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The Asia Cup 2008, a six team competition, played between three quality sides (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), one amateur side (Bangladesh), two abismal sides (Hong Kong, UAE).

Game One - Bangladesh vs UAE
Bangladesh won by 96 runs
BANGLADESH 8/300
M. Ashraful 109 (126) MOM
R. Hasan 83 (63)
Z. Shah 3/49 (10)
UAE 204 (45.4 overs)
K. Khan 78 (81 balls)
A. Razzak 3/20 (10)
UAE - 8 ODI debuts (3 List A debuts)

Game Two - Pakistan vs Hong Kong
Pakistan won by 155 runs
PAKISTAN 9/288
F. Alam 63* (77)
Y. Khan 67 (65)
S. Tanvir 59 (55) MOM
N. Ahmed 4/51 (9)
HONG KONG 133 (37.2 overs)
Z. Abbas 26 (54) ret. hurt
I. Anjum 2/18 (6)
S. Tanvir 2/20 (6)
Hing Kong - 7 ODI debuts (6 List A debuts)

Game Three - Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
SRI LANKA 9/357
K. Sangakkara 101 (91) MOM
C. Hupugedera 74 (72)
S. Jayasuriya 72 (47)
A. Razzak 3/55 (10)
BANGLADESH 7/226
M. Rahim 44 (53)
M. Muralitharan 2/37 (10)

Game Four - Hong Kong vs India
India won by 256 runs
INDIA 4/374
MS Dohni 109* (96)
S Raina 101 (68) MOM
V Sehwag 78 (44)
HONG KONG 118 (36.5 overs)
I. Ahmed 25 (43)
P. Chawla 4/23 (10)

Game Five - Pakistan vs India
India won by 6 wickets (47 balls remaining)
PAKISTAN 4/299/u]
S. Malik 125 (119) ret. hurt
Y. Khan 59 (60)
[u]INDIA 4/301 (42.1 overs)
V. Sehwag 119 (95)
S. Raina 84 (69) MOM

Game Six - Sri Lanka vs UAE
Sri Lanka won by 142 runs
SRI LANKA 9/290
M. Udawatte 67 (74)
D. Jayawardene 61 (43)
Z. Shah 3/49 (10)
UAE 148 (36.3 overs)
A. Ali 77 (79)
B. Mendis 5/22 (6.3) MOM
UAE - 3 more ODI debuts (2 List A debuts)

Super Fours
Bangladesh vs India
India won by 7 wickets (40 balls remaining)

BANGLADESH 6/283
A. Kapali 115 (97)
T. Iqbal 55 (67)
INDIA 3/284 (43.2 overs)
S. Raina 116* (107) MOM
G. Gambhir 90 (84)

Riveting competition

What a beast of a competition

Hong Kong!

Finally get a decent game in this competition - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (with a full strength side) in the Super Fours

Super Fours
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 64 runs

SRI LANKA 7/302
K. Sangakkara 112 (110) MOM
L. Silva 46 (48)
S. Tanvir 5/48 (10)

PAKISTAN 9/238
Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70)
S. Malik 52 (79)
Y. Khan 47 (60)
A. Mendis 4/47 (10)

Ajantha Mendis continues his great start to an international career, since he debuted against West Indies in April.

6 matches
12 wickets
13.58 Ave
4.02 econ

His first class career is also quite impressive
19 matches
111 wickets
14.45 Ave
7 5wi
1 10wm

Always going to help learning from Murali...

Super Fours
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 158 runs

SRI LANKA 8/332
S. Jayasuriya 130 (88) MOM
K. Snagakarra 121 (128)
BANGLADESH 174 (38.3 overs)
R. Hasan 52 (63)
M. Muralitharan 5/31 (10)
A. Mendis 2/29 (7.3)

More easy wickets for Murali

brod wrote:Super Fours
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 64 runs

SRI LANKA 7/302
K. Sangakkara 112 (110) MOM
L. Silva 46 (48)
S. Tanvir 5/48 (10)

PAKISTAN 9/238
Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70)
S. Malik 52 (79)
Y. Khan 47 (60)
A. Mendis 4/47 (10)

Firstly, thanks for your updates brod. Secondly, Sangakkara is a gun. He should be as revered in his homeland as Murali is, but more revered around the world! Is he Sri Lanka's Gilchrist? Big call I know, but if the big-eared one hadn't been around, I'm sure we would never have seen a wicketkeeper/batsman like Kumar (at no 42).

brod wrote:Ajantha Mendis continues his great start to an international career, since he debuted against West Indies in April.

6 matches
12 wickets
13.58 Ave
4.02 econ

His first class career is also quite impressive
19 matches
111 wickets
14.45 Ave
7 5wi
1 10wm

Always going to help learning from Murali...

Certainly an impressive start brod, I'm assuming if he's learning from Murali, he's bowling offies? Pardon my ignorance!

brod wrote:Super Fours
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 158 runs

SRI LANKA 8/332
S. Jayasuriya 130 (88) MOM
K. Snagakarra 121 (128)
BANGLADESH 174 (38.3 overs)
R. Hasan 52 (63)
M. Muralitharan 5/31 (10)
A. Mendis 2/29 (7.3)

More easy wickets for Murali

At least they're not more test wickets brod! How many should you take off his total compared to Warnie, who rarely played against the Bangers, etc?

The Jack wrote:

brod wrote:Super Fours
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 64 runs

SRI LANKA 7/302
K. Sangakkara 112 (110) MOM
L. Silva 46 (48)
S. Tanvir 5/48 (10)

PAKISTAN 9/238
Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70)
S. Malik 52 (79)
Y. Khan 47 (60)
A. Mendis 4/47 (10)

Firstly, thanks for your updates brod. Secondly, Sangakkara is a gun. He should be as revered in his homeland as Murali is, but more revered around the world! Is he Sri Lanka's Gilchrist? Big call I know, but if the big-eared one hadn't been around, I'm sure we would never have seen a wicketkeeper/batsman like Kumar (at no 42).

ASIA CUP
Sangakkara
4 matches
334 runs
83.5 ave
3 hundreds
99.70 s/rate

and that still may not be the best batting performance of the tournament, but so many of these numbers are inflated by playing developing sides (Hong Kong ect)

Raina
4 matches
301 runs
150.5 ave
2 hundreds
1 fifty
123.36 s/rate

The Jack wrote:

brod wrote:Ajantha Mendis continues his great start to an international career, since he debuted against West Indies in April.

6 matches
12 wickets
13.58 Ave
4.02 econ

His first class career is also quite impressive
19 matches
111 wickets
14.45 Ave
7 5wi
1 10wm

Always going to help learning from Murali...

Certainly an impressive start brod, I'm assuming if he's learning from Murali, he's bowling offies? Pardon my ignorance!

Quote from Cricinfo
Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is.

Super Fours
Pakistan vs India
Pakistan won by 8 wickets (27 balls remaining)

INDIA 7/308
MS. Dohni 76 (96)
R. Sharma 58 (71)
V. Sehwag 49 (33)
I. Anjum 3/51 (10)
PAKISTAN 2/309
Y. Khan 123* (117) MOM
Misbah-U-Haq 70* (62)
N. Jamshed 53 (43) ret hurt

Super Fours
India vs Sri Lanka
India won by 6 wickets (19 balls remaining)

SRI LANKA 8/305
C. Kapugedera 75 (78)
L. Silva 50 (56)
D. Jayawardene 50 (63)
INDIA 4/310
G. Gambhir 68 (61)
MD Dohni 67 (62) MOM
S. Raina 54 (66)

The last Super Fours game between Bangladesh and Pakistan will count for nithing as they have both been eliminated from the tournament, with India to face Sri Lanka in the Final..

Redback recruit, Younis Khan is having an excellent tournament so far

5 matches
296 runs
98.66 ave
98.01 s/rate
1 hundred
2 fifties

Super Fours
Pakistan vs Bangladesh
Pakistan won by 10 wickets (182 balls remaining)

BANGLADESH 116 (38.2)
A Rauf 3/24 (8) MOM
PAKISTAN 0/116 (19.4)
S Butt 56 (62)
N Jamshed 52 (56)

India v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup final, Karachi

Sri Lanka 273 (Jayasuriya 125, Dilshan 56, Ishant 3-52) beat India 173 (Sehwag 60, Mendis 6-13) by 100 runs

brod wrote:Ajantha Mendis continues his great start to an international career, since he debuted against West Indies in April.

6 matches
12 wickets
13.58 Ave
4.02 econ

His first class career is also quite impressive
19 matches
111 wickets
14.45 Ave
7 5wi
1 10wm

Always going to help learning from Murali...

Finished as Player of the Series...and you can see why

5 matches
17 wickets
8.52 ave
1 4wi
2 5wi
18.5 s/rate
3.45 Econ