| Dates | 29 August – 6 September 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International andLimited overs (50–over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin andfinal |
| 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) |
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The2018 Asia Cup Qualifier was acricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 29 August to 6 September 2018.[2] The event served as the qualifier for the2018 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 theUnited Arab Emirates andNepal on 30 August 2018 was aOne 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 byHong Kong, who finished second with seven points, and a betternet run rate thanOman, 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 replacedBabar Hayat as captain of Hong Kong.[20]Jhathavedh Subramanyan was ruled out of Hong Kong's squad with injury, and was replaced byAftab 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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Malaysia won by 3 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval,Bandar Kinrara Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andMasudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match:Pavandeep Singh (Mas) |
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Oman won by 7 wickets Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran Umpires:Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Khawar Ali (Oma) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 215 runs UKM Cricket Oval,Bangi Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Chirag Suri (UAE) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 78 runs Kinrara Academy Oval,Bandar Kinrara Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andMasudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match:Ahmed Raza (UAE) |
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Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match:Nadeem Ahmed (HK) |
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Oman won by 2 wickets UKM Cricket Oval,Bangi Umpires:Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Ajay Lalcheta (Oma) |
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Oman won by 8 wickets Kinrara Academy Oval,Bandar Kinrara Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (Mas) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Aqib Ilyas (Oma) |
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Nepal won by 19 runs Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Dipendra Singh Airee (Nep) |
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Hong Kong won by 182 runs UKM Cricket Oval,Bangi Umpires:Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas) Player of the match:Babar Hayat (HK) |
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Christopher Carter 14* (21) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran Umpires:Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Rohan Mustafa (UAE) |
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Nepal won by 4 wickets UKM Cricket Oval,Bangi Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Batumalai Ramani (Mas) Player of the match:Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep) |
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Anish Paraam 100 (95) Syazrul Idrus 3/51 (7 overs) |
Singapore won by 29 runs Kinrara Academy Oval,Bandar Kinrara Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andBuddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match:Anish Paraam (Sin) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 13 runs Bayuemas Oval,Pandamaran Umpires:Lyndon Hannibal (SL) andViswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match:Rohan Mustafa (UAE) |
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Hong Kong won by 3 wickets UKM Cricket Oval,Bangi Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (Mas) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Anshuman Rath (HK) |
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Hong Kong won by 2 wickets (DLS method) Kinrara Academy Oval,Bandar Kinrara Umpires:Anil Chaudhary (Ind) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Aizaz Khan (HK) |
