With the ninth edition of the Asia Cup set to begin on June 24, Cricinfo takes a look at a few numbers from earlier tournaments.
3 - Five-fors in 52 matches played in the Asia Cup. Two Pakistanis and two offspinners among the three: Aaqib Javed, Arshad Ayub and Saqlain Mushtaq. 6 - Wins for Sri Lanka against Pakistan in the tournament. They've lost to them three times. India have won twice against Pakistan and lost thrice. 21 - Matches won by Sri Lanka, out of 30. Their win-loss ratio of 2.33 is the best in the tournament, followed by Pakistan's 1.75 (14 wins, 8 losses). India are third with a ratio of 1.50 (15 wins, 10 losses). 21.67 - Mahela Jayawardene's batting average in Asia Cups. In eight innings he has only managed one half-century. 25 - The players among the 90 participating this year who featured in the 2004 Asia Cup. All six teams - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates - also played in 2004. Of the 25, Sri Lanka have seven, Hong Kong five, Pakistan four, while India, Bangladesh and UAE have just three players from the previous tournament. 35 - Matches won by the teams winning the toss, with 16 losses. 78.40 - Mohammad Yousuf's batting average in the Asia Cup, with 392 runs in eight innings. 100.31 - Shoaib Malik's strike-rate in the Asia Cup. He averages 63.20, with two centuries in five innings.316 - Malik's run-tally in the 2004 Asia Cup, the most for a batsman in one edition of the tournament.
