2007 Afro-Asia Cup | |||
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Asian XI | Africa XI | ||
Dates | 5 June 2007 – 10 June 2007 | ||
Captains |
Mahela Jayawardene (ODI) & Shoaib Malik |
Justin Kemp | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Asian XI won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
Most runs |
Mahela Jayawardene 217 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 174 Sourav Ganguly 120 |
Shaun Pollock 223 Mark Boucher 105 Justin Kemp 91 |
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Most wickets |
Mohammad Rafique 8 Mohammad Asif 5 Dilhara Fernando 4 Harbhajan Singh 4 |
Morné Morkel 8 Elton Chigumbura 6 Peter Ongondo 3 Albie Morkel 3 |
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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) Tamim Iqbal (30) |
Loots Bosman (52) Gulam Bodi (12) |
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Most wickets |
Sreesanth (2) Mashrafe Mortaza (1) |
Nehemiah Odhiambo (2) Morné Morkel (1) Thandi Tshabalala (2) |
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Player of the series | Not awarded |
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.