The 2010 ACC Trophy Elite was a

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tournament in

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, taking place between March 31 and April 9, 2010. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the

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experience of international one-day cricket and also helps forms an essential part of regional rankings. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

by 95 runs in the final on April 9.

Teams

After the

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it was decided to split the tournament into two divisions. The placement of teams in the divisions was based on their final positions in the last ACC Trophy. The top ten teams went on to take part in the 2008 ACC Trophy Elite and the remaining teams were placed in a lower division, the 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge. Bottom two teams were relegated from

2008 ACC Trophy Elite The 2008 ACC Trophy Elite was a cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place between 25 July and 3 August 2008. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and a ...

and top two teams from 2009 ACC Trophy Challenge were promoted. The teams that made it into the Trophy Elite were:

Squads

Group stages

Group A

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Group B

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Play-offs

9th place play-off

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

3rd place play-off

Semi-finals

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Final

Final Placings

Statistics

Controversy

The tournament was beset with players struggling to get

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to gain access to

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were forced to withdraw from the tournament as they were unable to field a team after a large number of their players were refused visas. Mohammad Nabi, the

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was refused as visa, as was

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. Both were later able to gain entry to Kuwait and take part in the later stages of the tournament. The Cricket Association of Nepal President Binay Raj Pandey has said his board intends to raise the issue at the next meeting of the

after

vice-captain

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had been refused entry to the country. In response to this, Pandey intends to ask the ACC not to host future tournaments in countries where obtaining a visa is difficult.CAN to raise visa issue in ACC meeting
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References

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