Cricket at the 2014 Asian Games

Cricket at the 2014 Asian Games

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council, Olympic Council of Asia
Cricket format	Twenty20
Host(s)	Incheon, South Korea
Participants	10 (men) 10 (women)
Matches played	28
Official website	ACC Website

Cricket was one of the 36 sports at 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea from 20 September – 3 October 2014. Both Men's and Women's tournaments were held in the event. Top Asian associate members and full members took part at the 2014 Asian Games. The matches were played under Twenty20 format.

In the men's event, Sri Lanka won the Gold medal by defeating Afghanistan by 68 runs while Afghanistan won the Silver medal. Bangladesh won the Bronze medal by defeating Hong Kong in the play-off for third place.

In the women's event, Pakistan won the Gold medal by defeating Bangladesh by 4 runs in a rain-reduced match while Bangladesh won the Silver medal. Sri Lanka won the Bronze medal by defeating China in the play-off for third place.

Medal table

South Korea women's team against China

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sri Lanka (SRI)	1	0	1	2
2	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	0	1
3	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	1	1	2
4	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	1	0	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Sri Lanka (SRI) Ashan Priyanjan Jeevan Mendis Kosala Kulasekara Asela Gunaratne Dinesh Chandimal Shehan Jayasuriya Dilhara Lokuhettige Kithuruwan Vithanage Upul Tharanga Chaturanga de Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Alankara Asanka Silva Ramith Rambukwella Isuru Udana Chathuranga Kumara	Afghanistan (AFG) Hamza Hotak Nasim Baras Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Mujtaba Gulbadin Naib Fazal Rahman Samiullah Shenwari Qasim Khan Fareed Ahmad Hameed Hassan Mohammad Shahzad Najib Taraki Abdullah Adil Abdullah Mazari Karim Sadiq	Bangladesh (BAN) Sabbir Rahman Mashrafe Mortaza Taskin Ahmed Arafat Sunny Mithun Ali Shuvagata Hom Ziaur Rahman Tamim Iqbal Mahmudullah Riyad Rubel Hossain Imrul Kayes Shamsur Rahman Anamul Haque Nasir Hossain Shakib Al Hasan
Women	Pakistan (PAK) Bismah Maroof Sana Mir Javeria Khan Nida Dar Qanita Jalil Nain Abidi Asmavia Iqbal Sidra Nawaz Kainat Imtiaz Marina Iqbal Sumaiya Siddiqi Sania Khan Aliya Riaz Anam Amin Sadia Yousuf	Bangladesh (BAN) Rumana Ahmed Salma Khatun Panna Ghosh Shohely Akhter Shaila Sharmin Fahima Khatun Sanjida Islam Lata Mondal Nuzhat Tasnia Shahanaz Parvin Jahanara Alam Khadija Tul Kubra Ayasha Rahman Sharmin Akhter Farzana Hoque	Sri Lanka (SRI) Eshani Lokusuriyage Dilani Manodara Sripali Weerakkody Anushka Sanjeewani Shashikala Siriwardene Inoka Ranaweera Chamari Atapattu Yashoda Mendis Chandima Gunaratne Nilakshi de Silva Lasanthi Madushani Maduri Samuddika Inoshi Priyadharshani Udeshika Prabodhani Chamari Polgampola

Draw

Men

The two Test teams (Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) and two ODI teams (Afghanistan and Hong Kong) were seeded and went directly to the knock-out stage.

Group A

• Malaysia
• China
• South Korea

Group B

• Nepal
• Maldives
• Kuwait

Quarterfinals

• Bangladesh vs. 2nd Group B
• Sri Lanka vs. 2nd Group A
• Afghanistan vs. 1st Group B
• Hong Kong vs. 1st Group A

Women

The two Test teams (Pakistan and Sri Lanka), a ODI team Bangladesh, and Japan (who won the Bronze medal in the 2010 Asian Games) were seeded and went directly to the knock-out stage.

Group C

• Thailand*
• Hong Kong
• South Korea

Group D

• China*
• Nepal
• Malaysia

* China replaced Thailand in Group C.

Quarterfinals

• Bangladesh vs. 2nd Group D
• Sri Lanka vs. 2nd Group C
• Pakistan vs. 1st Group D
• Japan vs. 1st Group C

Final standing

Men

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

Women

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	NR
	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	0
	Bangladesh	3	2	0	1	0
	Sri Lanka	3	2	0	1	0
4	China	5	3	0	2	0
5	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	0
5	Japan	1	0	0	1	0
5	Nepal	3	1	0	2	0
5	Thailand	3	2	0	1	0
9	Malaysia	2	0	0	2	0
9	South Korea	2	0	0	2	0