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A One Day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.

The ACC Asian XI was a team named for the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a one-off match designed to raise funds for charities following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami. It also competed in two Afro-Asia Cup series against an African XI, which was designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council. The Afro-Asian Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament was played in 2007.

The rules of ODIs have changed since the first Afro-Asia Cup. During the tournament, the ICC experimented with a rule called supersub – where the twelfth man would be allowed to take to the field in the place of one of the players and would be allowed to bat and/or bowl in his place, gaining a full cap in the process. As a result, this meant there were generally 12 capped players per match instead of the regular 11, even though a player may have not participated in either batting or bowling in a match. For example, Muttiah Muralitharan bowled during the first innings of the first ODI, but was replaced by Mohammad Ashraful who batted in his place: both players are listed as having a full cap. These rules were not in place for the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match or the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup.

Of their 7 matches played, the Asian XI have won 4 of them. Their first match resulted in a heavy 112 run loss to the World XI in the Tsunami Appeal match, and they went on to lose the opening match of the 2005 Afro-Asian Cup by two runs to the African XI. They bounced back and won the next match, however, including half centuries for each of the Sri Lankan pair Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. During the deciding match, the Asian XI bowled the African XI out for 106, but soon after starting their batting performance rain fell and the game was called off: the trophy was shared.

In the 2007 competition, the Asian XI recorded a 3–0 whitewash of the Africans – winning the first two matches by 34 and 31 runs, respectively, the latter helped by Dilhara Fernando recording ODI career best bowling figures of 4/36. In the final match, the Asians fell to 72/5, but following centuries from Mahela Jayawardene (107) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (139*) – the latter being the highest individual score ever recorded in an Afro-Asia Cup match – they posted a score of 331/8. Despite half-centuries from three of the African batsmen, however, the Asian XI won by 13 runs.

Mahela Jayawardene is the highest run-scorer of the Asian XI in the Afro-Asia Cup, with two half-centuries and a century to his name, second to Shaun Pollock, and was named Man of the Series for the 2007 competition. Zaheer Khan tops the list for most wickets with 11.

The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first ODI cap for the Asian XI (as opposed to their national team). Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by their last name.Sorting as such may actually be considered incorrect, especially for players such as Abdul Razzaq or Mohammad Yousuf, where their last name is used in a different manner to that of western names; but are listed as such for continuity with other lists and ease of understanding the page. All players have represented their respective member teams of the ICC, but only the records of their games for the ACC Asian XI are given.

Cricketers Statistics are correct as of July 8, 2007, following the conclusion of the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup.

Asian XI ODI cricketers Batting Bowling Source Cap Name Nationality Debut Last match Where a player has retired, their final match is listed. Mat Matches played. Runs HS Highest score. An asterisk (*) signifies that the batsman was not out. Avg 50 / 100 Half centuries and centuries made. Note: A century made is not listed as an additional half century; ie, Shaun Pollock has made one half-century and one century and so is listed as 1/1, not 2/1. Wkt Best Avg 4W / 5W 4 and 5 wickets in one innings, respectively. 1 Rahul Dravid v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 1 75 75* – 1/0 – – – –/– 2 Sourav Ganguly v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIJune 9, 2007 3 142 88 47.33 1/0 0 0/14 – 0/0 3 Sanath Jayasuriya v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 4 66 28 16.50 0/0 3 3/53 44.66 0/0 4 Zaheer Khan v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIJune 9, 2007 6 39 20* 39.00 0/0 13 3/21 15.30 0/0 5 Anil Kumble v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 2 35 24 17.50 0/0 3 2/73 37.33 0/0 6 Muttiah Muralitharan v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 4 0 0 0.00 0/0 6 3/59 23.00 0/0 7 Abdul Razzaq v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 4 49 38 16.33 0/0 1 1/18 112.00 0/0 8 Kumar Sangakkara v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 4 121 61 40.33 1/0 – – – –/– 9 Virender Sehwag v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 7 214 52 30.57 1/0 1 1/37 83.00 0/0 10 Chaminda Vaas v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 1 7 7 7.00 0/0 1 1/59 59.00 0/0 11 Mohammad YousufMohammad Yousuf made his debut for the Asian XI before changing his name from Yousuf Youhana; but has appeared for the team under his new name. Records under each name are combined. v World XIJanuary 10, 2005 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 7 166 66 27.66 2/0 – – – –/– 12 Shahid Afridi v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 3 19 13 6.33 0/0 2 1/5 30.00 0/0 13 Shoaib Akhtar v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 3 21 15 10.50 0/0 6 2/16 17.66 0/0 14 Mohammad Ashraful v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 2 0 0 0.00 0/0 – – – –/– 15 Inzamam-ul-Haq v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 3 38 32* 38.00 0/0 – – – –/– 16 Ashish Nehra v Africa XIAugust 17, 2005 v Africa XIAugust 21, 2005 3 1 1 1.00 0/0 2 1/19 41.00 0/0 17 Mahela Jayawardene v Africa XIAugust 20, 2005 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 5 269 107 67.25 2/1 0 0/19 – 0/0 18 Mohammad Asif v Africa XIJune 6, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 3 – – – –/– 5 3/57 40.20 0/0 19 Mahendra Singh Dhoni v Africa XIJune 6, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 3 174 139* 87.00 0/1 – – – –/– 20 Mashrafe Mortaza v Africa XIJune 6, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 2 14 13 7.00 0/0 1 1/57 108.00 0/0 21 Harbhajan Singh v Africa XIJune 6, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 2 24 20 12.00 0/0 4 3/48 25.25 0/0 22 Yuvraj Singh v Africa XIJune 6, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 3 92 31 46.00 0/0 1 1/43 67.00 0/0 23 Dilhara Fernando v Africa XIJune 9, 2007 v Africa XIJune 9, 2007 1 – – – –/– 4 4/36 9.00 1/0 24 Mohammad Rafique v Africa XIJune 9, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 2 1 1 1.00 0/0 6 4/65 21.16 1/0 25 Upul Tharanga v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 v Africa XIJune 10, 2007 1 10 10 10.00 0/0 – – – –

See also World Cricket Tsunami Appeal 2005 Afro-Asian Cup 2007 Afro-Asia Cup

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External links Asian Cricket Council Cricinfo World Cricket Tsunami Appeal tour subpage Afro-Asian Cup 2005 tour subpage Afro-Asia Cup 2007 tour subpage CricketArchive World Cricket Tsunami Appeal tour subpage Afro-Asia Cup 2005 tour subpage Afro-Asia Cup 2007 tour subpage