Dates | 29 August – 6 September 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International and Limited overs (50–over) |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Malaysia |
Champions | Hong Kong (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 16 |
Player of the series | Ahmed Raza[1] |
Most runs | Ashfaq Ahmed (224) |
Most wickets | 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 United Arab Emirates 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]
The following teams and squads were selected to take part:[5]
Hong Kong[14] | Malaysia[15] | Nepal[16] | Oman[17] | Singapore[18] | 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.289 | Advanced to the final |
2 | Hong Kong (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.530 | |
3 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.583 | |
4 | Nepal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.250 | |
5 | Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.995 | |
6 | Singapore | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.175 |
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Christopher Carter 14* (21)
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