2007 Afro-Asia Cup

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2007 Afro-Asia Cup
  Asian XI Africa XI
Dates 5 June 2007 – 10 June 2007
Captains Mahela Jayawardene (ODI)
Shoaib Malik (T20)
Justin Kemp (ODI)
Tanmay Mishra (T20)
One Day International series
Results Asian XI won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Mahela Jayawardene (217) Shaun Pollock (223)
Most wickets Mohammad Rafique (8) Morné Morkel (8)
Player of the series Mahela Jayawardene (Asia XI)
Twenty20 International series
Results Asian XI won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan (47) Loots Bosman (52)
Most wickets S. Sreesanth (2) Nehemiah Odhiambo (2)
Thandi Tshabalala (2)

The second Afro-Asia Cup was played from 6 June until 10 June 2007, hosted by India. The three ODI and one Twenty20 matches were broadcast live on ESPN, after Nimbus had pulled out from the deal with Asian Cricket Council. The Twenty20 match did not have official status as a Twenty20 international or a regular Twenty20 match.

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Asia XI claimed the first title in the competition's history, following a tied series in 2005, with a 3–0 whitewash of the African XI. Asian XI captain Mahela Jayawardene was named player of the tournament for his 217 runs, including a half century and a century, in the three ODIs. This cup held the Record for the highest overall runs scored in a 3-match series with 1892 runs being scored. Later it was broken by India vs England in January 2017 with an overall total of 2090 runs. [1]

Squads

Twenty20 SquadsODI Squads
Africa XI [2]
PlayerNationality
Tanmay Mishra (c)Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Morris Ouma (wk)Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Gulam Bodi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Loots Bosman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Keith Dabengwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Friday Kasteni Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Morné Morkel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Tawanda Mupariwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Alex Obanda Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Nehemiah Odhiambo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Thandi Tshabalala Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Asia XI [3]
PlayerNationality
Shoaib Malik (c)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Kamran Akmal (wk)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Abdur Razzak Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Tillakaratne Dilshan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Imran Nazir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Farveez Maharoof Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Mashrafe Mortaza Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Shahid Afridi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India
Tamim Iqbal Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Munaf Patel Flag of India.svg  India
Africa XI [4]
PlayerNationality
Justin Kemp (c)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Mark Boucher (wk)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Johan Botha Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Elton Chigumbura Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
AB de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Boeta Dippenaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Albie Morkel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Morné Morkel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Thomas Odoyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Peter Ongondo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Shaun Pollock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Vusi Sibanda Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Hiren Varaiya Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Herschelle Gibbs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Andrew Hall Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Jacques Kallis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Makhaya Ntini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Graeme Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Asia XI [5]
PlayerNationality
Mahela Jayawardene (c)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)Flag of India.svg  India
Dilhara Fernando Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Sourav Ganguly Flag of India.svg  India
Harbhajan Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Sanath Jayasuriya Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Zaheer Khan Flag of India.svg  India
Mashrafe Mortaza Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Mohammad Asif Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Mohammad Rafique Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Mohammad Yousuf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Virender Sehwag Flag of India.svg  India
Upul Tharanga Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Yuvraj Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Lasith Malinga Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Shoaib Akhtar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India
Chaminda Vaas Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka

Only Twenty20

5 June 2007
(scorecard)
Africa XI
109/8 (20 overs)
v
Asia XI
110/4 (15.5 overs)
Loots Bosman 52 (55)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/17 (4 overs)
Asia XI won by 6 wickets
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Vinayak Kulkarni (IND)

ODI series

1st ODI

6 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
317/9 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
283 (47.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 66 (74)
Morné Morkel 3/68 (10 overs)
Shaun Pollock 130 (110)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/53 (10 overs)
Asia XI won by 34 runs
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (Africa XI)

2nd ODI

9 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
337/7 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
306 (49.5 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 88 (112)
Morné Morkel 2/48 (10 overs)
Mark Boucher 73 (71)
Dilhara Fernando 4/36 (10 overs)
Asia XI won by 31 runs
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Dilhara Fernando (Asia XI)

3rd ODI

10 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
331/8 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
318/7 (50 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 139* (97)
Peter Ongondo 3/35 (10 overs)
Justin Kemp 86 (76)
Mohammad Rafique 4/65 (10 overs)
Asia XI won by 13 runs
M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Asia XI)

See also

Notes

  1. "Highest runs in a 3-match series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. "Africa Twenty20 Squad". Cricinfo. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  3. "Asia Twenty20 Squad". Cricinfo. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  4. "Africa Squad". Cricinfo. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  5. "Asia Squad". Cricinfo. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.