Asia Cup 2004

The Asia Cup 2004 was the 8th edition of the cricket competition for Asian national teams, which is held in ODI format . In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against India with 25 runs.

Attendees

The participants were host Sri Lanka, the remaining three nations with test status , as well as Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh Hong Kong India Pakistan Sri Lanka Ver. Arab. Emirates

format

In a group phase, the teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. Within the groups, each team played against each other. The winner of a game got 2 points, for a tie or no result there is 1 point. The first two of the group then play the Super 4 in one group. Again, each team played against each other. The two group winners of the preliminary round received two bonus points. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played the tournament winner there.

Stages

Dambulla Colombo (PSS) Colombo (SSC)

Venues of the Asia Cup

The following stadium was designated for the tournament.

Stadion	city	capacity
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS)	Colombo	15,000
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Dambulla	16,800

Preliminary round

Group A

table

	Sp.	S.	N	R.	BP	Points	NRR
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	2	12	+2,567
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	1	6th	+0.400
Hong Kong	2	0	2	0	0	0	-2,979

Games

July 16 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Bangladesh 221-9 (50)	-	Hong Kong 105 (45.2)
		Bangladesh wins with 116 runs

July 17th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Bangladesh 181 (45.2)	-	Pakistan 256-6 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 76 runs

July 18 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Hong Kong 165 (44.1 / 47)	-	Pakistan 343-5 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 173 runs ( D / L method )

Group B

table

	Sp.	S.	N	R.	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	1	11	+1,280
India	2	1	1	0	2	7th	+1,040
Ver. Arab. Emirates	2	0	2	0	0	0	-2,320

Games

July 16 scorecard	Dambulla	India 260-6 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 144 (35)
		India wins with 116 runs

July 17th scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 239 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 123 (47.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 116 runs

July 18 scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 282-4 (50)	-	India 270-8 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 12 runs

Super 4

table

	Sp.	S.	N	R.	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	3	13	+1,144
India	3	2	1	0	2	12	+0.022
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	10	+0.162
Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	1	1	-1,190

Games

July 21 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Bangladesh 177 (49.1)	-	India 178-2 (38.3)
		India wins with 8 wickets

July 21 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 123-3 (32)	-	Pakistan 122 (39.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

July 23 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 191-0 (33.3)	-	Bangladesh 190-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 10 wickets

July 25th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	India 241-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 300-9 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 59 runs

July 27th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 267-9 (50)	-	India 271-6 (50)
		India wins with 4 runs

July 29 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Bangladesh 166 (45.2)	-	Pakistan 167-4 (41)
		Pakistan wins with 6 wickets

final

August 1st scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 228-9 (50)	-	India 203-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 25 runs

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com