2008 Women's Asia Cup

Women's One Day International Asia Cup

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage with Finals
Host(s)
Champions	(4th title)
Participants	4
Matches played	13
Player of the series	Rumeli Dhar

The 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup is fourth edition of the Asian Cricket Council Women's One Day International cricket tournament. The four teams which took part in the tournament were Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 2 May and 11 May 2008, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Welagedara Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.^[1] India won the final against Sri Lanka by 177 runs.^[2]

Tournament structure

Each side played each other two in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 2 points and Bonus yielded 1-point.^[3]

Group stage table

Asia Cup 2008
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	India	6	6	–	–	4	28	+2.550
2	Sri Lanka	6	4	2	0	4	20	+0.851
3	Pakistan	6	1	5	0	1	5	−1.707
4	Bangladesh	6	1	5	0	0	4	-1.494

Match summary

2 May (Scorecard)

India  250/3 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 68 all out (30.2 overs)
Mithali Raj 109 * (92) Chamely Khatun 1/23 (5 overs)		Irin Sultana 19 (50) Seema Pujare 5/17 (8.2 overs)

India won by 182 runs Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: MWDP de Silva and RMPJ Rambukwella Player of the match: Mithali Raj

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2 May (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  225 /5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 129/8 (50 overs)
LDVV Silva 76 (101) Almas Akram 1/33 (9 overs)		Urooj Mumtaz 33 * (67) SP de Alwis 2/30 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 96 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and RD Kottahachchi Player of the match: LDVV Silva

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.

3 May (Scorecard)

Pakistan  134 all out (47.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 136/6 (45.3 overs)
Bismah Maroof 29 (53) Tithy Sarkar 4/25 (9.4 overs)		Salma Khatun* 53 * (92) Sajjida Shah 2/19 (10 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: MWDP de Silva and KC Fernando Player of the match: Salma Khatun

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

3 May (Scorecard)

India  227/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 198 all out (49.5 overs)
Mithali Raj 54 * (63) SP de Alwis 3/36 (10 overs)		LDVV Silva 74 (87) Rumeli Dhar 3/28 (10 overs)

India won by 29 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: D Ekanayake and RD Kottahachchi Player of the match: Mithali Raj

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Seema Pujare and Priyanka Roy (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

5 May (Scorecard)

India  275/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 93/9(50 overs)
Rumeli Dhar 92 * (94) Asmavia Iqbal 2/37 (10 overs)		Sajjida Shah 16 (30) Gouher Sultana 3/9 (10 overs)

India won by 182 runs Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: W Jayasena and MVD Zilva Player of the match: Rumeli Dhar

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gouher Sultana (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

5 May (Scorecard)

Bangladesh  94 all out (46 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 95/2(19.3 overs)
Shathira Jakir 25 (43) SP de Alwis 3/13 (10 overs)		PRCS Kumarihami 32 * (62) Panna Ghosh 1/21 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: MSK Nandiweera and RR Wimalasiri Player of the match: PRCS Kumarihami

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May (Scorecard)

Bangladesh  160 all out (50 overs)	v	India 161/5(41 overs)
Salma Khatun 90 * (140) Thirush Kamini 2/14 (5 overs)		Karu Jain 33 * (50) Shathira Jakir 1/31 (8 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: JWL Nandana and RR Wimalasiri Player of the match: Salma Khatun

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

6 May (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  194/9(50 overs)	v	Pakistan 149 all out (45 overs)
LE Kaushalya 44(55) Urooj Mumtaz4/31 (10 overs)		Urooj Mumtaz 57 * (106) PRCS Kumarihami 4/26 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 45 runs Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: KK Jayaweera and MSK Nandiweera Player of the match: LE Kaushalya

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Javeria Khan (Pak) made their ODI debuts.

8 May (Scorecard)

Pakistan  110 all out (44.4 overs)	v	Bangladesh 72 all out (33.1 overs)
Asmavia Iqbal 28(52) Tithy Sarkar 3/29 (10 overs)		Shathira Jakir 19 (49) Javeria Khan 6/8 (8.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 38 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and SH Sarathkumara Player of the match: Javeria Khan

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

8 May (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  123/9 (50 overs)	v	India 124/2 (26 overs)
MADD Surangika 33* (97) Seema Pujare 3/35 (10 overs)		Asha Rawat 56 * (71) AD Janakanthymala 1/19(5 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: NS Bopage and BPJ Mendis Player of the match: Seema Pujare

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

9 May (Scorecard)

India  283/3 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 76 all out (33.3 overs)
Jaya Sharma 74 * (91) Sana Mir 1/52(10 overs)		Javeria Khan 20 (40) Neetu David 3/9 (7 overs)

India won by 207 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and KM Kottahachchi Player of the match: Jaya Sharma

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anagha Deshpande and Snehal Pradhan (Ind) made their ODI debuts.

9 May (Scorecard)

Bangladesh  120 all out (49.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 123/1 (25.5 overs)
Ayesha Akhter 30 (75) AD Janakanthymala 3/9 (10 overs)		LDVV Silva 66 * (82) Rumana Ahmed 1/14 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: RD Kottahachchi and BPJ Mendis Player of the match: LDVV Silva

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Final

11 May (Scorecard)

India  260/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 83 all out (35.2 overs)
Asha Rawat 97 (114) HASD Siriwardene 4/53 (8 overs)		PRCS Kumarihami 23 (63) Seema Pujare 3/10 (10 overs)

India won by 177 runs Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala Umpires: KK Jayaweera and RA Kottahachchi Player of the match: Rumeli Dhar

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Women's Asia Cup 2008". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. "Women's Asia Cup 2008 (Final)". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
3. "Women's Asia Cup 2008 Table". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.