2008 Women's Asia Cup Explained

Women's One Day International Asia Cup
Cricket Format:One Day International, 50-over cricket
Tournament Format:Group Stage with Finals
Count:4
Participants:4
Matches:13
Player Of The Series: Rumeli Dhar
Previous Year:2006
Previous Tournament:2006 Women's Asia Cup
Next Year:2012
Next Tournament:2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

The 2008 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup was the fourth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup, a Women's One Day International cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council. Four teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Matches involving Bangladesh did not have ODI status. 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]

Squads

Squads[4]
Mithali Raj (c) Shashikala Siriwardene (c) Urooj Mumtaz (c) Salma Khatun (c)
Ayasha Rahman
Chamely Khatun
Batool Fatima (wk) Irin Sultana
Jahanara Alam
Karu Jain (wk) Lily Rani Biswas
Mina Khatun
Panna Ghosh
Papiya Haque
Rumana Ahmed
Shamima Akhter
Shukhtara Rahman
Dilani Manodara (wk) Tithy Sarkar

Match summary

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Asia Cup 2008. CricketArchive. 9 January 2013. 12 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512083210/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/SL/2008_SL_Womens_Asia_Cup_2008.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Women's Asia Cup 2008 (Final). CricketArchive . 9 January 2013 .
  3. Web site: Women's Asia Cup 2008 Table. CricketArchive . 9 January 2013.
  4. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-asia-cup-2008-341290 ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page