Asia Cup 2008

The 2008 Asia Cup takes place in Pakistan in June 2008. The six teams which take part in the tournament are Bangladesh, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the UAE. This will be the first Asia Cup hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event. It will be broadcasted in India by Star Cricket and ESPN and in Pakistan by Geo Super.

Originally, the 9th 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 consists of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Group B consists of India, Hong Kong and Pakistan.

The two groups will first have a separate round-robin competition. The top 2 from each group will go on to the Super Fours. There will be a round-robin competition again between the Super Four, the first two from which will advance to the final. 

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

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

26 June 2008
	Sri Lanka  290/9 (50 overs)	vs	United Arab Emirates 148 (36.3 overs)	Sri Lanka by 142 runs Gaddafi Stadium ,Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Simon Taufel (AUS) Man of the Match: Ajantha Mendis
	Mahela Udawatte 67 (74) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)	(scorecard)	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
	Pakistan  288/9 (50 overs)	vs	Hong Kong 133 (37.2 overs)	Pakistan by 155 runs National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: A L Hill (NZL) & B G Jerling (SA) Man of the Match: Sohail Tanvir
	Younis Khan 67 (65) Nadeem Ahmed 4/51 (9 overs)	(scorecard)	Zain Abbas 26(retired hurt) (54) Rao Iftikhar Anjum 2/18 (6 overs)

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

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

[edit] Super Fours

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	BP	Points
India	1	1	0	0	0	0.000	2	4
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2	2
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	0.000	0	0

28 June 2008
	Bangladesh  283-6 (50 overs)	vs	India 284-3 (43.2 overs)	India by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Umpires: Simon Taufel & Brian Jerling Man of the Match: Suresh Raina
	Alok Kapali 115 (96) Pragyan Ojha 2/43 (10 overs)		Suresh Raina 116* (107) Shahadat Hussain 2/60 (9 overs)

29 June 2008
	Sri Lanka	vs	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

30 June 2008
	Bangladesh	vs	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

2 July 2008
	Pakistan	vs	India	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

3 July 2008
	India	vs	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

4 July 2008
	Pakistan	vs	Bangladesh	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan