2008 Women's Asia Cup

Women's One Day International Asia Cup

Dates	2 – 11 May 2008
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International, 50-over cricket
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage with Finals
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Participants	4
Matches	13
Player of the series	Rumeli Dhar
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The 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, a Women's One Day International cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Matches involving Bangladesh did not have ODI status. It was held between 2 May and 11 May 2008, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Welagedara Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. ^[1] India won the final against Sri Lanka by 177 runs. ^[2]

Tournament structure

Each side played each other two in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 2 points and Bonus yielded 1-point. ^[3]

Squads

Squads [4]
India	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Bangladesh
Mithali Raj (c)	Shashikala Siriwardene (c)	Urooj Mumtaz (c)	Salma Khatun (c)
Jhulan Goswami	Chamari Polgampola	Almas Akram	Ayasha Rahman
Neetu David	Chamika Bandara	Asmavia Iqbal	Chamely Khatun
Anagha Deshpande	Suwini de Alwis	Batool Fatima (wk)	Irin Sultana
Rumeli Dhar	Sandamali Dolawatte	Bismah Maroof	Jahanara Alam
Karu Jain (wk)	Sumudu Fernando	Javeria Khan	Lily Rani Biswas
Thirush Kamini	Inoka Galagedara	Nain Abidi	Mina Khatun
Devika Palshikar	Janakanthy Mala	Qanita Jalil	Panna Ghosh
Snehal Pradhan	Eshani Kaushalya	Sadia Yousuf	Papiya Haque
Seema Pujare	Deepika Rasangika	Sajjida Shah	Rumana Ahmed
Asha Rawat	Chamani Seneviratna	Sana Javed	Shamima Akhter
Priyanka Roy	Dedunu Silva	Sana Mir	Shukhtara Rahman
Amita Sharma	Dilani Manodara (wk)	Shumaila Mushtaq	Tithy Sarkar
Jaya Sharma	Sripali Weerakkody	Tasqeen Qadeer
Gouher Sultana	–	–

Group stage table

Asia Cup 2008

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	India	6	6	0	0	4	28	2.550
2	Sri Lanka	6	4	2	0	4	20	0.851
3	Pakistan	6	1	5	0	1	5	−1.707
4	Bangladesh	6	1	5	0	0	4	−1.494

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Match summary

2 May Scorecard

India   250/3 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 68 all out (30.2 overs)
Mithali Raj 109 * (92) Chamely Khatun 1/23 (5 overs)		Irin Sultana 19 (50) Seema Pujare 5/17 (8.2 overs)

India won by 182 runs Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: MWDP de Silva and RMPJ Rambukwella Player of the match: Mithali Raj

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2 May Scorecard

Sri Lanka   225 /5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 129/8 (50 overs)
Dedunu Silva 76 (101) Almas Akram 1/33 (9 overs)		Urooj Mumtaz 33 * (67) Suwini de Alwis 2/30 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 96 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and RD Kottahachchi Player of the match: Dedunu Silva

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.

3 May Scorecard

Pakistan   134 all out (47.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 136/6 (45.3 overs)
Bismah Maroof 29 (53) Tithy Sarkar 4/25 (9.4 overs)		Salma Khatun 53 * (92) Sajjida Shah 2/19 (10 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: MWDP de Silva and KC Fernando Player of the match: Salma Khatun

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3 May Scorecard

India   227/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 198 all out (49.5 overs)
Mithali Raj 54 * (63) Suwini de Alwis 3/36 (10 overs)		Dedunu Silva 74 (87) Rumeli Dhar 3/28 (10 overs)

India won by 29 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: D Ekanayake and RD Kottahachchi Player of the match: Mithali Raj

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Seema Pujare and Priyanka Roy (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

5 May Scorecard

India   275/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 93/9(50 overs)
Rumeli Dhar 92 * (94) Asmavia Iqbal 2/37 (10 overs)		Sajjida Shah 16 (30) Gouher Sultana 3/9 (10 overs)

India won by 182 runs Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: W Jayasena and MVD Zilva Player of the match: Rumeli Dhar

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gouher Sultana (Ind) made her ODI debut.

5 May Scorecard

Bangladesh   94 all out (46 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 95/2(19.3 overs)
Shathira Jakir 25 (43) Suwini de Alwis 3/13 (10 overs)		Chamari Polgampola 32 * (62) Panna Ghosh 1/21 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: MSK Nandiweera and RR Wimalasiri Player of the match: Chamari Polgampola

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May Scorecard

Bangladesh   160 all out (50 overs)	v	India 161/5(41 overs)
Salma Khatun 90 * (140) Thirush Kamini 2/14 (5 overs)		Karu Jain 33 * (50) Shathira Jakir 1/31 (8 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: JWL Nandana and RR Wimalasiri Player of the match: Salma Khatun

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May Scorecard

Sri Lanka   194/9(50 overs)	v	Pakistan 149 all out (45 overs)
Eshani Kaushalya 44(55) Urooj Mumtaz 4/31 (10 overs)		Urooj Mumtaz 57 * (106) Chamari Polgampola 4/26 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 45 runs Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: KK Jayaweera and MSK Nandiweera Player of the match: Eshani Kaushalya

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Javeria Khan (Pak) made her ODI debut.

8 May Scorecard

Pakistan   110 all out (44.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 72 all out (33.1 overs)
Asmavia Iqbal 28(52) Tithy Sarkar 3/29 (10 overs)		Shathira Jakir 19 (49) Javeria Khan 6/8 (8.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 38 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and SH Sarathkumara Player of the match: Javeria Khan

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

8 May Scorecard

Sri Lanka   123/9 (50 overs)	v	India 124/2 (26 overs)
Dilani Manodara 33* (97) Seema Pujare 3/35 (10 overs)		Asha Rawat 56 * (71) Janakanthy Mala 1/19 (5 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: NS Bopage and BPJ Mendis Player of the match: Seema Pujare

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

9 May Scorecard

India   283/3 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 76 all out (33.3 overs)
Jaya Sharma 74 * (91) Sana Mir 1/52(10 overs)		Javeria Khan 20 (40) Neetu David 3/9 (7 overs)

India won by 207 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and KM Kottahachchi Player of the match: Jaya Sharma

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anagha Deshpande and Snehal Pradhan (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

9 May Scorecard

Bangladesh   120 all out (49.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 123/1 (25.5 overs)
Ayesha Akhter 30 (75) Janakanthy Mala 3/9 (10 overs)		Dedunu Silva 66 * (82) Rumana Ahmed 1/14 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: RD Kottahachchi and BPJ Mendis Player of the match: Dedunu Silva

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Final

11 May Scorecard

India   260/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 83 all out (35.2 overs)
Asha Rawat 97 (114) Shashikala Siriwardene 4/53 (8 overs)		Chamari Polgampola 23 (63) Seema Pujare 3/10 (10 overs)

India won by 177 runs Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala Umpires: KK Jayaweera and RA Kottahachchi Player of the match: Rumeli Dhar

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Women's Asia Cup 2008". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. "Women's Asia Cup 2008 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
3. "Women's Asia Cup 2008 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
4. ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2022

External links

• ESPNcricinfo tournament page