2005 ACC Under-19 Cup


The 2005 ACC Under-19 Cup was an international under-19 cricket tournament held in Nepal from 8 to 19 November 2005. The sixth ACC under-19 tournament to be held, matches were played in the capital Kathmandu and three other cities in the Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur, Kirtipur, and Lalitpur.
The number of teams at the tournament increased to fifteen, with Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brunei, Iran, and Saudi Arabia making their debuts. Coached by Roy Dias and captained by Paras Khadka, Nepal defeated Malaysia in [|the final] at Kirtipur's Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, with an estimated 10–15,000 people in attendance, as well as television viewership of 1.5 million. The team won its second consecutive title, and consecutively qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Kuwait and Qatar were the losing semi-finalists for the second tournament in a row. The leading runscorer at the tournament was Malaysian batsman Ariffin Ramly, while the leading wicket-taker was Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed. The tournament's semi-finals and final were broadcast live on Nepal Television.

Group stages

Full fixtures:

Group A

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Ariffin Ramly276669.0098*03
Habibullah Iftikhar275591.66153*11
Gayan de Silva2293114.50200*10
Eszrafiq Azis179629.838501
Suhan Alagaratnam163627.165502

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Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Irfan Ahmed33.0148.1414.143.456/15
Amrit Bhattarai42.0139.2319.382.854/38
Tamoor Sajjad34.4126.4117.332.224/6
Imran Nasir28.0127.3314.003.145/28
Mohammad Fawad33.0128.1616.502.965/14

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Final standing