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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2000 ACC Trophy
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = 50 overs per side
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host = {{cr|UAE}}
| champions = {{cr|UAE}}
| count = 1
| participants = 8
| matches = 15
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] (323)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohammad Tauqir]] (11)
| website = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/UAE/2000-01_UAE_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01.html CricketArchive]
| previous_year = 1998
| previous_tournament = 1998 ACC Trophy
| next_year = 2002
| next_tournament = 2002 ACC Trophy
}}

The '''2000 ACC Trophy''' was a [[cricket]] tournament held from 15 to 24 November 2000 in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the [[Asian Cricket Council]] experience of international [[Limited overs cricket|one-day]] cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings.

The tournament was won by the [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team|host nation]], who defeated [[Hong Kong national cricket team|Hong Kong]] in the final by three wickets. This was the United Arab Emirates' first title.

==Teams==
The following eight teams took part in the tournament:

{|
|
*{{cr|Hong Kong}}
*{{cr|Kuwait}}
*{{cr|Malaysia}}
*{{cr|Singapore}}
|
*{{cr|Japan}}
*{{cr|Maldives}}
*{{cr|Nepal}}
*{{cr|UAE}}
|}

==Group stages==
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi-finals.

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=175|Team
!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won"|W
!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L
!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|[[Net Run Rate|NRR]]
!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{cr|Hong Kong}}
|3||3||0||0||1.442||'''6'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{cr|Malaysia}}
|3||2||1||0||0.071||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{cr|KUW}}
|3||1||2||0||-0.983||'''2'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{cr|SIN}}
|3||0||3||0||-0.579||'''0'''
|}

{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 15 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 209 all out (49.3 overs)
| score2 = 192 all out (49.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}
| runs1 = [[Stewart Brew]] 59 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Rohan Suppiah]] 3/32 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Yazid Imran]] 55 (54)
| wickets2 = [[Sher Lama]] 3/27 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 17 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101491.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Nazir]] & [[Nasir Butt]]
| motm = [[Stewart Brew]] (Hong Kong)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 15 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SIN}}
| score1 = 257/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 260/7 (49 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|KUW}}
| runs1 = [[Andrew Scott (cricketer)|Andrew Scott]] 103[[not out|*]] (152)
| wickets1 = [[Z.N. Butt]] 2/30 (8 over)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwaiti cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]] 94 (94)
| wickets2 = [[Rishi Kaul]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|KUW}} won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101492.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] & [[Satyajit Sarkar]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwaiti cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]] (Kuwait)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 16 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 270/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 217/6 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SIN}}
| runs1 = [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] 95 (121)
| wickets1 = [[Rishi Kaul]] 3/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Andrew Scott (cricketer)|Andrew Scott]] 58 (90)
| wickets2 = [[Alexander French]] 3/43 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 53 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101494.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] & [[Nasir Butt]]
| motm =
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 16 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}
| score1 = 236/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 231 all out (49.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|KUW}}
| runs1 = [[Suresh Navaratnam]] 56 (74)
| wickets1 = [[Z.N. Butt]] 3/36 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Abdullah Iftikhar]] 66 (101)
| wickets2 = [[Marimuthu Muniandy]] 3/35 (7.2 overs)
| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 5 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101496.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Manzoor Ali Hassan]] & [[Satyajit Sarkar]]
| motm = [[Suresh Navaratnam]] (Malaysia)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 18 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|KUW}}
| score1 = 128 all out (38.2 overs)
| score2 = 132/2 (21.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwaiti cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]] 55 (79)
| wickets1 = [[Jawaid Iqbal]] 3/30 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Saleem Malik (cricketer)|Saleem Malik]] 58 (57)
| wickets2 = [[Z.N. Butt]] 2/32 (6 overs)
| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101499.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] & [[Nasir Butt]]
| motm = [[Jawaid Iqbal]] (Hong Kong)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 18 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SIN}}
| score1 = 196/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 200/7 (45.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Malaysia}}
| runs1 = [[Andrew Scott (cricketer)|Andrew Scott]] 62 (103)
| wickets1 = [[Rohan Suppiah]] 3/27 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rohan Selvaratnam]] 84[[not out|*]] (94)
| wickets2 = [[Kapila Mendis]] 3/42 (9 overs)
| result = {{cr|Malaysia}} won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101500.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] & [[Satyajit Sarkar]]
| motm = [[Rohan Selvaratnam]] (Malaysia)
| rain =
}}
----

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=175|Team
!width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won"|W
!width=20 abbr="Lost"|L
!width=20 abbr="No result"|NR
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate"|[[Net Run Rate|NRR]]
!width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{cr|UAE}}
|3||3||0||0||1.285||'''6'''
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{cr|NEP}}
|3||2||1||0||0.886||'''4'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{cr|Maldives}}
|3||1||2||0||0.461||'''2'''
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
|align="left"|{{cr|Japan}}
|3||0||3||0||-3.653||'''0'''
|}

{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 15 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NEP}}
| score1 = 179 all out (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 180/9 (49.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Ganesh Thakuri]] 68 (89)
| wickets1 = [[Saeed-al-Saffar]] 5/41 (9.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Saeed-al-Saffar]] 89 (117)
| wickets2 = [[Jay Sarraf]] 2/20 (7 overs)
| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 1 wicket
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101493.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 1]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] & [[Sarika Prasad]]
| motm = [[Saeed-al-Saffar]] (UAE)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 16 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}
| score1 = 59 all out (26 overs)
| score2 = 60/2 (11.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Maldives}}
| runs1 = [[Tetsuo Fuji]] 9 (27)
| wickets1 = [[Ahmed Amir]] 3/7 (3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ali Azim]] 20 (26)
| wickets2 = [[Jummei Hanada]] 1/10 (2 overs)
| result = {{cr|Maldives}} won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101495.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] & [[Surjit Singh (cricket umpire)|Surjit Singh]]
| motm = [[Imad Ismail]] (Maldives)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 17 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}
| score1 = 133 all out (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 137/3 (20.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}
| runs1 = [[Hirokazu Takahashi]] 28 (74)
| wickets1 = [[Binod Das]] 3/24 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kiran Agrawal]] 53[[not out|*]] (63)
| wickets2 = [[Ken Wadano]] 1/17 (2 overs)
| result = {{cr|NEP}} won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101497.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Nazir]] & [[Sarika Prasad]]
| motm = [[Kiran Agrawal]] (Nepal)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 17 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}
| score1 = 116 all out (45 overs)
| score2 = 117/3 (31.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Ismail Nadheem]] 34 (73)
| wickets1 = [[Ahmed Nadeem]] 3/14 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Nasir Siddiqi]] 50[[not out|*]] (68)
| wickets2 = [[Ismail Nihad]] 1/13 (5 overs)
| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101498.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Manzur Rahman]] & [[Surjit Singh (cricket umpire)|Surjit Singh]]
| motm = [[Ahmed Nadeem]] (UAE)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 19 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Maldives}}
| score1 = 191/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 192/5 (48.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}
| runs1 = [[Ismail Nadheem]] 38 (27)
| wickets1 = [[Jay Sarraf]] 3/50 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kiran Agrawal]] 91 (130)
| wickets2 = Moosa Kaleem 2/37 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|NEP}} won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101501.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Mohammad Nazir]] & [[Sarika Prasad]]
| motm = [[Kiran Agrawal]] (Nepal)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 19 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Japan}}
| score1 = 95 all out (35.1 overs)
| score2 = 98/4 (21 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Hirokazu Takahashi]] 18 (47)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Tauqir]] 6/10 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Babar Malik (cricketer)|Babar Malik]] 30 (41)
| wickets2 = [[Ken Wadano]] 2/18 (5 overs)
| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101502.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Dubai Cricket Council Ground No 2]], [[Dubai]]
| umpires = [[Manzur Rahman]] & [[Surjit Singh (cricket umpire)|Surjit Singh]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Tauqir]] (UAE)
| rain =
}}
----

==Semi-finals==
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 21 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 268/3 (50 overs)
| score2 = 89 all out (24 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|NEP}}
| runs1 = [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] 145[[not out|*]] (136)
| wickets1 = [[Mehboob Alam]] 1/18 (6 overs)
| runs2 = [[Raju Khadka]] 18 (16)
| wickets2 = [[Stewart Brew]] 4/20 (5 overs)
| result = {{cr|Hong Kong}} won by 179 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101503.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Lalith Jayasundara]] & [[Mohammad Nazir]]
| motm = [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] (Hong Kong)
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Malaysia}}
| score1 = 201 all out (49.1 overs)
| score2 = 204/4 (47.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Shankar Retinam]] 59 (87)
| wickets1 = [[Miraj Khaliq]] 4/33 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kashif Tareen]] 69[[not out|*]] (88)
| wickets2 = [[Suresh Navaratnam]] 1/34 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101504.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] & [[Mohammad Nazir]]
| motm = [[Nasir Siddiqi]] (UAE)
| rain =
}}
----

==Final==
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 November 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|Hong Kong}}
| score1 = 186 all out (49.4 overs)
| score2 = 191/7 (44 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] 78 (129)
| wickets1 = [[Asim Saeed]] 4/32 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mahmood Pir Baksh]] 56 (89)
| wickets2 = Mohammad Zubair 4/30 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|UAE}} won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/101/101505.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] & [[Lalith Jayasundara]]
| motm = [[Mahmood Pir Baksh]] (UAE)
| rain =
}}

==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" | Most runs<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/UAE/Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01/Batting_by_Average.html 2000 ACC Trophy batting records]</ref>
! colspan="2" align="center" | Most wickets<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/UAE/Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01/Bowling_by_Average.html 2000 ACC Trophy bowling records]</ref>
|-
| width=160 |{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Rahul Sharma (Hong Kong cricketer)|Rahul Sharma]] || width=40 align=center | 323
| width=160 |{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohammad Tauqir]] || width=40 align=center | 11
|-
| {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Andrew Scott (cricketer)|Andrew Scott]] || align=center | 223
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Stewart Brew]] || align=center | 10
|-
| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Mohammad Nawaz (Kuwaiti cricketer)|Mohammad Nawaz]] || align=center | 185
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Asim Saeed]] || align=center | 9
|-
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Stewart Brew]] || align=center | 183
| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Z.N. Butt]] || align=center | 7
|-
| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Saleem Malik]] || align=center | 179
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Saeed-al-Saffar]] || align=center | 7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/UAE/2000-01_UAE_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01.html CricketArchive tournament page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021153538/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/UAE/2000-01_UAE_Asian_Cricket_Council_Trophy_2000-01.html |date=2012-10-21 }}

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Ajay Kumar at 13:32, 17 September 2023