# 2004 Asia Cup

The eighth edition of cricket's Asia Cup (also called Indian Oil Asia Cup) was held in Sri Lanka after a gap of 4 years. Sri Lanka beat India in the final to win the cup. The 4 test playing Asian nations participated in the tournament along with, for the first time, leading Asian associate nations, the UAE and Hong Kong.

## Squads

| Bangladesh | Hong Kong | India | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates |
| Habibul Bashar (c) Javed Omar Rajin Saleh Faisal Hossain Mohammad Ashraful Alok Kapali Mushfiqur Rahman Khaled Mahmud Khaled Mashud Mohammad Rafique Manjural Islam Rana Tapash Baisya Tareq Aziz Abdur Razzak | Rahul Sharma (c) Manoj Cheruparambil Ilyas Gul Tim Smart Tabarak Dar Alexander French Najeeb Amar Roy Lamsam Nasir Hameed Sher Lama Khalid Khan Nadeem Ahmed Afzaal Haider Graeme Jardine | Sourav Ganguly (c) Rahul Dravid (vc & wk) Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag V.V.S. Laxman Yuvraj Singh Mohammed Kaif Parthiv Patel (wk) Anil Kumble Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Lakshmipathy Balaji Irfan Pathan Ashish Nehra | Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Yousuf Youhana Imran Farhat Yasir Hameed Imran Nazir Younis Khan Moin Khan Abdul Razzaq Shoaib Malik Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Mohammad Sami Shoaib Akhtar Shabbir Ahmed Danish Kaneria | Marvan Atapattu (c) Mahela Jayawardene Sanath Jayasuriya Saman Jayantha Kumar Sangakkara Tillakaratne Dilshan Thilina Kandamby Upul Chandana Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa Muttiah Muralitharan Avishka Gunawardane Lasith Malinga Farveez Maharoof | Khurram Khan (c) Arshad Ali Abdul Rehman Ali Asad Abbas Asghar Ali Asim Saeed Fahad Usman Mohammad Tauqir Mohammad Fawad Naeemuddin Ramveer Rai Rizwan Latif Sameer Zia Syed Maqsood |

## Venues

Sri Lanka :
| Western Province | Western Province | Central Province |
| Colombo | Colombo | Dambulla |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Sinhalese Sports Club | Dambulla Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| Matches: 6 | Matches: 4 | Matches: 3 |
| RP StadiumSCC GroundRDI Stadium |||

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.567 | 12 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.400 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.979 | 0 |
* 16 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 221/9 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 105 (45.2 overs) |
| Javed Omar 68 (113) Ilyas Gull 3/46 (10 overs) | | Tabarak Dar 20 (44) Abdur Razzak 3/17 (9 overs) |
* Bangladesh won by 116 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Javed Omar (Ban)
* 17 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Pakistan 257/6 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 181 (45.2 overs) |
| Yasir Hameed 102 (123) Abdur Razzak 2/36 (10 overs) | | Javed Omar 62 (87) Shoaib Akhtar 3/30 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 76 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)
* 18 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Pakistan 343/5 (50 overs) | v | Hong Kong 165 (44.1 overs) |
| Younis Khan 144 (122) Khalid Khan 2/62 (10 overs) | | Tabarak Dar 36 (43) Shoaib Malik 4/19 (9.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 173 runs (D/L method) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)

### Group B

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.280 | 11 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.040 | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.320 | 0 |
* 16 July 2004 (scorecard)
| India 260/6 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 144 (35 overs) |
| Rahul Dravid 104 (93) Rizwan Latif 2/69 (9 overs) | | Mohammad Tauqir 55 (73) Irfan Pathan 3/28 (8 overs) |
* India won by 116 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
* 17 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Sri Lanka 239 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 123 (47.5 overs) |
| Avishka Gunawardene 73 (89) Khurram Khan 4/32 (10 overs) | | Ramveer Rai 39 (124) Upul Chandana 4/22 (9.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 116 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)
* Lasith Malinga (SL) made his ODI debut.
* 18 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Sri Lanka 282/4 (50 overs) | v | India 270/8 (50 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 58 (49) Irfan Pathan 1/49 (10 overs) | | Rahul Dravid 82 (100) Nuwan Zoysa 3/49 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 12 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)

## Super Fours

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | BP | Points |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.144 | 3 | 13 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.022 | 2 | 12 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.162 | 0 | 10 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1.190 | 1 | 1 |
* 21 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 177 (49.1 overs) | v | India 178/2 (38.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Ashraful 35 (69) Irfan Pathan 3/32 (8.1 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 82* (126) Mohammad Rafique 1/30 (7 overs) |
* India won by 8 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* 21 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Pakistan 122 (39.5 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 123/3 (32 overs) |
| Abdul Razzaq 43 (71) Nuwan Zoysa 3/29 (10 overs) | | Avishka Gunawardene 26 (78) Abdul Razzaq 2/21 (6 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)
* 23 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 190/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 191/0 (33.3 overs) |
| Mohammad Ashraful 66 (120) Chaminda Vaas 3/30 (10 overs) | | Sanath Jayasuriya 107* (101) |
* Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
* 25 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Pakistan 300/9 (50 overs) | v | India 241/8 (50 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 143 (137) Sachin Tendulkar 3/28 (5 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 78 (103) Shabbir Ahmed 2/38 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 59 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
* 27 July 2004 (scorecard)
| India 271/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 267/9 (50 overs) |
| Virender Sehwag 81 (92) Lasith Malinga 2/56 (10 overs) | | Sanath Jayasuriya 130 (132) Virender Sehwag 3/37 (9 overs) |
* India won by 4 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
* 29 July 2004 (scorecard)
| Bangladesh 166 (45.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 167/4 (41 overs) |
| Khaled Mashud 54 (94) Shabbir Ahmed 3/32 (10 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 48 (56) Abdur Razzak 1/29 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)

## Final

* 1 August 2004 (scorecard)
| Sri Lanka 228/9 (50 overs) | v | India 203/9 (50 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 65 (87) Irfan Pathan 2/33 (7 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 74 (100) Upul Chandana 3/33 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 25 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.