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]

Women's One Day International Asia Cup
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International, 50-over cricket
Tournament format(s)Group Stage with Finals
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Champions India (4th title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants4
Matches13
Player of the seriesIndia Rumeli Dhar
2006
2012

Tournament structure

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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

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Squads[4]
  India   Sri Lanka   Pakistan   Bangladesh
Mithali Raj (c) Shashikala Siriwardene (c) Urooj Mumtaz (c) Salma Khatun (c)
Jhulan Goswami Chamari Polgampola Almas Akram Ayasha Rahman
Neetu David Chamika Bandara Asmavia Iqbal Chamely Khatun
Anagha Deshpande Suwini de Alwis Batool Fatima (wk) Irin Sultana
Rumeli Dhar Sandamali Dolawatte Bismah Maroof Jahanara Alam
Karu Jain (wk) Sumudu Fernando Javeria Khan Lily Rani Biswas
Thirush Kamini Inoka Galagedara Nain Abidi Mina Khatun
Devika Palshikar Janakanthy Mala Qanita Jalil Panna Ghosh
Snehal Pradhan Eshani Kaushalya Sadia Yousuf Papiya Haque
Seema Pujare Deepika Rasangika Sajjida Shah Rumana Ahmed
Asha Rawat Chamani Seneviratna Sana Javed Shamima Akhter
Priyanka Roy Dedunu Silva Sana Mir Shukhtara Rahman
Amita Sharma Dilani Manodara (wk) Shumaila Mushtaq Tithy Sarkar
Jaya Sharma Sripali Weerakkody Tasqeen Qadeer
Gouher Sultana

Group stage table

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Asia Cup 2008
Pos Team Pld W L NR BP Pts NRR
1   India 6 6 0 0 4 28 2.550
2   Sri Lanka 6 4 2 0 4 20 0.851
3   Pakistan 6 1 5 0 1 5 −1.707
4   Bangladesh 6 1 5 0 0 4 −1.494
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Match summary

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2 May
Scorecard
India  
250/3 (50 overs)
v
  Bangladesh
68 all out (30.2 overs)
Mithali Raj 109 * (92)
Chamely Khatun 1/23 (5 overs)
Irin Sultana 19 (50)
Seema Pujare 5/17 (8.2 overs)
  India won by 182 runs
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: MWDP de Silva and RMPJ Rambukwella
Player of the match:   Mithali Raj
  • India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2 May
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
225 /5 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
129/8 (50 overs)
Dedunu Silva 76 (101)
Almas Akram 1/33 (9 overs)
Urooj Mumtaz 33 * (67)
Suwini de Alwis 2/30 (10 overs)
  Sri Lanka won by 96 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and RD Kottahachchi
Player of the match:   Dedunu Silva
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
3 May
Scorecard
Pakistan  
134 all out (47.4 overs)
v
  Bangladesh
136/6 (45.3 overs)
Bismah Maroof 29 (53)
Tithy Sarkar 4/25 (9.4 overs)
Salma Khatun 53 * (92)
Sajjida Shah 2/19 (10 overs)
  Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: MWDP de Silva and KC Fernando
Player of the match:   Salma Khatun
  • Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
3 May
Scorecard
India  
227/8 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
198 all out (49.5 overs)
Mithali Raj 54 * (63)
Suwini de Alwis 3/36 (10 overs)
Dedunu Silva 74 (87)
Rumeli Dhar 3/28 (10 overs)
  India won by 29 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: D Ekanayake and RD Kottahachchi
Player of the match:  Mithali Raj
5 May
Scorecard
India  
275/7 (50 overs)
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  Pakistan
93/9(50 overs)
Rumeli Dhar 92 * (94)
Asmavia Iqbal 2/37 (10 overs)
Sajjida Shah 16 (30)
Gouher Sultana 3/9 (10 overs)
  India won by 182 runs
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: W Jayasena and MVD Zilva
Player of the match:  Rumeli Dhar
  • India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gouher Sultana (Ind) made her ODI debut.
5 May
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
94 all out (46 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
95/2(19.3 overs)
Shathira Jakir 25 (43)
Suwini de Alwis 3/13 (10 overs)
Chamari Polgampola 32 * (62)
Panna Ghosh 1/21 (5 overs)
  Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: MSK Nandiweera and RR Wimalasiri
Player of the match:   Chamari Polgampola
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
6 May
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
160 all out (50 overs)
v
  India
161/5(41 overs)
Salma Khatun 90 * (140)
Thirush Kamini 2/14 (5 overs)
Karu Jain 33 * (50)
Shathira Jakir 1/31 (8 overs)
  India won by 5 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: JWL Nandana and RR Wimalasiri
Player of the match:   Salma Khatun
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
6 May
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
194/9(50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
149 all out (45 overs)
Eshani Kaushalya 44(55)
Urooj Mumtaz 4/31 (10 overs)
Urooj Mumtaz 57 * (106)
Chamari Polgampola 4/26 (10 overs)
  Sri Lanka won by 45 runs
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: KK Jayaweera and MSK Nandiweera
Player of the match:   Eshani Kaushalya
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Javeria Khan (Pak) made her ODI debut.
8 May
Scorecard
Pakistan  
110 all out (44.4 overs)
v
  Bangladesh
72 all out (33.1 overs)
Asmavia Iqbal 28(52)
Tithy Sarkar 3/29 (10 overs)
Shathira Jakir 19 (49)
Javeria Khan 6/8 (8.1 overs)
  Pakistan won by 38 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and SH Sarathkumara
Player of the match:   Javeria Khan
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
8 May
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
123/9 (50 overs)
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  India
124/2 (26 overs)
Dilani Manodara 33* (97)
Seema Pujare 3/35 (10 overs)
Asha Rawat 56 * (71)
Janakanthy Mala 1/19 (5 overs)
  India won by 8 wickets
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: NS Bopage and BPJ Mendis
Player of the match:  Seema Pujare
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
9 May
Scorecard
India  
283/3 (50 overs)
v
  Pakistan
76 all out (33.3 overs)
Jaya Sharma 74 * (91)
Sana Mir 1/52(10 overs)
Javeria Khan 20 (40)
Neetu David 3/9 (7 overs)
  India won by 207 runs
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
Umpires: EJAPAM Jayasooriya and KM Kottahachchi
Player of the match:   Jaya Sharma
9 May
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
120 all out (49.3 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
123/1 (25.5 overs)
Ayesha Akhter 30 (75)
Janakanthy Mala 3/9 (10 overs)
Dedunu Silva 66 * (82)
Rumana Ahmed 1/14 (4 overs)
  Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: RD Kottahachchi and BPJ Mendis
Player of the match:   Dedunu Silva
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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11 May
Scorecard
India  
260/7 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
83 all out (35.2 overs)
Asha Rawat 97 (114)
Shashikala Siriwardene 4/53 (8 overs)
Chamari Polgampola 23 (63)
Seema Pujare 3/10 (10 overs)
  India won by 177 runs
Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala
Umpires: KK Jayaweera and RA Kottahachchi
Player of the match:   Rumeli Dhar
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Asia Cup 2008". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Women's Asia Cup 2008 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's Asia Cup 2008 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. ^ ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2022
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