The 2000 ACC Trophy was a cricket

Cricket

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 tournament in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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, taking place from November 15th to November 24th in 2000. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council

Asian Cricket Council

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 experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by the UAE who defeated Nepal in the final by 3 wickets.

Teams

The teams were separated into two groups of four. The following teams took part in the tournament:

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football....	Pts
	3	3	0	0	1.442	6
	3	2	1	0	0.071	4
	3	1	2	0
2
	3	0	3	0
0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR Net run rate Net Run Rate is a statistic used in the sport of cricket. It is the most commonly used method of separating teams in one-day league competitions, effectively acting as the Cricket equivalent of "goal difference" in football....	Pts
	3	3	0	0	1.285	6
	3	2	1	0	0.886	4
	3	1	2	0	0.461	2
	3	0	3	0
0

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs		Most wickets
Rahul Sharma	323	Mohammad Tauqir	11
Andrew Scott Andrew Scott (cricketer) Andrew William Scott was an Australian cricketer. Scott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Geelong, Victoria....	223	Stewart Brew	10
Mohammad Nawaz	185	Asim Saeed Asim Saeed Asim Saeed is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. He played for them in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 versions of the ICC Trophy, as well as in one first-class game in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup. He also played in two One Day Internationals in the 2004 Asia Cup.-References:**...	9
Stewart Brew	183	Z.N. Butt	7
Saleem Malik Saleem Malik Saleem Malik is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1981/82 and 1999, at one stage captaining the Pakistani cricket team. He was a right-handed wristy middle order batsman who was strong square of the wicket. His legbreak bowling was also quite effective...	179	Saeed-al-Saffar Saeed-Al-Saffar Saeed-al-Saffar is a cricketer who has represented the UAE at international level, most notably in the One Day International the Emirates side played against the Netherlands in Lahore in the 1996 Cricket World Cup...	7

External links

• CricketArchive tournament page