Cricket at the 2014 Asian Games – Men

Men's cricket at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from 27 September to 3 October 2014. Ten men's teams took part in this tournament.[1]

Cricket at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's tournament
Administrator(s)Olympic Council of Asia
Cricket formatT20 format
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Host(s)South Korea
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up Afghanistan
Participants10
Matches11
Most wicketsBangladesh Arafat Sunny (7)
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 2010
2022 →

Squads edit

  Afghanistan   Bangladesh   China   Hong Kong
  Kuwait   Malaysia   Maldives   Nepal
  South Korea   Sri Lanka

Group stage edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Group round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Malaysia 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.065
2   South Korea 2 1 1 0 0 2 −1.753
3   China 2 0 2 0 0 0 −3.084
Source: ACC
27 September
9:30
Scorecard
South Korea  
71/8 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
72/2 (11.5 overs)
Cho Sung-hoon 19 (32)
Faruq Hakimin 3/13 (4 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 35 (32)
Cha In-ho 1/8 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry (KUW) and Liu Jingmin (CHN)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.

28 September
9:30
Scorecard
China  
56/7 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
58/1 (9 overs)
Song Yangyang 29 (46)
Faruq Hakimin 4/14 (4 overs)
Suhan Alagaratnam 32* (33)
Wang Jing 1/14 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 9 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry (KUW) and Mohammed Kamruzzaman (THA)
  • China won the toss and elected to bat.

29 September
16:00
Scorecard
South Korea  
88/5 (10 overs)
v
  China
82/7 (10 overs)
Sung Dae-sik 33 (16)
Zhong Wenyi 4/9 (2 overs)
Song Yangyang 18 (18)
Lee Hwan-hee 2/20 (2 overs)
South Korea won by 6 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Ramani Batumalai (MAS) and Mohammed Kamruzzaman (THA)
  • China won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced the match to 10 overs per side.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1     Nepal 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.544
2   Kuwait 2 0 1 0 1 2 −6.412
3   Maldives 2 0 1 0 1 0 −1.117
Source: ACC
27 September
14:00
Scorecard
Kuwait  
20 (13.2 overs)
v
    Nepal
21/1 (2.5 overs)
Tareq Beidas 4 (17)
Basanta Regmi 3/1 (1.2 overs)
Sagar Pun 9 (7)
Mahmoud Bastaki 1/8 (1 over)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Irfan Ghafoor (KOR) and Sarika Prasad (SIN)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.

28 September
14:00
Scorecard
Maldives  
53 (18.5 overs)
v
    Nepal
54/3 (14.2 overs)
Shafraz Jaleel 12 (26)
Sagar Pun 2/8 (3 overs)
Subash Khakurel 27* (39)
Hassan Ibrahim 1/10 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Ramani Batumalai (MAS) and Liu Jingmin (CHN)
  • Maldives won the toss and elected to bat.

29 September
9:30
Scorecard
Kuwait  
v
Match abandoned
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Irfan Ghafoor (KOR) and Buddhi Pradhan (NEP)
  • No toss.
  • Kuwait won by spin of coin.

Knockout stage edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
30 September
 
 
  Hong Kong130/3
 
2 October
 
  Malaysia129/7
 
  Hong Kong88/8
 
1 October
 
  Afghanistan (D/L)73/2
 
  Afghanistan119/9
 
3 October
 
    Nepal111/7
 
  Afghanistan65
 
30 September
 
  Sri Lanka133
 
  Sri Lanka172/8
 
2 October
 
  South Korea55
 
  Sri LankaNR
 
1 October
 
  Bangladesh59/3 Bronze medal match
 
  Bangladesh224/9
 
3 October
 
  Kuwait21
 
  Hong Kong135/7
 
 
  Bangladesh162/6
 

Quarterfinals edit

30 September
9:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
129/7 (20 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
130/3 (19.4 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 45 (42)
Nadeem Ahmed 3/9 (4 overs)
Nizakat Khan 63* (48)
Nazril Rahman 2/23 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 7 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Riaz Chaudhry (KUW) and Buddhi Pradhan (NEP)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

30 September
14:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
172/8 (20 overs)
v
  South Korea
55 (16.4 overs)
Dinesh Chandimal 83 (51)
Park Tae-kwan 4/16 (4 overs)
Kim Kyung-sik 12 (10)
Chaturanga de Silva 3/8 (2.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 117 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Liu Jingmin (CHN) and Mohammed Kamruzzaman (THA)
  • South Korea won the toss and elected to field.

1 October
9:30
Scorecard
Afghanistan  
119/9 (20 overs)
v
    Nepal
111/7 (20 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 42 (34)
Shakti Gauchan 3/21 (4 overs)
Binod Bhandari 48 (40)
Fareed Ahmad 4/17 (4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 8 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Ramani Batumalai (MAS) and Sarika Prasad (SIN)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

1 October
14:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
224/9 (20 overs)
v
  Kuwait
21 (13 overs)
Mohammad Mithun 59 (25)
Fahad Bastaki 3/48 (4 overs)
Mohammad Al-Otaibi 7 (8)
Arafat Sunny 4/8 (2 overs)
Bangladesh won by 203 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Irfan Ghafoor (KOR) and Buddhi Pradhan (NEP)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.

Semifinals edit

2 October
9:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
88/8 (20 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
73/2 (11.3 overs)
Roy Lamsam 17* (20)
Karim Sadiq 2/4 (2 overs)
Mohammad Shahzad 41* (28)
Nadeem Ahmed 1/8 (3 overs)
Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (D/L method)
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Mohammed Kamruzzaman (THA) and Buddhi Pradhan (NEP)
  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Afghanistan were set a revised target of 72 runs from 15 overs due to rain.

2 October
14:00
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
59/3 (11 overs)
v
Sabbir Rahman 27* (25)
Dilhara Lokuhettige 2/2 (2 overs)
No result
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Ramani Batumalai (MAS) and Sarika Prasad (SIN)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during Bangladesh's innings prevented any further play.
  • Sri Lanka won by spin of coin.

Bronze medal match edit

3 October
9:30
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
162/6 (20 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
135/7 (20 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 46 (37)
Nadeem Ahmed 3/36 (4 overs)
Mark Chapman 38 (31)
Arafat Sunny 3/22 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 27 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Ramani Batumalai (MAS) and Riaz Chaudhry (KUW)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Final edit

3 October
14:00
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  
133 (19.1 overs)
v
  Afghanistan
65 (17.4 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 57 (37)
Mohammad Nabi 4/18 (3.1 overs)
Najeeb Tarakai 17 (16)
Jeevan Mendis 3/13 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 68 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (NEP) and Sarika Prasad (SIN)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Final standing edit

Rank Team Pld W L T NR
    Sri Lanka 3 2 0 0 1
    Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 0
    Bangladesh 3 2 0 0 1
4   Hong Kong 3 1 2 0 0
5   Kuwait 3 0 2 0 1
5   Malaysia 3 2 1 0 0
5     Nepal 3 2 1 0 0
5   South Korea 3 1 2 0 0
9   China 2 0 2 0 0
9   Maldives 2 0 1 0 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Games Men's Competition, 2014/15 - Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

External links edit