In their second game of group A in the Asia cup, Sri Lanka were comfortable winners against the UAE at Lahore.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Sri Lankans lost Jayasuriya early but then Udawatte and Jayawardene came together and scored fifties each, getting 67 and 61 respectively, but then they both got […]
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
ML Udawatte
c Mohammad Tauqir
b Fahad Alhashmi
67
74
6
0
*DPMD Jayawardene
run out
61
43
9
0
CK Kapugedera
c Amjad Ali
b Mohammad Tauqir
11
7
2
0
LPC Silva
c IPP Batuwitarachchi
b Mohammad Tauqir
6
9
0
0
TM Dilshan
c Amjad Ali
b […]
Sri Lanka play UAE in their second game of the Asia cup at Lahore on Thursday.
Scorecard
With the Sri Lankana victorious against Bangladesh, they are already through to the next round and it is difficult to see how the UAE team will manage to cause an upset. This also then means that Bangladesh will be through […]
Bangladesh managed to convince that they are indeed the fourth best team in Asian cricket and that the Asia cup will not provide any surprises for them against the minnows.
Scorecard
After wining the toss and electing to bat on a flat Lahore pitch, captain Mohammed Ashraful led the way with a stroke filled century. He has […]
Asia Cup
Bangladesh v. United Arab Emirates
Lahore: Tuesday 24 June 2008 (50-over match) (1-day match)
Result: Bangladesh won by 96 runs <- Click here for summary
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel
Match summary (at Close)
Bangladesh
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Tamim Iqbal
run out
40
66
2
0
Mohammad Nazimuddin
c Arshad Ali
b Zahid Shah
2
8
0
0
*Mohammad Ashraful
run out
109
126
8
0
Raqibul Hasan
c Amjad Ali
b Zahid Shah
83
63
10
0
Alok Kapali
c & b Khurram Khan
1
4
0
0
Mashrafe Mortaza
c Khurram Khan
b […]
Bangladesh have lost much of their spunk after Dav Whatmore quit as coach. Under him, they had two spectacular wins in the last world cup and then beat South Africa at home after that. Since then they have lost 14 matches on the trot and under captain Mohammed Ashraful, they are clearly struggling. They […]
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, […]