdul Majid (12)

Eight teams took part in the tournament, among whom the top two qualified for the 2023 Men's Premier Cup.[2] The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule of the tournament on 9 February 2023.[3]

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia topped their respective groups before qualifying for the Men's Premier Cup by winning the two semi-final matches, with Saudi Arabia beating Bahrain in the final by 10 wickets.[4]

Teams
Group A Group B

Group stage

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Bahrain 3 3 0 0 6 4.844
2  Bhutan 3 1 2 0 2 −0.340
3  Iran 3 1 2 0 2 −0.779
4  Maldives 3 1 2 0 2 −2.473
Source: Cricket.com

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures
24 February 2023
10:00
Scorecard
Bhutan 
104 (32.2 overs)
v
 Bahrain
105/3 (29.3 overs)
Thinley Jamtsho 30 (34)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 3/15 (6.1 overs)
Junaid Aziz 56 (85)
Suprit Pradhan 2/18 (4.3 overs)
Bahrain won by 7 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Junaid Aziz (Bhr)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
24 February 2023
10:00
Scorecard
Maldives 
157 (31.2 overs)
v
 Iran
130 (42.3 overs)
Umar Adam 58 (40)
Zahed Afarin 5/22 (8.2 overs)
Zahed Afarin 25 (59)
Umar Adam 4/22 (10 overs)
Maldives won by 27 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Anand Natarajan (Sin) and Arif Ansari (Tha)
Player of the match: Umar Adam (Mdv)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.
26 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain 
380/6 (50 overs)
v
 Maldives
88 (31.3 overs)
Shahbaz Badar 178 (144)
Ibrahim Hassan 3/79 (10 overs)
Mohamed Mahfooz 35 (41)
Sathaiya Veerapathiran 2/3 (4 overs)
Bahrain won by 292 runs
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Anand Natarajan (Sin) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
  • Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
26 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Iran 
150 (48.3 overs)
v
 Bhutan
100 (24 overs)
Abdolvahab Ebrahimpour 37 (69)
Tenzin Wangchuk 2/19 (10 overs)
Gakul Ghalley 22 (29)
Masood Jayezeh 4/37 (7 overs)
Iran won by 50 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
  • Iran won the toss and elected to bat.
28 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Iran 
46 (19.5 overs)
v
 Bahrain
50/0 (4 overs)
Abbas Ali Raeisi 14* (41)
Abdul Majid 4/12 (6.5 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 30* (12)
Bahrain won by 10 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Arif Ansari (Tha) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Abdul Majid (Bhr)
  • Iran won the toss and elected to bat.
28 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Maldives 
105 (42.2 overs)
v
 Bhutan
106/6 (28.1 overs)
Umar Adam 23 (22)
Ngawang Thinley 3/25 (10 overs)
Jigme Singye 24 (49)
Leem Shafeeg 4/11 (5 overs)
Bhutan won by 4 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Rahat Ali (Sau)
  • Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Saudi Arabia 3 3 0 0 6 4.844
2  Thailand 3 2 1 0 4 2.053
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 0 2 0.243
4  Myanmar 3 0 3 0 0 −5.293
Source: Cricket.com

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures
25 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
117 (29.3 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
118/2 (25 overs)
Padmakar Surve 63 (73)
Zuhair 3/14 (3.3 overs)
Waqar Ul Hassan 49* (67)
Ferdinando Banunaek 1/9 (2 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 8 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Arif Ansari (Tha)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
25 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Thailand 
332/6 (50 overs)
v
 Myanmar
60 (24.3 overs)
Daniel Jacobs 152 (143)
Htet Lin Oo 3/58 (7 overs)
Swan Htet Ko Ko 22 (31)
Chanchai Pengkumta 3/19 (5 overs)
Thailand won by 272 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
27 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Thailand 
80 (25.2 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
81/1 (15.4 overs)
Akshay Yadav 19 (43)
Zain-ul-Abidin 3/18 (6.2 overs)
Waqar Ul Hassan 34* (35)
Jandre Coetzee 1/5 (3 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 9 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Anand Natarajan (Sin) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.
27 February 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
300/8 (50 overs)
v
 Myanmar
105 (28.5 overs)
Padmakar Surve 128 (91)
Nyein Chan Soe 3/38 (7 overs)
Ko Ko Lin Thu 22 (30)
Gede Arta 5/23 (6.5 overs)
Indonesia won by 195 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Arif Ansari (Tha)
Player of the match: Padmakar Surve (Idn)
  • Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
1 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia 
424/7 (50 overs)
v
 Myanmar
97 (25.2 overs)
Abdul Manan Ali 102* (80)
Aung Ko Ko 2/72 (8 overs)
Ye Naing Tun 29 (31)
Ahmed Baladraf 4/30 (8.3 overs)
Saudi Arabia won by 327 runs
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Narayanan Sivan (Mas) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
1 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Indonesia 
125 (42 overs)
v
 Thailand
127/6 (28.5 overs)
Danilson Hawoe 37 (50)
Nopphon Senamontree 5/13 (10 overs)
Phiriyapong Suanchuai 44 (65)
Ferdinando Banunaek 3/21 (5.5 overs)
Thailand won by 4 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to field.

Knockout stage

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
      
A2  Bhutan 62 (22.2)
B1  Saudi Arabia 63/1 (12.3)
A1  Bahrain 26 (21.1)
B1  Saudi Arabia 30/0 (4.1)
A1  Bahrain 169 (45.5)
B2  Thailand 91 (26.4)

1st semi-final
3 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bhutan 
62 (22.2 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
63/1 (12.3 overs)
Suprit Pradhan 24 (29)
Ishtiaq Ahmad 4/7 (5 overs)
Waqar Ul Hassan 41* (41)
Saudi Arabia won by 9 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Anand Natarajan (Sin) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Ishtiaq Ahmad (Sau)
  • Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd semi-final
3 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain 
169 (45.5 overs)
v
 Thailand
91 (26.4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 64 (115)
Jandre Coetzee 4/18 (8 overs)
Robert Raina 28 (41)
Zeeshan Abbas 4/33 (7 overs)
Bahrain won by 78 runs
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Rahat Ali (Sau) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to field.

Final
5 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Bahrain 
26 (21.1 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
30/0 (4.1 overs)
Abdul Majid 7 (42)
Atif-Ur-Rehman 4/10 (8 overs)
Waqar Ul Hassan 16* (13)
Saudi Arabia won by 10 wickets
Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Umpires: Durga Subedi (Nep) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Atif-Ur-Rehman (Sau)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field.

References
  1. "Thailand Cricket to host ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023 in February/March". Czarsportz. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  2. "Men's cricket team prepares for ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023". Kuensel. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. @ACCMedia1 (9 February 2023). "The ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2023 will be held in Thailand. The 50-over-a-side tournament will take place from February 24th to March 5th 2023. The series provides an opportunity for some of Asia's emerging teams to showcase their talent" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain win through ACC Challenger Cup". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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