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{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier
| image =
| fromdate = 19
| todate = 22 February 2016
| caption =
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[Twenty20 International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = Bangladesh
| champions = {{cr|UAE}}
| participants = 4
| matches = 6
| most runs = {{cricon|HK}} [[Babar Hayat]] (194)
| most wickets = {{cricon|UAE}} [[Mohammad Naveed]] (7)
| previous_year = 2014
| previous_tournament = 2014 ACC Premier League
| next_year = 2018
| next_tournament = 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier
| website =
}}
The '''2016 Asia Cup Qualifier''' was a [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) cricket tournament held in [[Bangladesh]] from 19 to 22 February 2016. The event served as a qualifier for the [[2016 Asia Cup]], which was held in the same country from 24 February to 6 March 2016. The tournament was played as a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]], with the participants being the four Asian [[Associate membership of the ICC|associate members]] of the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) with T20I status. The [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team|United Arab Emirates]] won all three of its matches, joining [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]], [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in the main event.<ref name="cricinfo1">Peter Della Penna (4 November 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/936651.html "Asia Cup T20 Qualifier scheduled for February"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/975281.html | title=UAE storm to main draw with convincing win | work=Cricinfo | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=22 February 2016}}</ref>

==Background and teams==
The Asia Cup Qualifier was originally scheduled to be held in the [[United Arab Emirates]] in November 2015.<ref>Peter Della Penna (4 September 2015). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/other/content/story/917815.html "One Associate to feature in 2016 Asia Cup"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2015.</ref> However, following a scheduling conflict, it was later decided to move the event, with it now serving as a lead-in to the main tournament.<ref name="cricinfo1"/> In previous years where associates have participated in the Asia Cup, no standalone qualifier has been held, with teams instead qualifying via the [[ACC Trophy]] ([[2004 Asia Cup|2004]], [[2008 Asia Cup|2008]]) or by invitation ([[2014 Asia Cup|2014]]).<ref>Paul Radley (4 January 2014). [https://archive.today/20160203041903/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/afghanistan-cricket-boosted-with-spot-in-the-asia-cup "Afghanistan cricket boosted with spot in the Asia Cup"] – ''The National''. Retrieved 5 November 2015.</ref> Of the four teams, [[Oman national cricket team|Oman]] made their Asia Cup debut.<ref name="Oman">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/973679.html |title=Afghanistan's pedigree, Oman's debut |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

;Teams
* {{cr|Afghanistan|2013}}
* {{cr|Hong Kong}}
* {{cr|Oman}}
* {{cr|UAE}}

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto"
|-
!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|AFG|2013}}<ref name="AfgSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/content/story/970879.html |title=Shapoor, Hassan return to Afghanistan squad for World T20 |accessdate=9 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|HK}}<ref name="HKSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/hkg/content/story/966333.html |title=Hong Kong pick ex-Australia keeper Campbell for WT20 |accessdate=28 January 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|Oman}}<ref name="OmanSquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/972605.html |title=Oman Squad, Asia Cup 2016 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
!style="width=20%;"| {{cr|UAE}}<ref name="UAESquad">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/972359.html |title=United Arab Emirates Squad, Asia Cup 2016 |accessdate=14 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Asghar Afghan|Asghar Stanikzai]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Noor Ali Zadran]]
* [[Mohammad Shahzad]]
* [[Usman Ghani]]
* [[Mohammad Nabi]]
* [[Karim Sadiq]]
* [[Shafiqullah (cricketer)|Shafiqullah]]
* [[Rashid Khan]]
* [[Amir Hamza (cricketer)|Amir Hamza]]
* [[Dawlat Zadran]]
* [[Shapoor Zadran]]
* [[Gulbadin Naib]]
* [[Samiullah Shinwari]]
* [[Najibullah Zadran]]
* [[Yamin Ahmadzai]]
|
* [[Tanwir Afzal]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Mark Chapman (cricketer)|Mark Chapman]] ([[captain (cricket)|vc]])
* [[Haseeb Amjad]]
* [[Nadeem Ahmed]]
* [[Tanveer Ahmed (cricketer)|Tanveer Ahmed]]
* [[Waqas Barkat]]
* [[Christopher Carter (cricketer)|Christopher Carter]]
* [[Babar Hayat]]
* [[Nizakat Khan]]
* [[Aizaz Khan]]
* [[Waqas Khan]]
* Adil Mehmood
* [[Kinchit Shah]]
* [[Ninad Shah]]
* [[Anshuman Rath]]
|
* [[Sultan Ahmed (Omani cricketer)|Sultan Ahmed]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Aamir Kaleem]]
* [[Aqib Ilyas|Aaqib Sulehri]]
* [[Adnan Ilyas]]
* [[Aamer Ali|Amir Ali]]
* [[Munis Ansari]]
* [[Bilal Khan (cricketer)|Bilal Khan]]
* [[Jatinder Singh]]
* [[Ajay Lalcheta]]
* [[Mehran Khan]]
* [[Rajeshkumar Ranpura]]
* [[Sufyan Mehmood]]
* [[Vaibhav Wategaonkar]]
* [[Zeeshan Maqsood]]
* [[Zeeshan Siddiqui]]
|
* [[Amjad Javed]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Swapnil Patil]]
* [[Ahmed Raza (cricketer, born 1988)|Ahmed Raza]]
* [[Fahad Tariq]]
* [[Farhan Ahmed]]
* [[Mohammad Naveed]]
* [[Mohammad Shahzad (Emirati cricketer)|Mohammad Shahzad]]
* [[Muhammad Usman (cricketer)|Muhammad Usman]]
* [[Muhammad Kaleem]]
* [[Qadeer Ahmed]]
* [[Rohan Mustafa]]
* [[Saqlain Haider]]
* [[Shaiman Anwar]]
* [[Usman Mushtaq]]
* [[Zaheer Maqsood]]
|}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
![[Fatullah]]
![[Dhaka]]
|-
| [[Fatullah Osmani Stadium|Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]]
| [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]]
|-
| Coordinates: {{coord|1=23|2=39|3=0.58|4=N|5=90|6=29|7=19.72|8=E|display=inline}}
| Coordinates: {{coord|1=23|2=48|3=24.9|4=N|5=90|6=21|7=48.9|8=E|display=inline}}
|-
| Capacity: 18,000
| Capacity: 26,000
|-
|
| [[File:Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.jpg|280px]]
|}

==Points table==
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Pos
!width="220"| Team
!width="20"| {{Abbr | Pld | Played}}
!width="20"| {{Abbr | W | Won}}
!width="20"| {{Abbr | L | Lost}}
!width="20"| {{Abbr | T | Tied}}
!width="20"| {{Abbr | NR | No result}}
!width="20"| {{Abbr | Pts | Points}}
! [[Net run rate|{{Abbr | NRR | Net run rate}}]]
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|1||style="text-align:left"|{{cr|UAE}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || +1.678
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|2||style="text-align:left"|{{cr|AFG|2013}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || +0.954
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|3||style="text-align:left"|{{cr|OMA}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || –1.222
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|4||style="text-align:left"|{{cr|HKG}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || –1.416
|}
{{color box|#cfc}} Advance to [[2016 Asia Cup]]</onlyinclude>

==Matches==
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 February 2016
| time = 15:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 176/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Rohan Mustafa]] 77 (50)
| wickets1 = [[Rashid Khan]] 3/25 (4 overs)
| score2 = 160 (19.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Karim Sadiq]] 72 (48)
| wickets2 = [[Rohan Mustafa]] 3/19 (2.5 overs)
| result = United Arab Emirates won by 16 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966713.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]], [[Fatullah]]
| umpires = [[Sarika Prasad]] (Sin) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm =
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = The United Arab Emirates registered their first victory in the Asia Cup.<ref name="first">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?id=14;type=trophy |title=Records: Asia Cup |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Rohan Mustafa]]'s 77 is the highest score for a UAE player in T20I matches.<ref name="Rohan">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/973889.html |title=Mustafa magic shocks Afghanistan |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* The United Arab Emirates scored their highest total in T20I matches.<ref name="UAETotal">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=27;type=team |title=UAE scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{anchor|Oman vs Hong Kong}}
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 February 2016
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|OMA}}
| team2 = {{cr|HK}}
| score1 = 180/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Jatinder Singh]] 42 (35)
| wickets1 = [[Nadeem Ahmed]] 3/27 (4 overs)
| score2 = 175/7 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Babar Hayat]] 122 (60)
| wickets2 = [[Aamer Ali]] 1/6 (1 overs)
| result = Oman won by 5 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966735.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]], [[Fatullah]]
| umpires = [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]] (Ban) and [[Buddhi Pradhan]] (Nep)
| motm =
| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Oman made their debut in the Asia Cup and registered their first victory in the tournament.<ref name="Oman"/><ref name="first"/>
* [[Vaibhav Wategaonkar]] (Oman) made his T20I debut.
* Both Oman and Hong Kong posted their highest totals in T20I matches.<ref name="OmanTotal">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pakvwi/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=37;type=team |title=Oman scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="HKTotal">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?class=3;id=19;no_redirect=true;type=team |title=HK scored their highest T20Is total |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Babar Hayat]] became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in a T20I match and he scored the first century in an Asia Cup qualifier T20I match.<ref name="Hayat">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/hkg/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3;id=19;type=team |title=Hong Kong: Records: Twenty20 Internationals |accessdate=18 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629140326/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/hkg/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3%3Bid%3D19%3Btype%3Dteam |archivedate=29 June 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Mark Chapman (cricketer)|Mark Chapman]] (HK) was dismissed by [[Run out#Running out a batsman "backing up"|Mankading]].<ref name="Mankad">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974263.html |title=Debutants Oman survive Hayat 122 |accessdate=19 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="Chapman">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974385.html |title=HK coach fuming at 'cowardly' Oman-kad |accessdate=20 February 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 February 2016
| time = 15.00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|OMA}}
| team2 = {{cr|AFG|2013}}
| score1 = 165/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Adnan Ilyas]] 54 (27)
| wickets1 = [[Gulbadin Naib]] 2/24 (4 overs)
| score2 = 168/7 (19.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Noor Ali Zadran]] 63 (44)
| wickets2 = [[Mehran Khan]] 3/18 (4 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966737.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]], [[Fatullah]]
| umpires = [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]] (Ban) and [[Sarika Prasad]] (Sin)
| motm =
| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Zeeshan Maqsood]] became the first player for Oman to score more than 50 runs in a T20I innings.<ref name="OmanHS">{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/oman/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=3;id=37;type=team |title=Oman: Records: Twenty20 Internationals|accessdate=20 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 21 February 2016
| time = 15:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|HK}}
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| score1 = 146/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Babar Hayat]] 54 (45)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Naveed]] 3/14 (4 overs)
| score2 = 147/4 (18.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Shahzad (Emirati cricketer)|Mohammad Shahzad]] 52 (39)
| wickets2 = [[Nadeem Ahmed]] 1/17 (4 overs)
| result = United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966739.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium]], [[Fatullah]]
| umpires = [[Buddhi Pradhan]] (Nep) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm =
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Hong Kong were eliminated as a result of this match.<ref name="HKeliminated">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/974933.html |title=Naveed, Shahzad take UAE closer to Asia Cup berth |accessdate=21 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 February 2016
| time = 15:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AFG|2013}}
| team2 = {{cr|HK}}
| score1 = 178/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Najibullah Zadran]] 60[[not out|*]] (35)
| wickets1 = [[Aizaz Khan]] 3/38 (4 overs)
| score2 = 112 (17.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Anshuman Rath]] 41 (38)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Nabi]] 4/17 (4 overs)
| result = Afghanistan won by 66 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966741.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]] (Ban) and [[Buddhi Pradhan]] (Nep)
| motm = [[Mohammad Nabi]] (Afghanistan)
| toss = Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Adil Mehmood and [[Tanveer Ahmed (cricketer)|Tanveer Ahmed]] (HK) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 22 February 2016
| time = 19:30
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|OMA}}
| score1 = 172/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = [[Muhammad Kaleem]] 50 (40)
| wickets1 = [[Aamir Kaleem]] 4/31 (3.4 overs)
| score2 = 101/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = [[Zeeshan Maqsood]] 46 (42)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Naveed]] 2/14 (4 overs)
| result = United Arab Emirates won by 71 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/966743.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Sarika Prasad]] (Sin) and [[Sharfuddoula]] (Ban)
| motm = [[Muhammad Usman (cricketer)|Muhammad Usman]] (United Arab Emirates)
| toss = Oman won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Oman and Afghanistan were eliminated as a result of this match, while United Arab Emirates qualified for the [[2016 Asia Cup]].<ref name="UAE">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2015-16/content/story/975281.html|title=UAE storm to main draw with convincing win |accessdate=22 February 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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