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 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.

Squads

Twenty20 Squads		ODI Squads
Africa XI Player Nationality Tanmay Mishra (c) Kenya Morris Ouma (wk) Alex Obanda Nehemiah Odhiambo Keith Dabengwa Zimbabwe Friday Kasteni Tawanda Mupariwa Loots Bosman South Africa Morné Morkel Thandi Tshabalala Gulam Bodi	Asia XI Player Nationality Shoaib Malik (c) Pakistan Kamran Akmal (wk) Imran Nazir Shahid Afridi Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Farveez Maharoof Abdur Razzak Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Ashraful Tamim Iqbal Sachin Tendulkar India Munaf Patel	Africa XI Player Nationality Justin Kemp (c) South Africa 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 Kenya Peter Ongondo Hiren Varaiya Vusi Sibanda Zimbabwe Elton Chigumbura	Asia XI Player Nationality Mahela Jayawardene (c) Sri Lanka Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Upul Tharanga Lasith Malinga Chaminda Vaas Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) India Sourav Ganguly Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh Mashrafe Mortaza Bangladesh Mohammad Rafique Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 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 (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

External links

• Cricinfo – Afro-Asian Cup, 2007