2007 Afro-Asia Cup
# 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.

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.

## Squads

| Twenty20 Squads | Twenty20 Squads | ODI Squads | ODI Squads |
| - | - | - | - |
| Africa XI 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 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 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 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) 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) |
| - | - | - |
| Sourav Ganguly 88 (112) Virender Sehwag 52 (38) Mohammad Yousuf 51 (44) | | 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 (Asia XI)
