Cricket made its debut at the 16th Asian Games 2010 at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou, ChinaChina catches cricket bug ahead of Asian Games debut BBC 13 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010. where it was one of 42 sports competed in. The matches were played in Twenty20 format.
Both men's and women's tournaments were conducted. In the men's event, host nation China were joined by three of the four ICC Full Members in Asia: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well as Afghanistan who played in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Due to other international commitments, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan fielded understrength men's teams whilst India did not participate. Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan in the final event to win the gold medal while the latter won the silver. The bronze went to Pakistan after they beat Sri Lanka in the third-place match.
In the women's event, China played women's Full Member Pakistan. India and Sri Lanka did not participate. Pakistan won the gold medal in the women's event, while Bangladesh gained a silver. Japan defeated China in the bronze medal match.
Schedule PPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinals Event↓/Date → 13thSat 14thSun 15thMon 16thTue 17thWed 18thThu 19thFri 20thSat 21stSun 22ndMon 23rdTue 24thWed 25thThu 26thFri Men P P ¼ P ¼ ¼ ½ F Women P P P P P ½ F
Medalists MenMohammad AshrafulShamsur RahmanNaeem IslamFaisal HossainShahadat HossainMahbubul AlamMohammad Nazmul HossainMohammed NazimuddinSuhrawadi ShuvoDolar MahmudMohammad MithunNasir HossainRony TalukdarShuvagata HomSabbir RahmanGulbadin NaibMohammad ShahzadSami AghaMohammad NabiKarim SadiqShafiqullahMirwais AshrafShabir NooriShapoor ZadranAsghar StanikzaiSamiullah ShinwariNawroz MangalHamid HassanAftab AlamKhalid LatifAzeem GhummanNaeemuddinMohammad IrshadLal KumarSheharyar GhaniAizaz CheemaSarmad BhattiNaeem AnjumRaza HasanUsman QadirBilawal BhattiAkbar-ur-RehmanSharjeel KhanJalat KhanWomenSana MirBatool FatimaNida DarNahida KhanBismah MaroofNain AbidiAsmavia IqbalKainat ImtiazMarina IqbalMariam HasanSania KhanMasooma JunaidSana GulzarJaveria KhanRumana AhmedSalma KhatunShohely AkhterAyesha AkhterChamely KhatunTithy SarkarPanna GhoshSultana YesminLata MondalTazia AkhterAyasha RahmanJahanara AlamChampa ChakmaShathira JakirFargana HoqueErina KanekoYuka YoshidaShizuka MiyajiAtsuko SudaYuko SaitoAyako IwasakiKurumi OtaAyako NakayamaMariko YamamotoMiho KannoEma KuribayashiShizuka KubotaFuyuki KawaiYuko KunikiErika Ida
Medal table
Draw Men The three Test-playing countries and Afghanistan (who played in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20) were seeded and went directly to the knock-out stage.
Pool C
Pool D
Quarterfinals vs. 2nd Pool D vs. 2nd Pool C vs. 1st Pool C vs. 1st Pool D
* Withdrew
Women
Pool A
Pool B
Final standing Men
Women
References Cricket Officially added for Asia 2010
External links Official website:cricket (English) Official Website:cricket (Chinese)