The 2004 Women's One-Day Internationals Asia Cup is the inaugural edition[3] of the Asian Cricket Council Women's One Day International cricket tournament. The two teams which took part in the tournament were India and Sri Lanka. It was held between 17 April and 29 April 2004, in Sri Lanka. The matches were played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and Kandy Cricket Club. India won the inaugural edition against Sri Lanka 5–0.[4]

Women's One Day International Asia Cup
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants2
Matches5
Player of the seriesIndia Anjum Chopra
Most runsIndia Anju Jain (231)[1]
Most wicketsIndia Mamatha Maben (10)[2]

Squads

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Squads[5]
  India   Sri Lanka
Mamatha Maben (c) Thanuga Ekanayake (c) & (wk)
Anju Jain (wk) Inoka Galagedara
Jaya Sharma Randika Galhenage
Anjum Chopra Indika Kankanange
Mithali Raj Chamani Seneviratne
Arundhati Kirkire Hiruka Fernando
Jhulan Goswami Shashikala Siriwardene
Neetu David Rose Fernando
Deepa Marathe Thalika Gunaratne
Nooshin Al Khadeer Dona Indralatha
Amita Sharma Gayathri Kariyawasam
Hemlata Kala Dedunu Silva
Sunetra Paranjpe Janakanthy Mala
Karu Jain Sandamali Dolawatte
Diana David Kodupulle Indrani
Chamari Polgampola

Match summary

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17 April
Scorecard
India  
217/4 (45 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
94/9 (45 overs)
Anju Jain 90 (115)
Hiruka Fernando 2/16 (9 overs)
Hiruka Fernando 31* (80)
Deepa Marathe 2/13 (8 overs)
India won by 123 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: KK Jayaweera and T Junkeer
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
19 April
Scorecard
India  
189/5 (50overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
84 (44.3 overs)
Mithali Raj 48* (61)
Hiruka Fernando 2/47 (9 overs)
Chamani Seneviratne 16 (67)
Arundhati Kirkire 3/13 (4 overs)
India won by 105 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: SSK Gallage and S Gunaratne
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
21 April
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
89 (39.3 overs)
v
  India
90/4 (24.4 overs)
Hiruka Fernando 24 (64)
Nooshin Al Khadeer 4/15 (8.3 overs)
Anjum Chopra 22* (55)
Janakanthy Mala 2/19 (7 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: RSSK Perera and WCC Rodrigo
25 April
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
66 (28.2 overs)
v
  India
69/0 (17.2 overs)
Shashikala Siriwardene 28 (53)
Mamatha Maben 6/10 (6.2 overs)
Anju Jain 36* (57)
Janakanthy Mala 0/10 (6.2 overs)
India won by 10 wickets
Kandy Cricket Club
Umpires: W Gunawansa and BPJ Mendis
29 April
Scorecard
India  
178/5 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
84 (45.2 overs)
Anju Jain 64 (86)
Shashikala Siriwardene 2/34 (10 overs)
Hiruka Fernando 26(66)
Deepa Marathe 3/3 (10 overs)
India won by 94 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: MWDP de Silva and MSK Nandiweera
Player of the match: Anju Jain (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's Asia cup cricket from May two". sundaytimes.lk. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Asia Cup, 2004 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ^ ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2021
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