2015 ACC Under-19 Premier League

The 2015 ACC Under-19 Premier League was an international cricket tournament held in Malaysia from 28 August to 3 September 2015. It was the second edition of the ACC Under-19 Premier League, which is the highest division of the current ACC under-19 tournament system.

2015 ACC Under-19 Premier League
Dates28 August – 3 September 2015
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format50-over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions Afghanistan (2nd title)
Participants6
Matches played15
Most runs Hazratullah (314)
Most wickets Yodhin Punja (14)

The tournament was played at three venues in Peninsular Malaysia – Kinrara Oval and Bayuemas Oval in the state of Selangor, and Kelab Aman in the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur. The participants were the same six teams as at the 2014 edition, and the same format was used, a single round-robin with no finals. Afghanistan went undefeated in its five matches to win the competition for a second consecutive time, with Nepal placing second and Malaysia.

Squads
 Afghanistan[1]  Kuwait[2]  Malaysia[3]
  • Shah Rukh Quddus (c)
  • Abdul Haseeb
  • Abdul Sadiq
  • Allen Thomas
  • Arsh Barkat
  • Bilal Tahir
  • Kishore Salunkey
  • Manjot Singh
  • Mohammad Meezan
  • Morshed Mostafa Sarwar
  • Mushtaq Ahmed
  • Nomaan Siddiq Budroo
  • Salman Khan
  • Varun Bhavsar
   Nepal[4]  Saudi Arabia[5]  United Arab Emirates[6]
  • Faisal Khan (c)
  • Mohammed Farhan Patel (vc)
  • Adnan Anwar Khan
  • Arslan Amin
  • Furkhan Sameer
  • Mirza Ibrahim Baig
  • Muhammad Mudassar
  • Omar Imtiaz
  • Sameeh Munshi
  • Saud Iqbal Ahmed
  • Saud Khan
  • Shorif Mahmud
  • Zain Khawaja
  • Zayed Khan Afridi
  • Waruna Perera (c)
  • Abdullah Asif
  • Ahmed Jasim
  • Ahsan Ali
  • Atharva Kavi
  • Ethan Holmes
  • Kulith Rabel
  • Mohammed Afsal
  • Moiz Qazi
  • Naseer Uddin
  • Riyan Mohammed
  • Sachin Jha
  • Yodhin Punja
  • Zafri Zafardeen

Points table
Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Afghanistan5500010+4.106
   Nepal541008+1.953
 Malaysia532006+0.725
 United Arab Emirates523002–0.377
 Kuwait514002–1.417
 Saudi Arabia505000–3.589
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 September 2015

Fixtures
28 August
Scorecard
Malaysia 
286/5 (50 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
105 (32 overs)
Malaysia won by 181 runs
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Shankar Sathish (Mal)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bowl.
28 August
Scorecard
Nepal   
199 (49.2 overs)
v
 UAE
50 (20.5 overs)
Nepal won by 149 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Klang
Player of the match: Sushil Kandel (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
28 August
Scorecard
Kuwait 
104 (49.3 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
105/2 (15.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Player of the match: Muslim Musa (Afg)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
29 August
Scorecard
Nepal   
123 (47.5 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
127/0 (25 overs)
Afghanistan won by 10 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Zia-ur-Rehman (Afg)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
29 August
Scorecard
Kuwait 
150 (49.3 overs)
v
 Malaysia
154/2 (37 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Klang
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mal)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bowl.
29 August
Scorecard
UAE 
258 (50 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
93 (23.3 overs)
UAE won by 165 runs
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Player of the match: Yodhi Punja (UAE)
  • UAE won the toss and elected to bat.
31 August
Scorecard
UAE 
88 (30.5 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
90/0 (12.5 overs)
Afghanistan won by 10 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Tariq Stanikzai (Afg)
  • UAE won the toss and elected to bat.
31 August
Scorecard
Malaysia 
75 (38 overs)
v
   Nepal
77/2 (14.4 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Klang
Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
31 August
Scorecard
Kuwait 
250 (50 overs)
v
 Saudi Arabia
126 (40 overs)
Kuwait won by 124 runs
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Player of the match: Mohammad Meezan (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
1 September
Scorecard
Nepal   
250/8 (50 overs)
v
 Kuwait
167/9 (50 overs)
Nepal won by 83 runs
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Dipendra Airee (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
1 September
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia 
157 (39 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
158/2 (16.5 overs)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Klang
Player of the match: Hazratullah (Afg)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.
1 September
Scorecard
UAE 
53 (20.3 overs)
v
 Malaysia
59/5 (14 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Player of the match: Syed Aziz (Mal)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bowl.
3 September
Scorecard
Malaysia 
105 (49.1 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
109/3 (21.3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Kinrara Oval, Bandar Kinrara
Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
3 September
Scorecard
Kuwait 
60 (21.1 overs)
v
 UAE
61/2 (7.4 overs)
UAE won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Klang
Player of the match: Ashan Ali Khan (UAE)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
3 September
Scorecard
Saudi Arabia 
55 (33.2 oves)
v
   Nepal
56/1 (9 overs)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Player of the match: Sagar Kandel (Nep)
  • Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgS/RHighest100s50s
Hazratullah Afghanistan3145157.00120.3098*03
Mohammad Meezan Kuwait216554.0079.4184*02
Virandeep Singh Malaysia161540.2547.6374*02
Muhammad Zeyad Saudi Arabia137527.4082.037101
Nasir Khan Afghanistan127542.3376.9657*01

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Yodhin Punja United Arab Emirates39.01412.8516.704.615/38
Sushil Kandel   Nepal44.0116.7224.001.684/7
Zia-ur-Rehman Afghanistan44.0109.7026.402.203/18
Syed Aziz Malaysia24.0912.1116.004.545/30
Omar Imtiaz Saudi Arabia35.5920.1123.805.053/36

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References
  1. Afghanistan Under-19s Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. Imran Rumani (25 August 2015). "Kuwait U19 Team for Malaysia" – Cricket Kuwait. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. (19 August 2015). "VIRANDEEP SINGH TO LEAD THE U19 NATIONAL TEAM" – Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. Subash Gautam (30 July 2015). "CAN announces squad for ACC U-19 Premier League" – CricNepal. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. Rahat Ali Chaudhary (August 2015). "Warm sendoff to Saudi cricket team" – Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. Paul Radley (5 August 2015). "UAE Under-19 cricketers for tour of Malaysia selected" – The National. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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