2003 Arab Cup

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The Arab League Cup, simply and commonly known as the Arab Cup is an international 50-over cricket tournament.
Contested amongst the top cricket-playing nations of the Arab world, the tournament is considered to be the "Crown Jewel of Arabia".

The 2003 Arab Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament, fittingly held in Saudi Arabia from September 1st to 12th.
Saudi Arabia emerged victorious after defeating Morocco by 15 runs in the final played at the Al-Kharj Cricket Ground in Riyadh.

Israeli captain Asher Golan was adjudged Player of the Tournament for scoring 398 runs in 5 innings, the most by any batter in the tournament.​

 

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BACKGROUND

The Arab League confirmed to stage the inaugural Arab Cup in Saudi Arabia following the formation of the sub-confederation in 2003.
All five founding members will take part in the inaugural edition, which is scheduled to be played from September 1st to September 12th.

Participating Teams

Israel

Morocco

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia​

 

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VENUES

KSACA confirmed four venues for the 2003 Arab Cup - the Al-Kharj Cricket Ground in Riyadh will host the finals.

Prince's Cricket Ground, Dammam​	Dhahran Oval, Dhahran​	JCA Ground, Jeddah​	Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh​
3 matches​	2 matches​	2 matches​	5 matches (finals)​
Pitch: Excellent​	Pitch: Normal​	Pitch: Normal​	Pitch: Normal​

 

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

Q​	Team​	Mat​	Won​	Lost​	Tied​	N/R​	Points​	NRR​
​	Morocco	4​	4​	0​	0​	0​	12​	+1.764​
​	Israel	4​	2​	2​	0​	0​	6​	-0.178​
​	Saudi Arabia	4​	2​	2​	0​	0​	6​	+0.195​
​	Qatar	4​	1​	3​	0​	0​	3​	-1.044​
​	Palestine	4​	1​	3​	0​	0​	3​	-0.706​

* Morocco advanced to the 2003 Arab Cup Final.
* Israel and Saudi Arabia advanced to the semi-final.

Points System

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points
* teams equal on points at the end of the group stage are ranked by the following order

Spoiler: Tie Breakers

* if equal on points; team with better head-to-head record is ranked higher
* if equal on head-to-head record; team with more wins is ranked higher
* if equal on wins; team with fewer losses is ranked higher
* if equal on losses; team with better net-run-rate is ranked higher

Fixtures

September 1, Match 1, Saudi Arabia vs Israel @ Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh - Israel won by 6 wickets (with 18 deliveries remaining)
September 2, Match 2, Palestine vs Qatar @ Dhahran Oval, Dhahran - Qatar won by 6 wickets (with 58 deliveries remaining)

September 3, Match 3, Morocco vs Qatar @ Dhahran Oval, Dhahran - Morocco won by 167 runs
September 4, Match 4, Israel vs Palestine @ Jeddah Cricket Association Ground, Jeddah - Palestine won by 7 wickets (with 25 deliveries remaining)

September 5, Match 5, Saudi Arabia vs Morocco @ Prince's Cricket Ground, Dammam - Morocco won by 75 runs
September 5, Match 6, Israel vs Qatar @ Jeddah Cricket Association Ground, Jeddah - Israel won by 4 wickets (with 17 deliveries remaining)

September 6, Match 7, Morocco vs Palestine @ Prince's Cricket Ground, Dammam - Morocco won by 6 wickets (with 46 deliveries remaining)
September 7, Match 8, Saudi Arabia vs Qatar @ Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia won by 67 runs

September 7, Match 9, Israel vs Morocco @ Prince's Cricket Ground, Dammam - Morocco won by 5 wickets (with 48 deliveries remaining)
September 8, Match 10, Saudi Arabia vs Palestine @ Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia won by 64 runs

 

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ARAB CUP FINALS

Semi-Final

September 10, Israel vs Saudi Arabia @ Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia won by 8 wickets (with 35 deliveries remaining)

Arab Cup Final

September 12, Morocco vs Saudi Arabia @ Al-Kharj Cricket Ground, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia won by 15 runs

* In case of a tied match; a bowl-out will be used to determine the outcome of the match

 

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TOURNAMENT RULES

Upgrades

6 Upgrades​	3 Upgrades​	2 Upgrades​	1 Upgrade​
Reward Pool​	​	​	​

Squads

Each team is required to name a 15-player squad alongside a designated captain (); they can not be replaced unless injured.
No upgrades can be spent during the tournament; all upgrades must be confirmed during, or before squad announcement.

Lineups

Playing XIs are required to contain at least one wicket keeper (//) and six bowling (//) options.
Designated captain () at the start of the tournament can not be replaced or dropped unless injured or unavailable.

Please mark your wicket keeper with †/ and your bowlers with ^/.

Format

The 2003 Arab Cup will be played in a single round-robin format with all five participants put into a single ladder.
Group winners will advance directly to the final, whereas the second and third-best teams will play each other in the semi-final.

Tie Breaker

In case of a tied match; a bowl-out will be used to determine the outcome of the match.

Five bowlers from each side will deliver one ball each at an unguarded wicket (three stumps).
If each team hits the same number of wickets after five attempts, the bowl-out will continue into sudden death.

Player Injuries

Injuries are randomly simulated to give this league somewhat of a realistic feel.
Players that play without a rest are more likely to get injured.

Following are the types of injuries that can occur:

Spoiler: Player Injuries

Degree 1

* Can play with a 25% ratings decrease; 50% chance of developing a Degree 2 injury
- Heals fully after a one-game rest

Degree 2

* Can play with a 50% ratings decrease; 75% chance of developing a Degree 3 injury
- Heals fully after a two-game rest

Degree 3

* Out for one game; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 50% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a two-game rest.

Degree 4

* Out for two to three games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 25% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a three-game rest

Degree 5

* Out for four to five games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 10% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a five-game rest

Degree 6

* Out for six to ten games; instantly made unavailable
- Heals fully after recovering from injury

Degree 7

* Out for the remainder of the tournament; struck out from the squad
- Can call-up replacement if approved by tournament management​

 

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SAUDI ARABIA - Hosts; 19th in WCC World ODI Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Suleman Awan Eesa Khattak Mohsin Tunio Rayyan Hassan Mohammad Khalid Adam Khattak Waqar Sharif Ammad al Khalid Hanzallah Majid Abderrahman Ammad Rayyan Hashmi Momin Hassan Muntasir Rahman Yahya Farooq Abdullah Dawood --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

 

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ISRAEL - 17th in WCC World ODI Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Adam Daley Chayim Bartholomew David Golan Asher Golan Amah Eliot Alfie Solomons Elias Benjamin Noam Aviv Cain Eliot Dan Eleazar Ezra Azarel Ethel Gabriel Uri Netanyahu Dekel Avishalom Abraham Adlai --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

 

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MOROCCO - 4th in WCC World ODI Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Hervé Hocquard Zouhair Rami Moulham Assaraf Moosa El Khouri Youssouf Berrada Shihab Al-Ansari Abdelkarim Raihani Arwarh Benjelloun Waqqas Al-Jirari Abdelhak Idrissi Zubayr Bennis Sufyan Ben Barka Abdelhamid Aberkill El Mahi Khatibi Abdelkarim Toulali --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

 

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PALESTINE - 27th in WCC World ODI Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Anwar Mahmoud Trevor Shard Hussain Murad Adil Rafiullah Jesus Jeremiah Hafiz Ahmadi Asratullah Gurbaaj Muhammad Ahmad Omar Al-Azzeh Nasser Wolowitz Ibraheem-ul-Abbas Victor Jordan Pranav Koothrapalli Sikander Rasheed Bilal Goregen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

 

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QATAR - 13th in WCC World ODI Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Ismail Fakher Abdulsalam Al-Hadad Abdullah Al-Sheeb Ahmed Abu Shanab Yousuf Musabah Mohammed Jasimi Abdul Azeez Yaslam Mahmoud Nader Mansour Al-Abdullah Elmohamady Abd Elrahman Munsif Ibrahim Saleh Mallalah Ali Khamis Faraj Ali Nader Muhsin Al-Tayani --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

 

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The Arab Cup is underway! Please submit your squad for the tournament:​

Squad Submission

Your squad for the tournament must consist of EXACTLY fifteen players
You must mark your captain () for the tournament; marked captain can not be dropped unless injured
You must have at least one wicket-keeper (//) in your squad; but you are advised to have two
No upgrades can be spent to improve players mid-tourney; upgrades must be made before announcing the squad

NOTE: Players currently playing in the 2003 WCC Club World Cup are ineligible for national selection.

Deadline

48 hours - failure to submit squad within given deadline will result in auto-selection

@Lazerknighta @Umair7 @Na Maloom Afraad @Viper. @mohsin7827​

 

[Umair7]

Same Squad

 

[Lazerknighta]

Jeddah were the 1st team knocked out, can I play their players?

 

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Jeddah were the 1st team knocked out, can I play their players?

You most certainly can - Khuzaimah Rasheed however, is ineligible.