Asian Cricket Council (ACC) revised the groupings and fixtures for the ACC Twenty20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu in December.After the revision, Nepal is now placed in Group B along with Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Whereas Afghanistan, Malaysia, Bhutan, Oman and the Maldives are grouped in Group A
.In the earlier draw, which according to ACC was mistakenly published, Malaysia and Bhutan were in Nepal´s group while Hong Kong and Kuwait were in Group A.According to ACC, the earlier groupings and fixtures were not based on the rankings of the ACC Trophy Elite 2010.Afghanistan had won the Trophy Elite defeating Nepal in the final, whereas Hong Kong had finished third defeating Malaysia in the third-place playoff
.The tournament is part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 Cup 2012.The top three teams from this competition will join Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland in the 16-team ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers to be played in the UAE in March 2012. The finalists of the UAE event will qualify for the World Cup Twenty20.Nepal will play Hong Kong in the inaugural match of the ACC Twenty20 Cup at the TU Cricket Ground on December 3. Don't forget to be with me to get the live update of the every match of ACC T20 from Kathmandu. I will bring all the updates of the match.
Venues : Engineering Ground, Pulchowk
Tribhuvan University Ground, Kirtipur Dates : 3rd – 11th December
Standard Twenty20 International Match Playing Conditions
| Venues | : | Engineering Ground, Pulchowk Tribhuvan University Ground, Kirtipur |
| Dates | : | 3rd – 11th December |
| The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in September in Sri Lanka. The top three teams, other than Afghanistan, from this competition join the top six Associate and Affiliate teams with ODI status from 2009-2012 namely Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands and Scotland in the 16-team ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be played in the UAE in March 2012. The other regional teams in the qualifier will be Europe (2), Africa (2), Americas (2) and East Asia – Pacific (1). | ||
| GROUP A | GROUP B | |
| Afghanistan | Nepal | |
| Malaysia | Hong Kong | |
| Oman | United Arab Emirates | |
| Bhutan | Kuwait | |
| Maldives | Saudi Arabia | |
| Schedule: | |
| Matches start at 9.30 AM and 1 PM (0345 hrs GMT and 0715 hrs GMT) | |
| Sat, Dec 3 | Afghanistan v Malaysia at Engineering Ground Bhutan v Oman at Engineering Ground Nepal v Hong Kong at Tribhuvan University Kuwait v UAE at Tribhuvan University |
| Sun, Dec 4 | Bhutan v Maldives at Engineering Ground Kuwait v Saudi Arabia at Engineering Ground Afghanistan v Oman at Tribhuvan University Nepal v UAE at Tribhuvan University |
| Mon, Dec 5 | Hong Kong v Saudi Arabia at Engineering Ground* Malaysia v Maldives at Tribhuvan University* |
| Tue, Dec 6 | Malaysia v Oman at Engineering Ground Afghanistan v Bhutan at Engineering Ground Nepal v Kuwait at Tribhuvan University Hong Kong v UAE at Tribhuvan University |
| Wed, Dec 7 | Afghanistan v Maldives at Engineering Ground Bhutan v Malaysia at Engineering Ground Nepal v Saudi Arabia at Tribhuvan University Hong Kong v Kuwait at Tribhuvan University |
| Thu, Dec 8 | Maldives v Oman at Engineering Ground* Saudi Arabia v UAE at Tribhuvan University* |
| Fri, Dec 9 | SF1: A1 v B2 at Tribhuvan University SF2: A2 v B1 at Tribhuvan University 5th/6th Playoff A3 v B3 at Engineering Ground 7th/8th Playoff A4 v B4 at Engineering Ground |
| Sat, Dec 10 | 9th/10th Playoff A5 v B5 at Engineering Ground 3rd/4th Playoff at Engineering Ground |
| Sun, Dec 11 | FINAL at Tribhuvan University** |
| *9.30 AM ** 1 PM | |
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