2018 ACC Eastern Region T20
# 2018 ACC Eastern Region T20

The 2018 ACC Eastern Region T20 was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament held in Thailand from 21 to 25 February 2018. The four participating teams in the first edition of this new event were the national sides of Bhutan, China, Myanmar and hosts Thailand. The matches were all played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok. Matches did not have Twenty20 International status, but matches played in future editions will following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019. The first day's action saw comfortable wins for Bhutan and Thailand over China and Myanmar, respectively. Thailand secured a place in the final by defeating Bhutan on day two, following on from China's win against Myanmar. The third day was lost due to rain with both scheduled matches abandoned, which meant that Bhutan joined Thailand in the final. The final day's play-offs saw Myanmar edge past China by five runs to claim third place, and then Bhutan defeat Thailand by three runs to take the title.

Bhutan's captain Jigme Singye was named as player of the tournament, fellow Bhutanese player Suprit Pradhan was named bowler of the tournament, and the best batsman award was given to Thailand's captain Daniel Jacobs.

## Squads

| Bhutan | China | Myanmar | Thailand |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jigme Singye (c) Thinley Jamtsho (vc) Manoj Adhikari Sanjeevan Gurung Dorji Khandu Kesang Nima Rekash Pradhan Suprit Pradhan Tobden Singye Kumar Subba Ugyen Tenzin Tandin Wangchuk Tenzin Wangchuk Tenzin Wangchuk, jnr | Lu Cangcang Gao Guohao Li Jian Han Junhui Hou Rui Tian Suqing Zhang Yong Feng Yu Zhang Yufei Song Yulin Chen Zhuoyue Wang Zihao | Htet Lin Aung (c) Thuya Aung Ye Ko Ko Aung Khin Aye Paing Danu Aung Ko Ko Swann Htet Ko Ko Yan Naing Kyaw Htet Lin Oo Nyeing Cham Soe Ko Ko Lin Thu Ye Naing Tun Min Wai Sei Htet Wai | Daniel Jacobs (c) Mahsid Faheem Sittipong Hongsi Chanchai Pengkumta Rayan Raina Robert Raina Suwat Rastanaumnuaykool Kamron Senamontree Nopphon Senamontree Sarbjot Singh Vichanath Singh Payuputh Sungnard Kiatiwut Suttisan Wanchana Uisuk |

## Round-robin

### Points table

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +4.350 | Advanced to the final |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +0.050 | Advanced to the final |
| Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –2.628 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2.662 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |

### Matches

Summaries and player of the match winners, along with downloadable scorecards, can be found on the ACC website.

* 21 February 2018 10:00 Scorecard

| China 73 (19.4 overs) | v | Bhutan 74/1 (10.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Lu Cangcang 35* (59) Thinley Jamtsho 3/14 (3.4 overs) | | Suprit Pradhan 32* (33) Zhang Yufei 1/27 (3 overs) |

* Bhutan won by 9 wickets Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Arif Ansar (Tha) and Tauseef Khalid (Tha) Player of the match: Thinley Jamtsho (Bhu)
* China won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 February 2018 14:00 Scorecard

| Thailand 177/5 (20 overs) | v | Myanmar 47 (18 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Daniel Jacobs 41 (43) Khin Aye 2/23 (3 overs) | | Ye Naing Tun 15 (15) Payuputh Sungnard 3/12 (4 overs) |

* Thailand won by 130 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Aye Mine (Tha) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) Player of the match: Chanchai Pengkumta (Tha)
* Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
* 22 February 2018 10:00 Scorecard

| China 79/9 (20 overs) | v | Myanmar 80/6 (13.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Li Jian 12 (12) Aung Ko Ko 4/17 (4 overs) | | Ye Naing Tun 20 (16) Han Junhui 2/14 (3 overs) |

* Myanmar won by 4 wickets Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Arif Ansar (Tha) Player of the match: Aung Ko Ko (Mya)
* Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 February 2018 14:00 Scorecard

| Thailand 108 (19.5 overs) | v | Bhutan 64 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sittipong Honsi 27 (24) Tobden Singye 3/7 (1.5 overs) | | Suprit Pradhan 23 (35) Vichanath Singh 4/7 (3.5 overs) |

* Thailand won by 44 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Aye Mine (Tha) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) Player of the match: Ryan Raina (Tha)
* Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
* 24 February 2018 10:00 Scorecard

| Thailand | v | China |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Arif Ansar (Tha) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 24 February 2018 14:00 Scorecard

| Bhutan | v | Myanmar |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Samad Akbar (Tha) and Tauseef Khalid (Tha)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.

## Play-offs

### Third-place play-off

* 25 February 2018 10:00 Scorecard

| Myanmar 93 (20 overs) | v | China 88/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Khin Aye 22 (29) Li Jian 4/14 (4 overs) | | Zhang Yufei 44 (51) Htet Aung 2/28 (4 overs) |

* Myanmar won by 5 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Arif Ansar (Tha) and Tauseef Khalid (Tha) Player of the match: Li Jian (Chn)
* China won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 25 February 2018 14:00 Scorecard

| Bhutan 101/9 (20 overs) | v | Thailand 98/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Thinley Jamtsho 31 (21) Robert Raina 3/14 (2 overs) | | Daniel Jacobs 48 (48) Suprit Pradhan 3/8 (4 overs) |

* Bhutan won by 3 runs Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok Umpires: Aye Mine (Tha) and Ashwani Kumar Rana (Tha) Player of the match: Jigme Singye (Bhu)
* Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
