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Kuwait Cricket has added another feather in their cap as they are all set to host the ACC trophy Elite 2010 for the first time. Incidentally, the ACC Elite trophy is rated as the biggest tournament in the history of Kuwait cricket so far. Kuwait has the tradition of hosting Gulf Cup in 2004, Middle East trophy 2006, first ever ACC T20 trophy in 2007 and the ACC U-19 Elite trophy in 2009.The fixtures have been announced for the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 to be played at KOC grounds, Ahmadi, Kuwait Entertainment City ground & Sulaibiya ground between March 31st and April 9th. The ten-team tournament has Bhutan competing at the senior elite-level for the very first time since they gained promotion from the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge.
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Defending champions of the ACC Trophy Elite, Hong Kong will have to work out hard as they have to face stiff opposition from the UAE team which were unbeaten in the ACC Trophy from 2000 to 2008, however in the last tournament Saudi Arabia beat them in the group stage and they surrendered their hold on the event losing the Final to Hong Kong by three wickets. Since then Hong Kong have been joined by Afghanistan, Nepal and Singapore as serious contenders.
The star attraction and the crowd favorites will obviously be Afghanistan, the Newest ODI nation which recently became the only Affiliate member to qualify for the ICC World T20 after they won the Qualifier. |
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Afghanistan always have strong support wherever they play and it is expected that the talented Afghanistan team would really be a crowd puller to attract many thousands. Afghanistan, Bahrain, Nepal, Singapore and UAE have been playing regular cricket in ICC tournaments over the past season and surely will have raised their standards. |
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