2008 Asian Cup Cricket Tournament on ESPN
Pakistan will host 2008 Asia Cup Cricket Match Tournament to be played on 24 June 2008 through 6 July 2008. Six Cricket playing nations from Asia like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, India, Hong Kong and Pakistan will play for the 2008 Asia Cup Cricket trophy. ESPN has secured the broadcast rights of the 2008 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament exclusively in the U.S. ESPN360.com will provide live coverage of the tournament and replay of the matches. ESPN owned Cricinfo.com, which offers live coverage of international and domestic cricket with more than 20 million users will provide news, scores and analysis and extensive highlights of the tournament.
2008 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament Groupings
Group A
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
United Arab Emirates
Group B
India
Hong Kong
Pakistan
Schedule for the 2008 Asia Cup Cricket Tournament
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
1st Match – D/N – Group A
Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
2nd Match – D/N – Group B
Pakistan v Hong Kong at National Stadium, Karachi
Wednesday, 25 June, 2008
3rd Match – D/N – Group A
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
4th Match – D/N – Group B
Hong Kong v India at National Stadium, Karachi
Thursday, 26 June, 2008
5th Match – D/N – Group A
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
6th Match – D/N – Group B
India v Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi
2nd Round Matches
Saturday, 28 June, 2008
7th Match – D/N
A2 v B2 at National Stadium, Karachi
Sunday, 29 June, 2008
8th Match – D/N
A1 v B1 at National Stadium, Karachi
Monday, 30 June, 2008
9th Match – D/N
A1 v A2 at National Stadium, Karachi
Wednesday, 2 July, 2008
10th Match – D/N
B1 v B2 at National Stadium, Karachi
Thursday, 3 July, 2008
11th Match – D/N
A1 v B2 at National Stadium, Karachi
Friday, 4 July, 2008
12th Match – D/N
A2 v B1 at National Stadium, Karachi
Sunday, 6 July, 2008
13th Match – D/N
Final at National Stadium, Karachi
ESPN360.com broadband sports network of ESPN will cover all the 13 matches played in 2008 Asia Cup tournament starting at 7 AM ET. Damon Phillips, vice president and general manager, ESPN360.com said “ESPN360.com is uniquely suited to serve the fans of ‘passion sports’ such as cricket, with growing and extremely devoted followers in the U.S.,The Asia Cup is one of the world’s premiere cricket events, and is a fantastic addition to a programming lineup that already includes international soccer like Euro2008, the NBA and Euroleague basketball, golf and tennis majors, college football and basketball, international rugby and much more.”
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