ACC Trophy


The ACC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council. Open only to associate and affiliate members of the International Cricket Council, it was contested biennially between 1996 and 2012, but was replaced by the three-division ACC Premier League in 2014 as the primary limited-overs competition for non-Test-playing ACC members. The tournament was discontinued for 9 years, and reinvented as ACC Premier Cup in 2023. The finalists of the 2000 and 2006 tournaments qualified for the Asia Cup, where matches had One Day International status.
The inaugural edition of the tournament was played in Malaysia in 1996, and featured 12 teams in a single division. The single-division format continued until the 2006 tournament, which featured a record 17 teams. The ACC Trophy was then split into "Elite" and "Challenge" divisions, with the first editions held under this format being the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. The two-division format continued until the final tournament in 2012, with promotion and relegation between divisions.
Only six teams – Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Maldives, Nepal, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates – competed in all nine editions of the ACC Trophy, although the Maldives and Singapore were relegated to the "Challenge" tournament at various stages after the introduction of two divisions. The UAE was by far the most successful ACC Trophy team, with five wins. Bangladesh won the first two tournaments, but were rendered ineligible after gaining Test status.

ACC Trophy records

Team records

Individual records

  • Most runs in an innings: Arshad Ali 213*
  • Most runs in a career: Arshad Ali 461
  • Best batting average: Arshad Ali 153.66
  • Best bowling in an innings: Mehboob Alam 7/3 v, 2006
  • Most wickets in a career: Mehboob Alam 52
  • Best bowling ave: Kashif Butt 3.00
  • Most catches by an outfielder : Khuram Khan 5
  • Most wicket-keeping dismissals : Mohammad Nadeem 8
  • Most ACC Trophy appearances:

Best Partnerships

Note: Records are incomplete.
  1. Sarfraz Ahmed & Fahad Suleiman for v 201*
  2. Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 181
  3. Muhammad Jahangir & Irfan Ahmed for v 174
  4. Nowroz Khan & Karim Sadiq for v 171
  5. Chaminda Ruwan & Munish Arora for v 170
  6. Omer Taj & Muhammad Jahangir for v 174
  7. Muhammed Iqbal & Arshad Ali for v 166
  8. Rahul Sharma & Khalid Butt for v 161
  9. Nadeem Babar & Hammad Saeed for * v 158
  10. Arshad Ali & Saqib Ali for v 152

Participating teams

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  • – Champions
  • – Runners-up
  • – Third place
  • SF – Semi-finalist
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified
  • — Hosts
Team

Champions and runners-up

Notes:
Bangladesh gained full Test status in 2000 and are no longer eligible to participate in the ACC Trophy.