Afghanistan the team to beat

The schedule for the ACC Twenty20 Cup starting on December 3 have been announced

ESPNcricinfo staff

01-Nov-2011

Pre-tournament favourites Afghanistan will open their ACC Twenty20 Cup campaign with a tough match against Hong Kong on December 3, according to fixtures announced by the Asian Cricket Council.

Group A consists of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and Maldives, while Group B features the fancied Nepal side along with Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia.

The tournament forms part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka. The top three teams from this competition, in addition to Afghanistan who have pre-qualified, join the Associate teams with ODI in the 16-team ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier to be played in the UAE in early 2012.

The other regional teams in the qualifier will come from Europe (2), Africa (2), Americas (2) and East Asia - Pacific (1).

Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup

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Date and Time	Match	Weather

Sat Dec 3 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Afghanistan v Hong Kong Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sat Dec 3 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group B - Nepal v Malaysia Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Sat Dec 3 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group A - Kuwait v Oman Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sat Dec 3 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group B - Bhutan v United Arab Emirates Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Sun Dec 4 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Afghanistan v Oman Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Sun Dec 4 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Kuwait v Maldives Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sun Dec 4 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group B - Bhutan v Saudi Arabia Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sun Dec 4 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group B - Nepal v United Arab Emirates Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Mon Dec 5 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Hong Kong v Maldives Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Mon Dec 5 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group B - Malaysia v Saudi Arabia Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Tue Dec 6 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Hong Kong v Oman Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Tue Dec 6 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group B - Nepal v Bhutan Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Tue Dec 6 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group A - Afghanistan v Kuwait Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Tue Dec 6 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group B - Malaysia v United Arab Emirates Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Wed Dec 7 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Afghanistan v Maldives Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Wed Dec 7 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group B - Nepal v Saudi Arabia Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Wed Dec 7 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group A - Hong Kong v Kuwait Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Wed Dec 7 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Group B - Bhutan v Malaysia Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Thu Dec 8 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group A - Maldives v Oman Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Thu Dec 8 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Group B - Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Fri Dec 9 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	5th Place Play-off - TBC v TBC Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Fri Dec 9 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Fri Dec 9 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	7th Place Play-off - TBC v TBC Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Fri Dec 9 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (A2 v B1) Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A

Sat Dec 10 03:45 GMT \| 09:30 local 03:45 GMT	9th Place Play-off - TBC v TBC Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sat Dec 10 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	3rd Place Play-off - TBC v TBC Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur	N/A

Sun Dec 11 07:15 GMT \| 13:00 local 07:15 GMT	Final - TBC v TBC Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	N/A