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Sri Lanka beat Pakistan easily in 2nd Super Four match

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 vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Pakistan face off in the second match of the semis league in the Asia cup today.
Scorecard
Sri Lanka look to have the edge of their sub continental rivals as they have a two point cushion carried over from the league stage but more than that, it is the form that their players are […]

Scorecard - Sri Lanka beat Pakistan - Asia Cup 2008

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 Sangakkara

b Sohail Tanvir
112
110
10
1

*DPMD Jayawardene
c Misbah-ul-Haq
b Sohail Tanvir
29
40
5
0

CK Kapugedera
c Younus Khan
b Mansoor Amjad
43
58
2
2

LPC Silva
c Sarfraz Ahmed
b Sohail Tanvir
46
48
5
0

MT Thushara
c Wahab Riaz
b Sohail […]

India vs Pakistan Highlights - Asia Cup - 26th June

Here are the highlights of the India-Pakistan match from the Asia Cup 2008 played on 26th June.

India thump Pakistan by 6 wickets

India scored a thumping win over arch rivals Pakistan in the last league game of group B at Karachi.
Pakistan chose to bat first after winning the toss and decided to follow the same strategy as in the Kitply cup final, as the two openers Salman Butt and Shoaib Malik batted cautiously and then started building […]

Scorecard - India beat Pakistan - Asia Cup 2008

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
119
16
1

Younus Khan
c SK Raina
b YK Pathan
59
60
5
0

Mohammad Yousuf
run out

30
20
5
0

Misbah-ul-Haq
not out

31
26
3
0

Shahid Afridi
c MS Dhoni
b RP Singh
9
8
0
0

Sohail Tanvir
not out

3
3
0
0

Extras
(b 1, lb 1, nb 0, w 5)
7

Total
(Close, 50 […]

Asia Cup: India vs Pakistan

Both Pakistan and India recorded comprehensive victories against Hong Kong which means that they are already through to the next round and this match is inconsequential except that it will decide which team will go as the top placed team from the group.
Scorecard
However, it is as much about the bragging rights as India lost to […]

Pakistan manage to beat Hong Kong

It seemed for the better part of the first innings that the match might become very interesting indeed. The hosts won the toss and elected to bat in the opening encounter of Group A in the Asia cup at Karachi.
Scorecard
Butt returned without scoring but the next two batsmen were playing well when near disaster struck. […]

Live Score - Pakistan vs Hong Kong - Asia Cup 2008

Asia Cup
Pakistan v. Hong Kong
Karachi: Tuesday 24 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match)
Result: Pakistan won by 155 runs <- Click here for summary
Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: A L Hill, B G Jerling
Match summary (at Close)

Pakistan
Runs
Balls
4s
6s

Salman Butt
c JJ Atkinson
b Afzaal Haider
0
3
0
0

*Shoaib Malik
c KH Butt
b Irfan Ahmed
35
32
7
0

Younus Khan
st JJ Atkinson
b Nadeem Ahmed
67
65
8
1

Mohammad Yousuf
c Afzaal Haider
b Nadeem Ahmed
28
28
5
0

Misbah-ul-Haq
lbw
b Nadeem Ahmed
2
8
0
0

Fawad Alam
not out

63
77
3
0

Shahid […]

Asia Cup: Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan have been on a charge in the ODIs this year, winning 12 on the trot before India ended their run handing them a 140 run loss in the league match in Kitply cup last month. However, they bounced back with effectiveness winning the final and with it making a perfect start to the new […]

Asia Cup 2008 Preview

The much awaited Asia Cup 2008 will be played from 24th June to 6th July, and will be hosted by Pakistan. The matches will be played at two cities, Lahore and Karachi, and there will be six Asian cricket playing nations that will be participating.
Besides the three sub continent powerhouses India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, […]

Pakistan wins Kitply Cup 2008

Pakistan beat India by 25 runs in the finals of the Kitply Cup 2008 at Mirpur, Bangladesh.
Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch that was better than any we have seen before in this tournament. The openers made a cautious start but Kamran Akmal departed soon. Salman […]

India vs Pakistan, Final, Kitply Cup 2008

Arch rivals India and Pakistan face off in the final of the Kitply cup 2008 in Mirpur today.
India seem to have the edge in this match having won both their league games convincingly and have only two things to fear against. One is complacency as they need to guard against taking their opponents lightly. The […]

India register convincing win

India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the third and final ODI of the league stage in the Kitply cup 2008.
Bangladesh won the toss and captain Mohd. Ashraful elected to bat first. RP Singh coming in place of Ishant Sharma struck soon as also did his new ball partner Praveen Kumar as the hosts were […]

India thrash Pakistan

India halted Pakistan’s unbeaten run here in Dhaka when they beat their arch rivals by a whopping 140 runs in the 2nd ODI of the Kitply cup.

After chosing to bat first, India got off to a tremendous start as they piled on the runs on a double pace pitch as they reached 330 for […]

India vs Pakistan: India chose to bat

India take on Pakistan in the 2nd ODI of the Kitply cup in Dhaka today.
After winning the toss, Indian captain MS Dhoni elected to bat first and the openers got off to a good start. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir had put on 76 runs in 10 overs and were looking comfortable at the crease, […]

Pakistan too good for Bangladesh, win easily

Pakistan won the first match of the Kitply tri-series tournament against hosts’ Bangladesh easily by 70 runs in Dhaka.
The match was reduced to 40 overs due to rain and the hosts did a good job to restrict Pakistan for 233/10 in 39.3 overs, specially after the start given by Salman Butt and Akmal who scored […]

Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 1st ODI

Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the first match of the Kitply cup today at Dhaka. All preparations have been made and the teams are set to begin the new season with a bang.

Although the match will be taking place in the shadow of the success of the IPL, it will be interesting to see […]

Kitply Cup, Bangladesh 2008 Preview

The 2008-09 season begins with a tri-series with Bangladesh hosting two of its cricketing superpower neighbours, India and Pakistan. From many of the two teams’ players, it means that they will be returning back to ‘normal cricket’ from the fast paced T20s of the IPL.

Bangladesh will look at pulling off an upset or two […]

India races into the Azlan Shah final

India raced into the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament by beating Malaysia 2-1 in their final league match in Ipoh, Malaysia.
The two goals from India came in the first half of the match, whereas the Malaysians could only manage their only goal during the last few minutes of the game. This was […]