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

BangladeshHong KongIndiaPakistanSri LankaUnited 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 RazzakRahul 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 JardineSourav 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 NehraInzamam-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 KaneriaMarvan 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 MaharoofKhurram 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 Sri Lanka
Western ProvinceCentral Province
ColomboDambulla
R. Premadasa StadiumSinhalese Sports ClubDambulla Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 35,000Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 30,000
Matches: 6Matches: 4Matches: 3
RP StadiumSCC GroundRDI Stadium

Group stage

Group A

TeamPWLTNRBPNRRPoints
Pakistan220002+2.56712
Bangladesh211001+0.4006
Hong Kong202000-2.9790
16 July 2004
Bangladesh 221/9 (50 overs)vHong 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 runsSinhalese 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
Pakistan 257/6 (50 overs)vBangladesh 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 runsSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Yasir Hameed (Pak)
18 July 2004
Pakistan 343/5 (50 overs)vHong 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

TeamPWLTNRBPNRRPoints
Sri Lanka220001+1.28011
India211002+1.0407
United Arab Emirates202000-2.3200
16 July 2004
India 260/6 (50 overs)vUnited 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 runsRangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
17 July 2004
Sri Lanka 239 (50 overs)vUnited 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 runsRangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Khurram Khan (UAE)
18 July 2004
Sri Lanka 282/4 (50 overs)vIndia 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 runsRangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)

Super Fours

TeamPWLTNRNRRBPPoints
Sri Lanka32100+1.144313
India32100+0.022212
Pakistan32100+0.162010
Bangladesh30300-1.19011
21 July 2004
Bangladesh 177 (49.1 overs)vIndia 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 wicketsSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
21 July 2004
Pakistan 122 (39.5 overs)vSri 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 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Nuwan Zoysa (SL)
23 July 2004
Bangladesh 190/9 (50 overs)vSri 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 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
25 July 2004
Pakistan 300/9 (50 overs)vIndia 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 runsR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
27 July 2004
India 271/6 (50 overs)vSri 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 runsR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
29 July 2004
Bangladesh 166 (45.2 overs)vPakistan 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 wicketsR Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Peter Parker (Aus) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)

Final

1 August 2004
Sri Lanka 228/9 (50 overs)vIndia 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 runsR 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.

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