2008 Asia Cup

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2008 Star Cricket Asia Cup
Asia cup 2008 logo.svg
Dates24 June – 6 July
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
ChampionsFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (4th title)
Runners-upFlag of India.svg  India
Participants6
Matches13
Player of the series Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ajantha Mendis
Most runs Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sanath Jayasuriya (378)
Most wickets Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ajantha Mendis (17)
2004
2010

The 2008 Asia Cup (also called Star Cricket Asia Cup) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament, held in Pakistan from 24 June to 6 July 2008, at two venues. [1] The six teams which took part in the tournament were India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Asian associate nations UAE and Hong Kong. This was the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event in 1993. It was broadcast in India by Star Cricket and ESPN [2] and in Pakistan by Geo Super. [3] Sri Lanka won the tournament after beating India by 100 runs in the final. [4]

Contents

Format

Originally, the ninth version of the Cup was supposed to take place in 2006, however packed international cricket schedules did not allow for the tournament to be held. [5]

Group A consisted of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Group B consisted of India, Pakistan and Hong Kong.

The two groups first had a separate round-robin competition. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super Fours. There was again a round-robin competition between the teams in the Super Four, the first two from which advanced to the final.

Venues

13 matches were played in 2008 Asia Cup at National Stadium, Karachi and Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Karachi Lahore
National Stadium Gaddafi Stadium
Capacity: 34,000Capacity: 27,000
Matches: 10Matches: 3
Inside the National Stadium, Karachi 03.jpg Gaddafi Stadium at Night.jpg
Pakistan location map.svg
Red pog.svg
National Stadium, Karachi
Red pog.svg
Gaddafi Stadium

Squads

Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [6] Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong [7] Flag of India.svg  India [8] [9] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan [10] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [11] Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates [12]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2200042.730
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 211002−0.350
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 202000−2.380
Source: ESPNCricinfo

All times are in UTC+5 (PST)

24 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
300/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
204 (45.4 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 109 (126)
Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)
Khurram Khan 78 (81)
Abdur Razzak 3/20 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 96 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)

25 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
357/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
226/7 (50 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 101 (91)
Abdur Razzak 3/55 (10 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 44 (53)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/37 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

26 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
290/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
148 (36.3 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 67 (74)
Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)
Amjad Ali 77 (79)
Ajantha Mendis 5/22 (6.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 142 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (SL)

Group B

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of India.svg  India 2200043.154
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2110021.161
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 202000−4.110
Source: ESPNCricinfo

All times are in UTC+5 (PST)

24 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
288/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
133 (37.2 overs)
Younis Khan 67 (65)
Nadeem Ahmed 4/51 (9 overs)
Zain Abbas 26 (54)
Iftikhar Anjum 2/18 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 155 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Pak)

25 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
374/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
118 (36.5 overs)
MS Dhoni 109 (96)
Najeeb Amar 2/40 (10 overs)
Irfan Ahmed 25 (43)
Piyush Chawla 4/23 (10 overs)
India won by 256 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was India's first cricket match to be played against Hong Kong.
  • Suresh Raina (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs. [13]

26 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
299/4 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
301/4 (42.1 overs)
Shoaib Malik 125 (119)
R. P. Singh 1/44 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 119 (95)
Iftikhar Anjum 2/61 (9.4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)

Super Fours

PosTeamPldWLTNRPCOPts NRR
1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 32100261.363
2Flag of India.svg  India 32100260.250
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 32100040.924
4Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3030000−2.665
Source: ESPNCricinfo

All times are in UTC+5 (PST)

28 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
283/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
284/3 (43.2 overs)
Alok Kapali 115 (96)
Irfan Pathan 2/43 (10 overs)
Suresh Raina 116* (107)
Shahadat Hossain 2/60 (9 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)

29 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
302/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
238/9 (50 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 112 (110)
Sohail Tanvir 5/48 (10 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70)
Ajantha Mendis 4/47 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 64 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

30 June 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
332/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
174 (38.3 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 130 (88)
Alok Kapali 2/40 (6 overs)
Raqibul Hasan 52 (63)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/31 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 158 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

2 July 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
308/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
309/2 (45.3 overs)
MS Dhoni 76 (96)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/51 (10 overs)
Younis Khan 123* (117)
Piyush Chawla 1/53 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)

3 July 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
308/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
310/4 (46.5 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 75 (78)
Ishant Sharma 2/55 (10 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 68 (61)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/44 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)

4 July 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg
115 (38.2 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
116/0 (19.4 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 26 (41)
Abdur Rauf 3/24 (8 overs)
Salman Butt 56* (52)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Abdur Rauf (Pak)

Final

6 July 2008
16:00 (D/N)
scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
273 (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
173 (39.3 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 125 (114)
Ishant Sharma 3/52 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 60 (36)
Ajantha Mendis 6/13 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 100 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (SL)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Player Innings NO Runs Average SRHS100504s6s
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sanath Jayasuriya 5037875.60126.00130214416
Flag of India.svg Suresh Raina 6137274.40110.38116* 223411
Flag of India.svg Virender Sehwag 5034869.60143.80119124910
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kumar Sangakkara 6034557.5099.1312130442
Flag of India.svg Mahendra Dhoni 52327109.0091.34109* 12198
Updated: 7 October 2022 [14]

Most wickets

Player Innings Wickets Runs OversBBIEcon. Ave. 5WI
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Ajantha Mendis 51714542.06/133.458.522
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Muthiah Muralidaran 51118448.05/313.8316.721
Flag of Pakistan.svg Sohail Tanvir 51024142.05/485.7324.101
Flag of Pakistan.svg Iftikhar Anjum 5921043.43/514.8023.330
Flag of India.svg Rudra Singh 5723943.03/675.5534.140
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abdur Razzak 5724746.23/205.3335.280
Updated: 7 October 2022 [15]

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