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tournament held in

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from 8 to 19 November 2005. The sixth ACC under-19 tournament to be held, matches were played in the capital

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and three other cities in the

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, Kirtipur, and Lalitpur. The number of teams at the tournament increased to fifteen (from the ten at the previous edition), with

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, and

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making their debuts.(7 October 2005)
"Nepal Awarded The Right To Host ACC U-19 Cup"
– Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Coached by

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and captained by Paras Khadka,

defeated

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at Kirtipur's Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, with an estimated 10–15,000 people in attendance, as well as television viewership of 1.5 million. The team won its second consecutive title (and third overall), and consecutively qualified for the 2006 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

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and

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were the losing semi-finalists for the second tournament in a row. The leading runscorer at the tournament was Malaysian batsman Ariffin Ramly, while the leading wicket-taker was Hong Kong's

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. The tournament's semi-finals and final were broadcast live on Nepal Television.

Group stages

Full fixture
CricketArchive

Group A

;Notes * Group A was the only group to have three teams; all others had four. * Bahrain scored 383/4 from 50 overs against Brunei, the highest team total of the tournament. * Brunei were dismissed for 21 from 15.2 overs against Nepal, the lowest team total of the tournament.
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2015. * Two centuries were scored in Group A, both by Bahraini batsman against Brunei, with Gayan de Silva scoring 200 not out and Danish Jasnaik scoring 102 not out. De Silva's innings was the best individual batting performance at the tournament.Centuries, Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Cup 2005/06
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2015. * One five-wicket haul was recorded in Group B, with Bahrain's

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taking 8/15 against Brunei, the best individual bowling performance at the tournament.Four wickets in an innings, Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Cup 2005/06
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

Group B

;Notes * Two centuries were scored in Group B, both against Iran – Kuwait's Habibullah Iftikhar scored 153 and the UAE's Shehan Dharmasena scored 109. * Four five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group B – Afghanistan's Sanaullah Mohib took 5/17 against Iran, the UAE's

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took 5/21 against Iran, Kuwait's

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also took 5/21 against Iran, and the UAE's Mohammad Fawad took 5/26 against Afghanistan.

Group C

;Notes * Two five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group C – Singapore's Jayanth Ganapathy took 5/38 against Qatar and Oman's Mushtaq Syed against Singapore.

Group D

;Notes * Three five-wicket hauls were recorded in Group D, all against the Maldives – Hong Kong's

took 6/15, Malaysia's Darvin Muralitharan took 5/5, and Saudi Arabia's Imran Nasir took 5/28.

Finals

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average. Source
CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by

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. Source
CricketArchive

Final standing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:ACC Under-19 Cup, 2005 Under-19 regional cricket tournaments International cricket competitions in 2005 International cricket competitions in Nepal