The 10th Asia Cup cricket will be held between June 15 and 25 next year, Asian Cricket Council announced. The venue of the tournament, which will see seven One-day Internationals among Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will be decided later. “It wasn’t easy finding a window in busy international schedule of these countries, yet [...]
Before starting, I would like to point out that not many people are going to like this article. I do not want to take anything away from India’s first individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra but would like to point out that India really need to get their act together and plan for the next edition [...]
The BCCI on Thursday denied that they were probing the incidents leading to India’s Asia Cup defeat, in which three key players performed poorly after having allegedly spent the previous night at a beach party. Ratnakar Shetty, the chief administrative officer of the Board, said the three players in question, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and [...]
Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup 2008. They outperformed India in all departments – Batting, bowling and fielding. Jayasuriya and Mendis will probably remember this night for the rest of their life as both came out and fought for their country when it was in trouble. Ajantha Mendia is ‘Man of the Match’ for [...]
Asia Cup, 2008 India vs Sri Lanka, Final National Stadium, Karachi, July 6, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Zamir Haider (Pak) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: India (Elected to field) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 100 runs Batting: India Innings Batsmen India (173/10 in 39.3 [...]
Asia Cup, 2008 Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 6th Match,Super Four National Stadium, Karachi, July 4, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) & Tony Hill (NZ) Third Umpire: MG Silva (SL) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: Bangladesh (Elected to bat) Match Status: Pakistan won by 10 wkts Abdur Rauf is ‘Man of the Match’ Click [...]
Asia Cup, 2008 India vs Sri Lanka, 5th Match,Super Four National Stadium, Karachi, July 3, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Third Umpire: Zamir Haider (Pak) Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Aus) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 6 wkts – Click here for match review [...]
The Asia Cup 2008 saw clash of the two titans India and Pakistan meet in a match that was always meant to be a thriller – it always is. Not only was today’s match a thriller, it was a KNOCKER. Scorecard India started it’s innings with a blast, as Sehwag and Gambhir both fired right [...]
Asia Cup Pakistan v. India Karachi: Wednesday 2 July 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Pakistan won by 8 wickets – Match review Toss: India Umpires: I J Gould, A L Hill Match summary (at Close) India Runs Balls 4s 6s G Gambhir c Shahid Afridi b Iftikhar Anjum 35 32 4 0 V Sehwag [...]
Today’s Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was an interesting one right from the word Go. The pitch was flat and a whole lot was being expected from the batsmen. A high scoring match was always on the cards as we saw Sri Lanka score a massive 302 runs in their allotted 50 [...]
Asia Cup Pakistan v. Sri Lanka : Sunday 29 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Sri Lanka won by 64 runs (Read match review) Toss: Pakistan Umpires: I J Gould, A L Hill Match summary (at Close) Sri Lanka Runs Balls 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya lbw b Sohail Tanvir 8 14 1 0 +KC [...]
The match today between India and Bangladesh today perceived by most to be a walk in the park for India turned out to be exciting and full of action with performances from both sides. Scorecard The surprise package of the evening was Alok Kapali who returned to the Bangladesh side with a bang. He scored [...]
Bangladesh scored a very competitive total by posting 283/6 on the scoreboard thanks to Alok Kapali who score 115 runs of just 96 balls. What surprised everyone most is his 5 huge sixes and 10 fours. India are missing Sehwag today and Uthappa and Gambhir were given the task of opening the innings for India. [...]
Asia Cup Bangladesh v. India Karachi: Saturday 28 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: India won by 7 wickets (Click here for match review) Man of the Match : Suresh Raina (Thats 3 in a row now, over 300 runs in 3 matches of this series) Special award for fine innings with the bat [...]
Here are the highlights of the India-Pakistan match from the Asia Cup 2008 played on 26th June.
Asia Cup India v. Pakistan Karachi: Thursday 26 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: India won by 6 wickets Toss: Pakistan Umpires: A L Hill, B G Jerling Match summary (at Close) Pakistan Runs Balls 4s 6s Salman Butt c SK Raina b PP Chawla 35 64 4 0 *Shoaib Malik Retd hurt 125 [...]
Asia Cup Sri Lanka v. United Arab Emirates Lahore: Thursday 26 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Sri Lanka won by 142 runs Toss: Sri Lanka Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel Match summary (at Close) Sri Lanka Runs Balls 4s 6s +KC Sangakkara lbw b Zahid Shah 0 6 0 0 [...]
Yesterday’s match between India and Hong Kong saw Suresh Raina score a glorious 101 of just 66 balls during the Asia Cup tournament. Raina who has been playing for India for quite some time now scored his first century – and a stylish century it was. Raina’s century included 7 fours and 5 sixes and [...]
The Indian team will be missing Irfan Pathan today as India play Hong Kong in the Asia Cup opener today. The reason given is that he has been given some rest – wonder why ? However, Dhoni has confirmed that there is no knee injury issue which was speculated after the Kitply cup and that [...]
Asia Cup Hong Kong v. India Karachi: Wednesday 25 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: India won by 256 runs Toss: India Umpires: A L Hill, B G Jerling Match summary (at Close) India Runs Balls 4s 6s G Gambhir c JPR Lamsam b Najeeb Amar 51 54 7 0 V Sehwag c Irfan [...]