2007 Afro-Asia Cup

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
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)
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)
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
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
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 (Africa 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.
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