- Women's Asia Cup
The Women's Asia Cup is a
cricket tournament contested bywomen's cricket teams fromAsia . It has been played three times to date.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. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/SL/2003-04_SL_Womens_Asia_Cup_2003-04.html 2004 Women's Asia Cup] atCricket Archive ]2005/06
Karachi ,Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/PAK/2005-06_PAK_Womens_Asia_Cup_2005-06.html 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive] Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament, but lost all four of their matches. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/Womens_Asia_Cup_2005-06.html Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive] India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/84/84580.html Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women,4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive]2006
The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in
Jaipur ,India in December 2006. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/IND/2006-07_IND_Womens_Asia_Cup_2006-07.html 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive] ] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event, with Pakistan losing all four of their games [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/Womens_Asia_Cup_2006-07.html Points table] for 2006 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive] and India beating Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/109/109886.html Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match,21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive]2008
The 2008 tournament will be played in Sri Lanka [http://rubaisport.com/cricket/matches.php?competition=15051 Fixtures]
ee also
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Asia Cup - the equivalent men's eventReferences
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