Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) have been signed which will see Sri Lanka support the development of the game in Afghanistan.

Lahiru Thirmanne hit his third One-Day International century to lead Sri Lanka to their fifth Asia Cup.

John Pennington and Chetan Narula look ahead to the final of the Asia Cup 2014 and review the final three group games.

The final group game of the Asia Cup 2014 proved to be a low-scoring affair won by Sri Lanka, who beat Bangladesh by three wickets to make it four wins out of four ahead of Saturday's final against Pakistan.

India rounded off their disappointing Asia Cup campaign by thrashing Afghanistan in Mirpur.

Debashish Das tracks the history of cricket in Afghanistan and celebrates their incredible rise to playing and beating some of the best sides in the world.

Shahid Afridi blasted 59 in 25 balls as Pakistan overhauled a target of 327 to beat Bangladesh with a ball remaining and set up an Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

The focus in this weeks Around The Grounds is on England taking on the West Indies in a close fought low scoring match. Stephen Parry caught a lot of peoples attention taking 3 wickets on his debut.

John Pennington and Chetan Narula look back at the start of the Asia Cup 2014, assessing Sri Lanka's strong performances, Afghanistan's emergence and India's struggles.

Sri Lanka qualified for the final of the Asia Cup 2014 in emphatic style as they thrashed Afghanistan by 129 runs in their penultimate group game.

Shahid Afridi hit the third and fourth balls of the final over for sixes as Pakistan scored a dramatic one-wicket win over India in game six of the Asia Cup in Mirpur.

Game five of the Asia Cup 2014 saw Afghanistan make history with their first ever One-Day International victory over a Test-playing side, beating Bangladesh by 32 runs in Fatullah.

Sri Lanka took their second win of the Asia Cup 2014 in thrilling fashion as they defeated India by two wickets with four balls to spare in game four in Fatullah.

Pakistan survived an early scare against tournament newcomers Afghanistan to win their Asia Cup clash in Fatullah by 72 runs and take their first victory of the competition.

Lahiru Thirimanne scored a century and Lasith Malinga took five wickets as Sri Lanka held on to beat Pakistan by 12 runs in the opening game of the Asia Cup 2014 in Dhaka.

A gallery of images as the Asia Cup 2014 gets underway in Bangladesh with Sri Lanka taking on Pakistan in the opening match.

The captains of the five sides competing in the 2014 Asia Cup - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - came together to line up with the trophy in Dhaka.

Ahead of the start of the Asia Cup later this week, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim says he wants a ban that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) imposed on Shakib Al Hasan to be reduced.

Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup due to a neck injury and will be replaced by Imrul Kayes.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ruled out of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh due to a side strain and will be replaced in the squad by Dinesh Karthik.