Women's Asia Cup

For other uses, see Asia cup (disambiguation).
ACC Women's Asia Cup
Administrator Asian Cricket Council
Format One Day International and Twenty20 International
Tournament format Round-robin tournament
Number of teams ACC member nations
Current champion  India (6th Title)
Most successful  India (6 Titles)

The ACC Women's Asia Cup is an international One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia.[1] It has been played six times to date.

List of ACC Women's Asia Cup

One-Day Internationals

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.[2]

2005-2006

Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.[3] Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament.[4] India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.[5]

2006-2007

The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006.[6] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.[7]

2008

The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Sri Lanka in May 2008. India again won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 177 runs in the final.[8]

Twenty20 cricket

2012

The fifth Women's Asia Cup Tournament was played in Guanggong Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou, China from 24–31 October 2012. India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the final [9][10]

2016

The sixth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Thailand, from 27 November to 4 December 2016. India beat Pakistan by 17 runs in the final, becoming champion for the 6th time consecutively.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Why is the cricket Women's Asia Cup such an important tournament for India?".
  2. ↑ [ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive
  3. ↑ [ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive
  4. ↑ [ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
  5. ↑ [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive
  6. ↑ [ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive]
  7. ↑ [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive
  8. ↑ [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo
  9. ↑ Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final
  10. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/584929.html Missing or empty |title= (help)
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