2014 Asia Cup Explained

2014 Arise Asia Cup
Fromdate:	25 February
Todate:	08 March^[1]
Administrator:	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket Format:	One Day International
Tournament Format:	Round-robin
Host:	Bangladesh
Count:	5
Participants:	5
Matches:	11
Player Of The Series:	Lahiru Thirimanne
Most Runs:	Lahiru Thirimanne (279)^[2]
Most Wickets:	Lasith Malinga (11) Saeed Ajmal (11)^[3]
Previous Year:	2012
Previous Tournament:	2012 Asia Cup
Next Year:	2016
Next Tournament:	2016 Asia Cup

The 2014 Asia Cup (also known as Arise Asia Cup) was the twelfth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. The tournament was held in Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. Pakistan were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.^[4] The tournament included the four Asian test-playing nations, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; and ICC Asian Associate member Afghanistan. This was the first 50-over tournament in which Afghanistan took part. Ten league matches were played along with the final.^[5] The title sponsors of the tournament were Arise India and it was powered by Cycle Agarbathis.^[6] Sri Lanka Beat Pakistan in the final to become Asia Cup champions for the fifth time.

Venues

India was originally selected as the host but pulled out in April 2013 citing scheduling concerns. Bangladesh won a bid to become the new host, even shifting their schedule around to accommodate the event.^[7] In January 2014, after a wave of political violence in Bangladesh, doubt was cast over Bangladesh's ability to host the event and the 2014 World T20 that followed it. Sri Lanka offered themselves up as an alternative host for both events.^[8] Bangladesh provided government assurance for extra security during the events, and so it was decided later in January to maintain Bangladesh as hosts. Afghanistan were also confirmed to be participating at this meeting.^[9]

Fatullah	Dhaka
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Coordinates:	Coordinates:
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 26,000

Match officials

There was one umpire from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka each. There were three umpires from Bangladesh.The two ICC Match Referees were from England and New Zealand.

Umpires from neutral countries:

• Nigel Llong
• Bruce Oxenford
• Billy Bowden
• Johan Cloete

Umpires from participating countries:

• Anisur Rahman
• Masudur Rahman
• Tanvir Ahmed
• Raveendra Wimalasiri.
• Nandan
• Ahsan Raza

Match Referees:

• Jeff Crowe
• Chris Broad

Squads

Notes

1. The squad for India had MS Dhoni as captain but he was ruled out due to injury and was replaced with Virat Kohli as captain and Dinesh Karthik as wicket-keeper.
2. Shakib Al Hasan suffered a match ban, hence he stayed out of the first two matches against India and Afghanistan.
3. Tamim Iqbal was ruled out due to injury from the Bangladesh squad.
4. Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out of the Bangladesh squad due to injury after the first match against India.
5. Sohag Gazi was ruled out of the Bangladesh squad due to injury after the second match against Afghanistan.^[16]

Schedule

Points table

Qualified for final

Final

Records and statistics

Batting

Source: Cricinfo^[17]

Player	Nat	Matches	Runs	NO	Ave.	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Lahiru Thirimanne		5	279	0	55.80	79.94	102	2	0	31	2
Umar Akmal		5	253	0	84.33	110.48	102	1	2	23	6
		5	248	0	49.60	96.49		1	2	26	2
		5	228	0	45.60	80.00	103	1	1	30	1
		4	227	0	56.75	68.16	100	1	1	13	8

Bowling

Source: Cricinfo^[18]

Player	Nat	Matches	Wickets	Overs	Runs	Econ.	Ave.	BBI	4WI	5WI
Lasith Malinga		4	11	34.5	189	5.42	17.18	5/52	0	2
Saeed Ajmal		5	11	49.0	202	4.12	18.36	3/26	0	0
		3	9	26.0	126	4.84	14.00	4/60	1	0
		4	9	39.4	167	4.21	18.55	3/31	0	0
		4	9	37.2	230	6.16	25.55	4/50	1	0

Achievements

Match 1^[19]

• Lasith Malinga took his 6th five wicket haul in ODIs. It was his first five wicket haul in ODIs since January 2012.
• Lahiru Thirimanne made his 2nd ODI ton.

Match 2

• Mohammed Shami took his career best figures of 10–1–50–4.
• Mushfiqur Rahim made his career best score of 117.
• Only the second time that both captains (Virat Kohli and Mushfiqur Rahim) scored 100 runs.

Match 3^[20]

• First ever match between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• Umar Akmal made his 2nd ODI ton.
• Afghanistan became the seventh team to play a match in the Asia Cup.

Match 4

• Ravichandran Ashwin reached 100 ODI wickets for India.
• Kumar Sangakkara became the third batsman to score 4000+ runs against India.
• Kumar Sangakkara made his 18th ODI ton.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the second player to be stumped on a wide, without facing a single legal ball (Diamond duck) in cricket history.

Match 5

• First ever match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
• Afghanistan registered their first win against a test playing nation.
• Asghar Stanikzai made his career best score of 90 not out.

Match 6^[21]

• This match was Ravindra Jadeja's 100th ODI.
• This match was Mohammad Talha's debut ODI.
• Mohammad Hafeez made his 19th ODI fifty.

Match 7^[22]

• First ever match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
• Kumar Sangakkara became the second player to score 1000+ runs in Asia Cup history after Sanath Jayasuriya.
• Kumar Sangakkara made his 85th ODI fifty. It was his 12th 50+ score in Asia Cup tournaments.

Match 8^[23]

• Imrul Kayes and Anamul Haque added 150 for the first wicket which became Bangladesh's second best opening stand in ODIs.
• Ahmed Shehzad made his 5th ODI ton.
• Shahid Afridi's fifty off 18 balls became the fastest fifty in a chase and the second fastest in ODIs.
• 327 became Pakistan's highest successful run chase in ODIs, beating their previous highest chase of 322 runs against India in Mohali in 2007.

Match 9^[24]

• First ever match between Afghanistan and India.
• Mohammed Shami became the second fastest Indian bowler to take 50 ODI wickets.

Match 10^[25]

• As a result of this match, Sri Lanka won 4 out of 4 league matches and Bangladesh lost 4 out 4 league matches.

Final^[26]

• Fawad Alam made his maiden ODI ton.
• Lasith Malinga took his 2nd five wicket haul of the tournament, becoming the first bowler to take 3 five wicket hauls in Asia Cup history. It was his 7th five wicket haul in ODIs.
• Lahiru Thirimanne made his 3rd ODI ton and became the top scorer of the tournament with 279 runs in 5 matches. He was thus awarded Man of the Series.
• Mahela Jayawardene made his 71st ODI fifty.
• Sri Lanka won the tournament undefeated after losing all their matches in the previous tournament.
• Sri Lanka tied with India for the record of most Asia Cup titles (5).

External links

• Arise Asia Cup 2014

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asia Cup 2014. cricketwa. 22 December 2015.
2. Web site: Cricket Records | Asia Cup, 2013/14 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo . Stats.espncricinfo.com . 1 January 1970 . 8 March 2014.
3. Web site: Cricket Records | Asia Cup, 2013/14 | Records | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo . Stats.espncricinfo.com . 1 January 1970 . 8 March 2014.
4. Web site: Pakistan to take part in Asia Cup. Cricinfo. 18 January 2014.
5. Web site: Asia Cup 2014 Schedule.
6. News: Arise India bags title sponsorship for Asia Cup 2014. 10 March 2014. India TV.
7. Web site: Gollapudi . Nagraj . Bangladesh to host Asia Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 13 April 2013 . 15 February 2024.
8. Web site: Sri Lanka offer to host Asia Cup, World T20 . ESPNcricinfo . 3 January 2014 . 15 February 2024.
9. Web site: Isam . Mohammad . Bangladesh to remain Asia Cup host . ESPNcricinfo . 4 January 2014 . 15 February 2024.
10. Web site: Afghanistan name uncapped Tarakai for World T20. ESPNCricinfo staff. ESPNCricinfo. 17 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
11. Web site: Injured Tamim ruled out of Asia Cup. ESPNCricinfo staff. ESPNCricinfo. 22 February 2014. 23 February 2014.
12. Web site: Raina out of Asia Cup squad. ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo staff. 11 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
13. Web site: Dhoni out of Asia Cup with side strain. ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo staff. 20 February 2014. 21 February 2014.
14. Web site: Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal recalled for World T20. ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo staff. 14 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
15. Web site: No surprises in SL World T20 squad. ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo staff. 17 February 2014. 20 February 2014.
16. Web site: Injury rules Tamim out of Asia Cup. 22 February 2014. ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo staff. 23 February 2014.
17. Web site: Records / Asia Cup, 2014 / Most runs . ESPNCricinfo . 1 March 2014.
18. Web site: Asia Cup, 2014 / Records / Most wickets . ESPNcricinfo . 1 March 2014.
19. Web site: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Fatullah Report : Lasith Malinga five-for cuts Pakistan short | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
20. Web site: Afghanistan v Pakistan, third Match . Cricbuzz . 27 February 2014 . 8 March 2014.
21. Web site: India v Pakistan, Asia Cup, Mirpur Report : Shahid Afridi sixes seal final-over victory | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
22. Web site: Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur Report : Sri Lanka cruise to final with third win | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
23. Web site: Bangladesh v Pakistan, Asia Cup, Mirpur Report : Sensational Afridi seals final berth | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
24. Web site: Afghanistan v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur Report : India cruise to inconsequential win | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
25. Web site: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur Report : Angelo Mathews keeps Bangladesh winless | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.
26. Web site: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup final, Mirpur Report : Fawad Alam ton powers Pakistan to 260 | Cricket News . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 March 2014.