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.

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 Sreesanth (2) Nehemiah Odhiambo (2)
Thandi Tshabalala (2)

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 highest overall runs scored in a 3-match series with 1892 runs being scored until it is broken by India vs England in January 2017 with an overall total of 2090 runs.[1]

Squads edit

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 edit

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)
  • This match did not have Twenty20 international or Twenty20 status.

ODI series edit

1st ODI edit

6 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
317/9 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
283 (47.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 66 (74)
Mahela Jayawardene 65 (62)
Morné Morkel 3/68 (10 overs)
Shaun Pollock 130 (110)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/53 (10 overs)
Mohammad Asif 3/57 (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 edit

9 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
337/7 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
306 (49.5 overs)
Mark Boucher 73 (71)
Boeta Dippenaar 67 (72)
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 edit

10 June 2007
(scorecard)
Asia XI
331/8 (50 overs)
v
Africa XI
318/7 (50 overs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 139* (97)
Mahela Jayawardene 107 (106)
Peter Ongondo 3/35 (10 overs)
Morné Morkel 3/50 (10 overs)
Justin Kemp 86 (76)
AB de Villiers 70 (63)
Shaun Pollock 58* (49)
Mohammad Rafique 4/65 (10 overs)
Harbhajan Singh 3/48 (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 edit

Notes edit

  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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