Women's Asia Cup

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The Women's Asia Cup is a cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia. It has been played three times to date.

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[edit] 2004

The first Women's Asia Cup was played in Sri Lanka in April 2004. Only two teams took part, India and Sri Lanka, and they played a five match One-Day International series against each other. India won all five matches and won the first Women's Asia Cup.[1]

[edit] 2005/06

Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.[2] Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament, but lost all four of their matches.[3] India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.[4]

[edit] 2006

The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006.[5] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event, with Pakistan losing all four of their games[6] and India beating Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.[7]

[edit] 2008

The 2008 tournament will be played in Sri Lanka Fixtures

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  2. ^ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  3. ^ Points table for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  4. ^ Scorecard of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive
  5. ^ 2006 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive]
  6. ^ Points table for 2006 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  7. ^ Scorecard of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive