2007 Afro-Asia Cup

Cricket tournament hosted in India April 2023 2007 Afro-Asia Cup Asian XI Africa XI 5 June 2007 10 June 2007 Mahela Jayawardene (ODI) Shoaib Malik (T20) Justin Kemp (ODI)Tanmay Mishra (T20) 1 1 0 Tillakaratne Dilshan (47) Loots Bosman (52) S. Sreesanth (2) Nehemiah Odhiambo (2)Thandi Tshabalala (2) 3 3 0 Mahela Jayawardene (217) Shaun Pollock (223) Mohammad Rafique (8) Morné Morkel (8) Mahela Jayawardene (Asia XI) 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 Africa 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.https://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1079017 Highest runs in a 3-match series 23 January 2017 ESPNcricinfo Squads Twenty20 Squads ODI Squads Africa XI http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293842.html Africa Twenty20 Squad Cricinfo 11 May 2007 11 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070624145954/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293842.html 24 June 2007 live Player Nationality Tanmay Mishra (c) KEN Morris Ouma (wk) Alex Obanda Nehemiah Odhiambo Keith Dabengwa ZIM Friday Kasteni Tawanda Mupariwa Loots Bosman RSA Morné Morkel Thandi Tshabalala Gulam Bodi Asia XI http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293841.html Asia Twenty20 Squad Cricinfo 28 May 2007 11 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070524054917/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293841.html 24 May 2007 live Player Nationality Shoaib Malik (c) PAK Kamran Akmal (wk) Imran Nazir Shahid Afridi Tillakaratne Dilshan SRI Farveez Maharoof Abdur Razzak BAN Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Tamim Iqbal Sachin Tendulkar IND Munaf Patel Africa XI http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/292208.html Africa Squad Cricinfo 5 June 2007 11 June 2007 Player Nationality Justin Kemp (c) RSA Mark Boucher (wk) Johan Botha AB de Villiers Boeta Dippenaar Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Shaun Pollock Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Makhaya Ntini Graeme Smith Thomas Odoyo KEN Peter Ongondo Hiren Varaiya Vusi Sibanda ZIM Elton Chigumbura Asia XI http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293837.html Asia Squad Cricinfo 28 May 2007 11 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070628200452/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/squad/293837.html 28 June 2007 live Player Nationality Mahela Jayawardene (c) SRI Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Upul Tharanga Lasith Malinga Chaminda Vaas Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) IND Sourav Ganguly Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh Mashrafe Mortaza BAN Mohammad Rafique Mohammad Yousuf PAK Mohammad Asif Shoaib Akhtar Players who were originally named in the squad but opted to withdraw from the competition are greyed out. Only Twenty20 5 June 2007 Africa XI 109/8 (20 overs) 110/4 (15.5 overs) Asia XI 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 (scorecard) Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Vinayak Kulkarni (IND) This match did not have Twenty20 International or Twenty20 status. ODI series 1st ODI 6 June 2007 Asia XI 317/9 (50 overs) 283 (47.5 overs) Africa XI 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 (scorecard) Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS) Shaun Pollock (Africa XI) 2nd ODI 9 June 2007 Asia XI 337/7 (50 overs) 306 (49.5 overs) Africa XI 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 (scorecard) M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS) Dilhara Fernando (Asia XI) 3rd ODI 10 June 2007 Asia XI 331/8 (50 overs) 318/7 (50 overs) Africa XI 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 (scorecard) M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India Tony Hill (NZL) and Peter Parker (AUS) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Asia XI) See also 2005 Afro-Asia Cup Notes External links Cricinfo – Afro-Asian Cup, 2007 Category:Afro-Asia Cup Category:International cricket competitions in 2007 Category:One Day International cricket competitions