After the conclusion of the group phase of the ongoing ACC U-16 Asia Cup Western region tournament in UAE, the semi-final line-ups have been announced.
UAE U-16 and Kuwait U-16 teams topped their respective groups followed by Oman U-16 and Saudi Arabia U-16, who finished 2nd in the group ahead of Maldives U-16 and Bahrain U-16 respectively.
Kuwait and Oman will contest the first semi-final while UAE will take on Saudi Arabia in the 2nd semi-final to determine the finalists.
The semi-final spots are sealed!
SF 1: Kuwait (U-16) vs Oman (U-16), 10:00 AM at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
SF 2: UAE (U-16) vs Saudi Arabia (U-16), 5:00 PM at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. #ACC #U16 #westernregion— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) January 9, 2018
Here are the top performers in the group phase of the tournament. Ansh from UAE tops the run-scoring charts followed closely by Abdul Sadiq of Kuwait.
| U16 Asia Cup – Most Runs (Group Phase) | ||||||||
| POS | Player | Team | M | R | HS | AVG | 100 | 50 |
| 1 | ANSH | UAE (U-16) | 2 | 191 | 142 | 95.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | ABDUL SADIQ | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 176 | 126 | 88 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | RONAK SUDESH P | UAE (U-16) | 2 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | GOVIND SUNIL KUMAR | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 88 | 56 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | GOKUL SUNIL KUMAR | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 82 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | JANDU HAMOUD AMANULLAH | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 81 | 70 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MOHAMMED SAMEER | OMAN (U-16) | 2 | 70 | 61* | 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | RUSHIL DADWAL | OMAN (U-16) | 2 | 69 | 35 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | JAGAN VIJAYAKUMAR | BAHRAIN (U-16) | 2 | 61 | 41 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MEET BHAVSAR | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 41 | 37 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
Among the bowlers, Naman Patel of Kuwait leads the wicket-taking charts followed by Khuzaima from Saudi Arabia.
| ACC U16 Asia Cup – Most Wickets | ||||||
| POS | PLAYER | ASSOCIATION | M | WKTS | R | BBI |
| 1 | NAMAN KIRANKUMAR PATEL | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 6 | 26 | 15/4 |
| 2 | KHUZAIMA | SAUDI ARABIA (U-16) | 2 | 6 | 79 | 55/5 |
| 3 | UMAIR KHALID | BAHRAIN (U-16) | 2 | 5 | 81 | 50/4 |
| 4 | FAEZ AHMED Q | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6/3 |
| 5 | MOHAMMED SAMEER | OMAN (U-16) | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11/4 |
| 6 | ABDUL SADIQ | KUWAIT (U-16) | 2 | 4 | 20 | 8/2 |
| 7 | CHATHIYA DASHAN HUPPEGODA | UAE (U-16) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9/2 |
| 8 | HARSH ASHUTOSH | UAE (U-16) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15/3 |
| 9 | SHAH MIR WAHEED | SAUDI ARABIA (U-16) | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16/3 |
| 10 | KHALID WASIM MUSHIR | SAUDI ARABIA (U-16) | 2 | 3 | 57 | 22/3 |
