Cricket Ratings for Asia

Japan and Indonesia are among Asian nations that do not belong to the Asian Development area,of the ICC, but to the East Asian - Pacific one.

Asia is the only zone that holds a championship of 3-day matches, previously called the Fast Track Countries Tournament, now the Premier League. Five countries have participated in 3 sessions thus far. Singapore and Malaysia organise 3-day matches for the Saudara Cup:

Asia 3-day Ratings after the Saudara Cup (2008-10)

team	rating	M
United Arab Emirates	+198.7	1.4
Nepal	+186.9	1.3
Singapore	-3.4	2.0
Hong Kong	-80.8	1.3
Malaysia	-163.4	2.4

At the one-day level, Asia regularly holds the "ACC Trophy". In 2008 this was split into two divisions for the first time

Asian Ratings after the ACC Trophy Elite Division (2008-08-02)

team	rating	match
Nepal	+73.0	6.7
United Arab Emirates	+63.6	6.8
Afghanistan	+57.9	6.8
Hong Kong	+55.9	7.9
Singapore	+16.5	9.2
Qatar	-0.1	5.8
Bahrain	-3.9	6.2
Malaysia	-22.7	9.4
Kuwait	-40.1	5.6
Thailand	-58.4	0.8
Oman	-97.3	0.9
Saudi Arabia	-107.1	5.6
Iran	-143.0	0.7
Maldives	-159.3	0.9
Bhutan	-282.2	0.8
Brunei	-360.3	0.5
Myanmar	-420.6	0.9

These ratings are based on the following tournaments: (with participating teams in order of results)

ACC Trophy
- 1996 September in Malaysia (Bangladesh, UAE, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Japan, Maldives, Nepal, Thailand) (only semi-finals and final result)
- 1998 October in Nepal (Bangladesh, Malaysia, Hong Kong, UAE, Singapore, Thailand, Maldives, Nepal, PNG, Japan)
- 2000 November in UAE (Hong Kong, UAE, Malaysia, Nepal, Kuwait, Maldives, Singapore, Japan)
- 2002 July in Singapore (UAE, Nepal, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Kuwait, Singapore, Oman, Maldives, Qatar, Thailand)
- 2004 June in Malaysia (UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Nepal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Maldives, Bahrain - both Bhutan's matches were rained-off)
- 2006 August in Malaysia (UAE, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Nepal, Singapore, Bahrain, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Thailand, Brunei, Maldives, Bhutan, Iran, Myanmar)
ACC Trophy Elite Division
- 2008 July in Malaysia (Hong Kong, UAE, Afghanistan, Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
Tuanku Ja'afar Cup
- 1991 (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) (results missing)
- 1992 (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore?, Thailand?) (results missing)
- 1993 (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia?, Thailand?) (results missing)
- 1994 November in Hong Kong (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia?, Thailand?) (round-robin results missing)
- 1995 (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore?, Thailand?) (results missing)
- 1996 June in Singapore (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) (round-robin results missing)
- 1997 (Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong?, Thailand?) (results missing)
- 1998 June in Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Singapore, HK President XI, Malaysia)
- 1999 May in Kuala Lumpur (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)
- 2000 May in Singapore (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand)
- 2001 in Thailand (Hong Kong, Malaysia?, Singapore?, Thailand?) (only two matches played, one result missing)
- 2002 December in Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong A)
- 2003 September in Kuala Lumpur (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore?, Thailand?) (round-robin results missing except HK)
- 2004 May in Singapore (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore?, Thailand?) (round-robin results missing except HK)
Stan Nagaiah Trophy (Malaysia - Singapore, three OD matches)
- 1995 to 2006, few results actually present
- 2008 in Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong - Bangladesh from December 1993 (only third match)

Asia also organises a continental twenty-20 cup:

Asian Ratings after the ACC 20/20 Trophy (2007)

team	rating	match
Oman	+34.9	6.0
Qatar	+30.5	3.8
Afghanistan	+25.2	5.8
Nepal	+20.6	3.9
Malaysia	+1.1	3.8
United Arab Emirates	-13.6	5.9
Kuwait	-13.7	6.0
Singapore	-24.4	3.9
Hong Kong	-27.4	4.0
Saudi Arabia	-44.8	3.9

In January 2009, the second division, the "Trophy" was played for the first time:

Asian Second division Ratings after the ACC Trophy (2009-01-21)

team	rating	match
Oman	+295.6	3.7
Maldives	+141.3	4.3
Bhutan	+51.7	4.1
Thailand	+37.8	4.2
Iran	-14.5	3.6
Brunei	-115.0	3.2
China	-208.7	3.6
Myanmar	-291.6	2.9

Tournaments:

January 2009 in Thailand (Oman, Bhutan, Maldives, Thailand, Iran, Brunei, China, Myanmar)

There have been two Middle East cups so far. The first, in 2004, with just the Gulf states, the second, in 2006, also in Kuwait, with Iran and Afghanistan.

Asian Ratings after the ACC Middle East Cup (2006)

team	rating	match
Afghanistan	+59.2	1.4
Bahrain	+51.6	2.3
Oman	+50.6	0.3
Kuwait	+33.2	1.8
Qatar	+26.3	0.2
Saudi Arabia	+9.7	2.1
Iran	-190.1	1.5

These ratings are based on the following tournaments: (with participating teams in order of results):

ACC Middle East Cup
- 2004 October in Kuwait (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait Reds, Kuwait Blues)
- 2006 Februari in Kuwait (Bahrain, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran)

There have also been to editions of a South East Asian "emerging nations" tournament, in 2005 and 2006 in Thailand. I do not have the results of the first one, which included Brunei.

South East Asian Emerging Nations Ratings after the tournament in 2006

team	rating	match
Maldives	+67.6	0.9
Thailand	+7.4	0.8
Bhutan	-85.6	0.9

Written 1998-03-09 - last modified 2009-01-22