2007 Afro-Asia Cup

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.

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)

See also

• 2005 Afro-Asia Cup
• 2025 Afro-Asia Cup

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.

External links

• Cricinfo – Afro-Asian Cup, 2007