2018 Asia Cup Qualifier
| Dates | 29 August – 6 September 2018 |
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International and Limited overs (50–over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host | Malaysia |
| Champions | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 16 |
| Player of the series | United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza[1] |
| Most runs | United Arab Emirates Ashfaq Ahmed (224) |
| Most wickets | United Arab Emirates Ahmed Raza (16) |
The 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018.[2] The event served as the qualifier for the 2018 Asia Cup.[3][4][5] The top two teams from the group stage met in the final, with the winner progressing to the 2018 Asia Cup.[6] The fixture between the United Arab Emirates and Nepal on 30 August 2018 was a One Day International (ODI) match.[7] It was the first time both sides had played each other in an ODI match, with the UAE going on to win the fixture by 78 runs.[8]
The UAE finished top of the group stage with eight points. They were joined in the final by Hong Kong, who finished second with seven points, and a better net run rate than Oman, who also finished with seven points.[9][10] Hong Kong won the final, beating the UAE by two wickets, to qualify for the 2018 Asia Cup.[11][12] Hong Kong's captain, Anshuman Rath, said afterwards that "all the hard work that has gone in this tournament over the last couple of months really has paid off".[13]
Squads
[edit | edit source]The following teams and squads were selected to take part:[5]
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong[14] | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia[15] | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal[16] | File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman[17] | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore[18] | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates[19] |
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Prior to the tournament, Anshuman Rath replaced Babar Hayat as captain of Hong Kong.[20] Jhathavedh Subramanyan was ruled out of Hong Kong's squad with injury, and was replaced by Aftab Hussain.[21]
Points table
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.289 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.530 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.583 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.250 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.995 | |
| 6 | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.175 |
Fixtures
[edit | edit source]Round 1
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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- Singapore won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
Round 2
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
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- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 30 overs per side due to rain.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain.
Round 4
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during Hong Kong's innings.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Hong Kong were set a revised target of 179 runs from 24 overs due to rain.
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