2008 Asia Cup

2008 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round Robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Sri Lanka (4th title)
Participants	6
Matches played	13
Man of the Series	Ajantha Mendis
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya 378
Most wickets	Ajantha Mendis 17
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Cricket's 2008 Asia Cup (also called STAR Cricket Asia Cup) took place in Pakistan in June 2008. The six teams which took part in the tournament were Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UAE. This was the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event. It was broadcast in India by Star Cricket and ESPN^[1] and in Pakistan by Geo Super.^[2] Sri Lanka won the final against India by 100 runs.^[3]

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.

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

Group B consisted of India, Hong Kong and Pakistan.

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.

Pakistan
Sindh	Punjab
National Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium
Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 60,000
Matches: 10	Matches: 3
Karachi	Lahore

National Stadium, Karachi Gaddafi Stadium Venues in Pakistan

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	+2.730	4
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	0	-0.350	2
United Arab Emirates	2	0	2	0	0	-2.380	0

24 June 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  300/8 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 204 (45.4 overs)	Bangladesh by 96 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful
	Mohammad Ashraful 109 (126) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)		Khurram Khan 78 (81) Abdur Razzak 3/20 (10 overs)

25 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  357/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 226/7 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka by 131 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
	Kumar Sangakkara 101 (91) Abdur Razzak 3/55 (10 overs)		Mushfiqur Rahim 44 (53) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/37 (10 overs)

26 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  290/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 148 (36.3 overs)	Sri Lanka by 142 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis
	Mahela Udawatte 67 (74) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)		Amjad Ali 77 (79) Ajantha Mendis 5/22 (6.3 overs)

Group B

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
India	2	2	0	0	0	+3.190	4
Pakistan	2	1	1	0	0	+1.170	2
Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	-4.110	0

24 June 2008 (scorecard)	Pakistan  288/9 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 133 (37.2 overs)	Pakistan by 155 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir
	Younis Khan 67 (65) Nadeem Ahmed 4/51 (9 overs)		Zain Abbas 26(retired hurt) (54) Rao Iftikhar Anjum 2/18 (6 overs)

25 June 2008 (scorecard)	India  374/4 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 118 (36.5 overs)	India by 256 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 109 (96) Najeeb Amar 2/40 (10 overs)		Irfan Ahmed 25 (43) Piyush Chawla 4/23 (10 overs)

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

Super Fours

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	BP	Points
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	0	+1.363	2	6
India	3	2	1	0	0	+0.250	2	6
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	+0.924	0	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	0	-2.665	0	0

28 June 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  283/6 (50 overs)	v	India 284/3 (43.2 overs)	India by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina
	Alok Kapali 115 (96) Irfan Pathan 2/43 (10 overs)		Suresh Raina 115* (107) Shahadat Hussain 2/60 (9 overs)

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

30 June 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  332/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 174 (38.3 overs)	Sri Lanka by 158 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
	Sanath Jayasuriya 130 (88) Alok Kapali 2/40 (6 overs)		Raqibul Hasan 52 (63) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/31 (10 overs)

2 July 2008 (scorecard)	India  308/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 309/2 (45.3 overs)	Pakistan by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Younis Khan
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni 76 (96) Rao Iftikhar Anjum 3/51 (10 overs)		Younis Khan 123* (117) Piyush Chawla 1/53 (8 overs)

3 July 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  308/8 (50 overs)	v	India 310/4 (46.5 overs)	India by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Brian Jerling (RSA) Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
	Chamara Kapugedera 75(78) Ishant Sharma 2/55 (10 overs)		Gautam Gambhir 68(61) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/44 (10 overs)

4 July 2008 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  115 (38.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 116/0 (19.4 overs)	Pakistan by 10 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Abdur Rauf
	Tamim Iqbal 26(41) Abdur Rauf 3/24 (8overs)		Salman Butt 56*(62) Nasir Jamshed 52* (56)

Final

6 July 2008 (scorecard)	Sri Lanka  273 (49.5 overs)	v	India 173 (39.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 100 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) & Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis
	Sanath Jayasuriya 125(114) Ishant Sharma 3/55(10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 60(36) Ajantha Mendis 6/13(8 overs)

References

External links

• Asia Cup tournament review by Cricinfo
• Asia Cup 2008 - Cricinfo.com