KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has revised the fixture for the ACC U-17 Elite Cup cricket tournament after Saudi Arabia pulled out of the event on Thursday, CAN said in a release. [break]
Saudi Arabia has reported pulled out after being unable to find home-born players. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) rules that at least two among 14 players should be born in the nation.
After Saudi’s pullout, the event now has only eight teams – four in each group. The total duration of the tournament has also cut short by a day.
Saudi was in Group A along with Nepal, Singapore, Qatar and Hong Kong. Group B consisted of Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE and Malaysia.
According to revised fixture, Nepal will now meet Qatar on February 4, Hong Kong on February 7 and Singapore on February 8. The semifinals will be played on February 10 while the final is on February 12.
ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 Fixture
Group A: Singapore, Nepal, Qatar, Hong Kong
Group B: Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Malaysia
Date | TU, Kirtipur | IOE, Pulchowk | BSAM, Bhaktapur |
4 Feb, Wed | Bahrain v Kuwait
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| Nepal v Qatar | Singapore v Hong Kong |
5 Feb, Thur | Qatar v Hong Kong | Bahrain v UAE | Kuwait v Malaysia |
7 Feb, Sat | UAE v Malaysia | Singapore v Qatar | Nepal v Hong Kong |
8 Feb, Sun | Singapore v Nepal | Bahrain v Malaysia | UAE v Kuwait |
10 Feb, Tues | SF: A1v B2 | SF: A2 v B1 | 7&8 : A4 v B4 |
11 Feb, Wed | - | Third-Place Playoff | 5 & 6: A3 v B3 |
12 Feb, Thur | FINAL | - | - |
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