2014 Asia Cup

The 2014 Asia Cup (also known as Arise Asia Cup) was the twelfth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. The tournament was held in Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. Pakistan were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.[4] The tournament included the four Asian test-playing nations, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; and ICC Asian Associate member Afghanistan. This was the first 50-over tournament in which Afghanistan took part. Ten league matches were played along with the final.[5] The title sponsors of the tournament were Arise India and it was powered by Cycle Agarbathis.[6] Sri Lanka Beat Pakistan in the final to become Asia Cup champions for the fifth time.

2014 Arise Asia Cup
Logo of the 2014 Asia Cup
Dates25 February – 08 March[1]
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Bangladesh
Champions Sri Lanka (5th title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants5
Matches played11
Player of the series Lahiru Thirimanne
Most runs Lahiru Thirimanne (279)[2]
Most wickets Lasith Malinga (11)
Saeed Ajmal (11)[3]

Venues

Fatullah Dhaka
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Coordinates: 23°39′0.58″N 90°29′19.72″E Coordinates: 23°48′24.9″N 90°21′48.9″E
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 26,000

Match officials

There was one umpire from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka each. There were three umpires from Bangladesh. The two ICC Match Referees were from England and New Zealand.

Squads

 Afghanistan[7]  Bangladesh[8]  India[9][10]  Pakistan[11]  Sri Lanka[12]

Notes

  1. The squad for India had MS Dhoni as captain but he was ruled out due to injury and was replaced with Virat Kohli as captain and Dinesh Karthik as wicket-keeper.
  2. Shakib Al Hasan suffered a match ban, hence he stayed out of the first two matches against India and Afghanistan.
  3. Tamim Iqbal was ruled out due to injury from the Bangladesh squad.
  4. Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out of the Bangladesh squad due to injury after the first match against India.
  5. Sohag Gazi was ruled out of the Bangladesh squad due to injury after the second match against Afghanistan.[13]

Schedule

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Sri Lanka 4 4 0 0 0 1 17 0.773
2  Pakistan 4 3 1 0 0 1 13 0.349
3  India 4 2 2 0 0 1 9 0.450
4  Afghanistan 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 −1.278
5  Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 −0.259
Source: Cricinfo[14]

  Qualified for final

Fixtures and results

25 February 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
296/6 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
284 (48.5 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 102 (110)
Umar Gul 2/38 (8 overs)
Umar Akmal 74 (72)
Lasith Malinga 5/52 (9.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 12 runs
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
26 February 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
279/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
280/4 (49 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 117 (113)
Mohammed Shami 4/50 (10 overs)
Virat Kohli 136 (122)
Ziaur Rahman 1/20 (5 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field
27 February 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
248/8 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
176 (47.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 102* (89)
Mirwais Ashraf 2/29 (8 overs)
Noor Ali Zadran 44 (63)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/29 (9.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 72 runs
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Johan Cloete (SA)
Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Pak)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field
28 February 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
264/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
265/8 (49.2 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 94 (114)
Ajantha Mendis 4/60 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 103 (84)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/30 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
1 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
254/6 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
222 (47.5 overs)
Asghar Stanikzai 90* (103)
Arafat Sunny 2/44 (10 overs)
Mominul Haque 50 (72)
Mohammad Nabi 3/44 (9.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 32 runs
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Johan Cloete (SA)
Player of the match: Samiullah Shenwari (Afg)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field
2 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
245/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
249/9 (49.4 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 58 (62)
Saeed Ajmal 3/40 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 75 (117)
Ravichandran Ashwin 3/44 (9.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 1 wicket
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
3 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
253/6 (50 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
124 (38.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 76 (102)
Mirwais Ashraf 2/29 (8 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 37 (43)
Ajantha Mendis 3/11 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 129 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
  • As a result of this match, Sri Lanka qualified for the final.
4 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
326/3 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
329/7 (49.5 overs)
Anamul Haque 100 (132)
Saeed Ajmal 2/61 (10 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 103 (123)
Mominul Haque 2/37 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 3 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat
  • This is the highest score for Bangladesh in ODI
  • This is the highest run chased by Pakistan in ODI
  • As a result of this match, Pakistan qualified for the final.
  • As a result of this match, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and India failed to qualify for the final.
5 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
159 (45.2 overs)
v
 India
160/2 (32.2 overs)
Samiullah Shenwari 50 (73)
Ravindra Jadeja 4/30 (10 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 60 (78)
Mirwais Ashraf 1/26 (5 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field
6 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
204/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
208/7 (49 overs)
Anamul Haque 49 (86)
Ashan Priyanjan 2/11 (3 overs)
Angelo Mathews 74* (103)
Al-Amin Hossain 2/42 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (SL)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

Final

8 March 2014
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
260/5 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
261/5 (46.2 overs)
Fawad Alam 114* (134)
Lasith Malinga 5/56 (10 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 101 (108)
Saeed Ajmal 3/26 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Records and statistics

Batting

Source: Cricinfo[15]

PlayerNatMatchesRunsNOAve.SRHS100504s6s
Lahiru Thirimanne 5 279 0 55.80 79.94 102 2 0 31 2
Umar Akmal 5 253 0 84.33 110.48 102* 1 2 23 6
Kumar Sangakkara 5 248 0 49.60 96.49 103 1 2 26 2
Ahmed Shehzad 5 228 0 45.60 80.00 103 1 1 30 1
Anamul Haque 4 227 0 56.75 68.16 100 1 1 13 8

Bowling

Source: Cricinfo[16]

PlayerNatMatchesWicketsOversRunsEcon.Ave.BBI4WI5WI
Lasith Malinga 4 11 34.5 189 5.42 17.18 5/52 0 2
Saeed Ajmal 5 11 49.0 202 4.12 18.36 3/26 0 0
Ajantha Mendis 3 9 26.0 126 4.84 14.00 4/60 1 0
Ravichandran Ashwin 4 9 39.4 167 4.21 18.55 3/31 0 0
Mohammed Shami 4 9 37.2 230 6.16 25.55 4/50 1 0

Achievements

Match 1[17]

  • Lasith Malinga took his 6th five wicket haul in ODIs. It was his first five wicket haul in ODIs since January 2012.
  • Lahiru Thirimanne made his 2nd ODI ton.

Match 2

Match 3[18]

Match 4

Match 5

Match 6[19]

Match 7[20]

Match 8[21]

Match 9[22]

Match 10[23]

  • As a result of this match, Sri Lanka won 4 out of 4 league matches and Bangladesh lost 4 out 4 league matches.

Final[24]

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