2008 Asian Cup Cricket Tournament on ESPN in the U.S.

ESPN360.com to Provide Exclusive Live Coverage of 2008 Asian Cup Cricket Tournament

Pakistan will be hosting its first Asia Cup Cricket Match Tournament to be played on 24 June 2008 through 6 July 2008. Six Cricket playing nations from Asia will play for the 2008 Asia Cup Cricket trophy. Strong Cricket teams from Asia like India, Srilanka and Pakistan are expected to clinch the trophy and other teams will play for the pride.
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 Euro league basketball, golf and tennis majors, college football and basketball, international rugby and much more.”

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