Asia Cup - 1988

The third edition of Asia Cup was known as Wills Asia Cup. The matches held in Bangladesh between October 26 and November 4, 1988. Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan participated in the tournament. The tournament was round-robin method tournament. Each team played the other once and top two teams qualifying for final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final and India won the Wills Asia Cup 1988. It was their second Asia Cup.
Captains of the teams
Pakistan - Javed Miandad
Bangladesh - Gazi Ashraf
India - D B Vengsarkar
Sri Lanka - A Ranatunga

Match summary
27 October, 1988; First match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
The match was held in National Stadium, Dhaka. The match was reduced 44 overs. Sri Lanka won the toss and select to field. Pakistan got 194 for 7 wickets with Ijaz Ahmed’s half century. (Saleem Yousuf 31, Saleem Malik 30, Javed Miandad 25 retired) Sri Lanka’s bowling was excellent. Labrooy take three wickets and Ratnayeke and Wijegunawardene got 2 wickets each. (Labrooy 3/36, Ratnayeke 2/27, Wijegunawardene 2/29)

Sri Lankan opener R S Mahanama make a clear victory with his 55 runs. P A de Silva got 48 and D S B P Kuruppu was 35. Sri Lanka make clear victory on 38.5 overs for 5 wickets loss. Wasim Akram got 2 wickets.

Match umpires: R B Gupta and V K Ramaswamy
Man of the match : R S Mahanama

27 October, 1988; Second match: India vs Bangladesh
The 45 overs match was held on Chittagong Stadium. India won the toss and send Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh openers failed to help the middle batsman. They decayed by the Arshad Ayub’s excellent bowling. The top scored batsmen are Minhajul Abedin (22 from 67 balls) and Athar Ali Khan (16 from 34 balls). The Indian side, Arshad Ayub got 3 wickets (3/20). Mahinder Singh (1/9) and Amarnath (1/8) are excellent bowling effort.

N S Sindhu’s unbeaten 50 help a easy won for India on 26 overs. K Srikkanth 24 catch Athar bowl Azhar and M Amarnath 19 are the other batsmen.

Match umpires: KT Francis and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: NS Sidhu

29 October, 1988; Third match: Pakistan vs Bangladesh
The match held on Chittagong Stadium. In the match Pakistan won by 173 runs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. The 45 overs match, Pakistan end the innings on 284 for 3 wickets loss. Moin ul Atiq 105 and Ijaz Ahmed 124 were help the innings. Bangladesh started their innings with big losses. Iqbal Qasim (3/13) stopped runs for Bangladesh. Abdul Qadir (2/27) and Shoaib Mohammad (1/21) are made a good win for Pakistan. The top score was 22 by Athar Ali Khan.

Match umpires: RB Gupta and S Ponnadurai
Man of the match: Moin-ul-Atiq

29 October, 1988; Fourth match: India vs Sri Lanka
The match was reduced 45 overs. The match was held on National Stadium, Dhaka. India won the toss and to elected to field. Sri Lanka entered 271 runs with PA de Silva 69 and MAR Samarasekera 66. Kapil Dev took 2 wickets. India failed to face the all overs. They were all out on 44 overs with 254 overs. Wijegunawardene (4/49) was the good bowling effort for Sri Lanka.

Match umpires: Saleem Badar and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: PA de Silva

31 October, 1988; Fifth match: India vs Pakistan
National Stadium, Dhaka was the venue of the match. India won the toss and selected to field. In the limited 45 overs match, Pakistan was stopped by Arshad Ayub. They were entered 142 but all out on 42.2 overs. Arshad Ayub (5/21), Kapil Dev (2/16), Maninder Singh (2/25). India chased the score on 40.4 overs with M Amarnath’s unbeaten 74. Abdul Quadir (3/27), Wasim Akram (2/29). India won by 4 wickets.

Match umpires: KT Francis and S Ponnadurai
Man of the match: Arshad Ayub

2 November, 1988; Sixth match: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
The match was won by Sri Lanka. The match was held on National Stadium, Dhaka. In the 45 overs match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. Bangladesh got 118 runs for 8 wickets loss. Ratnayeke 4/23 was excellent and parted Ramanayake 1/6 also. Sri Lanka crossed the target on 30.5 overs for 1 wicket loss. Azhar Hossain won the wicket. Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.

Match umpires: V K Ramaswamy and Saleem Badar
Man of the match: DSBP Kuruppu

Point table
(Team – play – win – loss – points)
Sri Lanka – 3 - 3 - 0 - 6
India 3 – 2- 1 – 4
Pakistan 3 – 1 – 2 – 2
Bangladesh 3 – 0 – 3 - 0

4 November, 1988; Final: Sri Lanka vs India

In the final was India’s greatest cricket style. The toss got India send Sri Lanka to bat first. Sri Lanka got 176 from 43.2 overs. India’s target was 177 from 45 overs. Srikkanth 3/12 helped India to a great dismissal of Sri Lanka. N S Sindhu 76 (87) and captain D B Vengsarkar 50 (81) were made India an easy win on 37.1 overs with 6 wickets. Wijegunawardene got 2 wickets.

Match umpires: Saleem Badar and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: N S Sindhu

Man of the series: N S Sindhu

Asia Cup -1986

The second edition of Asia Cup was known as John Player Gold Leaf Trophy. It was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6, 1986. Three teams participated in the tournament – Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Each team played the other once and the top two teams qualifying to the final. Pakistan won two matches and qualified for the final. Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh and got points to take final. In the final, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan.
Captains of teams
Pakistan – Imran Khan
Sri Lanka – LRD Mendis
Bangladesh – Gazi Ashraf

Match summery

30 March, 1986; First match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
In the first, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match was reduced 45 overs. Pakistan won the match by 81 runs. P Saravanamuthu Stadium, Colombo was the venue of the match.
Match umpires: H D Bird and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: Mohsin Khan

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazarc de Silva b de Mel 15 – 23
Mohsin Khanc and b Anurasiri 39 – 46
Rameez Rajac Kuruppu b Ratnayeke 26 – 46
Javed Miandadc Dias b Anurasiri 9 – 16
Qasim Umarst Kuruppu b Ranatunga 16 – 26
Manzoor Elahic Kuruppu b Ranatunga 6 – 10
Imran Khanc de Silva b de Mel 21 – 42
Abdul Qadirc Anurasiri b Amalean 14 – 30
Wasim Akramc sub b Ratnayeke 24 – 26
Zulqarnain (not out) 11 – 10
Zakir Khanb Ratnayeke 1 – 3
Extras (5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) 15
Total (all out, 45 overs) 197

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-87 (Mohsin Khan), 3-87 (Rameez Raja), 4-108 (Qasim Umar), 5-118 (Javed Miandad), 6-119 (Manzoor Elahi), 7-141 (Abdul Qadir), 8-179 (Imran Khan), 9-187 (Wasim Akram), 10-197 (Zakir Khan)

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 – 1 – 40 – 2
Amalean 7 – 1 – 30 – 1
Ratnayeke 9 – 1 – 32 – 3
Samarasekera 2 – 0 – 19 – 0
Anurasiri 9 – 1 – 27 – 2
Ranatunga 9 – 1 – 37 – 2

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c and b Abdul Qadir 34 - 56
MAR Samarasekera c Imran Khan b Zakir Khan 5 – 13
AP Gurusinha c Zulqarnain b Zakir Khan 8 – 10
RL Dias c Javed Miandad b Zakir Khan 0 - 2
A Ranatunga c Zulqarnain b Manzoor Elahi 7 – 13
LRD Mendis c Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 0 - 2
PA de Silva c Javed Miandad b Manzoor Elahi 12 – 29
JR Ratnayeke (not out) 22 – 39
ALF de Mel c Zulqarnain b Manzoor Elah 0 – 10
SD Anurasiri c Imran Khan b Abdul Qadir 5 – 13
KN Amalean c Imran Khan b Abdul Qadir 9 – 19
Extras (4 b, 3 lb, 7 w) 14
Total (all out, 33.5 overs) 116

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Samarasekera), 2-32 (Gurusinha), 3-32 (Dias), 4-52 (Ranatunga), 5-53 (Mendis), 6-67 (Kuruppu), 7-83 (de Silva), 8-94 (de Mel), 9-105 (Anurasiri), 10-116 (Amalean)

Pakistan bowling
Wasim Akram 6 – 1 – 17 – 0
Zakir Khan 6 - 0 - 34 – 3
Manzoor Elahi 9 – 1 – 22 – 3
Imran Khan 5 - 0 - 12 – 1
Abdul Qadir 7.5 - 1 – 24 - 3

31 March, 1986; Second match: Bangladesh vs Pakistan
In the match Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets. In the 45 overs match Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh failed on 35.3 overs with 94 runs. Pakistan was crossed it their 33 over. Venue of the match was Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa.
Match Umpires: H C Felsinger and P W Vidanagamage
Man of the match: Wasim Akram

Bangladesh
Raqibul Hasan c Zulqarnain b Zakir Khan 5 - 13
Nurul Abedin c Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 0 – 3
Gazi Ashraf b Wasim Akram 0 – 3
Shaheedur Rahman c and b Abdul Qadir 37 – 60
Minhajul Abedin c Manzoor Elahi b Wasim Akram 6 – 23
Rafiqul Alam c Rameez Raja b Wasim Akram 14 - 43
Golam Faruq c Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 14 - 29
Jahangir Shah b Wasim Akram 0 – 10
Hafizur Rahman b Imran Khan 8 – 24
Golam Nousher (not out) 1 – 3
Samiur Rahman st Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 0 – 2
Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) 9
Total (all out, 35.3 overs) 94

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Nurul Abedin), 2-4 (Gazi Ashraf), 3-15 (Raqibul Hasan), 4-27 (Minhajul Abedin), 5-68 (Rafiqul Alam), 6-70 (Shaheedur Rahman), 7-79 (Jahangir Shah), 8-93 (Golam Faruq), 9-93 (Hafizur Rahman), 10-94 (Samiur Rahman)

Pakistan bowling
Imran Khan 7 - 3 – 11 – 2
Wasim Akram 9 - 2 - 19 – 4
Zakir Khan 7 – 0 – 27 – 1
Manzoor Elahi 5 – 1 – 18 – 0
Abdul Qadir 7.3 - 1 - 15 – 3

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazar (not out) 47 – 97
Mohsin Khan lbw b Jahangir Shah 28 – 44
Rameez Raja lbw b Jahangir Shah 0 – 8
Javed Miandad c Hafizur Rahman b Gazi Ashraf 15 – 32
Qasim Umar (not out) 3 – 12
Extras (4 lb, 1 w) 5
Total (3 wickets, 32.1 overs) 98
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Mohsin Khan), 2-55 (Rameez Raja), 3-85 (Javed Miandad)
Did not bat: Manzoor Elahi, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Zulqarnain, Zakir Khan

Bangladesh bating
Golam Nousher 7 - 1 - 32 - 0
Samiur Rahman 7 - 1 - 15 - 0
Golam Faruq 6 - 0 - 13 - 0
Jahangir Shah 9 - 1 - 23 - 2
Gazi Ashraf 3 - 0 - 7 – 1
Raqibul Hasan 0.1 - 0 - 4 - 0

2 April, 1986; Third match: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
In the third match was held in Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match reduced to 45 overs.
Match umpires: Mahboob Shah and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: A P Gurusinha

Bangladesh
Raqibul Hasan lbw b Ranatunga 12 - 59
Nurul Abedin c Mahanama b Ratnayeke 13 - 29
Gazi Ashraf c Kuruppu b Ranatunga 10 - 24
Minhajul Abedin run out 40 - 63
Shaheedur Rahman c Mendis b Ratnayeke 25 - 48
Rafiqul Alam b Amalean 10 - 20
Golam Faruq (not out) 3 - 14
Jahangir Shah run out 1 - 3
Samiur Rahman c Dias b Amalean 4 - 5
Golam Nousher (not out) 3 - 5
Extras (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 10
Total (8 wickets, 45 overs) 131

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Raqibul Hasan), 2-29 (Nurul Abedin), 3-49 (Gazi Ashraf), 4-92 (Shaheedur Rahman), 5-119 (Rafiqul Alam), 6-119 (Minhajul Abedin), 7-120 (Jahangir Shah), 8-126 (Samiur Rahman)
Did not bat: Hafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 - 1 - 30 – 0
Amalean 9 - 2 - 15 – 2
Ratnayeke 9 - 1 - 41 – 2
Ranatunga 9 - 1 - 17 – 2
Anurasiri 9 - 2 - 23 – 0

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c Samiur Rahman b Golam Nousher 3 - 7
RS Mahanama c Hafizur Rahman b Golam Faruq 25 - 50
AP Gurusinha (not out) 44 - 91
RL Dias c Raqibul Hasan b Gazi Ashraf 0 - 5
A Ranatunga (not out) 41 – 46
Extras (3 b, 7 lb, 9 w) 19
Total (3 wickets, 31.3 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Kuruppu), 2-63 (Mahanama), 3-64 (Dias)
Did not bat: LRD Mendis, PA de Silva, JR Ratnayeke, ALF de Mel, SD Anurasiri, KN Amalean

Bangladesh bating
Golam Nousher 9 - 0 - 45 – 1
Samiur Rahman 3 - 0 - 15 – 0
Jahangir Shah 6 - 0 - 18 – 0
Golam Faruq 8.3 – 2 - 22 – 1
Gazi Ashraf 5 – 0 - 22 - 1

6 April, 1986; Final: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
The final match was held on Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. The match was reduced 45 overs. In the match Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets with half centuries of P A de Silva and A Ranatunga. Javed Miandad’s 67 runs from 100 balls did not help Pakistan to make a good score. Sri Lanka crossed their 191 on 42.2 overs for 5 wickets loss.
Match umpires: H D Bird and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: Javed Miandad

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazarb de Mel 2 – 17
Mohsin Khan run out 7 – 24
Rameez Raja c Mahanama b Amalean 2 – 12
Javed Miandad c Ratnayeke b Amalean 67 – 100
Imran Khan lbw b Ratnayeke 2 – 16
Saleem Malik c and b Anurasiri 23 – 27
Manzoor Elahi b Amalean 37 – 52
Abdul Qadir c de Mel b Ratnayeke 30 – 19
Wasim Akram c Gurusinha b Amalean 6 – 3
Zulqarnain (not out) 1 – 2
Extras (4 lb, 2 nb, 8 w) 14
Total (9 wickets, 45 overs) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-10 (Mohsin Khan), 3-24 (Rameez Raja), 4-32 (Imran Khan), 5-72 (Saleem Malik), 6-137 (Manzoor Elahi), 7-179 (Javed Miandad), 8-185 (Wasim Akram), 9-191 (Abdul Qadir)
Did not bat: Zakir Khan

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 - 2 - 21 – 1
Amalean 9 - 1 - 46 – 4
Ratnayeke 8 - 0 - 50 – 2
Ranatunga 9 - 1 - 27 – 0
Anurasiri 9 - 0 - 24 – 1
de Silva 1 - 0 - 19 – 0

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c Saleem Malik b Abdul Qadir 30 - 50
RS Mahanama c Abdul Qadir b Manzoor Elahi 21 - 52
AP Gurusinha c Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 4 - 13
PA de Silva c sub (Tauseef Ahmed) b Mudassar Nazar 52 - 67
A Ranatunga c Mohsin Khan b Abdul Qadir 57 - 55
LRD Mendis (not out) 22 - 18
RL Dias (not out) 0 - 1
Extras (1 b, 6 lb, 2 w) 9
Total (5 wickets, 42.2 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Mahanama), 2-59 (Gurusinha), 3-64 (Kuruppu), 4-161 (Ranatunga), 5-191 (de Silva)
Did not bat: JR Ratnayeke, ALF de Mel, SD Anurasiri, KN Amalean

Pakistan bowling
Wasim Akram 7.2 - 2 - 22 – 0
Zakir Khan 6 - 0 - 36 – 0
Abdul Qadir 9 - 0 - 32 – 3
Manzoor Elahi 9 - 0 - 30 – 1
Saleem Malik 3 - 0 - 19 – 0
Mudassar Nazar 8 - 0 - 49 - 1

Asia Cup - 1984

The first Asia Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE between 6 to 13, April 1984. Only three teams participated in the matches, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The first Asia Cup known as Rothmans Asia Cup. The official sponsors is Rothmans. Each team played the other once. India won both matches and got 4 points. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan. Pakistan failed to make a win. The venue of the all matches is Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.
captains of the teams
Pakistan - Zaheer Abbas
Sri Lanka - LRD Mendis
India - SM Gavaskar

Match summery
April 6, 1984; Frist match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
In the first match Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
Match Umpires: H D Bird and S Kishen
Man of the match: R L Dias

Pakistan
Mohsin Khan c Dias b DS de Silva 27 - 43
Saadat Ali c Kuruppu b Ranatunga 30 - 61
Mudassar Nazar c Kuruppu b Karnain 1 - 3
Zaheer Abbas c Ratnayeke b Ranatunga 47 - 68
Javed Miandad b John 9 - 19
Saleem Malik run out 1 - 7
Abdul Qadir b DS de Silva 7 - 9
Shahid Mahboob (not out) 18 - 23
Sarfraz Nawaz c John b Ranatunga 5 - 12
Anil Dalpat c Ranatunga b Ratnayeke 5 - 14
Rashid Khan (not out) 0 -2
Extras (4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 8 w)
Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 187
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Mohsin Khan), 2-60 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-84 (Saadat Ali), 4-110 (Javed Miandad), 5-142 (Saleem Malik), 6-154 (Abdul Qadir), 7-157 (Zaheer Abbas), 8-165 (Sarfraz Nawaz), 9-185 (Anil Dalpat)

Sri Lanka bowling
John 10 - 3 - 26 - 1
Ratnayeke 9 - 0 - 33 - 1
Karnain 7 - 1 - 19 - 1
DS de Silva 10 - 0 - 50 - 2
Ranatunga 10 - 0 - 38 - 3

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny run out 18 - 36
DSBP Kuruppu c Anil Dalpat b Mudassar Nazar 25 - 46
RL Dias (not out) 57 - 95
LRD Mendis b Abdul Qadir 20 - 26
A Ranatunga st Anil Dalpat b Abdul Qadir 26 - 40
RS Madugalle c Zaheer Abbas b Sarfraz Nawaz 4 - 5
PA de Silva (not out) 14 - 15
Extras (4 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 6 w) 26
Total (5 wickets, 43.3 overs) 190

Pakistan bowling
Shahid Mahboob 9 - 1 - 30 - 0
Rashid Khan 8 - 2 - 26 - 0
Mudassar Nazar 7 - 0 - 25 - 1
Sarfraz Nawaz 10 - 1 - 36 - 1
Abdul Qadir 9 - 0 - 42 - 2
Saadat Ali 0.3 - 0 - 5 - 0

April 8, 1984; Second Match: Sri Lanka vs India
The second match was between India Sri Lanka. In the match India won by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka dismissed on 41 overs by India. Their highest individual score was 38 by R S Mashugalle. From the Indian side S C Khanna and G A Parkar make 83 runs partnership. Khanna make a half century from 69 balls with 6 fours.
Match Umpires: H D Bird and Shakoor Rana
Man of the match: S C Khanna

Sri Lanka
S Wettimuny c Madan Lal b Prabhakar 12 - 32
DSBP Kuruppu c Khanna b Sharma 0 - 1
RL Dias c Vengsarkar b Prabhakar 5 - 27
LRD Mendis c Patil b Sharma 1 - 5
RS Madugalle b Madan Lal 38 - 76
A Ranatunga run out 9 - 20
PA de Silva lbw b Madan Lal 11 - 27
SHU Karnain lbw b Madan Lal 0 - 7
JR Ratnayeke b Shastri 2 - 7
DS de Silva not out 8 - 28
VB John c Gavaskar b Sharma 2 - 14
Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) 8
Total (all out, 41 overs) 96

India bowling
Sharma 8 – 1- 22- 3
Prabhakar 10 -3- 16 -2
Binny 7 - 0 - 25 - 0
Madan Lal 8 – 2 – 11 - 3
Shastri 7 - 1 - 13 - 1
Azad 1 - 0 – 1 - 0

India
SC Khanna (not out) 51 - 69
GA Parkar (not out) 32 - 68
Extras (1 b, 1 nb, 12 w) 14
Total (no wicket, 21.4 overs) 97
Didnot bat: DB Vengsarkar, SM Gavaskar, SM Patil, RJ Shastri, KBJ Azad, RMH Binny, Madan Lal, M Prabhakar, C Sharma

Sri Lanka bowling
John 9 – 1 – 30 - 0
Ratnayeke 4 – 0 – 27 - 0
Karnain 2 - 0 - 4 - 0
DS de Silva 6 - 0 - 21 - 0
Madugalle 0.4 - 0 - 1 - 0

April 13; Third Match: Pakistan vs India
The third match India won the toss and decided to bat first. India crossed 188 runs from 46 overs. The macth was reduced 46 overs per side. Gavaskar crossed his 1000 runs in the match with his unbeaten 36 runs.
Match umpires: HD Bird, HC Felsinger
Man of the match: SC Khanna
India
SC Khanna c Anil Dalpat b Mudassar Nazar 56 - 72
GA Parkar run out 22 - 55
DB Vengsarkar b Shahid Mahboob 14 - 44
SM Patil c Saleem Malik b Sarfraz Nawaz 43 - 50
SM Gavaskar (not out) 36 – 55
Extras (1 b, 12 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) 17
Total (4 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 188
Fall of wickets:1-54 (Parkar), 2-88 (Vengsarkar), 3-110 (Khanna), 4-188 (Patil)
Did not bat: RJ Shastri, KBJ Azad, RMH Binny, Madan Lal, M Prabhakar, C Sharm

Pakistan bowling
Azeem Hafeez 7 - 0 – 41 - 0
Sarfraz Nawaz 10 - 1 - 37 - 1
Shahid Mahboob 10 - 1 – 23 - 1
Abdul Qadir 10 – 3 – 36 - 0
Mudassar Nazar 9 – 3 – 34 – 1

Pakistan
Mohsin Khan c Parkar b Shastri 35 - 65
Saadat Ali run out 13- 21
Mudassar Nazar st Khanna b Shastri 18 - 50
Zaheer Abbas c Madan Lal b Binny 27 - 45
Saleem Malik run out 15 - 17
Qasim Umar c Prabhakar b Binny 16 - 30
Shahid Mahboob run out 0 - 1
Abdul Qadir run out 0 - 1
Sarfraz Nawaz c Patil b Binny 4 - 13
Anil Dalpat st Khanna b Shastri 1 - 2
Azeem Hafeez not out 0 - 5
Extras (5 lb) 5
Total (all out, 39.4 overs) 134
Fall of wickets:1-23 (Saadat Ali), 2-69 (Mohsin Khan), 3-70 (Mudassar Nazar), 4-92 (Saleem Malik), 5-125 (Qasim Umar), 6-125 (Shahid Mahboob), 7-125 (Abdul Qadir), 8-128 (Zaheer Abbas), 9-133 (Anil Dalpat), 10-134 (Sarfraz Nawaz)

India bowling
Sharma 7 – 0 – 18 -0
Prabhakar 7 - 0 - 17 - 0
Binny 9.4 – 0 – 33 - 3
Madan Lal 6 - 1 - 21 - 0
Shastri 10 – 0 – 40 - 3

Sania Misra

Asia Cup ficture

Group A
June 24 Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates at Raqalpindi
June 25 Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi
June 26 Sri Lanka vs United Arab Emirates at Karachi

Group B
June 24 Pakistan vs Hong Kong atKarachi
June 25 Hong Kong vs India at Karachi
June 26 India vs Pakistan at Rawalpindi

Second Round
June 28 A2 vs B2 Lahore
June 29 A1 vs B1 Lahore
June 30 A1 vs A2 Lahore
July 02 B1 vs B2 Lahore
July 03 A1 vs B2 Lahore
July 04 A2 vs B1 Lahore

July 06 Final at Lahore

Botswana national cricket team

Tshepo Mhozya (Captain)
Akrum Chand
Abdul Patel
Omar Ali
Mosa Gaolekwe
Karabo Modise
Denzil Sequiera (Wicket-keeper)
Saad Mohiyuddin
Karan Kapoor
Manon Barot
Shah Zaib Khan
Nadeem Tajbhay
Dave Buchanan
James Moses
Solly Chotia (Coach)
Ahmed Fazal Sheriff (Manager)

Asia Cup - Squad

Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful (Captain)
Mashrafe Mortaza (Vice-captain)
Abdur Razzak
Alok Kapali
Dolar Mahmud
Farhad Reza
Mahmudullah
Mehrab Hossain jnr
Mosharraf Hossain
Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper)
Nazimuddin
Raqibul Hasan
Shahadat Hossain
Shahriar Nafees
Tamim Iqbal
Dhiman Ghosh (Standby player)
Junaid Siddique (Standby player)
Naeem Islam (Standby player)
Rubel Hossain (Standby player)

Hong Kong
Tabarak Dar (Captain)
Afzaal Haider
Ashish Gadhia
James Atkinson
Toby Brown
Hussain Butt
Irfan Ahmed
Courtney Kruger
Roy Lamsam
Munir Dar
Nadeem Ahmed
Najeeb Amar
Skhawat Ali
Waqas Barkat
Zain Abbas

India
MS Dhoni (Captain/Wicket-keeper)
Yuvraj Singh (Vice-captain)
Piyush Chawla
Gautam Gambhir
Manpreet Gony
Praveen Kumar
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Virender Sehwag
Ishant Sharma
Rohit Sharma
RP Singh
Robin Uthappa
S Sreesanth

Sri Lanka
Mahela Jayawardene (Captain)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dilhara Fernando
Sanath Jayasuriya
Chamara Kapugedera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Farveez Maharoof
Ajantha Mendis
Jehan Mubarak
Muttiah Muralitharan
Kumar Sangakkara (Wicketkeeper)
Chamara Silva
Mahela Udawatte
Chaminda Vaas
Kaushalya Weeraratne

United Arab Emirates
Arshad Ali (Captain)
Saqib Ali
Fahad Alhashmi
Alawi Shukri
Aman Ali
Amjad Ali
Amjad Javed
Indika Batuwitarachchi
Nizel Fernandes
Khurram Khan
Mohammad Tauqir
Salman Farooq
Vikrant Shetty
Shadeep Silva
Zahid Shah

Pakistan
Not announced their squad

Asia Cup 2008

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in 1983. It is the biggest regional cricket council in the world as active. The main aim of the council is to promote and develop the game of cricket within Asia. ACC headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are 22 members of the ACC.

Three types membership is in ACC. These are Full Membership, Associate Membership and Affiliate Membership. The full members are Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The associate members are Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates. The affiliate members are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, China, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

The glamour event organised by ACC is Asia Cup. The 2008 Asia Cup will be in June - July. six teams participated in the current ninth edition of Asia Cup. It will be in Pakistan.
Group A - Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / United Arab Emirates
Group B - Pakistan / Hong Kong / India
Fixture is here:
June 24, Tuesday
16:00 local/10:00 GMT Day/Night
Group A - Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

June 24, Tuesday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
Group B - Pakistan v Hong Kong
National Stadium, Karachi

June 25, Wednesday
16:00 local/10:00 GMT Day/Night
Group A - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

June 25, Wednesday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
Group B - Hong Kong v India
National Stadium, Karachi

June 26, Thursday
16:00 local/10:00 GMT Day/Night
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

June 26, Thursday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
India v Pakistan
National Stadium, Karachi

June 28, Saturday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

June 29, Sunday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

June 30, Monday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

July 2, Wednesday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

July 3,Thursday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

July 4. Friday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

July 6, Sunday
17:00 local/11:00 GMT Day/Night
Final - TBC v TBC
National Stadium, Karachi

Kitply Cup

Kitply Cup, 2008 will start on June 8. It is a tri-series. Pakistan, Bangladesh and India are participated in the series. The matches are in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. Fixture is here:
June 8, Sunday
15:00 local/09:00 GMT Day/Night
1st Match - Bangladesh v Pakistan
June 10, Tuesday
15:00 local/09:00 GMT Day/Night
2nd Match - India v Pakistan
June 12, Thursday
15:00 local/09:00 GMT Day/Night
3rd Match - Bangladesh v India
June 14, Saturday
15:00 local/09:00 GMT Day/Night
Final - TBC v TBC

Squad
Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful (Captain)
Mashrafe Mortaza (Vice-captain)
Abdur Razzak
Alok Kapali
Dolar Mahmud
Farhad Reza
Mahmudullah
Mehrab Hossain
Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicket-keeper)
Nazimuddin
Raqibul Hasan
Shahadat Hossain
Shahriar Nafees
Tamim Iqbal
Aftab Ahmed
Dhiman Ghosh
Junaid Siddique
Mosharraf Hossain
Rubel Hossain

India
MS Dhoni (Captain/Wicket-keeper)
Yuvraj Singh (Vice-captain)
Piyush Chawla
Gautam Gambhir
Manpreet Gony
Praveen Kumar
Pragyan Ojha
Irfan Pathan
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Virender Sehwag
Ishant Sharma
Rohit Sharma
RP Singh
Robin Uthappa

Pakistan
Shoaib Malik (Captain)
Misbah-ul-Haq (Vice-captain)
Bazid Khan
Fawad Alam
Iftikhar Anjum
Kamran Akmal (Wicket-keeper)
Mohammad Yousuf
Nasir Jamshed
Naumanullah
Salman Butt
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Khan
Sohail Tanvir
Umar Gul
Wahab Riaz
Younis Khan

Santosh Tropy - An overview

Santosh Trophy is an annual football tournament in India. It is contested by states and clubs whchi organized by government institiuons. The tournament started in 1941 and first winners were Bengal. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, whchi is now in Bangladesh. He was the presedent of the Indian Football Association, football organization of Bengal.

Santosh Trophy review in a view
This section year – venue – winner – runner-up – score respectively
1941-42 – Calcutta – Bengal – Delhi - 5-1
1942-43 - Tournament not held
1943-44 - Tournament not held
1944-45 – Delhi – Delhi – Bengal - 2-0
1945-46 – Bombay – Bengal – Bombay - 2-0
1946-47 – Bangalore – Mysore – Bengal - 0-0;2-0
1947-48 – Calcutta – Bengal – Bombay - 0-0;1-0
1948-49 Tournament not held
1949-50 – Calcutta – Bengal – Hyderabad - 5-0
1950-51 – Calcutta – Bengal – Hyderabad - 1-0
1951-52 - Bombay - Bengal - Bombay - 1-0
1952-53 - Bangalore - Mysore - Bengal - 1-0
1953-54 - Calcutta - Bengal - Mysore - 0-0;3-1
1954-55 - Madras - Bombay - Services - 2-1
1955-56 - Ernakulam - Bengal - Mysore - 1-0
1956-57 - Trivandrum - Hyderabad - Bombay - 1-1;4-1
1957-58 - Hyderabad - Hyderabad - Bombay - 3-1
1958-59 - Madras - Bengal - Services - 1-0
1959-60 - Nowgong - Bengal - Bombay - 3-1
1960-61 - Kozhikode - Services - Bengal - 0-0;1-0
1961-62 - Bombay - Railways - Bombay - 3-0
1962-63 - Bangalore - Bengal - Mysore - 2-0
1963-64 - Madras - Maharashtra - Andhra Pradesh - 1-0
1964-65 - Guwahati - Railways - Bengal - 2-1
1965-66 - Quilon - Andhra Pradesh - Bengal - 1-1;1-0
1966-67 - Hyderabad - Railways - Services - 0-0;2-0
1967-68 - Cuttack - Mysore - Bengal - 1-0
1968-69 - Bangalore - Mysore - Bengal - 0-0;1-0
1969-70 - Nowgong - Bengal - Services - 6-1
1970-71 - Jalandhar - Punjab - Mysore - 1-1;3-1
1971-72 - Madras - Bengal - Railways - 4-1
1972-73 - Goa - Bengal - Tamil Nadu - 4-1
1973-74 - Ernakulam - Kerala - Railways - 3-2
1974-75 - Jalandhar - Punjab - Bengal - 6-0
1975-76 - Kozhikode - Bengal - Karnataka - 0-0;3-1
1976-77 - Patna - Bengal - Maharashtra - 1-0
1977-78 - Calcutta - Bengal - Punjab - 1-1;3-1
1978-79 - Srinagar - Bengal - Goa - 1-0
1979-80 - Coimbatore - Bengal - Punjab - 1-0
1980-81 - Cuttack - Punjab - Railways - 0-0;2-0
1981-82 - Trichur - Bengal - Railways - 2-0
1982-83 - Calcutta - Bengal & Goa - (joint winners) - 0-0;0-0
1983-84 - Madras - Goa - Punjab - 1-0
1984-85 - Kanpur - Punjab - Maharashtra - 3-0
1985-86 - Jabalpur - Punjab - Bengal - 0-0;4-1 [pen]
1986-87 - Calcutta - Bengal - Railways - 2-0
1987-88 - Quilon - Punjab - Kerala - 0-0;5-4 [pen]
1988-89 - Guwahati - Bengal - Kerala - 4-3 [pen]
1989-90 - Margao - Goa - Kerala - 2-0
1990-91 -Palakhad - Maharashtra - Kerala - 1-0
1991-92 -Coimbatore - Kerala - Goa - 3-0
1992-93 - Cochin - Kerala - Maharashtra - 2-0
1993-94 - Cuttack - Bengal - Kerala - 2-2;7-5 [pen]
1994-95 - Madras - Bengal - Punjab - 2-1 [golden goal]
1995-96 - Margao - Bengal - Goa - 2-0
1996-97 - Jabalpur - Bengal - Goa - 1-0 [aet]
1997-98 - Guwahati - Bengal - Goa - 1-0
1998-99 - Chennai - Bengal - Goa - 5-0
1999-00 - Thrissur - Maharashtra - Kerala - 1-0
2000-01 - Mumbai - Kerala - Goa - 3-2 [golden goal]
2002-03 - Imphal - Manipur - Kerala - 2-1 [golden goal]
2003-04 - Delhi - Kerala - Punjab - 3-2 [golden goal]
2005-06 - Kochi - Goa - Maharashtra - 1-1,2-0 [aet]
2006-07 - Gurgaon - Punjab - West Bengal - 0-0,0-0,5-3 [pen]
2007-08 - Srinagar