2006 Women's Asia Cup

Women's One Day International Asia Cup

Dates	13 – 21 December 2006
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	India
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Participants	3
Matches	7
Player of the series	Thirush Kamini Dedunu Silva
Most runs	Dedunu Silva (163) [1]
Most wickets	Thirush Kamini (8) [2]
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The 2006 Women's Asia Cup was the third edition of the Asian Cricket Council's Women's Asia Cup. The three teams which took part in the women's One Day International tournament were India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 13 and 21 December 2006 in India. ^[3] All matches were played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. ^[4] The tournament was won by India, defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final. ^[5]

Squads

Squads [6]
India	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Mithali Raj (c)	Shashikala Siriwardene (c)	Urooj Mumtaz (c)
Sulakshana Naik (wk)	Dilani Manodara (wk)	Batool Fatima (wk)
Thirush Kamini	Dedunu Silva	Tasqeen Qadeer
Anjum Chopra	Chamari Polgampola	Bismah Maroof
Hemlata Kala	Suwini de Alwis	Sana Javed
Rumeli Dhar	Hiroshi Abeysinghe	Sajjida Shah
Reema Malhotra	Eshani Kaushalya	Sana Mir
Amita Sharma	Inoka Galagedara	Qanita Jalil
Jhulan Goswami	Sandamali Dolawatte	Maryam Butt
Nooshin Al Khadeer	Sumudu Fernando	Asmavia Iqbal
Preeti Dimri	Sripali Weerakkody	Sabahat Rasheed
Rajeshwari Goyal	Sanduni Abeywickrema	Khursheed Jabeen
Devika Palshikar	Randika Galhenage (wk)	Shumaila Mushtaq
Sunetra Paranjpe	Nirosha Kumari	Nain Abidi

Group stage table

Asia Cup 2006

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India	4	4	0	0	16	0.965
2	Sri Lanka	4	2	2	0	8	0.851
3	Pakistan	4	0	4	0	0	−1.707

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Match summary

13 December 2006 Scorecard

India   239/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 159/6 (50 overs)
Rumeli Dhar 53 (94) Qanita Jalil 5/62 (10 overs)		Sajjida Shah 44 (53) Thirush Kamini 3/19 (10 overs)

India Women won by 80 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Amita Sharma (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Thirush Kamini (Ind) and Bismah Maroof (Pak) both made their women's ODI debut.
• Qanita Jalil (Pak) took her maiden five wicket haul in a women's ODI match. ^[7]

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14 December 2006 Scorecard

Pakistan   147/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 151/3 (43.2 overs)
Tasqeen Qadeer 37 (90) Shashikala Siriwardene 4/34 (10 overs)		Chamari Polgampola 53 (116) Sabahat Rasheed 1/17 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka Women won by 7 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Shashikala Siriwardene (SL)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dilani Manodara and Sripali Weerakkody (SL) both made their women's ODI debut.

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15 December 2006 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   145/8 (50 overs)	v	India 151/0 (31.3 overs)
Shashikala Siriwardene 40 (70) Preeti Dimri 3/14 (8 overs)		Sulakshana Naik 79* (93)

India Women won by 10 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Devendra Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sulakshana Naik (Ind) and Thirush Kamini (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Rajeshwari Goyal (Ind) and Sanduni Abeywickrema (SL) both made their women's ODI debut.

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17 December 2006 Scorecard

Pakistan   166/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 167/5 (39.4 overs)
Sana Mir 35 (67) Eshani Kaushalya 3/40 (10 overs)		Dedunu Silva 50 (66) Sajjida Shah 2/46 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka Women won by 5 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Ramesh Jadhav (Ind) and Ramamurthy Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Eshani Kaushalya (SL)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 December 2006 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   171 (49.3 overs)	v	India 172/3 (47.2 overs)
Dedunu Silva 78 (119) Thirush Kamini 2/9 (4 overs)		Mithali Raj 68* (108) Chamari Polgampola 1/23 (8 overs)

India Women won by 7 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Ramesh Jadhav (Ind) and Ramamurthy Sundar (Ind) Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nirosha Kumari (SL) made her women's ODI debut.

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19 December 2006 Scorecard

India   244/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 141/8 (50 overs)
Sunetra Paranjpe 52 (67) Sana Mir 3/37 (10 overs)		Urooj Mumtaz 33 (72) Rajeshwari Goyal 2/12 (10 overs)

India Women won by 103 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Sanjeev Dua (Ind) and Vishwas Nerurkar (Ind) Player of the match: Rajeshwari Goyal (Ind)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nain Abidi (Pak) made her women's ODI debut.
• Sanjeev Dua made his women's ODI debut as an umpire. ^[8]

Final

21 December 2006 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   93 (44.1 overs)	v	India 95/2 (27.5 overs)
Chamari Polgampola 22 (65) Rumeli Dhar 2/11(7 overs)		Sunetra Paranjpe 35* (59) Chamari Polgampola 1/22 (7 overs)

India Women won by 8 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Sanjeev Dua (Ind) and Vishwas Nerurkar (Ind) Player of the match: Sunetra Paranjpe (Ind)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Most runs at the 2006 Women's Asia Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
2. "Most wickets at the 2006 Women's Asia Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
3. "India target hat-trick of titles". ESPNcricinfo. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
4. "2006 Women's Asia Cup grounds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
5. Thompson, Jenny (21 December 2006). "India storm to Asia Cup success". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
6. ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 16 February 2022
7. "Women's Asia Cup 2006/07 India Women v Pakistan Women" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
8. "List of Women's One Day International matches umpired by Sanjeev Dua" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

External links

• ESPNcricinfo tournament page