2005–06 Women's Asia Cup

Women's One Day International Asia Cup

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	India (2nd title)
Participants	3
Matches played	7
Most runs	Jaya Sharma (258)[1]
Most wickets	Neetu David (9)[2]

The Women's Asia Cup in Pakistan in 2005–06 is the Asian Cricket Council Women's One Day International cricket tournament. The three teams which took part in the tournament were India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was held between 28 December 2005 and 4 January 2006, in Pakistan.^[3] The matches were played at the National Stadium, Karachi and Karachi Gymkhana Ground.^[4] India won the final against Sri Lanka by 97 runs.^[5]

Match summary

28 December 2005 (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  178/9 (50overs)	v	Pakistan 164 all out (48.2 overs)
LDVV Silva 52 (124) Urooj Mumtaz 3/40 (10 overs)		Tasqeen Qadeer 42 (76) HASD Siriwardene 3/33 (9.2 overs)

Sri Lanka Women won by 14 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Saleem Badar Player of the match: LDVV Silva

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Armaan Khan, Asmavia Iqbal, Qanita Jalil, Sabahat Rasheed, Sana Javed, Sana Mir and Tasqeen Qadeer (Pak) made their ODI debuts.

29 December 2005 (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  115 all out (48.5overs)	v	India 118/0 (27.3overs)
PRCS Kumarihami 23 (53) N Al Khadeer 3/11 (10 overs)		Jaya Sharma 58* (72) SP de Alwis 0/9 (3 overs)

India Women won by 10 wickets Karachi Gymkhana Ground Umpires: Mian Mohammad Aslam and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: N Al Khadeer

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

30 December 2005 (Scorecard)

India  289/2 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 96 all out (41.4 overs)
Jaya Sharma 138* (150) Sana Mir 1/52 (10 overs)		Tasqeen Qadeer 21 (61) Neetu David 3/7 (7.4 overs)

India Women won by 193 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Islam Khan and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: Jaya Sharma

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shumaila Mushtaq (Pak) made their ODI debuts.

31 December 2005 (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  123 all out (45.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 93 all out (40.4 overs)
PM Udawatte 28 (61) Sajjida Shah 3/18 (10 overs)		Armaan Khan 24 (18) HASD Siriwardene 4/11 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka Women won by 30 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Javed Ashraf and Riazuddin Player of the match: HASD Siriwardene

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

1 January 2006 (Scorecard)

Sri Lanka  124 all out (49.1 overs)	v	India 125/0 (29.1 overs)
PM Udawatte 30 (87) Rumeli Dhar 3/10 (5 overs)		Monica Sumra 63* (81) HASD Siriwardene 0/17 (5.1 overs)

India Women won by 10 wickets Karachi Gymkhana Ground Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Siddiq Khan Player of the match: Rumeli Dhar

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

2 January 2006 (Scorecard)

Pakistan  94 all out (47.5 overs)	v	India 95/0 (17.3 overs)
Sana Mir 27* (60) Devika Palshikar 3/12 (10 Overs)		Rumeli Dhar 54* (48) Sana Mir 0/13 (4 Overs)

India Women won by 10 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar Player of the match: Devika Palshikar

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Devika Palshikar (Ind) Humera Masroor(Pak)made their ODI debuts.

Final

4 January 2006 (Scorecard)

India  269/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 172/9 (50 overs)
Mithali Raj 108* (121) HASD Siriwardene 1/44 (10 overs)		PRCS Kumarihami 58 (112) Devika Palshikar 3/31 (10 overs)

India Women won by 97 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar Player of the match: Mithali Raj

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Most runs". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
2. "Most wickets". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
3. "Pakistan to host first women's Asia Cup". espncricinfo.com. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
4. "Women's Asia Cup, 2005/06 / Results". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
5. "Raj leads India to Asia Cup glory". espncricinfo.com. 4 January 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2013.