The 2012 Asia Cup Final was the final of the 2012 Asia Cup, a One day International cricket tournament, and was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh on 22 March 2012 in Dhaka. Pakistan stunned Bangladesh in the last ball thriller to achieve their second Asia Cup title after 2000.
Background The 2012 Asia Cup started on 11 March 2012 and was hosted by Bangladesh. All matches were played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Four full member national teams played each other in Round-robin format. Pakistan reached the final by defeating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while Bangladesh reached the final defeating India and Sri Lanka.
Road to Final
OpponentResultMatchesOpponentResultWonMatch 1LostWonMatch 2WonLostMatch 3WonSuper Four Table Pos Team 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 – 780 (139.5) 759 (147.5) 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 1 746 (136.3) 762 (140) 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 923 (147.5) 876 (149.2) 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 – 653 (140) 705 (127)
Match officials and result On-field umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng) Third umpire: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Reserve umpire: Masudur Rahman (Ban) Match referee: David Boon (Aus) Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
Scorecard 1st innings
Fall of wickets: 1/16 (Jamshed, 4.2 overs), 2/19 (Younis, 5.2 overs), 3/55 (Mishbah, 15.2 overs), 4/70 (Hafeez, 21.2 overs), 5/129 (Azam, 33.3 overs), 6/133 (Umar, 34.5 overs), 7/178 (Afridi, 41.3 overs), 8/199 (Gul, 44.3 overs), 9/206 (Ajmal 45.6 overs)
2nd innings
Fall of wickets: 1/68 (Nazimuddin, 16.4 overs), 2/68 (Jahurul, 17.5 overs), 3/81 (Tamim, 23.1 overs), 4/170 (Nasir, 42.3 overs), 5/179 (Shakib, 43.4 overs), 6/190 (Rahim, 45.1 overs), 7/218 (Mortaza, 47.4 overs), 8/233 (Razzak, 49.5)
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo