2007 Afro-Asia Cup

2007 Afro-Asia Cup
2007 Afro-Asia Cup
	Asian XI
Dates	5 June 2007 – 10 June 2007
Captains	Mahela Jayawardene (ODI) ; Shoaib Malik (T20)
One Day International series
Results	Asian XI won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (217)
Most wickets	Mohammad Rafique (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)
Most wickets	S. Sreesanth (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.

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 Squads

ODI Squads

Africa XI ^[2]
Player	Nationality
Tanmay Mishra (c)	Kenya
Morris Ouma (wk)	Kenya
Gulam Bodi	South Africa
Loots Bosman	South Africa
Keith Dabengwa	Zimbabwe
Friday Kasteni	Zimbabwe
Morné Morkel	South Africa
Tawanda Mupariwa	Zimbabwe
Alex Obanda	Kenya
Nehemiah Odhiambo	Kenya
Thandi Tshabalala	South Africa

Asia XI ^[3]
Player	Nationality
Shoaib Malik (c)	Pakistan
Kamran Akmal (wk)	Pakistan
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka
Imran Nazir	Pakistan
Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar	India
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh
Munaf Patel	India

Africa XI ^[4]
Player	Nationality
Justin Kemp (c)	South Africa
Mark Boucher (wk)	South Africa
Johan Botha	South Africa
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe
AB de Villiers	South Africa
Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa
Albie Morkel	South Africa
Morné Morkel	South Africa
Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
Peter Ongondo	Kenya
Shaun Pollock	South Africa
Vusi Sibanda	Zimbabwe
Hiren Varaiya	Kenya
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
Andrew Hall	South Africa
Jacques Kallis	South Africa
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
Graeme Smith	South Africa

Asia XI ^[5]
Player	Nationality
Mahela Jayawardene (c)	Sri Lanka
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk)	India
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka
Sourav Ganguly	India
Harbhajan Singh	India
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
Zaheer Khan	India
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
Mohammad Asif	Pakistan
Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
Virender Sehwag	India
Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka
Yuvraj Singh	India
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar	India
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka

Players who were originally named in the squad but opted to withdraw from the competition are greyed out.

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)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 47* (36) Nehemiah Odhiambo 2/21 (3 overs)

Asia XI won by 6 wickets
Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Vinayak Kulkarni (IND)

This match did not have Twenty20 international or Twenty20 status.

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)

Notes

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

External links

Cricinfo – Afro-Asian Cup, 2007

[ESPNcricinfo-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.

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