2012 Asia Cup Final
# 2012 Asia Cup Final

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

| Pakistan | Pakistan | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Matches | Opponent | Result |
| Bangladesh | Won | Match 1 | Pakistan | Lost |
| Sri Lanka | Won | Match 2 | India | Won |
| India | Lost | Match 3 | Sri Lanka | Won |
| Super Four Table |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | HTH | NRR | For | Against |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – | 0.4439 | 780 (139.5) | 759 (147.5) |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.0223 | 746 (136.3) | 762 (140) |
| 3 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.3774 | 923 (147.5) | 876 (149.2) |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -0.8869 | 653 (140) | 705 (127) |

## Match officials and result

* On-field umpires: Ian Gould ( England) and Steve Davis ( Australia)
* Third umpire: S. Ravi ( India)
* Reserve umpire: Masudur Rahman ( Bangladesh)
* Match referee: David Boon ( Australia)
* Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Man of the match: Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan)
* Result: Pakistan won by 2 runs

## Scorecard

### 1st innings

Pakistan batting :

| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Nazmul b Razzak | 40 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 45.97 |
| Nasir Jamshed | c Mahmudullah b Mortaza | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 |
| Younis Khan | lbw b Nazmul | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | run out (Nasir Hossain) | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 56.52 |
| Umar Akmal | c ( Rahim b Mahmudullah | 30 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 |
| Hammad Azam | c & b Shakib | 30 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 81.08 |
| Shahid Afridi | c Nasir b Shakib | 32 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 145.45 |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | not out | 46 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 88.46 |
| Umar Gul | c Shakib b Mortaza | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| Saeed Ajmal | b Razzak | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Aizaz Cheema | not out | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 |
| Total | 50 overs | 236 | 300 | 19 | 3 | 4.72(run rate) |

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)

Bangladesh bowling :

| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 4.80 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Nazmul Hossain | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4.50 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Abdur Razzak | 10 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Shahadat Hossain | 9 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 7.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Mahmudullah | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.66 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |

### 2nd innings

Bangladesh batting :

| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamim Iqbal | c Younis b Gul | 60 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 88.23 |
| Nazimuddin | c Younis b Afridi | 16 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 30.76 |
| Jahurul Islam | c Younis b Ajmal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nasir Hossain | c Misbah b Gul | 28 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | b Aizaz | 68 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 94.44 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | c Jamshed b Aizaz | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 |
| Mahmudullah | not out | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 106.25 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | c Jamshed b Ajmal | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Abdur Razzak | b Aizaz | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Shahadat Hossain | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nazmul Hossain | Did not bat | | | | | |
| Total | 50 overs | 234 | 300 | 20 | 1 | 4.68 (Run Rate) |

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)

Pakistan bowling :

| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Umar Gul | 10 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 6.50 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Saeed Ajmal | 10 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Aizaz Cheema | 7 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 6.57 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
| Hammad Azam | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | {{{wides}}} | {{{no-balls}}} |
