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Jayasuriya, Mendis emerge on top

July 07, 2008 15:20 IST

Sanath Jayasuriya's [ Images ] blazing knock of 125 saw Sri Lanka [ Images ] register a comprehensive 100-run victory over India [ Images ] in the final of the Asia Cup in Karachi on Sunday.

Jayasuriya's second century of the tournament also saw him finish as the highest scorer in the tournament with a tally of 378 in five matches at an average of 75.60. India's Suresh Raina [ Images ] finished a close second, with 372 runs in six matches at 74.40.

Sri Lanka's latest spin sensation Ajantha Mendis [ Images ], who claimed a mesmerising six-wicket in the final, emerged as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 17 wickets in five matches at an average of 8.52. His senior spin partner Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ], finished with 11 wickets in five matches.

Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the tournament.

(Batting Averages)

Sri Lanka
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0
ST Jayasuriya 5 5 0 378 130 75.60 126.00 2 1 0
KC Sangakkara 6 6 0 345 121 57.50 99.14 3 0 1
CK Kapugedera 6 6 0 209 75 34.83 92.48 0 2 0
DPMD Jayawardena 6 6 0 177 61 29.50 85.51 0 2 0
TM Dilshan 6 6 0 134 56 22.33 84.28 0 1 0
LPC Silva 6 6 0 126 50 21.00 82.35 0 1 1
N Kulasekara [ Images ] 6 6 4 92 37 46.00 91.09 0 0 0
MTT Mirando 5 5 0 76 28 15.20 115.15 0 0 0
ML Udawatte 1 1 0 67 67 67.00 90.54 0 1 0
K Weeraratne 2 2 0 63 40 31.50 87.50 0 0 0
BAW Mendis 5 4 3 46 15* 46.00 158.62 0 0 0
WPUJC Vaas 4 4 1 43 19 14.33 60.56 0 0 0
M Muralitharan 5 3 1 8 5 4.00 114.29 0 0 0
CRD Fernando 3 2 2 0 0* - - 0 0 0

India
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100s 50s 0s
SK Raina 6 6 1 372 116* 74.40 110.39 2 2 0
V Sehwag 5 5 0 348 119 69.60 143.80 1 2 0
MS Dhoni [ Images ] 6 5 2 327 109* 109.00 91.34 1 2 0
G Gambhir 6 6 0 259 90 43.17 101.17 0 3 0
Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] 5 5 2 157 48 52.33 106.80 0 0 1
RG Sharma 6 6 2 116 58 29.00 72.50 0 1 0
IK Pathan 3 2 1 40 38* 40.00 129.03 0 0 0
RV Uthappa 3 3 1 37 20 18.50 60.66 0 0 0
I Sharma 5 1 0 8 8 8.00 44.44 0 0 0
PP Ojha 3 1 1 6 6* - 35.29 0 0 0
P Kumar 4 1 1 1 1* - 100.00 0 0 0
RP Singh [ Images ] 5 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 0 0 1
YK Pathan 4 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 0 0 1
M Gony 2 0 0 0 DNB - - 0 0 0
P Chawla 3 0 0 0 DNB - - 0 0 0

Pakistan
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0
Younis Khan [ Images ] 5 4 1 296 123* 98.67 98.01 1 2 0
Shoaib Malik [ Images ] 4 3 1 212 125* 106.00 92.17 1 1 0
Misbah-ul-Haq 5 4 2 179 76 89.50 107.83 0 2 0
Salman Butt [ Images ] 5 5 1 127 56* 31.75 78.88 0 1 2
Nasir Jamshed 2 2 2 105 53* - 106.06 0 2 0
Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ] 5 4 0 98 30 24.50 98.00 0 0 0
Sohail Tanvir [ Images ] 5 3 2 71 59 71.00 105.97 0 1 0
Fawad Alam [ Images ] 2 1 1 63 63* - 81.82 0 1 0
Sarfraz Ahmed 5 2 0 26 19 13.00 56.52 0 0 0
Shahid Afridi [ Images ] 4 3 0 13 9 4.33 86.67 0 0 1
Iftikhar Anjum 5 2 1 10 7 10.00 142.86 0 0 0
Umar Gul 2 1 0 8 8 8.00 88.89 0 0 0
Mansoor Amjad 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 50.00 0 0 0
Wahab Riaz 1 1 1 1 1* - 20.00 0 0 0
Abdur Rauf 2 0 0 0 DNB - - 0 0 0
Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] 2 0 0 0 DNB - - 0 0 0

Bangladesh
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100s 50s 0s
Raqibul Hasan 5 5 0 195 83 39.00 89.45 0 2 1
Alok Kapali 5 5 0 172 115 34.40 98.29 1 0 0
Mohammad Ashraful [ Images ] 5 5 0 165 109 33.00 82.09 1 0 0
Tamim Iqbal 5 5 0 157 55 31.40 68.56 0 1 0
Mushfiqur Rahim 5 5 0 105 44 21.00 70.95 0 0 0
Nazimuddin 5 5 0 59 47 11.80 67.82 0 0 0
Mahmudullah 5 5 2 57 26* 19.00 45.97 0 0 0
Mashrafe Mortaza [ Images ] 5 4 1 40 34* 13.33 57.14 0 0 0
Abdur Razzak 5 3 1 38 22* 19.00 73.08 0 0 0
Dolar Mahmud 2 1 0 20 20 20.00 222.22 0 0 0
Farhad Reza 3 3 1 8 5 4.00 17.39 0 0 0
Shahadat Hossain 5 2 2 0 0* - 0.00 0 0 0

UAE
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0
Amjad Javed 2 2 0 87 77 43.50 97.75 0 1 0
Khuram Khan 2 2 0 80 78 40.00 90.91 0 1 0
Arshad Ali 2 2 0 47 41 23.50 52.81 0 0 0
Saqib Ali 2 2 0 29 19 14.50 54.72 0 0 0
Mohammad Tauqir 2 2 0 27 18 13.50 75.00 0 0 0
Amjad Ali 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 105.56 0 0 0
IPP Batuwitarachchi 2 2 0 14 14 7.00 29.17 0 0 1
Zahid Shah 2 2 2 11 6* - 55.00 0 0 0
V Shetty 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 41.18 0 0 0
EHSN Silva 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 53.85 0 0 0
N Fernandes 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 38.46 0 0 0
Alawi Shukri 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 33.33 0 0 0
Fahad Alhashmi 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 2
Aman Ali 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 1

Hong Kong
Batsman Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100s 50s 0s
Tabarak Dar 2 2 0 45 24 22.50 51.14 0 0 0
JJ Atkinson 2 2 0 41 23 20.50 53.95 0 0 0
Najeeb Aamer 2 2 1 34 21 34.00 82.93 0 0 0
Zain Abbas 1 1 1 26 26* - 48.15 0 0 0
Irfan Ahmed 2 2 0 25 25 12.50 56.82 0 0 1
Munir Dar 2 2 0 18 14 9.00 112.50 0 0 0
JPR Lamsam 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 53.33 0 0 0
KH Butt 2 2 0 8 4 4.00 28.57 0 0 0
Skhawat Ali 2 2 0 8 8 4.00 34.78 0 0 1
CK Kruger 2 2 0 3 3 1.50 15.00 0 0 1
Nadeem Ahmed 2 2 0 2 2 1.00 13.33 0 0 1
Afzaal Haider 2 2 1 0 0* 0.00 0.00 0 0 1

(Bowling Averages)

Sri Lanka
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
BAW Mendis 5 252 3 145 17 6-13 2 8.53 14.82 3.45
M Muralitharan 5 288 1 184 11 5-31 1 16.73 26.18 3.83
WPUJC Vaas 4 180 2 136 5 2-55 0 27.20 36.00 4.53
N Kulasekara 6 260 4 216 5 2-35 0 43.20 52.00 4.98
MTT Mirando 5 210 0 220 3 2-22 0 73.33 70.00 6.29
ST Jayasuriya 5 72 0 62 2 1-21 0 31.00 36.00 5.17
CRD Fernando 3 144 0 145 2 1-40 0 72.50 72.00 6.04
LPC Silva 6 24 1 21 1 1-21 0 21.00 24.00 5.25
TM Dilshan 6 54 2 24 1 1-14 0 24.00 54.00 2.67
CK Kapugedera 6 30 0 25 0 0-25 0 - - 5.00
K Weeraratne 2 54 1 59 0 0-23 0 - - 6.56

India
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
RP Singh 5 258 5 239 7 3-67 0 34.14 36.86 5.56
P Chawla 3 150 2 128 6 4-23 0 21.33 25.00 5.12
I Sharma 5 300 2 287 6 3-52 0 47.83 50.00 5.74
V Sehwag 5 113 0 91 3 2-5 0 30.33 37.67 4.83
PP Ojha 3 180 1 136 3 2-43 0 45.33 60.00 4.53
IK Pathan 3 179 1 215 3 2-67 0 71.67 59.67 7.21
M Gony 2 78 1 76 2 2-65 0 38.00 39.00 5.85
YK Pathan 4 198 0 162 2 1-37 0 81.00 99.00 4.91
P Kumar 4 177 1 174 1 1-36 0 174.00 177.00 5.90
RG Sharma 6 24 0 15 0 0-4 0 - - 3.75
Yuvraj Singh 5 36 0 37 0 0-13 0 - - 6.17

Pakistan
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
Sohail Tanvir 5 252 2 241 10 5-48 1 24.10 25.20 5.74
Iftikhar Anjum 5 262 8 210 9 3-51 0 23.33 29.11 4.81
Abdur Rauf 2 108 1 90 5 3-24 0 18.00 21.60 5.00
Saeed Ajmal 2 110 0 66 3 2-19 0 22.00 36.67 3.60
Shahid Afridi 4 228 0 201 3 2-31 0 67.00 76.00 5.29
Younis Khan 5 31 0 34 1 1-3 0 34.00 31.00 6.58
Mansoor Amjad 1 48 1 44 1 1-44 0 44.00 48.00 5.50
Wahab Riaz 1 54 0 52 1 1-52 0 52.00 54.00 5.78
Fawad Alam 2 56 0 72 1 1-8 0 72.00 56.00 7.71
Shoaib Malik 4 108 0 82 1 1-17 0 82.00 108.00 4.56
Umar Gul 2 44 1 25 0 0-6 0 - - 3.41
Salman Butt 5 6 0 13 0 0-13 0 - - 13.00

Bangladesh
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
Abdur Razzak 5 278 2 247 7 3-20 0 35.29 39.71 5.33
Shahadat Hossain 5 209 2 232 6 2-60 0 38.67 34.83 6.66
Alok Kapali 5 166 0 165 5 2-27 0 33.00 33.20 5.96
M Mortaza 5 234 1 242 4 2-53 0 60.50 58.50 6.21
Farhad Reza 3 94 1 94 3 2-51 0 31.33 31.33 6.00
Mahmudullah 5 216 0 193 3 2-38 0 64.33 72.00 5.36
Dolar Mahmud 2 55 0 96 1 1-47 0 96.00 55.00 10.47

UAE
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
Zahid Shah 2 120 1 98 6 3-49 0 16.33 20.00 4.90
Mohd Tauqir 2 78 0 53 2 2-47 0 26.50 39.00 4.08
Fahad Alhashmi 2 60 1 60 2 2-39 0 30.00 30.00 6.00
Khuram Khan 2 120 0 133 2 2-78 0 66.50 60.00 6.65
Saqib Ali 2 60 0 57 1 1-44 0 57.00 60.00 5.70
EHSN Silva 1 42 0 33 0 0-33 0 - - 4.71
Arshad Ali 2 96 0 100 0 0-26 0 - - 6.25
Aman Ali 1 12 0 22 0 0-22 0 - - 11.00
Amjad Javed 2 12 0 24 0 0-24 0 - - 12.00

Hong Kong
Bowler Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Avg SR Econ
N Ahmed 2 102 1 103 4 4-51 0 25.75 25.50 6.06
Najeeb Aamer 2 120 0 75 2 2-40 0 37.50 60.00 3.75
Irfan Ahmed 2 96 0 112 2 2-59 0 56.00 48.00 7.00
Afzaal Haider 2 78 0 123 2 1-51 0 61.50 39.00 9.46
Zain Abbas 1 36 0 56 1 1-56 0 56.00 36.00 9.33
Munir Dar 2 108 1 89 0 0-34 0 - - 4.94
Skhawat Ali 2 48 0 68 0 0-68 0 - - 8.50
JPR Lamsam 1 12 0 27 0 0-27 0 - - 13.50